Sunday, January 29, 2006

We've all got our dirty little secrets...

All-American RejectsThe All-American Rejects might have been just another band, reaching out to our teens and pre-teens. They might have been, but they created a song with a video that's unusually deep -- maybe too deep for their audience. (Of course, in person they're a bit too crude for their audience anyway, but that's another story.) Throughout the video for "Dirty Little Secrets," teens and others hold up not cards bearing their own secrets. How much do these sound like our own?
  • I know it stinks, but i really like the smell of my own poop.
  • I only love two of my three children.
  • I fake empathy to get people to like me.
  • I'm not sure my fiance is THE ONE.
  • I only date her to get at her sister.
  • I'm not close enough to God.
  • I think I'm ugly because I'm half-black, half-white.
  • I wish I was blind so I didn't have to see them together.
  • I'm a virgin.
  • Three years ago I tried to kill myself. I'm 18 and now people say I'm happy, but I still want to die.
  • I fear I have an undiagnosed mental illness.
  • I wish I was the other twin.
  • When I eat I feel like a failure.
  • I had gay sex at church camp -- three times.
  • She cheated.
  • I make fun of fat people, but my mom's huge.
  • I hate people who remind me of myself.
  • I cheated on my SAT and got a scholarship.
  • I take more than the suggested dose.
  • People think I've stopped lying, but I've just gotten better at it.
  • I have more body hair than any woman should.
We have stuff like this hidden inside, and it eats away at us. Who can we trust enough to tell? And will the effects prevent us from moving forward? I can tell you that entrepreneurs have failed because of their inability to either live with or unload their own secrets. So what will we do?
Postsecret

Update: Liz was absolutely right in her comment: it's all here.

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At 5:33 PM, Blogger liz said...

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

See that. They worked with Postsecret to secure the cards.

 

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