People Scare People!

Oh...humans and their fear of one another isn't really something I should be blogging about at almost 5 in the morning, but I'm in a pensive mood.

In my experiences as a college student, I perceive a great deal of the goings-on between humans, and occasionally even take part in it myself. I definitely feel like I pay much more attention to the smaller details that occur during people's interactions, and as a result these details tend to float around in my thoughts a lot.
Where to start on this...I guess, why humans are innately somewhat frightened by each other. Especially for me, I'm typically someone who will forget the name (sometimes within an unexaggerated 3 seconds)of the person I'm meeting for the first time. I'm so focused on giving them my name, I often forget to cognitively note their name unless I make a serious effort.
Just little quirks about human interaction fascinate me. Although the best way to get to know a person is to share some of those random things one thinks about most deeply, those tend to be the last thing we intend to share. I have yet to meet a person that doesn't have little things, thoughts, experiences that really bring me closer to them as a fellow human being, though they often don't realize how important these things are. Humans are social creatures, and I just wish that we weren't all so afraid of telling people who we really are; why is it socially unacceptable and weird to share some of the things that tell the most about you? I assume it's just a result of intolerance and close-mindedness. I strive every day to shake off these feelings, but society just has them ingrained so deep in all of us. I see someone around campus that looks or acts only slightly different than what is "normal" and the thought immediately jumps to my head "oh, that's strange." I also immediately tend to put up more of a guard around people that are like this, as that fear we all seem to have of each other creeps up on me. I feel like we have to act like caged animals in public, for fear we will be noticed (while at the same time, secretly wishing to be noticed, albeit in a positive manner).
I'm very aware of how much I'm rambling about nonsense, so I am going to sleep, or at least stopping typing. I'll work on organization later.

Introduction

Well, I doubt anyone else will ever read this blog, but I'll add a short introduction anyways.

My name's Kennan, and I'm an undergraduate student at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. I'm about three-fifths through my undergraduate education, which is focusing mainly upon English Literature and Philosophy. Lately, I've been thinking more and more about the idea of putting my thoughts down somewhere; funnily enough, I just finished watching The Social Network, and it really made me want to create a blog. Even if I am the only one to ever visit this blog, I think the possibility that someone could read this makes me more interested in posting than just typing offline. This blog should basically just include some of the things I tend to ponder over; about people, relationships, life in general, and why the world is the way it is.