Are You Some Kinda FREAK?

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Main Entry: ¹freak
Pronunciation: 'frEk
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1563
1 a : a sudden and odd or seemingly pointless idea or turn of the mind b : a seemingly capricious action or event
2 archaic : a whimsical quality or disposition
3 : one that is markedly unusual or abnormal: as a : a person or animal with a physical oddity who appears in a circus sideshow b slang (1) : a sexual deviate (2) : a person who uses an illicit drug c : hippie d : an atypical postage stamp usually caused by a unique defect in paper (as a crease) or a unique event in the manufacturing process (as a speck of dirt on the plate) that does not produce a constant or systematic effect
4 : an ardent enthusiast <film freaks>

Get familiar with this word. To quote Judge Reinhold in Fast Time at Ridgemont High, "Learn it. Know it. Live it." If yer gonna drive a hearse, yer gonna get called this at least once. When it's used to describe ya, it's gonna be used in one o' two ways: as a blatant insult or as a humorous term of respect. How ya take it is up to you. Ya can take it as an insult: feel hurt an'/or angry, kick some ass/get yer ass kicked; laugh it off; or take it as a compliment!

I prefer the latter.

My friends an' family know I'm a freak! When they call me a freak it's always used in jest, not to hurt. It's usually used when I've done somethin' they didn't have the guts to do themselves...like usin' a hearse as my daily driver. Is that a compliment? Hell yeah!

When a stranger calls me a freak (Best illustrated by the comment yelled at me while stuck in traffic on the 405, "Hey, you freak, I don't wanna see that kinda thing on my freeway!"), I havta think, "Am I anythin' like the person who said it?" If the answer is "no", I'm thrilled to be called a freak!

No innovation would be possible without people who went against the flow. Stagnate? Be a freak? Be a freak!

It'd be a pretty damned borin' ol' world if we freaks weren't here to brighten it!