Evangelion rapes the brain? That's actually kind of true...it explains why I feel so scarred after having watched it multiple times.

I've thought about people changing themselves from time to time myself. I mean, I'm kind of shy, especially around people I don't know or out in public in general. Too shy to talk to a pretty stranger, too embarrassed to speak my mind when at the mall with friends and such. I agree about the smile thing. There's this one local weatherman who's practically infamous (and annoying) for the big-a** smile he's always got on. Then, at my last job, he was a customer in my line once. He seemed like a normal guy...nice, but not overly-friendly in that Mr. Rogers way he seems on TV. Personally, my expression is kind of neutral most of the time.

A good thing to think about big smiles and excessive laughter is the Joker. Chaos incarnate really in his case. I've heard it talked about it that he's so uncomfortably giddy because he gets the "joke" of life. Makes me think there...