I'm In Slytherin.

Whenever I meet a fellow nerd, one of the first questions I'm asked is, "What Hogwarts house are you in?" Actually, this has never happened to me, but in a perfect world, it would right up there with "What's your name?"
But on the few occasions that it is brought up, the answer is always "Slytherin."
And you know what I've come to find? The response to that is a "*GASP!* What's wrong with you?" and then they quickly leave as if I'm about to pull my wand on them or something.

People always assume that everyone in Slytherin is evil. Why is that? I mean yes, some of the evilest of the evil, *cough Tom Riddle *cough* have been from Slytherin, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm evil. It means I'm cunning and ambitious, the key traits of Slytherin house. We're willing to do what we need to do to achieve what we want to achieve, and sure that can be bad things, but why does it have to be? Why can't we just be the sneaky, slightly sarcastic, epic, sexxyy wizards and witches we are. Why do all those racist Gryffindors have to insist that we're up to no good? You know what?
I'm proud of being Slytherin. I type this with fingers, upon which I have green and silver fingernails. I have my own imaginary wrock band, which I've named Stereotypically Slytherin. My Slytherin tie will be in the mail soon...just as soon as I get the money to order it.
So don't be afraid of us Slytherins. And don't be ashamed of your inner Slytherinness! Everyone's got at least a tad of green and silver in their blood. Come out of your Slytherin closet, you secret Slytherins!
And let's see how many times I can say the word "Slytherin" in one blog post, shall we?