11.21.2006

"how do you act your age?"

Evryone.
Stop and take a deep breath.
Now listen:

Not evry person to walks up to and talks to another person is trying to flirt with, seduce, etc. that other person. So evryone ("evryone" being those to whom it concerns) stop freaking out. Over-possessiveness is not cool. Being concerned about one's welfare and holding someone accountable is one thing, going berserk and going painstakingly and obnoxiously out of the way to "show possession" (as-it-were) of that person to someone is quite another thing altogether. Use some tact, common sense, trust-- whatever works or fits the situation-- but blowing evrything out of proportion and automatically jumping to conclusions and assuming things is not the way to go. You're only going to hurt ppl and drive ppl away. Here's some consequences:
First: the person walking up to talk is going to be affected negatively by being accused of stuff, including and not limited to the thinking the accuser is harsh, judgemental, rude, etc. any or all of the above
Second: the accuser is seen by other third parties as aforementioned. The accuser could also possibly break down trust with ppl.
Third: (and possibly most important to the "evrybody") the accuser can hurt the person being talked to by showing obvious distrust by automatically assuming that the person being talked to is going to be "seduced" by the alledged "seducer"
So in short:
People (who are) need to stop jumping to conclusions
stop being judgemental
stop assuming the worst
etc.

ALSO:
Why on this freaking earth is there all this insulting and berating???
David and Todd keep calling Seth's girl an ox.
Kerry keeps calling Lindsay things I don't even want to type.
Sometimes there's stuff that ppl say about ppl 'cause it actually is true; but why the crap are ppl jumping to conclusions on stuff?!?
I'm guessing that Todd and David are calling her that 'cause she's not stick-figure thin, plus the added fact that she's Seth's girl. But c'mon. Really guys, get up and get to know ppl. I know you two, and I know that you're both going to be like, "Whatever" or "I can say what I want" or "She really is an ox" or any number of other rude or sarcastic things when you read this. And I've been really thinking as of late and I can't take it any more: grow freakin up and stop being like that. Being rude really isn't cool. Honestly. I know you two are going to think I'm stupid and probly call me or refer to me as many various unkind things; but I don't care. I do care about you two, and I really wish that you'd stop some of the stuff you do.
And Kerry, I know that you and Lindsay don't get along, but please try to be civil (that goes for you too Heather). Just because a girl is nice to guys doesn't mean she's projecting herself, as-it-were. I know you, and I know you know better than to just say things like that. I'm sure there's probly some reason that'd provoke you to say that, but you might want to get to know someone before you make final judgements about them. And please don't take this (if you read it) wrong. I'm not trying to bash you, but instead I'm trying to stop a big conflict before it starts. We all know what my lack of doing or saying anything has led to in the past, and I'm not letting it happen again.

DISCLAIMER!!!!:
Please please please don't think I'm attempting to be "holier-than-thou" and shove stuff in ppls faces. I don't even think I spelled "holier" right. Who knows, but in any case, I'm only saying all of this because it's stuff that concerns me. I only hope that any or all of you would do the same for me if I did something wrong, stupid, or out of line. Because, yes, I've done a bunch of stupid things. I've said a bunch of stupid things. I've said stuff about ppl I shouldn't have. I admit all of that; I feel bad for all of that. I hope that what I might say might open some eyes to things; some of which might not have been really thought about.

If you've read to here, thank you for your time. thank you for at least paying this much attention. Thank you for caring enough for what I might have to say to read it. All I can hope is that I didn't hurt anyone, and if I did, I hope that the one(s) hurt can forgive me or that the hurt was for the better not the worse.

I love you guys.

8 comments:

AllEvrything said...

well, there's one person who i know's not going to skin me alive.
thank you, Austin.

Unknown said...

ok, here's two people. i'm sorry i ever even got this started. i never wanted any of my friends to start fighting. i said some things i shouldn't have and i'm sorry. will you all please forgive me?

and Seth's girlfriend is NOT AN OX!! she's actually very pretty. i wish i was that fit. just because she's not anorexic doesn't mean you can berate her. jen schope isn't exactly model perfect and i've got a butt the size of Texas.

Seth seems like a much happier person since he met her and he needs to be hanging around better, more honest people than David and Todd. Seth seems like he's changed. i feel sorry for his girfriend, she must have felt akward in a different church with guys looking at her like that and grinning to each other.

Donald, thank you for finally standing up when something bad happens. i love you. i'm sorry i didn't trust you. i'm not trying to be over-possesive, please forgive me.

but again, i'm sorry for all that i've said.

Kerry said...

I wasn't trying to be rude or anything, Donald. I wasn't trying to come off as a bad person and for the 23443954234th time, I DIDN'T SAY SHE WAS TRYING TO SEDUCE YOU OT STEAL YOU AWAY!!! I was just saying I know she's liked you before and you've liked her (which doesn't mean the feelings still remain on either side) but i DO know her and that's exactly why I don't like her! I know enough about her and her character to decide that the things I've called her are true in my eyes. go ahead, call me judgemental. but by calling me that aren't YOU judging ME? and you can't say you've never done it even just by looking at someone's appearance. I know you have. now I'm not saying its right. but I had to get it off my chest and I THOUGHT no one would blow it out of proportion or assume that I want to kill her or anything but I guess I was wrong. Donald, that was MY opinion on her because of what I know about her (& I probably know more than you think, dear). I'm sorry that you got this offended by it. I'm sorry I called her those names but you didn't have to get so upset about it. guess I could've found something better to say or said nothing at all. Awful sorry.

AllEvrything said...

I may have got a little too bent out of shape at you (for which I may have to appologize), but I just saw what happened to Heather with ppl just assuming this and that because of the way she dressed and other crap (even making crap up 'cause of the way she walked!). So knowing how much that tore her up, I don't want that to happen to other ppl. And if you're sure that you know enough about a person to make those judgements, then thank you, but try (please please please) to not be too harsh. 'Cause we are all supposed to love evryone (even if we don't like them) and we're supposed to help others with things that they may be doing wrong (with gentalness, Galations I think?).
So I was going somewhere with this but Heather's talking about accidentally hitting a squirrel and something about her cat so I can't concentrate. Maybe I'll have said enough to make the point that I forgot while making the point and... something... yeah.
I hope that you don't take offense to anything I may have typed 'cause I totally didn't mean it offensively if that's the way you might have taken it and I hope that I didn't offend you. I think that'd be a disclaimer?
Oh, and I'm not trying to accuse you of anything, so don't think that either. :P

Unknown said...

RABBIT FIGHT!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Now heather...
I know you're not calling me out.
please believe.
-Jenn Schope.

AllEvrything said...

um, jenn, there's nothing about you in this post and no where where she's "calling you out." where'd you get that? if you read into something said as to think it was about you, you don't have to worry. this was something with no ties to you or anything.

Anonymous said...

she was commenting about the "jen schope isn't exactly model perfect..." and we weren't saying that she was fat but the exact opposite she was one big muscle. and just so you know since you obviously didn't do any research before anyone posted/commented we didn't make her feel weird but once again the exact opposite we went over to seth's house and we had a bon fire together which there was never a point where (at least i thought) that she would feel awkward.

P.S. and I/todd don't expect all girls to be "pencil thin". (i at least like them to have a little junk in there trunk if you know what i'm sayin" :P
-David