November 5, 2009

• Rumors

  I sang at the church several of my Xangan friends attend Sunday night. After the service, I was heading out to the gym to play some basketball, when I overhead a conversation that I, quite frankly, did not expect to hear.
  I heard MisFishie tell Simbathe2nd that he was, and I quote, “very cute.”
  Now I didn’t want to be accused of eavesdropping on this obviously personal conversation, so I didn’t stop to ask questions. But it’s extremely obvious to me what’s going on here.
  I just don’t understand why they wouldn’t tell anyone. So I figured they must have forgotten. So I did what any kind, caring, and cool friend would do, and decided I would save them the trouble and tell everyone for them.
  So, everyone, on the behalf, and in the best interest, of MisFishie and Simbathe2nd, I would like to announce…

  Usually people just skip to the announcing. Forget the back story, unless it makes the story juicier. Forget about most of the conversation, the unknown facts, the context of the conversation, all of that is null so long as you got the Who, What, and maybe the When. Nothing else really matters to you, because that’s not what’s important. That stuff doesn’t make the better story.
  Your kind are a dime a dozen, and that’s plus tax. Ugh, the world would be so much better off without you! The only good you do is supply the plants with carbon dioxide to breathe!
  You just sulk around, waiting to hear what you want to hear, so you can run off and tell someone a lie, when the truth you don’t even care about  probably isn’t any of your business!
  I was in school with someone like that for a long time. They would run around telling half truths, stirring up rumors, setting off tempers, then when they were caught; deny deny deny. It made me sick. They caused so much pain, so many headaches.
  Sometimes it’s more than just petty tattletales. Some of the things you say can cost an innocent person their job, reputation, ect. And you don’t even care.
  I’m not talking about politics, I’m talking about people who just mind their own business, who probably do more good than not. And you just have to throw some mud on them.
  I think you do it just to get attention off of yourself. You try so hard to keep everybody interested in others’ lives so nobody will have time to look at yours. You’re so quick to point out the flaws of others so no one will be able to see your own.
  You don’t even have any true friends. You can’t be trusted.
  You know, I almost pity you. Almost; if it weren’t for all the pain you cause.

  That’s the end of my rant. The whole first three paragraphs are true though. But I’ll leave it up to you to form your own conclusion.

  • 6:36 pm
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