arachnophobia : the blog

If this blog was a baby, it would be so dead right now.

Hi, my name is Sam, and you may know me as the person who used to have a pretty OK blog but then stopped posting because he can't remember ever.

But hey, it's whatever.

I guess it's time for an update/rant/post:

I graduated, so that.

I watched as a bunch of my classmates walked across a makeshift stage to receive an empty folder that would later contain a diploma for liability reasons.

You know, the usual graduation stuff.

I spoke at Baccalaureate, which is just graduation church or something.

And my speech was the best I've ever given, because I let go and wrote something legitimately personal.

AND GUESS WHAT, IT OFFENDED PEOPLE.

It actually wasn't even offensive at all though.

It was titled "Faith: The Final Frontier"

It was about faith, obviously. 

It circulated around the idea that no matter what faith we have, we all share the common idea of faith. 

I mentioned how some people don't believe in God, but that they have faith in themselves or an idea.

It was tastefully done, with a very personal spin.

That thing was my baby. Like, I nursed it and everything. It was pretty weird.

My mom actually walked into the room while this was happening, and was all like

"Sam, why are you nursing the computer?!"

And I was like

"OMG MOM YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND MY CREATIVE PROCESS"

But regardless of my creative process, that shit was my shit.

And do you know what happened right after I gave the speech?

"NO SAM OMG PLEASE TELL US"

OK, I'll tell you guys!

A girl, who will remain nameless, approached me.

She said

"I didn't like your speech. I didn't agree with it."

COOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

SOOOOOO COOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL

Guess what?

I honestly don't give a flying fuck what you think about my speech.

Seriously though.

Why would you ever do that?

Saying that you don't agree with my speech is basically saying that you don't believe that anyone's faith can matter, because that's what I talked about.

And, additionally, you don't just say that shit to people.

It was a big night for a lot of us, especially those who went on stage to speak in the service.

So I really just don't understand why you would take any negativity backstage to someone who's just trying to make good with something outside of their comfort zone.

Seriously, fuck you.

If any of you reading this have ever gone directly up to someone after they put their beliefs on the table, expressing a pure and honest idea that they live by, and told them that you didn't like what they said because you think it's wrong,

APOLOGIZE.

It's just a dick move.

/rant

note: Apparently I do give a flying fuck, because I wrote a superfluous rant about it. Oh well.