what is "RATIONAL" ?

"Lay off your rhetoric, sir, please, your flattery is lost on me."


  Okay, so this is another one of my "life" posts, so brace yourselves. Things have been kind of stressful for my lately, and this would be completely normal, really, if it were different circumstances. But it's been bugging me, even though I'm not really involved. At least, I don't think I am.
   Anyway, recently I've been hearing a lot of junk about my friend, who, let's face it, can be difficult. She can be very difficult. She's a hard-headed, sarcastic, stubborn as hell chick with a horrendous attitude when it comes to lack of sleep and food. She's been like this for as long as I can remember, and I thought people had learned to put up with her after all these years.
      I was wrong.
   Truly, I thought that, after middle school, the drama would finally end, but it's still here, always tugging at the back of everyone's minds. And finally, FINALLY, people are showing their true colors on how they feel about this girl. And I hate the results.
  Most have told me that they're sick of putting up with her, how her sarcasm "hurts their feelings"(-.-), how she's never kind or anything, and how she's a horrible friend. I get the feeling that, from what I've heard, I'm being expected to choose between her or these other people. That, or I should feel stupid for being friends with her.
  Well, guys, guess what. THIS IS STUPID. When did this become such a big deal? She's one person, she can't ruin your life, and besides, I don't think she cares to. No offense or anything, but she barely gives a crap what other people think of her.
  While I'm at it, let me tell you something. Yes, maybe you have your feelings hurt when she's joking around, but she has feelings too, and I bet talking crap about her behind her back hurts those feelings a teensy weensy bit. 
  Sorry, but I'm not choosing between anyone. I don't care if you hate her, that doesn't give me a reason not to be friends with her. That doesn't mean I can't be friends with you, but if my being friends with her bugs you, then sorry, but too bad. If that kind of thing bothers you, that's really childish. This entire ordeal is childish.
  If it clears anything up, I have something to say about it. Yes, everything I said about her being stubborn, cranky and sarcastic is true, but that's what makes her amazing. She doesn't pretend to be kind when she doesn't want to be kind, she doesn't create that constant facade of a normal nice girl who's always polite and junk, she's just herself. And she's my best friend. Yes, she's sarcastic. Yes, she can be mean about it. Would you like to know why? Most likely, it's not because she hates you. This may be the case, since she doesn't particularly like a certain many people, but she's trying to protect herself.
   She doesn't want to be hurt, and I believe she lives in constant fear of it. So she puts up walls that make her emotionless to what other people think, and I don't think she can trust anyone. One really can't ever trust another, because anyone can be a traitor. Anyone can say that one thing, spread that one rumor, and a friendship can be lost. She's had so many people like this in her life, people that pretend to be her friend and then completely blow her off, so please, go easy on her. As one of the people she can always trust, I can't, and won't, be separated from her.
  She's my best friend. She's a good person, and yet you guys make her out to be this horrible person who can't have any friends. What do you think she views you as when you think like that?
  Please let all of this go. Because, trust me, when you hurt her, you hurt me as well. If you want to do that, fine, but know that if she goes down, I'm going with her. It's your choice.
  It's a simple choice, at that.




Song: What Is Rational?    Artist: Hot Hot Heat