By Lara Kirby
Part I
Emotions, (I have decided,) are the
most bothersome things that people possess. They captivate us with
love, and tear us apart with hate. Obviously, some emotions are good,
but not when you cry every time you think of a certain thing,
especially when you don�t understand fully why you are crying in the
first place! I understand I will see you again when you leave to move,
I fully understand that. WHY THE HELL DO I CRY ABOUT IT?! It's
not like you have died... And even if that were the case, the spirits are
everywhere around you, so it isn�t like they are gone away from you
forever, just not physically here anymore. I am bothered by this. I
hate to cry, especially in front of people and I try as hard as I can not to let my emotions show, but sometimes it becomes unbearable, and it
all pours out in a stream of tears and a lack of words. Overall, I
find it particularly embarrassing to cry in front of people. That is me
at my worst time, and I don�t really want people to see me like that.
Especially not people I am not close to. So, if those emotions could
be cut out of my system, and I couldn't cry anymore, then I would be
ecstatic.
Part II
As for other emotions, well, I don't know about the rest of the world,
but I personally, have a difficult time dealing with huge public
displays of affection. Okay, I understand, you two are in a deep
romantic bond, and believe that you are soul mates, never to be separated, but
please, save it for when you are not in front of random strangers. It's
just common courtesy. And besides, you could be attracting the local
perverts and they could follow you all the way home and watch you.
Obviously that is an extreme scenario. But really, people who go out
together to see a movie and end up not seeing any of the movie because
they are too 'busy' amongst themselves bother me. Don�t come to the
movie theatre where people are actually interested in seeing the
movie, rather than hearing you grope each other. Go rent a movie, watch it at
home and make as much noise as you want... At home! It is
much more sanitary as well. You know what people have been to your
house and sat naked on your couch... You don�t know what people have
been to the theatre and sat naked in the chair you are now sitting in.
I have been to way too many theatres where I have had to switch seats
because people decide to act on their desires, rather than watch
the movie. It's disgusting, so... stop it! I honestly don�t care if you
cuddle and be all cutesy with each other going, "oh you're so cute!"
"no, you're so cute!" and so on, it might make me vomit after a while,
but at least you aren't having sex in front of me. If I wanted to see
that, I would go rent those kinds of movies... I guess the second part
of the rant wasn�t really about emotions after all, but more about lust
and P.D.A.'s but whatever.
Part III
Another thing that really bothers me about emotions is (especially for
a certain emotion) the thought that always, always comes up in
conversations when discussing it; the fact that people think that
they need a significant other to go on with their lives. People... you
don�t need a significant other to live your life! You may want one to
be a part of it, but you definitely do not need one by any means. Okay,
so I know what you are thinking, "The only reason you say this is
because you don�t care about living alone and unloved for the rest of
your life!" well, I too would rather be with someone for the rest of
my life than alone. But I don�t need it now. When I find someone, I
find someone. It's worth it to wait for someone meaningful than
going out with fifty different people just because you want to be with
someone. Besides, the single life is much more fun than a committed
one! You don�t have to worry about who they are hanging out with, if
you are being played, if they really like you or are using you for
action. Going to dances is better with your friends than with your
date. That way, you can dance with whomever you want, if you want to,
and you don�t have to go sit in a corner and cry because he went and
danced with the easiest girl in the school. Dances always have some
sort of stupid drama attached to them, which is why I always hated going to
them. People break up, and cry about it, and then the next day they are all
couply again... *Puke!* Teenage romance is a waste of time in most
cases. Really though, you don�t need a significant other to live... and
people who say otherwise clearly don't understand how good it feels to
be independent.