In Response to "Elliot"

Previously to reading Simple Minded Nonsense: Failure I had gathered some ideas for my upcoming post. I should have waited for February (I'm about to reach the 100th post!!!) but I feel like this idea in my head was overcooking. Then I read the blog above and thought, "hmmm....I shall write!" So thanks "Elliot." You will find that sometimes people write blogs in response to other blogs. Its part of the blogging world, not as critique but mearly as a response. I don't do these often, in fact I think I've only done it like two or three times? And its been done to me three or four? I don't know...anyways its  not common but it happens. Welcome to the art of blogging.

So back to me! I was thinking on how many times I've embarrassed myself publicly. It actually happens a lot... Not because I am a socially awkward person, or because I'm dumb. It just happens! Like take the time that my sister and I thought it was ok to sing in front of an entire congregation. It was a song we had never heard before but we did it anyways. With our very bad voices. Oh and we messed up halfway through the song. Then there was that one time in the 9th grade when we were reading A Tale of Two Cities and I wasn't actually reading it, more like SparkNotes-ing it. Then we did these French research projects but I thought that the two cities meant we were all doing different cities or something. Well this one girl (the future validectorian and good friend of mine) had her project over Napoleon and at the end of her presentation I asked if Napoleon was French. No one ever forgot I asked that...

So yeah... I appreciate my friends very much because they put up with me and my embarrassing moments. My dad told me today that sometimes sincerity could be confused with envy. Well from my personal experience I can only say that I appreciate sincerity even in the worst cases. But how about when people lose their sense of loyalty? Are we obligated to continue being sincere? Or do we just let it go? Its a tough choice and I have personally concluded that no matter how bad things get, I will forever be sincere. A cruel reality can hurt but it hurts less than living a lie. Right? Then again when the loyalty is lost there is no compromise. It becomes a game of pretend. This game I call:

"The I'm-pretending-you-don't-know-that I know-you-are-ignoring-me game"

RULES:

-be as fake as you can
-be as superficial as you can
-be as cowardly as you can

This game is very common between girls but sometimes guys like to play it too. Geez, I've become obsessed with loyalty these days. I feel like a dog. Honestly I have accomplished many things that I am very proud of. I think I only want to share those golden moments with people who honestly love me and would do anything for me (as I would for them). People who know where their sense of loyalty lays..