I realize that a lot of you are gonna disagree with my opinions on the nature of blog posting. That's OK. I'm not the kind of person who thinks her friends have to agree with every little thing she says in order to remain friends--or at least I try not to be that way. The example I always use here is that Ali, who I love dearly and well, loves Aerith, while I hate Aerith... and Ali, who I love dearly and well, dislikes Seymour, while I love Seymour. You might think to yourself, well, fighting over character preferences is petty anyway, and it is, but I've seen people get -enraged- about it. But Ali and I do not get enraged, because our preferences do not have to match for us to be friends. Besides that, I have many friends who are friends with people that I either dislike or who do not like me at all, and I still love those friends dearly and well all the same. You do not have to agree with me on every single point to be my friend. You don't even have to like all of my work (though I'd be lying if I said it wasn't nice :B). It's just a matter of politeness and respect.

Besides, when it comes to the blog thing, if you apply the prevailing doctrine here, then no one's got any right to call anything I write immature because this is my 'ranting space.' But since I disagree with that, anyone can feel free to say so, and in some cases I'll agree. I'm 18 years old.

But I'm also 5, 8, 3, 9, and 12, and I'm sensitive. Am I sorry for how I react to words that hurt me? No. Am I sorry if I seem immature? Yes. But you know, I'm not going to hide my feelings just because some people suddenly think being unkind is OK. And no matter how you slice it, there's nothing nice about deriding someone, especially because of their ill perceived popularity.