Howdy ya'll, this is coming to you from a hotel room in Jackson, WO (or is it WY?). It seems I've managed to slip out of Rochester fairly unnoticed, except for those who were aware of my family's little excursion out into the nothingness.

Actually, I can't quite say "nothingness." Why? BECAUSE IT'S GORGEOUS OUT HERE! Honestly, I've never wanted to live in the country before, but right about now I'd feel fine buying a ranch in one of these mountains and just spending the rest of my life looking at everything. It's honestly beautiful over here, and I haven't even reached Yellowstone yet! (That's our goal, by the way) So here's what is absolutely pissing me off: every single little "operation" that takes place out here. All these mining deals, and logging, and all that crap. THIS IS THE BEST CHUNK OF NATURE I'VE EVER SEEN! DON'T TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME!

This is short because it's hard to express just how much I love this place. Thank you and goodnight.

  posted by Scott @ 8:58 PM

 
Sorry if I was being offensive there, but let me try to explain why I bothered saying it.

Andy, you know me, I'm easily frustrated when people insist on not trying to see things my way, and continue to push it. Even when it's being done in a purely humoristic mood, it can still bother me. Well, the main purpose of my statements was as a continuation of a joke/frustration with my sectionmates, but at it's core I'm simply just saying that because I'm not sex-crazed and I don't talk much of my crushes, that I'm not gay. I know people are capable of understanding that, but like I said, people joke around by not using that logic on me. So it was more of a return volley in an ongoing game of humor tennis.

But I hear you. I'm not sure where I stand on the whole "nature vs. nurture" argument (which has a mystically intuitive name), but I think it's somewhere inbetween. I haven't researched it, and it hasn't affected me much, so I haven't had to totally make a choice on it. In a manner of speaking, I'm wishy-washy. I don't think I would ever conscientiously condemn anyone for being gay and gay alone. With that mindset, though, you could say I'm pro-nature. But I also feel that a little bit of it is nurture too. Perhaps not the parents, but it could be the individual's choice in some way or not. Example: instead of liking only blondes, or only girls with ponytails (ooo, there's something near and dear to my heart), I can, I guess, make myself like whatever I want, if I work on it. Then again, maybe I can't and it is just that false sense of control that seems to be so prevailent the more you learn about genomes and chemistry and the like. So maybe it is nurture, but like I said, I haven't researched this at all. So, I'd like to stay neutral. It's not a vital issue to me, I don't think...

  posted by Scott @ 9:22 PM

 
I'd like to ditto what scott said earlier on his love life. As of this point in my life, I've decided that girlfriends are too much of a hassle than they're worth. I've seen too many people have relationships with a guy or girl screwed up cause they dated them. No matter how much the "let's just be friends" line is used, it's still not true. You can never go back to being just friends. You'll either start dating that person again or drift away from them. And I'm still hungry. That's one plus to girls though, most of them are better cooks than me.

  posted by Josiah @ 3:32 PM

 
I'm hungry
Try saying something next time, Jos - Scott
Scott, you're no fun.

  posted by Josiah @ 3:24 PM

 
For some reason I can't make Blogger display Andy's name on the Particiranters section. I'm working on it.

  posted by Scott @ 1:01 PM

 
Boy, I love the awesome traffic my site is getting...

*a tumbleweed rolls from stage right to stage left*

Yeah.... ANYWHO!

It's late, and I just read a good rant by a good friend. I like hearing what other people say when they don't have to say it to anyone in particular. More feelings come out, because less feelings are at stake. It's a good thing. Back to that friend... yeah, I agree with a lot of the stuff he says. I'm probably more euphemistic about it, but that's just me, eh? I currently don't have any real love relationships, and I haven't had any, and I don't think I will until I'm in college or something. It's just not a priority for me. Now, don't get me wrong, its not as if all my romantic neurons are switched and I'm only capable of devotion to food, no, it's not that. It's because I know that A) I don't need one right now, and B) I'm really not at that level emotionally.

For any of you out there who are worrying for my sexuality *cough*anyoftheclarinets*cough*, DON'T! I love girls! I can connect a lot better with them than I could with most any guy I know! And I have had and do have crushes, so there really isn't anything to worry about. Now that I've assuaged any perceived fears, I can talk about those crushes.

I've liked a lot of people. Sometimes because they're attractive (and I don't always run on the Socio-Scale^TM), sometimes because they're a really good friend, sometimes just because I've recently had fun with them. But I'm not stupid. No matter how much I might like them at the time, I know the difference between love and infatuation. Some crushes get closer to the love marker, but that doesn't matter. Why? I'm in high school. I'm in no rush AT ALL. I have a whole life before me, and statistics show that I really don't stand a chance of finding my wife in high school. I probably don't even know her yet. So why rush it? Some guys feel that it's best to "prepare" yourself for your future wife by dating other women beforehand, but that's too limiting. I have a lot of great girl friends (that little space can make a difference), and I don't have to only hang out with them and noone else! because I'm not dating them. It's bunches better that way, IMO.

One drawback? I know one that bugs me: no physical intimacy. Now, some of you (yeah, if there's actually more than one person who'll read this) might think, "Wait? Isn't he all, abstinence and crap?" Well, I am. That's not what I'm talking about. In fact, I'm not even in a rush to kiss anyone. What I'm talking about is more the just being able to hold someone you love close to you, know they're there, and just, I dunno how to describe it, just that feeling. Yeah. I want that. But, since I don't really have a girlfriend, I can't get that. This is the one thing that might draw me into an exclusive relationship. Not just for the hugs/whatever, but because it would mean a deeper relationship. If someone trusts me enough to let me hold them, that would show me something. That's what I want, I guess. None of the high school "I'll date you so it boosts me up the social ladder," junk. Even the "I'll love you forever," stuff is too much for me. I don't think that I'd ever be able to tell anyone I love them, until my wife. I mean, it's such a loaded word, in that sense. So it's kinda dumb when people just throw it around on TV, and at school, and all that. Sure, it's nice to think you'll live with someone forever, but chances are, you probably won't. It's a sad truth that needs to be addressed before the relationship even begins. So yeah, there's my thoughts on that. I wonder if that had a point. No, I guess that's what it means to "rant." Someone give me a trophy or something.

  posted by Scott @ 11:28 PM