01-16-03 @ 4:12 am EST

Looks like I pissed off my last rater. A four star changed to a two.

Meow.

It's kind of funny because she had a right to her opinion, and I had nothing against that; I even replied to her as tactfully as I could, considering that she apparently overlooked half of my "Web Journals" entry. Even if I didn't agree with her and posted an entry about it (as is my right--it's a personal journal, isn't it?), I never said she didn't have the right to that opinion. Just that I didn't care to hear her blabbing to me about getting off my butt, when she apparently isn't willing to drive me anywhere or give me any REAL-LIFE assistance like I asked.

Honestly--why don't the people who feel so "concerned" about me that they tell me to get off my butt and get a life, ever offer me REAL help? I keep asking; they have yet to answer me. They choose THEN to fall strangely silent. Just like whenever I ASK for advice, these people are somehow never there. Hello?

But to change the rating? Without commenting? ME-ow. THAT was childish. I was actually wondering if she'd go and do that, though I'd hoped she might be a bit more...mature? So now you see the caliber (calibre?) of people who tell me how to live my life yet give me no real assistance aside from griping at me. And she never replied to my e-mail (even though I did say I would argue no further, but like these people ever listen when I say that?); just chose to change the rating.

So your opinion of my life goes from four to two because I disagreed with you, does it? Childish. At least you put your name on your first rating, but you didn't comment when you changed it. Meow.

At least I know I'm better than that, to change my own rating on a journal because I start to disagree with the writer. I won't do that. I could very easily have given this user's name and such, and I could go over and ding all her items as she dinged mine without commenting, but I'm above that. Unlike this person.

Meow.

And even after I clarified, and this person CAME BACK to this journal and read another negative entry (what's wrong?--you don't believe me when I said there are POSITIVE entries in here?--aren't interested in reading them?--now that's funny), they still did not offer me a drive or any money so I could pay for a shrink or a car or anything. Hm, they didn't even offer me a comment on a positive entry of mine. How strange that these people are such selective readers! It's almost like they see my journal and focus on the negative. This one even came back and focused some more on the negative...like she WANTED to see it.

Who are they to give me advice when they can't see the positive themselves? Really strange.

I'd reiterate my previous comments from the last entry, but that's been done unto death, and they STILL don't seem to get the point.

Will you honor me by returning to my journal yet AGAIN since you seem to like looking at the negative things? I would link to some of my positive entries to prove to you that they exist, that you have in fact judged my entire person based on two journal entries written when I was in a bad mood, but I really don't think you're interested. Are you going to change your two to a one and prove my point even more? I wouldn't be surprised. And yes, I would dedicate another entry to it, just to prove my point.

Hey reader and rater...if I were to type up an entry tomorrow about how you inspired me to "get off my butt," whatever would you do? Would you stop reading? When you sent your comment, did you REALLY sit there and think, "This will convince her to go out and live her life and take driver's ed! (Yes, taking driver's ed will solve all my emotional problems...) I've done my good deed for the day!"? Why do some people honestly think that sending a rude comment to a complete stranger will MAKE that stranger completely change their life? These readers insist that *I* am the only one who can change my life, yet they insist also on sending their "advice" every chance they get, as if they can force me to change...it's odd.

I have some advice myself. Why don't you go find a nice, completely positive, fakey-fake journal to read? At least I'm honest in my journal. I could very easily sit here and type up lie after lie about how GREAT my life is and you would never even know it's not the truth...would you have stopped by and rated then? Or did you just rate me because you LIKED reading about me "sitting on my butt"? Hmm. I get the feeling that you LIKE my journal since you've returned to it at least once. Weird that you rate me poorly when you like reading my journal. Rating poorly based on a disagreement of opinion...immature. If you had rated me based on the quality of my writing, I wouldn't spend so much time on this here entry. But the fact that you changed the rating from a four only AFTER I disagreed with you shatters that argument. Really, why ya still reading if you "hate" me so much? Should I start to feel flattered, instead, that you keep coming back to focus on my negativity? Maybe if I "get off my butt" and start to post happy entries you'll lose interest? Hm, that'd be an interesting psychological experiment...it's been a while since I posted a nice long myth entry...

I also find it very interesting that the people who gripe at me because of my journal never have public online journals of their own. Very interesting, and quite telling.

Meow. Looks like I struck a nerve. When you strike a nerve, it usually means you're right.