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LJ Idol, Week 2: I Don't Care About Apathy
Oct. 1st, 2008 10:55 pmPeople disappoint me. They so often choose small lives. What I should care about is your apathy.
There are a million things I care about passionately, things I believe in and think are crucially important. I have no problem talking about them, writing about them or carrying the flag. But I don't give a damn about your apathy, your disinterest about the world beyond you. I should, shouldn't I? I don't.
Once the second week's topic went up, I started reading the submissions as soon as they appeared. Time spent reading is never wasted, even if it does raise my blood pressure. I expected to be filled with annoyance and wondered how many entries would be thinly veiled excuses for bad behavior. I wondered how I would be able restrain myself from attempting to correct everyone's apathy.
Three days later I am surprised at how little I care about your apathy or the reasons why. Maybe I'm getting old, losing my sharp edge, or maybe I've finally stopped trying to fix everything I see. Perhaps I am just pleasantly surprised by how many stories about apathy are beautiful or creative. Not all apathy is based in grim absence or willful ignorance. Apathy to tyrannies of convention made for lives richer in stories about love, LOLcats, stars and packs of cigarettes. Perhaps a certain amount of apathy about the world is healthier, if it means you're living a life on your own terms.
I don't care about your apathy, but I'm not so worried about it anymore.
There are a million things I care about passionately, things I believe in and think are crucially important. I have no problem talking about them, writing about them or carrying the flag. But I don't give a damn about your apathy, your disinterest about the world beyond you. I should, shouldn't I? I don't.
Once the second week's topic went up, I started reading the submissions as soon as they appeared. Time spent reading is never wasted, even if it does raise my blood pressure. I expected to be filled with annoyance and wondered how many entries would be thinly veiled excuses for bad behavior. I wondered how I would be able restrain myself from attempting to correct everyone's apathy.
Three days later I am surprised at how little I care about your apathy or the reasons why. Maybe I'm getting old, losing my sharp edge, or maybe I've finally stopped trying to fix everything I see. Perhaps I am just pleasantly surprised by how many stories about apathy are beautiful or creative. Not all apathy is based in grim absence or willful ignorance. Apathy to tyrannies of convention made for lives richer in stories about love, LOLcats, stars and packs of cigarettes. Perhaps a certain amount of apathy about the world is healthier, if it means you're living a life on your own terms.
I don't care about your apathy, but I'm not so worried about it anymore.