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This article was kind of an accident. I didn't mean to turn this into a full rant about how others' perspectives are all so butchered and screwed up again, but it just sort of unfolded into it. It started when I was going to add my response to a certain general question, "Why are you single?" My summary quickly turned into a large paragraph, which exploded into more paragraphs that eventually became this collection that you see here. And I know that I bore some of you with these things. It still amazes me that people can't attempt to read things more than a few paragraphs. Read a book, you short attention spanned losers. To those of you which the previous statement does not apply, I'm glad you haven't clicked somewhere else yet. (Well not really, but I should try to act nice, right?)

So yeah... now for my actual response to the question. Why am I single? It seems that nearly everyone treats this term as if it's such a horrible, unwanted, negative thing. It isn't. In fact, I take advantage of it... although I use the term "independent" as a replacement. For the most part, it's true. There will never be somebody that agrees with everything I do or say. That's called a follower, and they're pretty creepy. You'd think they'd have their own lives to live or something. I never liked the negative connotation of this. Sure, others have argued that it's great to be with somebody in tranquility and happiness and all that other weird stuff, but to what point? In a way I can almost do that already, except without all the cliche lines and mushy scenes.

A powerful part to consider about this is that a lot of people are still in the process of maturing. There still is a lot of confusion floating around and it can very quickly lead to evil things such as dishonesty or jumping to conclusions. Close to all relationships in high school are very unstable and do not hold for very long. I'm not saying they never work out and last long into the future, but the odds against that happening are as good as the odds against me getting higher than a 2200 total on the most recent SAT. For now, I see things a different way. My goal is to avoid all those events involving deep emotions and questioning if I less than three anybody. Instead, I'll keep things exactly the way they are until a few years later and see what's happening from there, be it previously known or new people. Until then, my negativity drives a lot of people away for me. By the way, do not think that looks mean everything. In my view, the amount of time you spend focusing only on your appearance is inversely proportional to how much I respect you. This is not the thought process of other students... not even close. They go for "teh hotness" far too often. What about the ability to debate? Competition in various games? Unpredictability and craftiness? Somebody could have tecnically been voted "the most beautiful person in the world", but if they don't know 100 - 22, they annoy me. Simple. The things that somebody does or says or the way they smile or resolve something makes all the difference in my case. Unfortunately, this isn't my world, unless I conquer it in the near future.

And mainly, finding the correct person to be with would be a walk through a dark, jagged cave with maggots ready to swarm you should you trip. The ratio of people that annoy me to those that don't is 8 to 1, eliminating so many people right off the bat. Of those that remain, there isn't really a point. I'm trying to keep my own focus on things, such as finals and my Entria stories, and I'm pretty sure others are too. As long as I'm not distracted by things I can keep on doing what I need to. Also, arguments about small little things are incredibly common and never end well. I really like being able to express my own opinions freely, such as this one, because I'm not as locked down as to who will really care about it. No way will I have my own opinions disrupted or my thoughts having to conform just to satisfy another. Yes there are counters that claim there probably will be somebody that will respect all this, but even so, they could still cross the line into a "follower" that I mentioned earlier.

To those that wish to strangle me right now, this is only my current stance. Things can change. I know I contradict myself at times; I can do that. If you're confused about this, too bad.

You want the summary? People are idiots, everybody's still a teenager, I need no distractions, and the future will be more stable. There's your summary.