Writing prompts! Gonna try, not promising.

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I found a list of writing prompts on tumblr a week or so ago. It's a challenge to write 30 letters to different things or people. Day 1 is a letter to an inanimate object that you hate. The reason I chose this particular object is because several hours, even days, after i wet it from my shower, it's still wet and gets my feet and pants soaked. It's annoying and generally puts me in a crappy mood because I then have to change my pants. Not the end of the world, but it's the little things I guess! haha

Anyway, here we go. I doubt I'll keep this up though.

Dear bath mat,

            I?m writing to apologize. I don?t often treat you with the respect or dignity you deserve. Oh the things you must have seen from where you lay. I?m very sorry. I get you wet far too often, and you?re stuck like that for hours after I?m completely dry. It?s unfair. You put up with a lot. I?ve left you alone in there with smells, all matted and moist after my shower, with stray hairs that have fallen from my head stuck to you. And yet, there you sit, all loyal and fuzzy, just putting up with it. It would be nice if we were friends, since you?re always there for me, the one warm spot in an otherwise freezing bathroom. Given the way I treat you though, I doubt we could ever be friends. I just hope this letter finds you well and can act as a peace offering. I?ve treated you with hate and disrespect long enough.

Be well and do try to stay dry, 

Rob

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Easy to Be Hard

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Hair is closing. I just recently went to this show and have fallen in love with it, with one song in particular. The philosophy of the show, the heart and soul of it, moves me beyond words every time I see this show, I can't explain how inspired I am after leaving the theater.

Tonight's blog is inspired by the song performed in the first act, called "Easy to Be Hard" in which Sheila's character does something lovely for Berger and goes out of her way to prove her friendship and affection towards him only to be made fun of, brushed off, and ignored. That feeling resonated with me. I've been there and dealt with people who seem heartless, who seem like they don't care, who make fun of you a bit too often or diminish kind deeds you do for them. It seems like getting kicked in the ass becomes something we get used to, and we go back for more. 

"How can people have no feelings?  How can they ignore their friends? Easy to be proud. Easy to say no." I've asked myself forms of these questions, wondering if I do something wrong by being so open, and giving. If I'm wrong for getting too excited or happy when a friend has a good day. If I'm wrong for dropping what I'm doing for a phone call or a text, or a simple hello. 

I can't ever be hard on the inside, I can never be heartless or disinterested. I care with every inch of myself for my People. I care too much, I see that sometimes. People pull away, people ignore, people stop talking to me, and they move on. I don't ever move on. I lose people too easily, and I think it might have to do with my overbearing nature, the fact that I care too much or do too much , it freaks people out. But my intentions are good.

I just don't think a person should be slapped in the face for having good intentions. 
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