The Art of Not Giving a Fuck

What did I tell you, readers? Boom, rain! Typical Ohio. So much for frisbee in the Quad.

I've been wanting to write this blog post for some time now. I have heard many things on this campus about this blog, and I would like to address them.

I would like to start out by saying you do not know who I am. But you do know who I represent. I do not represent an organization, a sorority, a fraternity, a clique, anything. I represent a state of being, a state of mind. The state of mind of not giving a single fuck, and living as fully as one desires.

While yes, I enjoy many an extracurricular drug or drink, that is what I desire. I stay up late, sleep in, and stumble to class along side many of you. You don't have to drink or do drugs to be part of the counterculture. You just have to be a person who doesn't care what society thinks of their actions. You do what you want, experience what you want, and go through life with an open mind.

If you think I am giving Otterbein a bad name, Greek life a bad name, even our generation a bad name, guess what? I don't care. I am one of millions. You can hide in your dorm or houses and pretend I don't exist, or at minimum want me arrested. Should that happen, there will be yet another to step in my place.

Readers, you need to stop caring what people think. Stop listening to others criticisms and stop living in other people's realities. Yes there is an art to it. Take everything with a grain of salt. I sit in class with some of you, listen to your harsh words or shouts of praise, and take it all in stride.

I am happy here at Otterbein. I have found people who think with an open heart and open mind. We are just overshadowed by the image that Otterbein tries to force upon the world. There are so many here, just like me, who have come and gone too, who thrive just like I do.

I live life, we live life, with an open mind. Life is too short to not try something because of a social stigma, too short to not have a bowl before class, or a beer after. And even if that isn't your thing, it should be because you do what you want, not what you've been told or been molded to do.

Break out of your mold! Your parents aren't here any more to scold you, and the OPD and the Krendlbots are just few of the many that will come your way and force you to be a conservative, quiet member of society.

I am not. I'm sorry if some of you disagree with my thoughts, and it's just a shame. But whether you think I should go away or get arrested, look around you. In your classes, your organizations, your friends, I am there. People like me who would like to squeeze life for everything it has, just like Otterbein squeezes us for every dollar we have. You can bitch all you want, and my reply will always be:

I don't give a fuck.

So until next time,

Rage on motherfuckers!

xoxo TO