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2月19日 a new raceI think, my dear readers and inmates, that I may have inadvertantly created a new breed of teenager.
Well, I did't do it alone, I should say, I think Hollywood may actually be somewhat to blame.
Currently in the teenager speceis there are a few well-known breeds: the goth and to a lesser extent the wannabe goth, the cheerleader type (usually jazz and tap dancers here in Aus), the "intelligensia"- basically an umbrella name for your nerd, geek, dweeb, etc, and, because I couldn't be stuffed going on with this actually quite long list, the last option- the cultured teen.
Most, but not all, of my freinds fit into the cultured teen section- these people enjoy theatre and most other forms of live entertainment, if not doing drama themselves (there is a sub-group of the cultured teen- the performing arts school wanka. I won't go into them). Most cultured teens slot into the intelligensia in one form or another, but not always- usually due to an enjoyment of literature or other cultures. Cultured teen is one of the few breeds that can be aquired both unintentionally and perposefully into one's own personality, which leads to the great variety there is within this breed.
I think with the help of my freinds (Beetles song!Yay!) and of Hollywood, I may have created a second subgroup- the everyday pirate. Everyday pirates enjoy most anything pirate-related, although the more whimsical and less factual seem to be more popular. I partially give credit to Hollywood because I only really noticed this group after the release of "Pirates of the Carribean", when I joined it. the advents of Jenny's discovery of 'international talk like a pirate day' (september 19, for those playing at home), and my own finding- Puzzle Pirates, the only pirate-based internet puzzling game I think could possibly exist- have proven to me once and for all, that when these three elements come together, you end up with the everyday pirate cultured teen.
Beware cultured teens everywhere- this subgroup is very catching! Symptoms inculde saying 'aye' instead of yes, 'arrrrr' at any given opportunity, and throwing or attending pirate parties. It may also result in a minour addiction to an internet game.... 2月14日 " now i feel loved. think i might have some toast..."...So said my mother after her boyfreind made the obligitory valentines contribution this morning.
Goes to prove how commercial we all know valentines is that the fact i got a package from macquarie university overrode any thoughts of being self-sorry for the lack of my beloved on this 'special day'. Honestly, i love him to bits, but it really shows- mum and i got our pot-plant and flowers respectively, then went on with the day as though it never occurred.
In defence of the holiday- though i wouldn't call it that, since the poor general community still has to work- neither mum nor i had boyfreinds at hand- mine is at adfa and hers is in hospital with a spider bight. If they had been actually with us, maybe i would dissagree with this veiw.
However, all in all, i have reason to beleive saint valentine is no longer spreading his message as he once was across the world.
For example, despite my views above, i was still rather shocked at the thought (though unproved) that today of all days, a freind was going to visit a couple i know. One of them is leaving for uni VERY soon, so one would think that the sanctity of what could only be described as 'international couples and only couples day' would most definately go undisturbed- there is only so much time we teenagers can spend completely alone.
Nonetheless, this blog would also have to be a lament for the lost beauty of the sentiment: the rose sending spree going on at my old highschool as i type would prove later to be the best possible meathod to harden us all- the sending of flowers becomes cheap to those who receive many, and a cause for embitterment to those who receive none. Later, the genuine article from someone who is for the most part NOT shy-ly anonymous can solve this- for me, in the last ever year of school-rose-receiving elegibility.
I suppose in the end i am meerely conforming to the steryotype of the valentines-day-hater to all you readers, but really it's a point of sadness to me- if you know me, which by all accounts you probably do- you also know i adore any chance to celebrate in a non- drunken manner.
Perhaps it is just a bad year for valentines. Lord knows when i get the card that was sent (probably in about a week, with the letter that still hasn't arrived from a while ago) i'll probably perform the greatest hypocritical backflip of all time and turn to mush. However, untill then,
Happy Valentines inmates.
 2月3日 Catgirls!!!I have seen, i think, enough catgirls to last me an extencive period of time.
You see, in my everlasting appreciation for good illustration, i have taken to the practice of randomly drawing things- and more recently, reading "how to" books on manga- japanese style cartooning, for those people playing at home- and my most recent featured an extremely breif chapter on catgirls, which it claimed were traditionally called 'neko'.
WRONG!
Neko is the word for cat, not catgirl, as my dear aaron was so kind to inform me.
Nonetheless, when my mother informed me that we needed tap-bourds for the dance studio -"Cats"- i couldn't help but think there would be nothing more relelvant- modern, cat related- than a catgirl dancing. don't know what we'll do with the other one...
Anyway, being the dedicated little student-like-person i am, i went on an internet research expedition, looking for examples, poses etc.
the attached pic, incidentally,is from the 'wilde house for wayward catgirls', a sight featuring numerous examples of excellently illustrated, if somewhat european in style, catgirls.
Soooooooooooooooo...many...catgirls. |
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