Thursday, July 15, 2010
Oh,Romeo,Romeo,wherefore art thou Romeo?
...deny thy father and refuse thy name.
(lit mode lit mode) I finally decided to decorate my R&J.I'm really sick and tired of seeing the digusting picture on the front cover.Eww.So it's been given a complete makeover :DD It's been covered in white paper and lace motif stamps here and there and r&j spelled out in puffy black letters on the cover.I like it now!
Okay,I'm going to rant about the "Dear Kelly" column on Teenage now.If she's your idol of something,you should stop reading right about...now.
She freaking pisses me off.Her answers are so easy to predict I don't really see why people bother to write to her!Also,in August's issue (they release issues in the middle of the month before,weird),her introductory letter was all about how children should not snoop.It was filled with examples about how kids discovered their parents' dirty little secrets,be it SMSes,emails,affairs or adult material.In all cases,the parents were very upset,blamed the child for everything,and thus leading the child to confide in her and broadcast the message that snooping is wrong,blah blah blah.She has advised children to stay out of adult's affairs,as it is really none of our business and they are logical,mature adults that have full understanding of the implications of their actions.We are supposed to live life as if our duty is simply to study,no more,no less.
She is implying that we are powerless,helpless,immature,naive,innocent,meddling kids.We have no power or implication whatsoever over our parents.Surely,as their offspring,we have a small bit of influence over their actions?Surely,we are smart enough to understand that something is not right within a family?Surely,we would want to right it?According to her,we are supposed to simply study hard and not get in the way of our parents,and things will be okay.
I do admit,it is wrong to snoop.However,if we discover something wrong,isn't it logical to attempt to rectify it?If,in our attempts to rectify,let's just say,a father having an affair,we break apart a family,it's not completely our fault.They don't have to treat us like it's all our fault!Adults think they are always correct,that they will find a way.
Sadly,only in a utopia will we find that everything will work out.
I guess you should go read one of her responses.They don't really help the poor person at all.Look,they already know something is wrong,and they need help.Not "Oh,you should not have gotten yourself involved in your parents' affairs.This is between them...yaddayaddayadda." YOu get sick of it after awhile.
Another thing she disses is young love,as cheesy as it is.
To get my point across,I will begin by admitting I like somebody,just like most normal teenage girls.(this is a hypothetical situation) Now,I'm confused about my feelings,so I write into Kelly for some decent advice.What do I get?
"You should not be having a relationship at this age.You should be studying,going for CCA and forming platonic relationships." It's all the same advice,and it pisses me off.She thinks that all these feelings will blow off soon and teenage relationships will never last and so on and so forth.Well,some of them don't but some of them do.She can diss a 19 year old girl for having a crush on her classmate."You should not confess!If he really has interest in you,he would have made a move.You are still young,therefore I advise you to have more platonic relationships with your peers."See?Same fugging advice.She's 19.Isn't that old enough to make her own decision?
She treats adolescence and adolescents like a period that is...well...disgusting.Something that should be gotten "over and done with".That I cannot stand.
If she reviewed Romeo and Juliet,she would flip.Teenage marraige and sex.The infatuation of a 13 year old girl over a 15 year old boy of a rival family.OMG if I wrote a letter to her about that...BLAHAHAHAHHA.
Anyways,that concludes my rant for now.I'm tired.I have 2 SAs tomorrow.Dawn just called me and sad there was batch outing to her house to swim.Hmm.Okay.Cool!
Minna,sayonara~!
Jenn(aha)
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2:40 AM
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