Thoughts aplenty...

[gemsybobsy]

...but, as usual, no interesting/constructive/creative ones. Here they are anyway, in the interest of keeping this thing updated with... YAWN.

- HOT CHOCOLATE.
- FIRE and TELLY.
- My scalp is really dry and tight. It's driving me insaaane. Moisturise me, moisturise me.
- I feel dizzy in my head.
- Been running around all over the city like a blue-arsed fly all week. I should go up the wooden hill and get loads of sleep, but that's boring, and I didn't wake up properly until midday today, so going to bed now would feel like a precious waste of hours that I could otherwise idle away reading nutty blogs/communities.
- New clothes arrived:



SWISH SWISH. There are loads more, but I won't spam.

- NaNoWriMo is... naaah. I like what I have, but I don't really have the passion/attention span for it.
- Christmas ballet show is all planned and choreographed; just needs moar rehearsals. Can't wait.
- Album... still not complete...
- No fleas! YAY!



- A debate I spotted in comments on asexuality reminded me of when I was at school and we had to pretend to be handwriting experts writing a magazine column, analysing the handwriting of people who wrote in. Kids were all, 'Their Ys have large swooping tails, which means they are romantic,' and our teacher wasn't sure if we should be using 'he/she' or 'they' if the gender of the writer wasn't clear, and there was a debate which I avoided completely by writing in a colloquial second person format: 'Your Ys have large swooping tails, which means you're a romantic at heart, you old softie, you.'
- English needs proper non-gendery pronouns.
- On the theme of aces, the concept of attractiveness is really causing big brainache at the moment. I keep looking at different types of people... I DON'T GET IT. I just... what is it?! I think it's 'cause I caught up on Hollyoaks (shut up, it's awesome) earlier, and there was 'antics'... Lee was going around asking boys if they thought they were attractive because he couldn't tell, being a straight boy. And then there's people on Facebook saying I should dress more like a girl because I'm feminine, and a girl, and I was just... Iunno. 'You're so pretty, I wish you would believe it yourself, and stick some suspenders and lippy on.' And undies as well; pretty undies. What's the point?! Does it really make a difference? All the things people do/tell me to do, in order to fit the definition of attractive, and I don't get what it's all about. It just... bafflé. More than ever.
- Tooth is broken. Probably needs crown. I'm not even gonna... *seethes*
- Tummy ache, as normal.
- Acne. Pizza face. Can't eat my, can't eat my, no you can't eat my pizza face.
- Kinkmeme made me cry loltears again.
- Get off my television, Andre. Seriously. Knobtwat.
- There really are some ridiculous songs out there at the moment. 'If anybody sees her, shine a light on her'? What for? And what... aim the car headlights at her? Maglite in the face, or what?

Comments

[thebarkside.livejournal.com]

Awww I shoulda worn my iPatch.

[wincyspider.livejournal.com]

What does it matter whether you dress like a boy or a girl? Half the boys at work buy a smaller size new look jeans than I do haha, and I go around in jeans and band tshirts and suit jackets like a stray member of an early 20s indie band. Doesn't matter. Wear what you're most comfortable in and bugger the gender clothing divide.

[wincyspider.livejournal.com]

ps. You look awesome.

[thebarkside.livejournal.com]

THANKS! And Inorite, people seem to generally think that attractive = feminine. Which is weird. And that's assuming I even want to BE attractive in the first place. Because we have to do everything to attract our future husbands, don't forget!

'I'm glad you're growing your hair, it looks so much more... feminine when it's longer.' NOOOO REALLY? I R SHOCKED.

[polyptych.livejournal.com]

'You're so pretty, I wish you would believe it yourself, and stick some suspenders and lippy on.'

Oh, is that what people do when they feel good about themselves? Personally that just sounds like people feeling feminine and attractive because they are wearing what they are told is feminine and attractive, which makes it completely false. Besides, I thought everyone had their own ideas of what was attractive? Why not just be yourself?

Some people would have us believe that all people should be attractive all of the time, which is a crock anyway.

Don't ever change!

[thebarkside.livejournal.com]

Indeed! You're worth nothing unless people of the opposite sex are drooling over you. 'Now cover those zits and pluck those eyebrows. Oh don't worry about those imperfections you can't change, if people don't love you for who you are despite your wonky teeth and eyes, they're not worth knowing about.'

What a load of balls.

[jupiter-erased.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what you just said.
Hugs xxx

[dreamfolorn.livejournal.com]

Your clothes... They are AWESOME. I LOVE that shirt, and would love one for work, but a) I don't want to steal your style and b) I am much too fat for a shirt like that at the moment.

Why should it matter how you dress? Really, when you look at it, most people don't PROPERLY fit the divide. Boys in skinny jeans and pointy toed shoes, girls in skate jeans with their arses hanging out and trucker hats on, everyone in Converses all the time, kilts (hurrah for non-gendered Scotland), Military styled clothes...

[thebarkside.livejournal.com]

It took me aaages to find this one. :D Heeheehee. And I had to FIGHT for it, so many people were bidding!

[cha-mel-eon.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I like that shirt! I think it looks more new romantic-y than piratey. :D

[thebarkside.livejournal.com]

YAAAY thanks, that's sort of the effect I was going for! :D

[eremite.livejournal.com]

You look wonderfully C17th! All rather The Draughtsman's Contract :D

We definitely need better pronouns!

[thebarkside.livejournal.com]

Haha, thanks! I want to see that film now! :D (I had to IMDB it...)
We do indeed. I need to choose some and stick to them!

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

We definitely do! I've never liked the Spivak ones (ey, em, eir and so on) very much.

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

GOGGIES

GOGGIES

And that shirt is fabulous, wtf. Anyone who thinks that could be improved upon in terms of attractiveness can stop the planet right now because they're being left on the roadside.

[thebarkside.livejournal.com]

GOGGIES! It was nice to get a picture of them without any blurry bits for a change! And thank you! I want to go out somewhere and show it off! :D

[bucjo.livejournal.com]

Why does Floyd have eyes there?! I WANT TO PUT EYES ON THE DOG.

I would also like to make dog friends with those two. I've been reminiscing about our dog friends back home this weekend and need a dog cuddle.

[thebarkside.livejournal.com]

Awww sorry bb! :D Heeheehee!
I could bring them to London one weekend! I have always wanted to do that. Didz on the tube would be HILARIOUS.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_pyromancer_/]

That outfit looks fantastic! Airship piracy ahoy?

"Attractive" tends to mean "whatever turns on the person saying it". Hence large numbers of blokes who like the "lippy and suspenders" thing. And to be completely honest, when I say I like girls in boilersuits, while it's partly practicality, a lot of it is because that's what I find "erotically pleasing" (can't say sexually pleasing as I've no desire for sex, just like looking!). And then you get the same thing from girls because they think that will attract a guy, and attracting guys is how to be happy, so you should do it. It'll take generations of true gender equality before this kind of thing dies away, and TBH I suspect a vestige will always remain.

Pronouns - I think using the plural forms is now pretty much accepted. I seem to remember some debate about it when I was at school, 25+ years ago. There are some new non-gender ones that have been created (I think "hir" is one) but I'm not sure how they are pronounced and very, very few people will know what they are, so they don't get used (classic catch-22!). There's quite a history for people trying to bring in new ones (back to the 1700s!), but none have succeeded so far. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun (with usual caveats about Wiki-accuracy!)

Second person is a neat way round that!

Pizza-face - LOL!!! You know I'm going to hear that every time that song comes on now! You are an evil person! Actually I might sing that to the Combichrist vs Lady Gaga remix next time I play it in the club... :-)

Shine a light - not heard the song but LOL at your imagery! Add "tied up across the entrance to a railway tunnel being lit by the headlamps of the oncoming train" to the collection. :-)

[thebarkside.livejournal.com]

Baaah, I'm not bothered about being attractive, I just want to be AWESOME. Heeheehee.

Yeah I still don't really like using 'they'. I prefer 'hir' out of the ones that I've seen around. I need to practise using them though, I find it hard to get into.

OMFG Combichrist/Gaga. Have I heard this?! I don't know! OMFG...

I like your suggestion. Hahaha. Stupidest. Song. Ever.