Inkblots (and snapshots)

A student writes about being a student. An intern about being an intern. A woman about being a woman. A child about being a child.

Me no like. September 23, 2007

Filed under: Uncategorized — tb4me2000 @ 3:56 am

Sooo

Yeah.

About boys. They can be perty stupid sometimes. I like mine. But they can still be stupid. Muy stupid.

Anyway, I’ve been racking up things that gross me out, so here’s a list!! Aren’t you lucky?

1. Guys who use girl’s bathrooms. When girls are in there.

2. People eating around me when I’m not eating. Some people are just really noisy eaters. Bleeegh.

3. Our carpet pre-vacuum. Eww.

4. A certain evil pastry person in a state of cottage cheese…glory.

End of list.

 

"assertive, unapologetic, demanding, intimidating…in control" September 19, 2007

Filed under: bitch, hangproud — tb4me2000 @ 8:42 pm

When you think of a “bitch”, what do you think of? Is it positive or negative? A person or a dog? Me? This quote from Margaret Cho in Bitchfest defines a bitch in a positive light, and I’d have to say that I agree with her 100%. What’s wrong with any of those things, and are they not accurate depictions of someone we might call a bitch? “Assertive, unapologetic, demanding, intimidating.” It all trickles down into the larger concept of power and achieving/maintaining control. A bitch has power, whether it is self-imposed or it is given by way of birth, class, career, titles, etc. Think Malvolio, Twelfth Night: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” It’s true, isn’t it, with both greatness and bitchiness?

So, why do we despise bitches? Why do we say “bitch” in such a nasty, malicious, (jealous?) tone of voice? Do we hate them because they are what we are not? Let’s look at the qualities opposing that of the bitch: meek, apologetic, lacking confidence, mouse-like, downtrodden. The anti-bitch might seem virtuous and noble, resisting the desire to seize power, but there truly is no honor, no virtue, no glory or praise in being walked over. Perhaps the positive conception of the bitch is a highly feministic one, but it’s true, if only you can get past the blinders (“Grr my boss is such a bitch, she gave me X, Y, Z to do and then plopped her fat bitchy ass down in that leather chair in the massive corner office and Facebooked all day.) and realize that we all want to achieve the qualities and the power of that bitch.

-.-

So, what provoked such random ramblings? HangPROUD, of course! At 12:00 a.m., HP updates articles with a piece entitled “Embracing the Bitch” (or some such title), which discusses the qualities of the bitch and how we ought to embrace such qualities and in doing so, our futures as women with power/in high powered positions. “In the Skin Your In” (that’s the short headline), discussing the effects of media and various emaciated celebrities on young girls of today also will be featured.

xox.

 

Top Fives… September 14, 2007

Filed under: Uncategorized — tb4me2000 @ 8:38 pm

Hi hi. So, I’m sick, and I’m bored, so I’m making lists of random things, like my favorite smells. In no particular order.

So, My Top Five Favorite Smells:
1. Chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven.
2. Honeysuckle in the early morning
3. My mom’s cooking, even if she’s making something I don’t like
4. Horses
5. My boy

My Top Five Least Liked People Of The Moment:
1. Patti Lupone. You can’t understand her. And…and I just don’t like her. Not that I know her or anything.
2. Well, if I can’t get to two, I guess that’s a good thing.

My Top Five Favorite Medicinals:
1. Midol
2. Aleve
3. Sudafed
4. Nasonex
5. Hm. Cough Syrup

My Top Five Favorite Groups of People:
1. Parking People, because they granted my appeals! Woot!
2. The HP crew <3
3. Cast of the OBC of Into the Woods
4. My roomies :)
5. My boys <3 :)

My Top Five Least Favorite Things To Do:
1. Blowing my nose when it’s already red and puffy and owwie.
2. Washing other people’s dishes
3. Cleaning up after Buddy when he’s sick
4. Taking care of myself when I’m sick
5. Repeatedly telling people either: I’m okay! Really! or, “Yeah, I’m sick” (as I walk down the hall coughing with a tissue in hand and a red puffy owwie nose)