the children green and golden follow him out of Grace
I do too much random thinking. And I have no one to spill with. So I spill here.
Browse at will.
Ah, the joys of work...
I still say we should all be hippies. Raise vegetables, stage peaceful protests. Travel. Stop mindlessly consuming, and/or working for organisations that exist for mindless consumption. I mean, where else in the world are you going to find, in any eco system, a plant or animal that exists simply to be eaten or used by something else? Even in his darkest times, Tennyson hoped that "not a worm is cloven in vain/ that not a moth in vain desire/ is shriveled in a fruitless fire/ or but subserves another's gain." So how are we justified creating economies that produce items with no purpose other than to be consumed so that the producers can produce more items for consumption? This endless repetition seems to exist just so some anonymous someone can make more money and consume more. Is there a point to 'stuff' anymore?
I know that when I'm an adult I'll probably agree with everything I'm being told now. I'll understand the wisdom of my elders when I am among them, and I'll have no problem obeying and submitting and acquiesing like I 'should'. But right now, they are the ones who don't understand. Tomorrow, I will agree that, yes, I'm the small one, the young one, the stupid one, and everyone else was right, but tonight, give me the company of someone who not only loves me, but loves me enough to see me as separate from themselves. Show me grace, and love, and all else will follow.
I know that 'the Man' 'the Establishment' 'the Powers that Be' will always try to sell us one lie or another, but don't you wish they'd stick to one lie at a time? I mean, how confusing is this:
a) I must wear a bra, because w/out it my breasts will (naturally) loose their elasisity and 'sag'. (Which, gaspshock, they do anyway.)
b) this must be avoided, because 'natural' is not 'sexy' and my worth is, apparently, defined as how 'sexy' I am to men.
c) I must be 'sexy' to be worthwhile.
d) I must be 'easy' or 'cheap' to be sexy.
e) I can't be those things, because no one associates with 'that kind'.
f) I cannot display my breasts in a sexy way, because that makes me cheap/easy.
g) I cannot simply allow my breasts to sit on my ribcage naturally, because that is not attractive to men, only to hippies. Plus, it annoys the women around me.
Only possible conclusion? Stick my tongue out at society. And date a 'hippie' -- someone who respects me regardless of brassieres or their contents.
Is it appropriate to use the adverb 'anymore' outside of a negative sentence? I mean, we all agree, "You never swim with us anymore" is perfectly alright, as is "After that brutal shark attack, I find I just don't like to swim anymore." However, what about sentences I heard from my aunt's and grandmother's mouths, like, "I find I like swimming less and less anymore." Is it just me, or does some other grammar freak know whether this just sounds wrong because we don't usually use it, or whether it simply is wrong. It's been bothering me for weeks now.
And for heaven's sakes, someone tell me what feminism is and why it's such a 'bad word' when it sounds like it's for such great things.