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Monday, June 16, 2008
Advice for Girls and BoysBoys first. Boys, girls don't want to have sex with boys who:
1. have to make sure their friends approve of their sex partners, first.
2. talk about sex and violence interchangeably. ("I'll shoot it in your eye, man!")
3. make it obvious that, once a girl has sex with them, every aspect of it will be discussed with his friends.
Come on, boys. Grow up. (Or admit that you'd don't really want girls to sleep with you. That's okay, too.)
Girls! Girls, nobody likes girls who:
1. constantly use sexual behavior to get attention.
2. constantly compare themselves to other girls.
3. think that attention from males is the most important thing on earth.
Unless... we're talking about a boy who wants to have sex. A boy who wants to have sex with a girl will put up with all of the above and more. But then, even he will get tired of it and move on to something else.
oh, shoot
I had a lot more to tell y'all, but it all just slipped out of my mind. Man.
More later, then. Don't forget the poetry workshop on Sunday. I'm making worksheets for it this week.
Unless you're a psycho stalker, of course. No psycho stalkers invited. Sorry, guys. Maybe next time.
reading rainbow
I just read E.M. Forster's Maurice. Before that, I read a bunch of Henry James. Before that, I read Gregory MacGuire's Son of a Witch. All of those were good.
Before that, I read a little bit of Etgar Karet's Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God. Before that, I read A.M. Homes' The Mistress's Daughter. Before that, I read Madeleine L'Engle's Camilla, which I thought was awesome when I was a middle-schooler but which now cracked me up with its heavyweight self-importance and which saddened me with its romanticization of domestic violence.
Before that, I read Nicholson Baker's The Fermata, which was funny and clinically interesting.
I need more books to read. Lightweight books that fit in my purse on the bus.
That's all now. More later.
Labels: books, psychobabble
7:53 PM #Comments:
Is Maurice good? I really liked the movie. I think I saw it back in the early '90s. I also LOVED "A Room with a View." I should read the books. I hate saying "I saw the movie." LOL! Have you read "The Secret Life of Bees?" I loved that one! Read it before the movie comes out this year.# posted by
ShoeGirl : 12:55 PM
Read A.M. Homes' "This Book Will Save Your Life" and "Things You Should Know."
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Marigoldie : 4:50 PM
I just want to read crap these days. I mean, I'm reading that Monica Lewinsky book. What is WRONG with me?!!
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That Chick Over There : 5:24 PM
ShoeGirl: Maurice was good if you like EM Forster's style. The ending was kind of blunt, though. Haven't yet read Secret Life of Bees. I'll put it on my list.
MG: Is Things You Should Know the story collection? I thought you'd read it already? Or did you only read the One Story that we discussed?
That Chick: Whoa. No one told me there was a Monica Lewinsky book out. That's it -- I'm getting it this weekend.
(I'm reading lots of classics because I haven't been to the bookstore or library lately, and classic paperbacks are all over my house now.)
# posted by
Gwen : 7:42 PM
I seem to only want to read books about olden day slutty royalty. I know The Other Boleyn Girl is like, so two years ago, but I'm reading The Constant Pricess now and it's so good.
I just broke up with a guy who could not understand why I didn't want him discussing (truly, bragging about) our sex life with his friends. It's like he thought he was the only guy on earth getting laid.
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