"The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past." - Robertson Davies

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Someone on the Christmas Cake Theory and girls: value drops to zero after 25


Someone else:
there are so many negative things associated with being a woman...

whether you do possess those traits or not
people tend to assume you do if you're female

I think this is why women try to pass off as 'one of the guys'

you know, the whole shebang, I'm rather unhappy to say it was begun with pride and prejudice I think
elizabeth bennet

the ideal girl is not really 'girly' and 'ideal' -- kinda cute, quirky and 'original'
and once you market yourself as 'male' it's just fitting *that* stereotype

bridget jones in the millenium!

but that's probably analytical bullshit
and I don't think many girls are *conscious* of it anyway
they probably full-heartedly believe in their uniqueness
which is good! necessary!

...

there seems to be some sort of assumption that being macho means being illiterate

I've come across variants of it

either these uber-annoying 'macho' guys who *perform* illiteracy
or ok but fucked up literate guys who perform masculinity
or are insecure about their 'masculinity' because they're educated

but guy marketing I have to say seems a lot simpler
it's just, I'm confident and successful
and clever (even if they *aren't*)

whereas girls seem to try this whole 'I'm feminine but not quite female and tough but kinda vulnerable...'


Xephyris: digging out CDs to re-rip so i can get rid of my mpc collection
ah the rashness of my youth

Me: you converting to what

Xephyris: to mp3

Me: HAHA
your 1337-ness has decreased

Xephyris: lame at v2 now very transparent also for my music
so ok lah

Me: maybe now your ears less sensitive haha


Someone: u know
i am nursing a pet theory

the only people who care abt this shit are Govt and bloggers themselves
who work each other into a frenzy

noone else really cares abt political blogging. ;)
and the ahem "revolution"

bloggers carry with them this sense of inflated self-importance

Gahmen read the same few blogs and gets scared shitless
and promptly do a lui tuck yew

Me: what revolution
fiddlesticks

only political bloggers are dumb enough to believe there will be a revoluion

Someone: PRECISELY

and only civil servants are dumb enough to read the same few
and then compile to scare their bosses


Someone else: replying "maybe" to an facebook event invitation is the polite way of saying "no"

Me: If a woman says 'maybe' she means yes. If a diplomat says 'maybe' he means no.

Someone: what about a female diplomat?

Me: That's why there're no female diplomats ^^;;


UD #4: ooh the one u had lunch with

is it ur pet?
the one u took pic with in sushi tei?

Me: MY TOY


Someone: it's ok

like you said 十年报臭十年不晚

oops
报仇

Me: ...


Someone on paramedics: i think the scariest thing they see
is ppl giving birth in ambulances

Me: why scary
scary is the head fly off

Someone: gross

eh it's damn fucking gross can
dunno how they can all fantasise abt cheebye after that

Me: that's why a lot of medics are girls?
or maybe they're gay


Someone else: (though the main thing I rmeember about othello is 'monumental alabaster')

ha ha ha
it's a nice phrase


Me on Nietzsche: "To beginners, they will seem to be written by a man who was, in equal parts, severely emotionally scarred and an absolute genius. To a veteran reader they will still seem this way"

Someone: i tried reading a distilled version but got frustrated with his frustration


Someone else on the Hello Kitty "vibrating shoulder massager": i was thinking it'd look cute in my rm

Me: ................
are you sure that's what you'll use it for? :P

Someone else: oh i won't use it la

just put there
as a decoration

cute with my pc
since my theme is pink and white

HAvE to go sex shop then can buy ah
not like taka kinda thing


Someone on peeing on the streets: other gers think im mad..
haaha

but i think.. mark TERRITORIE!
ahahhahahh

got pple cover can alr

actuali i think it's quite.. liberating to b able to pee in the public

i mean..
men can wad..
so gers oso shuld b ok wad..


Someone on FHM: maybe u should buy ur first (?) copy
you know, start being a "real man" :P

Me: hurr hurr
are you a real woman?

Someone: yeah, i buy all sorts of bimbotic magazines that make me
even more insecure about myself
so yeah

Me: hahahahha. so what will men's magazines do? make me more horny?

Someone: haha
amongst others i hear