Children and labels
Saturday, Sept. 07, 2002 00:59

I'm listening to Pink and Avril Lavigne tonight. Mmm, maybe some Shakira too. I get into these pop moods once in a while. But I wish I was tired. Maybe I'll try to sleep in a little while.

I just watched my favorite episode of "The Cosby Show" on Nick at Nite. It's the one where Rudy writes a story and reads it to her parents. I loved it when I was younger because it was that kind of imaginative stuff that I used to do all the time. I remember thinking how cool it was that all the illustrations were there, in this whole alive world where her family members played characters in her special "happy world." Similarly, I also liked the land of make believe on Mister Rogers and things like that.

However, watching it tonight was a different experience. First of all, being older, I noticed a hilarious little detail. All of the characters were fully colored on the front, but the backs of their outfits were just white. They were colored to look 2-D!! It was so cute! I wouldn't have picked up on that as a child, but as an 18-year-old, I thought it was great! It makes sense...the rest of the objects and everythign are 2-D...why not the people? To enter the mind of a child! So cool!

The next, and more important thing was that it has a really strong anti-war, pro-happiness and acceptance message. The people in Rudy's land didn't even know what the word "war" meant. And they were ready to welcome the "nasty people" with open arms. The episode made war out to look ridiculous. Mmm. At the end of the episode, Cliff and Claire are sitting on the couch, cuddling, and watching tv. Every channel that they turn to is a new broadcast talking about war. And Rudy has just finished telling them how she's going to be president of the world someday, and she's going to stop it all.

Mmmchildren!!!!

A girl I work with and I were talking about kids today. She thinks they're ridiculous and was talking about why she'd never have them. But kids really can be pretty amazing. They're so open and innocent, accepting and loving, in most cases. They see things that we cannot, and don't see things that we do, because they are not tainted by society. They're so pure, and beautiful, and so so cute! I didn't want kids for a while. Now I do. Definitely. mmm.

And, completely off the subject, but concerning the same girl. I told her that I was buying Ani tickets tommorrow. Her response: She's a lesbian. Um. Yeah....so....that's the first thing that comes to mind? and not only that...but if I'm a fan, wouldn't I know that she likes girls? why point it out? whatever. So I said, "no, she's actually married to a man. She's bi." Girl says: "Same thing." She started talking about how bi doesn't exist blah blah blah. I didn't argue. Whatever. People think what they think. I don't know anymore. I just wish it didn't all have to be so cut and dry and classified and defined. Jeez. Because Ani openly loves women, she doesn't really love her husband? Is that how it works? arg, people. Shut up! Shut up!

This leaves me feeling terribly restrained and threatened. Why isn't it okay for me to be me? Why isn't it okay for Ani to be Ani?

WHY DO YOU WANT TO PUT ME INTO A BOX????

Okay. Enough.