Keeping Up

Wow, I'm not doing well at keeping this updated at all, am I! Well, I have plenty for you today! Since I have quit my job (surprise surprise) at the Box Office of Death and Gnashing of Teeth, I will hopefully do a better job at posting more often with some exciting little tid-bits!

I just love reading message boards an getting fired up by the idiots that seem so convinced they are right! I just watched The Last Kiss this weekend, and after I see a movie, I like to check out IMDB and see what other people are saying about it. For anyone that hasn't seen it, it is a good movie, pretty truthful, and very sad at certain points. Some jerk posted this, titled "Women can take a lesson from this movie:" http://imdb.com/title/tt0434139/board/nest/82420934 on IMDB. I felt it my duty to respond with some vinegar, as he clearly needed some schooling. I will post my full reply here.

Wow. Do you have any idea how misogynistic this all sounds? Reducing women to the performance of one function by calling them "baby-makers?" Well, she was impregnated by a "fertilizer;" she didn't get that way on her own. I don't think there has ever been a question about the "male" point of view being presented in film. Why else are women simply objects in much of film? Some are given characteristics of strength or power, but these roles are fetishized and still in the service of male fantasty. Why are single women consistently portrayed as exciting and fun, while mens' wives are shown to be (or perceived by the lame-brained men who watch) nagging, controlling bitches? Because that's a male view, which could be the reason that it's so glaringly inaccurate, and yet so widely accepted.

I know men who are thrilled with their wives and would never even desire another person. It comes down to rejecting the ridiculous sense of entitlement that has been nurtured in men for centuries, not to mention the "All that matters is what I want right now" mentality that has been embraced for decades by many people, male AND female. Cheating is ALWAYS selfish, always a cop-out. Rather than dealing with the issues at hand and having a healthy discussion with their partners, people think their problems will be erased by finding another person to make their lives seem exciting. It's just a new set of problems! That people are so blind not to see that is just baffling to me.

The women I have seen "turn sour" don't get that way on their own; only a chauvainist would be able to believe that. Women become bitter when their partners take them for granted, when they are left with the sole responsibility of taking care of a home and children, when their efforts (career and home) go unnoticed and unappreciated-- ANYONE becomes bitter when they feel they are not cherished or appreciated. Anyone who thinks he can legitimately excuse someone for behaving so abominably is beyond the point of ever being able to uderstand the human pysche or romantic relationships.

When I used to have a livejournal I loved writing this stuff. And when I wrote my columns for USM's Free Press. I really need to get fired up more often! Guess I'll have to lurk around reading what idiots are posting. Shouldn't be hard. They are EVERYWHERE.

In other news, I am looking for a new job. I'm co-advising the yearbook at an area high school, but that's a stipend I won't be seeing till June, and I've got bills now! I think I'll get going in earnest on my Etsy shop, http://bombshellworks.etsy.com/. And soon we'll have craft shows and all that good stuff.

I think I'm going to an Abenaki PowWow this weekend. My grandfather's grandmother was a full-blooded American Indian, and it's my brother's theory that it's Abenaki blood we've got. Guess I'll find out if I feel any ancient stirrings at the powwow.

PS: I am working out and feeling great! :)
TTFN, lovelies!