Recap

Hey everyone.

It's been too long, but I've been sick. So I'm just getting back to you now.

Lets see... what's there to cover today...

Well, let me start with a short commentary on the US version of Skins. This will - I promise - get it's own post eventually, but there are some things I want to say really quick.

First, the people who are trying to shut it down for "child pornography" and "exploiting children" either don't have kids, are lied to constantly by their kids, never were kids, or have Stepford children. The show takes real life to extremes... I can sit here and say that more than a few of the things that happened in just the first three episodes of the show have happened to me. Hell, don't get my started on how many things from the British version have happened to me. We're teenagers. We fuck up, we deal with the consequences. Just like the kids in Skins. We aren't going to emulate them (alright, so there's always that one dumb kid, but they're generally that one dumb kid who would have done it anyways) but we will learn from them.

Second, I know a lot of people are mad-mad-mad about the whole thing (I'm mostly annoyed that Madison Twatter became Madison le Dong...) but you really ought to give it a chance. Yes, Tony's episode would have fared better if it strayed from the original plot more, but Tea's ep...

Oh. My. God. I'd say I'd go lesbian for Tea, but I'm already about 60% lesbian anyways so it means less. I wish I could transport into the alternate Skins universe and make her mine, regardless of the chip on her shoulder regarding relationships.

Tea's episode was also sweet, and she was the only really original character - though there are some large differences between the UK version of characters and the US version, some of which are good and some of which aren't - and you should really give her a chance because she's fantastic.

And Chris is just sweet, and Daisy and Abbud have fantastic interactions with Tea, and Eura... well, I'm still figuring her out, but you all KNOW how attached I am to Effy. Michelle is (no offense April Pearson) prettier as a ginger, though I wish Tony was taller to match her... and Tony is... well, I actually like him a bit better in this one. Though end-of-season-two-UK Tony will be hard to beat unless they go an entirely different direction (that doesn't involve getting hit by a bus and singing Cat Steven's Wild World... though I love that song...).

Anyways, as I said, that will get it's own post.

This is mostly just a mention to the people attacking Skins that they're being stupid. The advertisers who pulled their adverts need to grow a pair and pull their heads out of their ass while they're at it. MTV needs to stop censoring - at least the censor bar over the mouths for Christ's sake... - and be a bit more racy. Fuck the parents who are afraid. Kids will do what they want regardless. We all know what they're saying, we all know what people look like naked, we all know what sex is...

Just stop.

Alright, now on to the next bit of news...

Seattle was hellish while I was there, though I think I found the best town in the world. Bellingham, where I've applied to WWU, is amazing. Their co-op thinks it's a Whole Foods and there's an ocean...

Um...

Well, I guess I don't have a ton to say, weirdly.

So here are the pictures from the Seattle trip.

Back in town

Hey all. I'm back in Seattle right now, hitting up all the usual spots. Easy Street for vinyl, the co-op for Steph's Tofu, Zatz for bagels (or bagel dogs...) and probably Great Harvest for a sandwich if I'm in the junction for long enough. I'll be doing a Seattle-based playlist for my blog later, when I find better wifi (too many people in Starbucks right now, it's super slow).

Anyways, I just wanted to remind everyone how amazing it feels to go back to somewhere you love. I may not like the "staying with my father" part, but this town was my home for fourteen years.

There's a little ginger girl here with her grandfather wearing neon pink tights, black cowboy boots and a red floral dress. It's how you know you've found your home when even the toddlers dress like you.

I'll post some pictures tonight or tomorrow or whenever I get some free time.

I hit Bellingham hard in the morning, gotta find some new hangouts for when I'm up there for Uni. Anyone know of any? Coffee shops preferred, and anywhere that there are live bands on a regular basis (even if they're not fabulous live bands, I've gotta have SOMETHING to blog about, right?).

I hope everyone is having as good a day as me right now.

I'll be going to the EMP tonight, I hope, so if you want pressed pennies (I collect them, so I stop in every time I'm up here to get a new one) let me know. It's only 26 cents, so I think I can spot a few of you guys.

XO

FREAK

A long time ago, we used to be friends...

"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." 
— Marilyn Monroe


Marilyn Monroe was right. Everything happens for a reason. She was right about a lot of things in her day... yeah, she wasn't quite perfect herself, but no one is. She sort of summed up how my life has been going recently with that thought though. 


Maybe that'll be a tattoo I get someday. Tiny text on the top of my foot or swirly script on my ribs, who knows. Maybe even itty bitty block print on the back of my neck, or a nice feminine font across my back, or in the space between the smiley face near my elbow and the word Lovely on my wrist...


First I've got to get the one for my mother though. I'll probably get it when I come back from Seattle. Three little birds; one blue, one green, one pink... found someone to do it and everything. Great quality, really good price. 


Anyways, I ended up posting this blog because I found this quote, and I found this quote because a friend... a really fabulous, amazing, sweet, smart, fantastic, gorgeous, intelligent, caring friend... helped me reconnect with a former friend that I wish had never left my life, especially under as sketchy of circumstances as the falling out was. 


It's something I've considered a lot over the two years since I last spoke to her... and I realized that there wasn't much I could have done because who I am isn't who I was back then, and who I was back then...


It had to happen that way. I wonder sometimes, though, what it would have been like if I hadn't... we hadn't...


Right, anyways, before I end up all teary and emotional, lets move on. I'm going to be heading up to Seattle... as mentioned... to visit a few schools and see my father.


My fear of heights is why I'm not currently asleep. 


My dislike of seeing my father is why I'm... well, just not to thrilled with the whole fiasco, in all honesty. 


Things will be okay, though. And I'll be back on... Monday, I think. Or Wednesday. My parental units haven't actually told me yet. I think it's part of a plot to keep me on my toes and unable to flee... 


I have to wake up in just about five hours to help my mum around the house, so I should go... well, I should at least hop over to my Mixtape blog and post yesterdays, todays and... wait, shit. 


Monday's, tuesdays and todays. UGH. I can't believe I fell behind. 


So that's it. 


XO


FREAK