in my defense
well oh,one more thing’s response to me looking foward to the whole Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants thing makes me feel the need to explain myself, so i will:
I was 14, a freshman in high school and well, i heard these 3 girls, one of whom i had a crush on, but it was like the 2nd week of school and well we wound up being awesome friends, i still talk to the girl to this day fucking 6 years later, and my 1st marking period english class was a pretty legit one, i must admit. so then i hear my english teacher chime in on the conversation about how amazing this ‘Sisterhood’ book was, and automatically my interest was intrigued. why, you ask?
now the logic behind me reading the book at the time was because i thought i would get a better understand of girls at our age, get to know what they like, etc, etc…you know the drill. i basically thought that by reading the book, i could up the ante of my pimpin’ skillz, and well, get more ladies, because i guess i could play the whole sensitive card? or maybe the ‘at least he understands’ card? plus i was 14, kinda new to the whole girls thing, really clueless about the whole ‘meeting new girls’ thing, and was just a bad player overall. i really don’t know the exact ‘card’ i would have played by reading the book, but in all honesty, i really just wanted to know what the fuck girls were thinking, and well, why they were thinking it, and what kind of stuff could hold their interest, and i really believed that if these cute girls would ALL read this ONE book, well, based on that alone, i HAD to read it.
however, one of my supreme vices in life is reading. i love to read. i read entire collections of authors from beginning to end, and i’ve kept track, so if you’re interested in who i have read, i just got into goodreads so that’s not done yet, but i have a list in case anyone wants to know.
but i digress. with this explained. i was hooked. a good teenage drama. sure, it was girly, but i just kept my logic of my whole better understanding of girls thing going, and well, i guess it made me feel, less, feminine for reading the books. i never really read them in public, nor did i ever really talk about them unless talked to, you know? i mean i have bought 3 of them. and well, i don’t really brag about the fact that i’ve read these like how i can say i’ve read every single piece by Joyce or Bret Easton Ellis or Irvine Welsh, but now that they have caught on, i feel comforatable enough that i can say i’ve read them, and well, be awesome about it.
that being said, i have not, nor do i really plan on reading the 4th one that came out, just due to the fact that well, i was in college, and it was always a high school book to me.
(however, if oh, one more thing’s response was in reference to Amber Tamblyn, i really dunno, i just think she’s got some kinda look about her that to me, makes her fucking banging.)
HA! i inspired a defense! i am flattered! haha, did not mean to do that to u bro. i was just laughing outloud when i saw this. b/c i have a good friend who has some badass taste when it comes to tv shows, like buffy and dawsons, and he is quite straight.
i suddenly had the mental image of him hesitant to tell me that he is also into this. but u are more than allowed to be into amber tamblyn and i applaud your blogging audaciousness to disregard what ppl think- so please do not feel the need to defend. (there are plenty of questionable things i partake in but have chosen not to post -yet)
additionally, i think it’s endearing you picked up chic lit to get into ladies heads as opposed to say a cosmo mag. speaks highly of your taste in classy ladies.
so did u gain any insight?
