Not Living a Teenage Dream

Kesha. Miley Cyrus (or Hannah Montana, depending on whether or not you're older than third grade). Who else is horrible? Lady Gaga. Katy Perry (oh Lord, Katy Perry). If you like these people, then you're obviously not one of the twenty percent of people (twenty five percent if we're lucky) that listen to lyrics. If you don't then for once stop "rocking out" to the bland transparent "beat" (notice the quotation marks - popular music these days have mostly no beat. Rhythm, whatever you want to call it, it's not there) and listen to the words. Just let me analyze a few overly popular songs that I have learned (it wasn't too hard) to despise. Okay. Kesha, Take it off (WARNING: THE FOLLOWING LYRICS ARE INTENDED FOR OLDER AUDIENCES. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED). "There's a place downtown, where the freaks all run around, in a hole in the wall it's a dirty free for all. Turn it on, take it off, take it off, everybody take it off. There's a place I know, if you're looking for a show, where they're so hard core, and there's litter on the floor. Turn it on, take it off, take it off, everybody take it off."

Want analysis? Thought you'd never ask.

Okay, first of all, there's a place downtown where the freaks all run around. Do you know what that MEANS??? It means that she's goes to a place where everyone is trying to make out with each other. "In a hole in the wall it's a dirty free for all." It's a small place (and the song's already so great! [not]) and they all run around trying to have sex (I'm sorry, but that's what it means). And now the best part of all: "take it off". I hope you know what she wants you to take off, but in case you don't, I'll tell you. Your pants. Your shirt. Anything stopping you from having sex. And that's right, this song was a hit. It was on the radios. LITTLE CHILDREN heard this "song" (notice the quotation marks) and you can imagine what the rest of this song was like.

Okay, next analysis. I don't even need to analyze a Miley Cyrus song, just look at her videos. Showing off her legs and butt and chest. How old is she? Seventeen? Sixteen? She dresses like a hoe (I meant the gardening tool! I swear I meant the tool!). And little girls are looking up to this chick? WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO??????

Lady Gaga. Well, come on. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what Lady Gaga was talking about, but in case you have any doubt, just watch her music videos. If you want to see the most disgusting thing ever, watch "Telephone". But please don't, if you're younger than... oh, twenty five. And even then, make sure you feel disgusted. Now, children at the age of, maybe grade three, are singing Lady Gaga songs without the slightest hint of what it actually means. Come on, people. Are we telling children to have IT (the big it, not a little it, the big it) on all radio popular radio stations?

And finally, my favourite. Oh how I hate this one. Katy Perry. Lyrics analysis the second: Katy Perry, Teenage Dream.

"Let's go all the way tonight. No regrets, just love. We can dance until we die. You and I will be young forever."

Okay. In case you are not aware of what the first line means, I will tell you. She is saying that they should have sex. And this song is called Teenage Dream? Katy Perry is literally telling teenagers (ages thirteen to nineteen) that it's okay, respectable even, to have sex as a teen. I don't know about you, but that's just about the worst thing I have ever heard.

Line the second: "No regrets, just love." I think you'd regret it if you got pregnant at age seventeen, what about you? And sex does not equal love, it equals lust. Certainly, sometimes people love each other and do it. Married people, for example. But if you want to take care of yourself, please do not abuse your body by giving yourself away to whoever happens to have a cute haircut.

Line the fourth: "You and I will be young forever". I have just one question for you: If you want to stay young, why are you so eager to grow up?

I don't mean to sound preachy, so please don't think that. I'm just incredibly disgusted at what people are listening to and saying and idolizing these days. And I needed everyone to know. This sort of message is most commonly found in pop music, hence my loathing of it. That's right, I'm a rocker. The people of the rock genre have found a way to deliver meaningful messages while at the same time make it a head banging hit. Now, I'm not saying that all rock music is completely clean. But the genre in general is spotless compared to pop music.

Peace out, Megan

On Pen Pals

Okay, you know, let's just think for a second. Who here has a "pen pal"?

Really! More than I expected. Now here's another question. Who here actually WRITES to their "pen pal"?

Ah! There's the rub! Somewhat less! The minority, I'm afraid, are the ones who actually WRITE to their pen pals.

Now, okay. When I say "write" I don't necessarily mean literally by letter. By email, whatever. How many of you actually make an effort to contact you "pen pal"?

Still not a lot, huh? Well, I've been there. I used to promise to be pen pals with any number of people, but how many of them did I actually write to? Ha! That's right, they were SUCKERS!

But that's supposed to have changed. I email one of my pen pals. Her name was Jakarta and I met her in Puerto Plata around grade three. Now, as usual, I neglected her at first, and that's just usual. But one day I thought "Huh! Remember that girl I was friends with in Dominican! Don't I have her email?" So I looked and I did! So I emailed her and she wrote back! For a while we actually talked to each other and enjoyed each other's emails! But as it turns out, the main source of contact (for people not around her, obviously) was Facebook. She invited me. I refused. My parents didn't let me, and, I'll be honest, I wouldn't have gone on if they had. So now I send Jakarta fruitless emails and she never heeds them. This is like the reverse of what usually happens, at least for me it is. Normally, I'm the one who neglects. I am the neglecter, not the neglectee. But this time that is not the case. I am being neglected. Hmm. Strange feeling. (Right. :P)

So, I'm curious. Any other pen pal stories? Because I find other people's lives interesting. For those wondering, I am not being sarcastic.

Word Clouds

Okay, the list of "Word Clouds" (quote unquote) is just a list of a bunch of word art I made and, obviously, links to that. You can make this stuff here on Wordle. My username is Writing Freak (for obvious reasons) and I just wanted to show you the wonderful word art I made. Yeah.

A Plea for Help

Please enjoy my pathetic desperation.

Quotes to Help With Life: the third

We've got to hold on

To what we've got

It doesn't make a difference

If we make it or not

We've got each other

And that's a lot

For love

We'll give it a shot

- Bon Jovi

Quotes to Help With Life: the second

I refute your reality

And substitute my own

- The Man With No Name

Quotes To Help With Life: the first

Shot through the heart

And you're to blame

You give love

A bad name

- Bon Jovi