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[Original] Dear Journal
This.. is a completely new style. I have to admit, I was interested in seeing how candid I could be. And well, I turned out to be so candid it wasn't even funny. I don't know how many people I'm going to offend because I'm being so honest - and how many people I'm going to come across as immature - but I was irritated when I wrote it all out.
Needless to say, I feel much, much better. ^^;; Don't worry about me.
Title: Dear Journal
Type: Journal Entry [candid]
Summary: I tell my journal how I feel about everything. Bluntly.
Claimer: These are my thoughts and ideas. Therefore, I think I own it..?
Dear Journal,
I'm afraid. I'm not sure exactly how this all came about, but.. I just am. I guess it started when I was younger, and people started having boyfriends and "relationships" (that lasted one week!) in seventh grade. They'd discuss their boyfriends at school, and expected people to ooh and ahh over them.
I guess I did some of that - I didn't know what else to do. Now, though, it's getting really serious. People are dedicated to their relationships now in high school, and I admit it's slightly better. The problem with all this? I'm Muslim. According to tradition, Muslims aren't allowed to date. Now, I'm okay with this.
The other girls? Don't. Make. It. Feel. Better. I swear, if I had a nickel for every time they went, "..... oh. I'd die if I couldn't date," or "man, that sucks!", I think I'd be very rich. My culture just doesn't work that way, you know? I just want them to shut up some days. (Who wouldn't, with them wondering if you already have a husband or fiance?) It's irritating.
(I have to admit, though, I've always wondered what it's like to have a boyfriend)
Then? I don't have any guy friends my age IRL. It's the result of being in Muslim society, where the guys and girls are segregated, and attending an all-girl school. I mean, I do have Zach, but the poor guy's eleven now. And I hang out with his older sister more often now.
I guess... it's irritating when people tell me they'd die if all their friends were girls. Uh, no. Most, if not all, of my friends are girls, and I'm turning out okay, aren't I? Sure, the guys do have less drama going on. (I admit that)
But if you go to an all-girl school and hang out with people who have upright morals, then it's okay. I have no drama in my life (other than the occasional family drama). And all my friends are girls. That stupid excuse doesn't fly with me.
I'm pretty sure I don't have issues.
Yet, there's so much that bugs me. The people who insist that I'm a homophobe because I don't like having non-canon boyxboy or girlxgirl love in my TV shows? Hello: I'm fine with Haruka/Michiru in Sailor Moon. There's couples in Loveless and Gravitation I'm fine with.
But telling me that Sora and Riku from Kingdom Hearts are a couple? Even when there's explicit stuff in Kingdom Hearts 2 telling us that Sora's obsessed with Kairi? Uh.. no.
This doesn't mean that I'm not supporting gay rights, either. Where do people get this crazy stuff? What I like in my TV shows does not mean that I don't support it.
Oh, and while we're on this subject of TV shows? I think it's pointless to complain about the characters and their being two-dimensional. (If they're animated, aren't they already 2-D?) I mean: There are no Mary Sues/Gary Stus/whatever you call them. There's only horrible writing.
(Anyone who insists otherwise may as well not bother arguing this point. I'm so sick and tired of people making fun of two dimensional characters they will never meet in their lives.)
... I feel horrible complaining so much about this. I personally don't like all this negative energy: I think it could go to more positively-influenced activities. Like volunteering or writing something decent.
Is there something wrong with this? I'm not sure. But those that complain about anime and manga (or anything, in general) make me irritated. Have they never seen real hardships?
It makes me wonder if they've ever really seen third world countries with their own eyes. Makes me wonder if they know that the rising poor in Asia are the elderly because the new generations are forgetting their roots and promises to take care of their parents.
... I really wonder.
In general, I guess I'm just irritated at the world. I should probably learn how to control my anger, huh? (Better writing it out than anything else)
I think that's about it. Nice talking to you,
Ziya
Needless to say, I feel much, much better. ^^;; Don't worry about me.
Title: Dear Journal
Type: Journal Entry [candid]
Summary: I tell my journal how I feel about everything. Bluntly.
Claimer: These are my thoughts and ideas. Therefore, I think I own it..?
December 26, 2007
Dear Journal,
I'm afraid. I'm not sure exactly how this all came about, but.. I just am. I guess it started when I was younger, and people started having boyfriends and "relationships" (that lasted one week!) in seventh grade. They'd discuss their boyfriends at school, and expected people to ooh and ahh over them.
I guess I did some of that - I didn't know what else to do. Now, though, it's getting really serious. People are dedicated to their relationships now in high school, and I admit it's slightly better. The problem with all this? I'm Muslim. According to tradition, Muslims aren't allowed to date. Now, I'm okay with this.
The other girls? Don't. Make. It. Feel. Better. I swear, if I had a nickel for every time they went, "..... oh. I'd die if I couldn't date," or "man, that sucks!", I think I'd be very rich. My culture just doesn't work that way, you know? I just want them to shut up some days. (Who wouldn't, with them wondering if you already have a husband or fiance?) It's irritating.
(I have to admit, though, I've always wondered what it's like to have a boyfriend)
Then? I don't have any guy friends my age IRL. It's the result of being in Muslim society, where the guys and girls are segregated, and attending an all-girl school. I mean, I do have Zach, but the poor guy's eleven now. And I hang out with his older sister more often now.
I guess... it's irritating when people tell me they'd die if all their friends were girls. Uh, no. Most, if not all, of my friends are girls, and I'm turning out okay, aren't I? Sure, the guys do have less drama going on. (I admit that)
But if you go to an all-girl school and hang out with people who have upright morals, then it's okay. I have no drama in my life (other than the occasional family drama). And all my friends are girls. That stupid excuse doesn't fly with me.
I'm pretty sure I don't have issues.
Yet, there's so much that bugs me. The people who insist that I'm a homophobe because I don't like having non-canon boyxboy or girlxgirl love in my TV shows? Hello: I'm fine with Haruka/Michiru in Sailor Moon. There's couples in Loveless and Gravitation I'm fine with.
But telling me that Sora and Riku from Kingdom Hearts are a couple? Even when there's explicit stuff in Kingdom Hearts 2 telling us that Sora's obsessed with Kairi? Uh.. no.
This doesn't mean that I'm not supporting gay rights, either. Where do people get this crazy stuff? What I like in my TV shows does not mean that I don't support it.
Oh, and while we're on this subject of TV shows? I think it's pointless to complain about the characters and their being two-dimensional. (If they're animated, aren't they already 2-D?) I mean: There are no Mary Sues/Gary Stus/whatever you call them. There's only horrible writing.
(Anyone who insists otherwise may as well not bother arguing this point. I'm so sick and tired of people making fun of two dimensional characters they will never meet in their lives.)
... I feel horrible complaining so much about this. I personally don't like all this negative energy: I think it could go to more positively-influenced activities. Like volunteering or writing something decent.
Is there something wrong with this? I'm not sure. But those that complain about anime and manga (or anything, in general) make me irritated. Have they never seen real hardships?
It makes me wonder if they've ever really seen third world countries with their own eyes. Makes me wonder if they know that the rising poor in Asia are the elderly because the new generations are forgetting their roots and promises to take care of their parents.
... I really wonder.
In general, I guess I'm just irritated at the world. I should probably learn how to control my anger, huh? (Better writing it out than anything else)
I think that's about it. Nice talking to you,
Ziya