Conservative Twit Hockey Star who sits behind me thinks that everyone who puts blue streaks in their hair is doing it for attention.
I kinda think people more or less do everything for attention. But I also don't think that's a bad thing at all. It's all about how you look at it. I mean, you wear stuff that you think looks good on you, or do your makeup a certain way to achieve a certain look so that people will look at you and notice you. That goes equally for ski sweaters and baseball caps as for blue hair and facial piercings. I'm wearing my burgundy pants with the embroidery down the leg because I think they're pretty and cool. I think they're pretty and cool because I don't see people wearing these kinda pants so often. Also they're a great color. I wear them because I know they look good on me and people will notice them. So? Who doesn't want to be noticed? All of social interaction can be boiled down to looking for attention in one form or another. Who cares?
Anyway, good luck with the crit. I hated those classes. Have you read "Blue Angel" by Francine Prose? There's really funny scenes set in an undergrad fiction workshop.
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Date: 2001-11-29 02:32 pm (UTC)I kinda think people more or less do everything for attention. But I also don't think that's a bad thing at all. It's all about how you look at it. I mean, you wear stuff that you think looks good on you, or do your makeup a certain way to achieve a certain look so that people will look at you and notice you. That goes equally for ski sweaters and baseball caps as for blue hair and facial piercings. I'm wearing my burgundy pants with the embroidery down the leg because I think they're pretty and cool. I think they're pretty and cool because I don't see people wearing these kinda pants so often. Also they're a great color. I wear them because I know they look good on me and people will notice them. So? Who doesn't want to be noticed? All of social interaction can be boiled down to looking for attention in one form or another. Who cares?
Anyway, good luck with the crit. I hated those classes. Have you read "Blue Angel" by Francine Prose? There's really funny scenes set in an undergrad fiction workshop.