Monday, July 12, 2010
Ginger nuts vs. Bullies
Red Heads ...The minority color in the hair world....
but the most wanted dyed color around the world.
Though in Britain redheads are teased and taunted to a horrible degree that it is being thought of as a national form of racism/ discrimination. Ginger balls being the most funny and ridiculous real insults that I have heard that is used very harshly by our pretentious cousins over the pond. In a British documentary/ social experiment show called " Boys and Girls Alone" in which boys and girls under the age of 13 are separately given houses and every living expenses but without grown-ups. A major problem for one of the girls is her unpopularity in school because of her read hair ( actually called ginger nut in school)and her mother hopes this experience will help her self esteem. Though she is automatically shunned as the weak gazelle to pick on.
Though I can think of many red heads in the U.S media as being the nerds their hair color have never received the most attention. I can think of many redhead freckled characters who are bullies. . . . . please think about these characters and if our views have affected the character looks or the other way around.
Bobby Budnick the bully from "Salute Your Shorts" the 90's Nickelodeon camp show.
The O' Doyle family in Billy Madison
Skut Farkis from A Christmas Story:
Butch and Woim ( the red head side kick) in Little Rascals old and new
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Obsession, thy name is Key Caps
Having finally moved in to my new place I feel that I can really make everything more of my own. I have shared a dorm in college, an college apartment with others, a regular adult apartment with some of those same people, and lived in a white box in a foreign land on my own. Even though I still share living quarters with my boyfriend it still feels more of a "all mine" situation here. To commemorate this momentous occasion I have picked a fitting obsession for tonight and probably a little longer, we will see. badadadadadadada ( drum roll as heard by me said over and over in a hotel room) FUN KEY CAPS or key covers, really. Now I have always wanted some and the Walmart American flag patterned key just wasn't doing it. I know which key is which, at times, but I still think it is a great idea.
Here are my top obsession choices:
I am a fan of the gnome quirky-ness, nostalgic for David the Gnome, his giant hat and the blue bird he rides through the opening credits with. I also have a sneaking suspicion that it was originally filmed in Finland or Sweden or another Scandinavian country.
Though I do not know how long I want old men on my keys.
Price: $4.95
I have also been hugely attracted to the hit animal accessory for hipsters: the owl . Suddenly they are super cool, I agree but I wish all the american apparel wearers would lay off the owl in their vintage jewelry so I can feel free to buy them without feeling like should be wearing skinny jeans and Buddy Holly glasses with them.
These are still a contender because there are so many in so many colors! I have three keys but I can find more.
Price: $4.95
This might be my favorite because:
1) it was on Thinkgeek.com
2) The horns!!!!!!
What might make me not buy:
1) The look of pink and purple unicorns on my key chain, though I could take a sharpie to the mane.
Price: $4.99
Ok, I admit this one is for me and my roomie and I really don't want to be disgusting while telling the appeal of these key caps but for the sake of true journalism, which is what this clearly is, I will do it.
I have a shirt that shows milk and cookie slapping hands under a title of "Teamwork". My boyfriend and I have gotten in the habit of recreating the scene with our own roles: thus the draw.
The real question is if it has staying power.......
Price: $9.00
yes. These are just like the owls but with less pretentious overtones, just more odd lonely anime lover/ larper implications .
But:
Very cute
Many colors
Many
Price: $5.00
Lounge Fly and Gama- Go have many amazing key caps but did not strike my fancy enough to make the list.
Some of the honorable mention for the less picky:
Here are my top obsession choices:
I am a fan of the gnome quirky-ness, nostalgic for David the Gnome, his giant hat and the blue bird he rides through the opening credits with. I also have a sneaking suspicion that it was originally filmed in Finland or Sweden or another Scandinavian country.
Though I do not know how long I want old men on my keys.
Price: $4.95
I have also been hugely attracted to the hit animal accessory for hipsters: the owl . Suddenly they are super cool, I agree but I wish all the american apparel wearers would lay off the owl in their vintage jewelry so I can feel free to buy them without feeling like should be wearing skinny jeans and Buddy Holly glasses with them.
These are still a contender because there are so many in so many colors! I have three keys but I can find more.
Price: $4.95
This might be my favorite because:
1) it was on Thinkgeek.com
2) The horns!!!!!!
What might make me not buy:
1) The look of pink and purple unicorns on my key chain, though I could take a sharpie to the mane.
Price: $4.99
Ok, I admit this one is for me and my roomie and I really don't want to be disgusting while telling the appeal of these key caps but for the sake of true journalism, which is what this clearly is, I will do it.
I have a shirt that shows milk and cookie slapping hands under a title of "Teamwork". My boyfriend and I have gotten in the habit of recreating the scene with our own roles: thus the draw.
The real question is if it has staying power.......
Price: $9.00
yes. These are just like the owls but with less pretentious overtones, just more odd lonely anime lover/ larper implications .
But:
Very cute
Many colors
Many
Price: $5.00
Lounge Fly and Gama- Go have many amazing key caps but did not strike my fancy enough to make the list.
Some of the honorable mention for the less picky:
- Oreos
- Guitars
- Mon-Keys/ Skeleton-keys Ha!
- Mexican Wrestler
- Alice in Wonderland theme
- Muppets
- SOOoooo much freaking hello kitty themed shit
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