Jane Eyre

I do not usually intend to post more than once a day. I think too much of something takes the sparkle out of life. And I like sparkly things. However, I need to give you an example of how sometimes I am a silly girl - except really this isn't silly whatsoever. Jane Eyre is BEYOND THE REALMS OF THE SILLY. Jane Eyre does not count as stupid pop culture. Jane Eyre belongs in a class of her own, do you hear me???

This is a discussion I just had with my friend Maeghan. Even though it is very disjointed and hard to follow because it took place on facebook, try to sort it out. Everyone has their weaknesses. Jane Eyre is one of my weaknesses. Someday, I will write that post praising its guts out. And you, too, will fall in love with it. 

Maeghan: OMFG I DIDNT KNOW YOU READ JANE EYRE!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Me: I LOVE JANE EYRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO MUCH!!! I WILL NEVER BASH IT ON THAT BLOG!!!

Maeghan: THATS MY FAVORITE BOOK!

Me: NO MATTER HOW UNREALISTIC THE BLINDNESS SCENE IS! IN FACT

Maeghan: NONONON ITS REAL.

Me: I MAY WRITE A POST PRAISING IT SOMEDAY, AND HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS, AND HOW NO ONE SHOULD EVRE BE ALLOWED TO CRITICIZE IT, EVER!!

Maeghan: IT COULD HAPPEN! EVEN THOUGH JANE WAS UGLY, AND ROCHESTER WAS OLD & ALREADY MARRIED - IT SOOOO COULD HAPPEN! WHO DOESNT HAVE A CRAZY WIFE LOCKED IN AN ATTIC?

Me: THIS IS TRUE. THIS IS VERY TRUE.

Maeghan: WHO DOESNT LIKE TO SET FIRES TO MANSIONS?

Me: I KNOW SERIOUSLY. I AM WILLING TO PUT ALL MY CONVICTIONS ASIDE WHEN I READ THIS BOOK. IT GIVES ME HOPE. LOTS AND LOTS OF HOPE.

Maeghan: WHO DOESNT LIKE TO TRY TO SAVE CRAZY PEOPLE & LOOSING MOST OF THEIR EYE SIGHT? I MEAN, OF COURSEEEEEE ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE AGAIN JUST IN TIME TO SEE THEIR CHILD BE BORN? THATS HOW LIFE IS! god, i love that book. it makes me cry a river every time i read it. i love it.

Thank You, Taylor Swift!

I have grown tired of Little Girls running around proclaiming undying love for others. By "Little Girls", I mean anyone under the age of eighteen, and sometimes even including the eighteen through twenty-one range. Anyone can also include boys and men. I do not discriminate. Being only eighteen myself, one might say I have no authority to judge others - but I have common sense, though it doesn't always serve me well. Frequently, I am guilty of being one of these "Little Girls".

What does this mean? Where do these proclamations of love come from? Where does this need to stalk and follow and hound until boys pay attention come from? This thought that if-it-doesn't-work-out-my-life-is-over is an acceptable mindset?

I blame popular culture. Taylor Swift, Twilight, Hollywood romances, popular TV shows - they have created this world where it is okay to be crazy. Facebook has made stalking acceptable and easy! Every layout they come up with throws more and more information about other people into your face. With three clicks of the mouse, I could tell you all about anybody I'm friends with on Facebook, and probably half of the people they're friends with as well.

And you may think, "Oh, don't worry, I'm safe - I hate Gossip Girl, I have never read Twilight, and I don't read the tabloids!" Well that doesn't matter, friends! YOU STILL AREN'T SAFE! Fiction, literature, reality - everything is capable of infecting minds and making you believe that things that are normally socially unacceptable are perfectly fine in the correct context.

Examples? Oh I have lots of examples. Let's take Wuthering Heights, shall we? Were Heathcliff and Cathy in love? Is that why they tortured each other and those around them? Because they were so in love that their behavior became acceptable and normal? Hell. No. They were never in love, so don't kid yourself. In fact, I'm pretty sure they were both a little off in the head. They were twisted, terrible people who were simply and inexcusably cruel. I will further explicate this in a later post because this is merely an introduction.

At any rate. Don't just sit there and think you're safe. The world of pop culture is invading your soul as we speak. Turn on the TV and what do you see? TMZ or Glee, or maybe some American Idol. You can call me a cynic if you want to, but I'm simply going to prove to you that nothing is safe. Because someone's gotta blow this shit wide open. Might as well be me.