I have the biggest urge to drop all my classes and write a story.

The goal is to stuff as many cliches as possible into the thing. I even got my cousins and little sister to help by demanding they generate a list of ideas. My little sister immediately started spurting out plotlines from Degrassi, and I was like, "Oh, hex no! You best be giving me better stereotypes than that!" It was a pretty fun bonding experience for the family, lmfao.

I'm sick of seeing the same romantic plotline over and over again, whether it's in pen or film. THERE IS NO NEED FOR A TAGLINE THAT ASKS WHO WILL END UP TOGETHER OKAY. Chances are, it will end in a very formulaic way a la everyone gets together and makes beautiful babies. It's a lot easier for me to avoid chick flicks, though, because I mean... I have to pay. If I'm going to fork over $10 for two and a half hours of my life, I'd better be soiling my pants by the time the credits start to roll.

I think a big chunk of this irritation stems from this weekend, when I had nothing to do (besides study for MCAT) and decided to flip through online comics to pass the time. I used to be a hardcore anime nerd in high school, so I was like, "Why not, just for old time's sakes."

Never again.

No sentence can succinctly describe the blinding rage I felt as I jumped from comic to comic, looking at several chapters before clicking out in disgust. Maybe it's my sorority rubbing off me, but what the flip at the heroines being so spineless. I couldn't go through a couple of pages without seeing a pair of alienoid eyes pooling up with tears. Not to mention they were all pandering after their crushes like lovesick puppies. I understand that love can be irrational, but it was pretty much self-degradation by that point.

I don't understand why the artists for the stories have to make the heroines shy and placating. I guess it's because I didn't grow up in an environment where female stereotypes were constantly being pushed into my head, but it just frustrates me when I read something with blatant misogyny, and the story doesn't do anything about it. Newsflash: you can have a backbone AND find a guy.

On a similar vein, I get really annoyed when comedians bash guys for being idiots and laud women as perfection. idk I think I've become more aware of gender roles after my anthropology class, lol.

I'll admit, though, it was a pretty nostalgic experience. I miss the days when Jamie and I would just hole ourselves up in my bedroom and chat forever.