Musical advent calendar. Third part.

[kateli]

 
When I was fourteen I was very, very awkward, weird looking, weird thinking, full of teenage angst. All the other girls in my class were quiet and well behaved and conventionally pretty. All the women in popular culture were conventionally pretty and catering towards boys. I spent loads of time wanting to scream my lungs out, reading anarcho-

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[karaadora]

oh Courtney. I love her muchly.

because I kind of forgot how to talk to boys who weren't musicians.

Yep, yep.

This post is awesome.

[kateli]

I can still have moments of complete loss of anything to say to boys who aren't musicians. There's the odd one I can still talk to, but the sad truth is that most boys who aren't musicians just aren't into music in the same all-encompassing way I am and it just makes them seem shallow. Also, there's the occasional asshole who tries to patronise me because I'm a girl, how could I ever know anything about music? Wankers. (Sorry, rant.)

Courtney still serves as a reminder that I don't have to be pretty and compliant. The world still makes sure I need that reminder.