Urban Fairytale

I seem to be in a really cynical mood at the moment; I seem to have such a bleak outlook on the world. It can't be good for my mental health, but it certainly inspires my poetry. I really liked the way my nursery rhymes turned out, so I thought I'd try another poem along the same lines. This is my social commentary certain people in the world!

Urban Fairytale

A long, long time ago,

in a land far away

There was a lonely bearded man,

Who stayed up in bed all day.

His house was such a mess,

He was very smelly,

But yet he stayed in, didn't work

He stayed in watching telly.

He said his body hurt,

"I'm so ill," he would often say.

He even walked with a bad limp

That changed foot from day to day.

One day he peeked outside,

He made sure there was no-one there.

He toddled down to the bookies,

To put a bet on "Con-ni-ver."

He thought he was alert.

He thought that he would get away.

But that's when they always get you.

He had clearly picked the wrong day.

A long, long time ago,

In a land not so far away.

There was a lonely bearded man,

Locked up in a small cell all day.

I have been slacking recently, but I've had a bit of writer's block. I've had so many other things going on in my head that the writing just hasn't been coming. I haven't even been dreaming that much! I'm hoping that this post will start me off again.

A New Twist on Classics

Nursey Rhymes 2010

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

When the Policeman

asked what had gone wrong,

Humpty's parents had magically gone.

Little Miss Muffet

Sat on a tuffet,

Eating her curds & whey.

Along came a bad man

And took Muffet's small hand.

Muffet's body was found the next day.

There was a little girl

who had a little curl

right in the middle of her forehead.

She said she'd be good.

Said she'd never tell on him.

But one day she did, and now she's dead.

At the moment I'm having a lot of dreams about children, and I woke up this morning, randomly thinking about Grayson Perry. The two ideas seem to have merged together, and I decided to write a poem involving well known nursery rhymes - but with a 21st Century take. The poem is a bit dark and twisted, but I'm not really one for "nice" poems unless I am writing for children. I wanted to create something that seemed upbeat, so have tried to keep the syllabic count from the actual nursery rhymes.

For a 9.20am poem, I'm rather proud of myself!

Beauty & BDD

Okay, so I know the main purpose of my blog is to experiment with my writing, but something I have seen recently has sparked something in me, so I'd like to talk about it!

I am almost ashamed to admit it, but I am a die-hard The Hills fan. For those who are unfamiliar with the MTV "reality" show, here is the premise; MTV follows a group of young men ad women around as they live, work, and play in LA. Simple. All of the girls on the show, as you may expect, are gorgeous, but there is one in particular, who has been causing a stir recently.

The girl in question - Heidi Montag, has undergone ten plastic surgery procedures! These procedures reportedly include; liposuction, a BUM IMPLANT!, and rhinoplasty!! To make matters worse, according to the US media, she has said that she wants more!

More? More? Not only does this sound completely ridiculous to me (considering she was a) a Size Zero to begin with, and naturally pretty and b) There are young girls out there who watch the show - can she honestly think she is being a good role model?

I just don't understand. This is somebody who is no stranger to the surgeon's knife (having had a boob job and rhinoplasty done in the past), yet, wants more. She's hardly recognisable as it is. Did she wake up one day and think "I'm going to have plastic surgery today!"

Whatever; it's her choice. You can't tell somebody how to live their life. My concern is for the young girls out there who are still in that influential stage who will look at her and think it's okay to go out there and get all this work done when they don't need to! What about them?

http://www.hiphoprx.com/2010/01/16/heidi-montags-secret-obsession-with-plastic-surgery-before-and-after-photos/ has a quote from Heidi saying that:

One of the things people would say, according to Heidi was that she had a “Jay Leno chin.” So she decided to make herself “feel more confident” by getting plastic surgery so she wouldn’t feel like an “ugly duckling” anymore and could say “Whoa! That’s me!”

This makes me extremely concerned, especially when you look at the before and after pictures. Why should anybody of any colour, creed, age, gender, religion or sexual orientation care what anybody else thinks? We are put on this Earth to live our own lives, not for anybody to live them for us. We need to LOVE OURSELVES!! What she's saying sounds a lot to me like somebody with BDD!!

If you feel down about yourself, have a hot bath, buy a new outfit, get a haircut, go for a walk, talk a friend, or, like me, write it down! There are people in your life who love you for who you are and would never ask you to change. Listen to them!

At the end of the say, plastic surgery is an individual choice. But, if you want to have it done, have it done for you, and nobody else. And please, talk it through with your family and friends, people who love you and you trust to give you their honest opinion.

If you want more information about BDD go to:

http://www.thebddfoundation.org/

New Approaches

I can't believe it is snowing AGAIN outside. It's only a light fluttering, but the ground is already white and crunchy. There comes a point where the novelty wears off, and now it's gone far beyond that point.

In other news, I have been looking at [properties in Canada. It has always been a goal of mine to one day live abroad, and from hearing about and seeing pictures of Canada, I'm growing warm to the idea of making that my destination. I know it can get extremely cold in that part of the world, so I'd have to pack lots of thermal undies, but it just seems like such a lovely place to live. All that wonderful scenery and wildlife...ooo I just want to go now! Looking at some of the houses you can buy over there is ridiculous. You get so much more for your money than in England. I found a log cabin at the base of a mountain in Quebec with six bedroom and a hot tub...$600,000 (which is about £356,785.87 ). For that in parts of England, you could barely get a decent sized semi!! I'm so glad I've got my foot on the property ladder...maybe there's a chance one day, that that log cabin will be mine!! ...here's to hoping!!

There is something related to this dream that has been niggling at me - I have always been one of those people who sets a long-term goal for themselves as something to work towards in the future. At the moment, my very long-term goal is the log cabin, and my other is to have a career for myself so that I'm never poor. I divulged my Canada plan to my boyfriend the other night, saying that I would want to move over there in about 10 years, if not a bit longer, and talked about some of the things that I wanted to do before I consider leaving England. He didn't seem happy to hear that I had mapped out vaguely how I want life for myself to transpire. So, I pose the question: How do people approach their lives; Let things go day by day - or with a plan in mind?

...We are only human after all, and quite insignificant in comparison to the Universe. Our lives would be meaningless if we didn't fill them with hopes and dreams; that is at least, what I think. I often think about the fact that we are but a speck in the grand scheme of things, and that thought in itself is depressing. This is why I fill my life with love, and goals, and plans. For me, working towards something means that I can reap rewards for myself in the future. I don't plan out minute by minute of my life, but I like feeling that my hard work will ensure a happy life...

What do you think?

(I'm not going to mention this ever again! These are my feelings on the matter, and expressing them clearly can be frustrating to others. The last thing I want to do is put people off! That is all I have to say now...fin...The end! Forever, Gone!)

Anyway: on to my writing - In terms of a poem a day, I no longer think that is a plausible goal to set for myself; I've started back at work, and I have found it hard to get inspiration for poems with this weather that is refusing to go away! My new aim is to write one poem a week; that way I can have a few days to mull over ideas, and put fingers to keys.

I'm lazy

This weekend I have celebrated my 23rd birthday! Not even the large amount of cake we have can stop me from feling old.

I will start on my "poem a day" quest from tomorrow. Right now I'm going to go and kill things on the XBox to try and make myself feel better...

WildRose out!

First post of 2010

I am now back from spending a few days in London town. I'm glad to be back, but it seems that the snow has followed me! I can't believe how much it is coming down!!

While I was away, the boiler decided to go on a funny trip again and stopped making the water hot. I am now waiting again for the plummber to come for the second time in two days. I don't think that's going to happen in this weather, so I've stocked up on anti-perspirent, just in case...

Legally Blonde The Musical (the reson for my visit to the South), was actually rather funny. It's not something any woman could willingly take their boyfriend to, but as a girl's day/night out, I would thoroughly recommend it! Jill Halfpenny as Paulette was very strong, and would have made a good Elle Woods had she been a few years younger. Sheridan Smith played the part of Elle, and I thought she did an amazing job. I did not know how much television she had been in prior to the West End, and thought she was brilliant! Duncan James (playing Warner) and Peter Davison (as Prof Callahan) were also very good. :)

Here's the link if you want to find out more. I'm definitely open to invitations to go again ;)

http://www.legallyblondethemusical.co.uk/

I can't believe how much it is snowing outside now. I'm so worried about the weather that not even Pride and Prejudice (the BBC 1980 version - my favourite) can distract me!

Ho0pefully tomorrow will be a more productive day for poetry.

Riddle

As white as a bride on her big day,

As pure as the whitest of doves.

As graceful as dancers in tutus.

As free as the heart is to love.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!

I won't be blogging for the next few days because I'm going down to the rentals and in to London to see "Legally Blonde The Musical". I'm very excited, but looking forward to being back already so that I can go back to work.

Tonight I'm heading out for a cocktail or two. (Woop Woop).

Whatever you are up to tonight; have an awesome NYE!!

xx