DUDE STFU Plx0rz Part 3: Ceremonial Advances
"I never said I wanted to improve my station"
So this year I get to graduate. *sarcastic w00t* And it's brought to mind alot of confusion in terms of ceremonies and their purpose. Quite frankly, I think that a graduation like the one at Immaculate is drawn-out and a little bit pointless. Most graduations these days are "get up and get the diploma" affairs. Not my school. Nah, Immaculate is reverred for their "beautiful" (aka uniform) and traditional (*cough* boring) graduation ceremony. And that's all fine and dandy, but why do they feel the need to put us all through hell because they need it all down on a line?
GO SUCK SOMETHIN'!
Completely blank white pumps with no studs, rhinestones, large buckles or decorations. No wedge heels, no weaves, no acrylic nails, no excessive makeup. Stay in line, walk according to the 2/2 beat but do it in our incorrect 4/4 measure. OMG people!
I acknowledge the importance of saving petty faces in a world full of semantics, but have consideration for the17 year old sickly kid who just caught the flu and doesn't want to be in the sun while running a fever, or the Chinese midget with a size 5 foot who's walking with her hands stiff because her shoes are too big. And if that weren't bad enough, why don't we all sing 'One Song'? Freakin' A! Oh the fun we all have!
And of course, while I was ranting on how graduation isn't really for the kids who are getting leg cramps for "sitting decorously" but rather their selfish parents who didn't think that it was enough that their kids made it through the year without killing themselves (or a certain weave-head teacher with a voice like a lawnmower), it was brought to my attention that that's pretty much the deal for ALL ceremonies. How many babies do you know who want their heads dunked in cold water by a guy in a dress? Didn't think so. Actually, the only ceremony I can really think that the star of it all wants to be is a wedding. Hell hath no fury like a bride who has just found out that her bridesmaids really don't want to wear lime green chiffon gowns.
I don't really want to start a huge debate, but do you really think that an all-powerful, all-knowing dude in the sky needs proof that these two people love each other enough to spend the est of their lies together? If he really knows everything, then this wedding isn't for God. No matter what you do, he will always know your intentions right?
"My road of good intentions led where such roads always lead."
So many people are convinced that a marriage isn't one unless their is some kind of public ceremony that says so. Bullshit. Love is love. No church can change that.
Do I intend to get married? Yes. Do I want a wedding? That's undecided. It may end up being a compromise between myself and my fiance. No churches, that's my only request.
"I ain't gonna wear the clothes that you like.
I'm fine and dandy with the me inside
One look in the mirror and I'm tickled pink
And I don't give a hoot about what you think."
So then it all ends up with you asking me a simple question: "If you have such a problem with graduation, why are you doing it?" Well, once again I am as human as you are with a very human taste for tradition. And although I'd prefer not to walk on graduation day, I made an agreement with my grandmother for the sake of the tradition that I'd like to stay in tact : the ball. If I don't walk, my grandmother doesn't pay for my ball...anything, so there. And of course, none of my family will disagree with her so I would be up to my own devices for the tickets, limo, dress, etc.
Once again, I am tricked out of my rebellion by my age. Damnit.
[As written by me: June 24, 2008]
"I never said I wanted to improve my station"
So this year I get to graduate. *sarcastic w00t* And it's brought to mind alot of confusion in terms of ceremonies and their purpose. Quite frankly, I think that a graduation like the one at Immaculate is drawn-out and a little bit pointless. Most graduations these days are "get up and get the diploma" affairs. Not my school. Nah, Immaculate is reverred for their "beautiful" (aka uniform) and traditional (*cough* boring) graduation ceremony. And that's all fine and dandy, but why do they feel the need to put us all through hell because they need it all down on a line?
GO SUCK SOMETHIN'!
Completely blank white pumps with no studs, rhinestones, large buckles or decorations. No wedge heels, no weaves, no acrylic nails, no excessive makeup. Stay in line, walk according to the 2/2 beat but do it in our incorrect 4/4 measure. OMG people!
I acknowledge the importance of saving petty faces in a world full of semantics, but have consideration for the17 year old sickly kid who just caught the flu and doesn't want to be in the sun while running a fever, or the Chinese midget with a size 5 foot who's walking with her hands stiff because her shoes are too big. And if that weren't bad enough, why don't we all sing 'One Song'? Freakin' A! Oh the fun we all have!
And of course, while I was ranting on how graduation isn't really for the kids who are getting leg cramps for "sitting decorously" but rather their selfish parents who didn't think that it was enough that their kids made it through the year without killing themselves (or a certain weave-head teacher with a voice like a lawnmower), it was brought to my attention that that's pretty much the deal for ALL ceremonies. How many babies do you know who want their heads dunked in cold water by a guy in a dress? Didn't think so. Actually, the only ceremony I can really think that the star of it all wants to be is a wedding. Hell hath no fury like a bride who has just found out that her bridesmaids really don't want to wear lime green chiffon gowns.
I don't really want to start a huge debate, but do you really think that an all-powerful, all-knowing dude in the sky needs proof that these two people love each other enough to spend the est of their lies together? If he really knows everything, then this wedding isn't for God. No matter what you do, he will always know your intentions right?
"My road of good intentions led where such roads always lead."
So many people are convinced that a marriage isn't one unless their is some kind of public ceremony that says so. Bullshit. Love is love. No church can change that.
Do I intend to get married? Yes. Do I want a wedding? That's undecided. It may end up being a compromise between myself and my fiance. No churches, that's my only request.
"I ain't gonna wear the clothes that you like.
I'm fine and dandy with the me inside
One look in the mirror and I'm tickled pink
And I don't give a hoot about what you think."
So then it all ends up with you asking me a simple question: "If you have such a problem with graduation, why are you doing it?" Well, once again I am as human as you are with a very human taste for tradition. And although I'd prefer not to walk on graduation day, I made an agreement with my grandmother for the sake of the tradition that I'd like to stay in tact : the ball. If I don't walk, my grandmother doesn't pay for my ball...anything, so there. And of course, none of my family will disagree with her so I would be up to my own devices for the tickets, limo, dress, etc.
Once again, I am tricked out of my rebellion by my age. Damnit.
[As written by me: June 24, 2008]
