Yesterday I went on a jog and I was listening to music and the thing that is on the head phone got stuck in my ear. It does normally but I take it out. Anyway, what happened yesterday is that it took me two minutes to get it out and I was so worried that it would permanently get stuck in my ear and that I would go deaf and so when I finally removed it, I throw my headphones at the side of the road and continued jogging. I will not be using head phones from now on and if I decide otherwise I will have to invest in some overhead ones that do not get stuck in your ear.
I started reading the perks of being a wallflower. Zeinab told me it was a heavy book and I did not understand then. Now I do. It is like one of the weirdest books I have read and I haven't been sure through out the book whether this weird is good or bad. It makes sense when you read it. The boy who is writing the letters talks about this song asleep and he calls it infinite. It's by the Smiths. I listened to it and I got the feeling that it was about feeling so fed up about life that you do not want to continue any more.
It is a compelling book so far though. It has been the first book that I have been proper into after Harry Potter.
It is weird though. Teenagers are shown to be so promiscuous. It is like, okay, you go on two dates with a guy then you're sleeping with him. Then they break up and then it happens again with another guy and so on. It is disgusting. Then smoking and getting stoned is shown as the norm. The books creates the idea that for teenagers, if you are not a stoner going to parties every night, making out with someone who you probably have never had a proper conversation with, then you are a 'nobody.'
*Shiver* I resent the way this works.
I really hate the way being a teenager is shown to be so aimless. I would never drink, smoke or get stoned or have casual sex with random people or go to parties where people do that or get pregnant. When I was reading the book, I felt pity. I know it is just a book, but if it is a reality for people, then they must have sad lives.
On Saturday, I went to the British Library with Agata. She is so stubborn. Why can't she just ask? We walked around for 20 minutes looking for her mum's friend and she would not listen when I told her to ask someone.
We did so much walking, but it was fun. We went Regent's park and she got so scared when I pretended to push her in. We went Paddington station and went back into Wembley and went into Cex. It was a great day :)
Exams soon and I am getting like a bit worried. Like not major worried like most of the people in college must be, but I am starting to doubt my own ability.
I don't think you necessarily got the right idea of the book, what i thought when reading the book is that teenagers want to feel alive and want to try new things, not everyone has a nice situation at home or at school and they party away their worries, at least have that little glimpse of freedom from their depressing lives. Charlie was a loner and he did all of that to fit in, which explores the theme of peer pressure and the effects of such lifestyle.
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I guess, I do get that aspect. Like guy who never fitted in whose friend committed suicide has got a glimpse of freedom, but I mean if you want freedom, you could climb a mountain or go on holiday, but drugs alcohol and smoking? that is anything by freedom. I mean, the minute you use your freedom to take these stuff is the minute that you sign your body up to a habit. I get the peer pressure aspect though. Everyone is falls victim to it and I do like the poem though. I think perhaps that was Micheal's suicide note. That was his cry for help, perhaps. :( I think I might finish reading it, for completion.
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