no twistedness here!

[schmerica]

During the visit with sprkid and anotheryourself and jacito this weekend, we were talking about where our lj titles came from. And I've told the story of mine before, but I think it's worth doing again, because the source is JUST THAT BRILLIANT.

We read this article the first week of my women in rock class last quarter:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-03-29-classic-rock-kids_x.htm

The last paragraph, if you don't care to click the click, states as follows:

"Young people like to feel uplifted, but the culture has a sneer on its face so they turn to music, albeit frozen in time, that has an exuberant optimism. Artists in the '60s and to a degree in the '70s dared to hope, perhaps naively, that things could get better. Teens *should* be joyous and optimistic. There's plenty of time to be bitter and twisted later."

So, yes. Those last two sentences I carry very very close to my heart.

(I wonder if that means I have to definitely change my title and subtitle when I turn 20 in December? Oh, decisions.)

Comments

[harriet-spy.livejournal.com]

You're going to be 20 in December? Man, I remember when I was all worried because you were underage.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Aw, dude. I did make, like, an effort to be considerate and subtle about my underageness! Sigh.

But, yes. It's not too long till I will even be legal for all the booze slashers give me whenever fanmeetings happen!