On Wednesday nights C4 has been playing some decent movies. Last week was Sixteen Candles and last night was The Breakfast Club. So bloody good! I find it really interesting what a typical, I guess somewhat “edgy”, teen movie from the 80s is like compared to one now. I don’t know just how edgy they were considered when they came out, but now they seem fairly G-rated except for the odd mention of sex and shy pecks for kisses. These days we have really classy gems like Not Another Teen Movie… Oh well, at least there is Highschool Musical to appease the Concerned Parent.

But yes, we’re all having sordid affairs, doing drugs, drinking, smoking and dealing with Really Grown-up Problems by the age of sixteen, if shows like Gossip Girl are taken seriously. What I would love to see is the mention of a condom. Just show a normal freakin’ sex scene between teens who are actually using a condom. All they have to show is the opening of a damn packet! Come on! In real life, sex can still be as lovely and romantic, or whatever they want, even when you take 20 seconds to put a condom on.

Is it really that difficult to show?

I have the weekend alone, pretty much. Might be catching up with my cousin on Sunday but otherwise I have no plans. It’s times like these I regret not having gotten my license when I was 15, like everyone else, so I could have my own car and be off doing whatever I like, gas costs permitting, of course. It would be nice to just go off on my own instead of relying on other people. :/ But that’s ok, not for much longer!

I’m making quite a few gifts this year for people, one of which is a teddy bear for my two-and-a-half-year-old nephew. I hope he likes it. It’s a very fluffy bear!

I’m also doing quite a bit of embroidery which I haven’t done a lot of before. I can do back-stitch very well, but don’t ask about anything fancy… Hehe.

I will post photos of the finish products after Christmas — I don’t want anyone who’s actually receiving one of these gifts to see.