First Post as an Adult

I thought it would be mildy quirky to post my 27th blog of the year, on the 27th. I've been planning this for about a week. There really isn't much point to this post... I went to the video store this afternoon to rent and R18+ film (because I can) but dissapointingly enough, they didn't even ask how old I was.
It seemed like a good idea six days ago, now it just seems like a waste of cyberspace. Oh well.

Girlfriend

So, I was reading a magazine the other day (I won't mention the name of the magazine, so that I don't directly upset anyone. But I'm hoping you will be clever enough to figure it out.... cough... the title.... cough....)
I must begin my saying that I wouldn't normally, voluntarily, read the aforementioned magazine. It was thrust upon me, as I was strolling down the street to the train station, and so it felt a waste to let this $5.70 worth of literary material go unread. Even when I was in my early years of teenager-hood I never read this particular magazine.... or really any magazine for that matter (I did, however, read the Disney magazine from time to time.) At first I was suspicious and searched the magazine for any hidden drugs or cameras, but I soon discovered that (on page 29) that there is an advertisement featuring a girl who goes to my school. She must have asked a friend of hers to give away these magazine, so that her new life as a model could be promoted and discussed around the school.
I read the entire thing on the train ride home. Of course, I skipped over the boring parts.... so, maybe it would be more accurate to say: I read a couple of pages of the entire thing. One page I did glance over was about my favourite actress, Isabel Lucas, who recently went to Japan and tried to intercept a Japanese whaling ship. One of the sentences in this article went as follows:

"It's that kinda determination and desire to fight for what she believes in that makes Isabel one of our fave it-girls"

I wasn't aware that the world had resorted to using "kinda" and "fave" in proper magazine articles. I suppose that's just me, you're probably all wondering what the big deal is. The big deal is this (page 45):

Lesson 4: perfecting the art of teen speak

plenty of shows demonstrate how to speak, therefore you can improve your English skills just by watching. Gossip Girl is the best show to learn the latest, coolest and all important acronyms that you can use in real life (except at school, coz teachers will think you're nuts.) A+ goes to those who can spend and entire day speaking in acronyms, it's an awesome skill to have, but can be slightly OTT.

This is pretty much saying that the correct way to speak should be mirroring that of TV shows like Gossip Girl (which I have never seen) or speaking completely in acronyms. "Teen speak?" sounds a bit too much like 1984's New-Speak.

Post #54

I was just on some pet website, because I want a pet of some kind for my 18th birthday (which, in case you wanted to know, is on the 27th of May) and I was scrolling through a list of animals which they recommend and presumably sell. The list went like this:
Cats
Dogs
Fish
Reptiles
Beef
Hamsters
Birds
So I think for my birthday, I'll head down to their store and get myself a companionable piece of pet beef.

Bacteriophage

For Biology homework this weekend I had to find a diagram of a bacteriophage (a virus that infects bacteria.) And I came across this photo of a "bacteriophage plush toy":

I just thought it was pretty funny that someone made a soft toy of a virus. Little boys and girls should be very excited to add this fluffy friend to their toy collection.