"Why don't you have a boyfriend? You're so cute!"

I'm not entirely sure what it is, but a large portion of the people here think I am cute. Maybe it's the blonde thing? [Although I used the rest of my pink hair dye last night, so now it's an orangey pink.] It's just really really odd because I'm not used to getting such an overwhelmingly cooing reaction. And I'm not wearing any clothes that I don't wear at home, so my wardrobe is the same. Odd! V. v. odd. But I like it. I like being cute. ^^ Although Charlotte says I'm a contradiction because I'm like "liberal/independent!" and then, "ooh, look at the pretty . . . !" I told her I'm redefining feminist as girly AND independent.

So other than that, what have I been up to? On Thursday, I saw King Arthur, which went something like this.

Costume designer: I call it Gladiator meets LoTR!
Arthur: I'm manly and gross!
Lancelot: I'm angsty and hate God!
Galahad: I'm an adorable little boy who can barely grow facial hair!
Gawain: I have pretty blond hair but my face is too fat!
Bors: I make lots of jokes about my bastard children, but I'm large and unattractive!
Quirky Knight: I'm cute and offbeat and Captain Jack meets Aragorn and you love me!
First Knight to Die: I'm going to take this little boy that I saved under my wing so people will be sad when I die!
Arthur and knights: Let's go fight!
Merlin: I'm an interpretation of Merlin that breaks down stereotypes about wizards and white beards! Go go shaman powers!
Saxon villain: I hope no one notices that I have an accent that sounds like it's out of somewhere south of the Mason Dixon line on another continent in another time period!
Keira Knightley: If I make a rape joke to Lancelot, maybe that will count as having an affair!
Lancelot: If I watch Guinevere have her hair washed through a gauzy curtain, maybe that will count as having an affair!
Quirky Knight: I have a bird and cute face paint that accentuates my cheekbones!
Arthur: I love Guinevere! You can tell by the way I pop her fingers back into place!
Keira Knightley: I love Arthur! You can tell by the way I do my first ever sex scene with him! I'm barely legal!
Extras: Man, we never thought we'd get another job after LoTR ended.
Saxon villain: I hate everyone! Let's fight!
Arthur: Okay!
Knights: I guess that means we have to, too.
Keira Knightley: Look at my pseudo-Gaelic body paint and kinky armor! It barely covers my boobs!
Lancelot: Oh, no, that man is fighting with Guinevere! Attack!
Man: You are pwned, Lancelot!
Lancelot: Well, at least now that I'm dead, Guinevere and Arthur can experience marital bliss. And I bet all my fangirls will feel extra sorry for me.
Saxon villain: Well, I really want to kill Arthur, but I guess killing the cutest knight ever will do just as well.
Quirky Knight: I'll fight you whilst wearing this completely adorable hat!
Almeda: *covers eyes* What are you thinking?!
Saxon villain: I hate everyone! *kills*
Quirky Knight: *dies*
Almeda: AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HIS NAME! *sob*
Arthur: Oh, I guess I should kill the Saxon bad guy now.
Almeda: IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE!
Saxon villain: *dies*
Keira Knightley: Well, that was fun! Don't I look so badass with this fake blood on my face? Hey, Arthur, let's get married!
Arthur: Okay!
Almeda: -_-

There were a few more subplots, but that's the basic idea. And I believe the quirky knight was Tristan. So, yeah, that was interesting.

Yesterday we went to the Garment District, which was hardcore cool. If I had an inexhaustive supply of money, I would have bought the whole store. It filled me with unquenchable bubbly feelings of materialism and greed! But I had to settle with buying a $6 pirate hat and $4 piratey wristband to wear to the 11 o'clock one-year-anniversary showing of Pirates of the Caribbean in the penthouse, having someone else buy me a little yellow and pink cap that matched what I was wearing [in the basement there were clothes for a dollar a pound, so her shirt plus my cap were 15 cents total], and having someone else use my camera to take a picture of me wearing a sexy pink wig.

After the Garment District, we went to Bertucci's for dinner in Harvard Square, then went back to the dorm, dyed my hair, and watched Pirates. For the first half Kali and I made snarky comments to each other [heart!], but then she went to bed and I drifted in and out of sleep for the rest of the movie.

And today I slept until 11 o'clock, when my parents called. Talked to them for a bit, then went to the New England Aquarium. Penguins and seals are SO ADORABLE!

And now I'm here on the computer. Karaoke tonight, I think.

Almeda | 10.07.04 18:57 | TrackBack