Abishai100
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I'm fascinated by humanity's curiosity about the metaphysical value of treasures and relics. Is that an archaeological thing or a consumerism thing?
What a contrasting reality! If it's archaeological (e.g., the Holy Grail), then treasure-collecting is rather intellectual, but if it's consumerism-centric or 'toy-related' (e.g., Barbie dolls), then treasure-collecting is rather child-like!
Maybe this duality explains the appeal of the Stephen King adapted cryptic film Christine.
I'm going to keep 'shopping' in perspective, so the finance-centric Trump Administration does not affect my perspective on academic capitalism.
Check out my short-story about an enigmatic broche (I prefer the Middle-English spelling to 'brooch').
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A new girl named Tanya enrolled in Cedar Hills High School in Virginia in 1998. She was eager to make a good impression and mingle with the students and blend in and maybe even join the right groups and clubs to make her social life pleasant. Tanya had a strange past which she seemed to guard like a terrible secret. She always wore a gold-and-green broche with an insignia of a dragon on it, and some boys would ask her what it signified but she was never clear about it. Tanya developed a crush for the high school football team’s wide receiver, a rather popular blonde young man named Teddy.
Tanya fixed it in her mind to ask Teddy to her Sophomore Cotillion, even though she knew Teddy was one year older than her (and hence a junior, getting ready for his junior prom). Teddy accepted her request and Tanya was shocked but equally nervous. Her alcoholic mother Samantha insisted she was not emotionally confident enough to attend the Cotillion with such a handsome and popular ‘Cedar Hills boy,’ but Tanya insisted she was ready. She purchased a very beautiful sky-blue strapless dress with a flowery bottom. She also wore her distinctive dragon-broche.
Teddy picked her up with his dad and took her to the Cotillion where they kissed (in the promenade) for thirty minutes. Tanya felt like she was in a dream world and decided to confide in Teddy and tell him everything about her strange past. She told Teddy that her mother killed her abusive father (her mother’s newest husband) before they moved to Cedar Hills and the courts had ruled the death was a matter of pure self-defense on Samantha’s part. Tanya then told Teddy the secret of her dragon-broche: “This jewelry represents Satanism and therefore gives me confidence about cruelty.” Teddy felt so uneasy after hearing this but never disclosed Tanya’s secrets. Tanya ended up being the Cedar Hills librarian. Teddy always wondered if Tanya was actually some kind of witch.
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What a contrasting reality! If it's archaeological (e.g., the Holy Grail), then treasure-collecting is rather intellectual, but if it's consumerism-centric or 'toy-related' (e.g., Barbie dolls), then treasure-collecting is rather child-like!
Maybe this duality explains the appeal of the Stephen King adapted cryptic film Christine.
I'm going to keep 'shopping' in perspective, so the finance-centric Trump Administration does not affect my perspective on academic capitalism.
Check out my short-story about an enigmatic broche (I prefer the Middle-English spelling to 'brooch').
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A new girl named Tanya enrolled in Cedar Hills High School in Virginia in 1998. She was eager to make a good impression and mingle with the students and blend in and maybe even join the right groups and clubs to make her social life pleasant. Tanya had a strange past which she seemed to guard like a terrible secret. She always wore a gold-and-green broche with an insignia of a dragon on it, and some boys would ask her what it signified but she was never clear about it. Tanya developed a crush for the high school football team’s wide receiver, a rather popular blonde young man named Teddy.
Tanya fixed it in her mind to ask Teddy to her Sophomore Cotillion, even though she knew Teddy was one year older than her (and hence a junior, getting ready for his junior prom). Teddy accepted her request and Tanya was shocked but equally nervous. Her alcoholic mother Samantha insisted she was not emotionally confident enough to attend the Cotillion with such a handsome and popular ‘Cedar Hills boy,’ but Tanya insisted she was ready. She purchased a very beautiful sky-blue strapless dress with a flowery bottom. She also wore her distinctive dragon-broche.
Teddy picked her up with his dad and took her to the Cotillion where they kissed (in the promenade) for thirty minutes. Tanya felt like she was in a dream world and decided to confide in Teddy and tell him everything about her strange past. She told Teddy that her mother killed her abusive father (her mother’s newest husband) before they moved to Cedar Hills and the courts had ruled the death was a matter of pure self-defense on Samantha’s part. Tanya then told Teddy the secret of her dragon-broche: “This jewelry represents Satanism and therefore gives me confidence about cruelty.” Teddy felt so uneasy after hearing this but never disclosed Tanya’s secrets. Tanya ended up being the Cedar Hills librarian. Teddy always wondered if Tanya was actually some kind of witch.
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