But when it comes to technical computer stuff, I suck ass. (see: Haunted Computer)
Tonight I was informed that there are supposed to be two more USB ports IN THE BACK of the case. WHAT THE FUCK?! And I learn about that today?! Why? Why haven't anyone told me?! I SUFFERED! I WAS DYING ON INSIDE! I don't know any of you, people. And you call yourselves my friends. Pfft! NO MORE CAT PICTURES FOR YOU! HA!
You can sign the card in the comments. And of course, prayers are always welcome. Thank you.
Happy with what she's done? Not so much.
See? It's supposed to pop out! On its own! The popping out
Na maslinovoj grani sidin. Knock yourself out.
Robert Herrick: A Hypocrite
Robert Herrick's poems about marriage served a higher purpose than mere entertainment . By urging women to marry, Herrick supported not only social but also the political standards of his time. Marriage was supposed to ensure the stability of the society. But even though he sings about women, in some poems it is clear that his opinion of women is not very high and that just might have been the reason why he never married himself. He had double standards when it came to marriage: women were bound to marry, but men were not.
Being a priest made it easy for Herrick to reach many people through his sermons. In addition to that, he wrote poems in which he spoke in favor of marriage, as he said it himself in «The Argument of His Book»:
I sing of May-poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes
Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal-cakes
I write of youth, of love, and have access
By these to sing of cleanly wantoness.
In his poems women were the ones who are reluctant to get married. «Like the promiscuous woman, the unmarried woman was perceived to endanger the social hierarchy of early modern England.» (Swann) Therefore, it was most important for women to marry in order to keep the stability of the society and «Herrick places great importance on the control of women within marriage» (Swann). Also, it was preferred for women to marry young, as he suggests in «To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time», probably so they can be submitted to the will of their husbands before they develop a character and will of their own:
The age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer (…)
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may go marry;
Women had to be controlled either by their fathers or their husbands: «Women were socially constructed as sexually voracious creatures who must be controlled by fathers and husbands.» (Swann) because they were seductive, lying creatures who were not to be trusted. In «Upon Some Women» Herrick describes women as badly done pieces of work whose sole purpose is to mislead men:
False in legs, and false in thighs;
False in breast, teeth, hair, and eyes;
False in head and false enough;
Only true in shreds and stuff.
Seeing how he saw women, it is no wonder he never married. He praised marriage for others but said for himself in «Upon Himself (VII):
I could never love indeed;
Never see my own heart bleed;
Never crucify my life;
Or for widow, maid, or wife.
He saw marriage as a prison, suitable for women for they had to be repressed, but not for men, (or at least not for him) as he clearly states in «His Answer to a Question»:
Some would know
Why I so
Long still do tarry,
(…) and not marry.
(…) What man would be here
Slave to thrall
If at all
He could live free here?
He confirms his point of view in «No Spouse but a Sister» where he shows that he is determined to die a bachelor:
A bachelor I will
Live as I have liv'd still
And never take a wife
To crucify my life.
because to him love and marriage (because one goes with another) is a burden and in «Another» he says «it best likes me/To have my neck from love's yoke free.»
He could easily be described as a hypocrite. In one hand, he praises marriage in the service of society, whereas in fact he refuses to marry himself. In «Upon Himself» he even compares marriage to death: «I should think that marriage might,
Rather than mend, put out the light.» Basically, he contradicts himself.
Robert Herrick was a loyal royalist who supported the Monarch by praising the values of the society of that time, such as marriage and repression of women, in his poems. However, it is obvious in his poems that underneath the pro-marriage surface lies a man who was in fact against it. Herrick never married and while praising marriage on one side, he clearly expressed his despise for it when it came to him. He compared it to a yolk, to slavery, to crucifying, and to death. His double standards make him a hypocrite and it casts a shadow on some of his truly beautiful lines and raises a question whether he meant any of it at all.
Works cited:
Herrick, Robert. «Another». «His Answer to a Question». «No Spouse but a Sister». «The Argument of His Book». «To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time». «Upon Himself». «Upon Himself (VII)». «Upon Some Women.» Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature. 13 January 2008
Swann, Marjorie. Marriage, celibacy, and ritual in Robert Herrick's 'Hesperides.'
01 January 1997. 13 January 2008.
Pictures from the play:
This is a bath bomb. It's a strange coincidence too, since just a few days ago someone recommended someone in a show I was watching to go have a bath with a bomb strategically place in between... you know. It's supposed to really be something. Anyway, I'll let you know.
This a photo album and it's wonderful. You can't see it, but the back covers are covered in black velvet and it's so pretty! Oh and it says FRIENDS, see?
OK, this Santa thing.. You can put your hand in it so I can only assume it's the glove you use not to get burned on a hot pot or pan. Dunno. It's cute though. And there's a lighter with that boy that pees, you know, Belgians and penises... But I said it's not gonna be one of those posts so I'll just move on to the key chain with my initial made in lace. SO cute.
And then there is BELGIAN CHOCOLATE! White, milk, dark and with nuts. Woo hoo! Can't wait to taste it. But not before 5pm. It's alcohol to me. LMAO
You know what this is? A custom made bookmark! Laminated! Which is rather good thinking, cuz drooling would so ruin it in no time. And yeah, it's gonna mess with my reading big time but who cares when it's so pretty, right?
Although, I might not even remember it right anymore. After all, I haven't even been kissed in OVER A YEAR. Can you imagine not being kissed for that long? Well, I don't have to imagine. And I vaguely remember kissing being quite an enjoyable activity. 
Although I probably forgot how it's done by now. So... About that dream... Ha! You thought I forgot! I didn't. I dreamt I met her in our local post office (she told me yesterday she has sent me a package so I guess that triggered it.) and that she was sending me that package. So I told her to send it and we'd get some coffee or something. And after she sent it, I realised she could've just given it to me! LMAO But apparently she hadn't thought of it either! But you know how they say that every person you dream of is actually you? Well then, it seems I'm an idiot on more levels.
I'm a joke. So this guy suggested I throw a party and we'd all get drunk and dance polka with my mother. Oh and it was hilarious to say that I spent New Year's Eve watching LOTR. Publically. Well guess what. When you have no friends or the few ones you've got leave the country, you stay at home and watch TV. 
Just like any other day.
So need your love, so fuck you all.
