torsdag den 7. oktober 2010

Peter Pan-generationen


Unfortunately this is what permeates the society today! Besides that, it really reminds me of certain people...

I can recommend the following article, even though it has a couple of years on its back.

“We know so much about failed adult relationships that people approach their own with a heightened sense of emotional risk,” Professor Frank Furedi, a sociologist, says. “In the past, you entered a new relationship with an open mind. Now we think of love as a risk and the most common thought that enters many people’s minds is ‘Be careful, you might get hurt’.” For the Peter Pan brigade, singledom and living alone are better options. If you don’t overcommit, you don’t get hurt.

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“By living as children, we are forgetting how to take risks, and that is one of the most important things we need to do as adults,” Furedi says. “We need to find a contemporary version of adulthood that makes us feel comfortable. Being told that you seem younger than you are or that you don’t look your age is not the best thing to aspire to. Learn to accept your age and believe in yourself.”

onsdag den 6. oktober 2010

Penge ad libitum


... hvis dette var tilfældet, ville jeg anskaffe mig en duft fra Histoires de Parfums... Nøj, hvor dufter det dejligt. For 'blot' 1150 kr kan man sprøjte sig med en duft, der efter sigende har sin helt egen unikke historie, som ikke blot er forankret i årstal, men også kunst og kultur. Jeg faldt over parfumen i den alt for eksklusive butik Strøm, som ligger på Strandvejen. Det er første gang, jeg nogensinde er stødt på noget tøj fra det italienske mærke No-l-ita. Sidstnævnte mærke vækker grufulde minder fra 2. semesters projektet, hvor vi skrev om modebilleders illusion (ja, du tænker måske allerede her, at at det for intetsigende og tamt). Tænk, hvad en uskyldig gåtur kan føre til, men jeg købte ikke noget, bortset fra Emmery's og Peter Beier, og nårh ja, lidt hudplejeprodukter fra Ren.