x Kathyn. aka Kat
x 16 years young
x aussie



x leavers Oh.Nine.
x under the name of "supersnail".
x ..music.. addict.
x i talk to myself in italian (which is cool).
x learning to drive.
x speaking my mind occurs often. usually in the form of this blog.
x big blusher.
x me and my over-active imagination.
x loves food.
x and photography.
x band geek with my cool sax.
x incredibly gullable and naive.
x number plates interest me.
x books have overtaken my room.
x romantic in both meanings of the word.

x a LBD
x new pair of shorts
x a car





Pride & Prejudice -- Jane Austen



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It may interest you to know that life is in fact not at all like the books we all intend to read or write. As a matter of fact, most book are the complete opposite of our real world. There are several categories that fall under the radar of "non-realistic". Such as:

Fantasy:
These stories involve magical creatures- most unlike our own. Where enchanted princesses go on epic tails after another equally unlikly witch with (you may note) warts and looks like the wrong end of a camels turd. All books that fall under this genre are at some point to also feature the princesses "Mr. Right" aka Prince Charming. When was the last time you went on a quest through the deepest, darkest woods in all the land, battled the giant dragon and as fate would have it, Prince Charming would come gallabanting to your rescue. And if that wasn't farfetched enough, lets throw in a "happily ever after" where you and your prince are destine to live a happy life with no ups and downs for eternity. Likely? NOT!

Mystery:
Next lets move onto a equally unrealistic genre called mystery. We enter a world detectives and wild clues that always help conqure over evil and, enevitably, save the day. In this genre, we firstly have our oh-so smart, perfect detective who is our protaganist. Next, we throw in the evil genius who is trying to evade the police (or something) and happens to leave all the clues in exacally the right places so our detective finds them in just enough time to yet again save the day. Gosh that Mr. Mystery would be perfect for our modern day, realistic life. I'm sure the police of every city or town would want some of him to overcome evil down on the highway.

Romance:
The most unrealistic of the lot. You shall find here the beautiful young woman who, where ever she goes, bumps into Mr. Right. And after she gets herself into a spot of trouble, guess whos there- HIM! Oh My! Coincidence? Then you know the rest, they fall madly in love and there's that phrase- they live happily ever after and have a few kids on the way.

Ok, so you now admit that the books we all read are a load of unrealistic nonsense. But why do we read and love them so? Well simply because they offer us a version of life that is far better than our current one. We crave to be different from the monotonous life of humankind. We crave to be happy. To overcome our struggles.

But why do we raise our hopes so high that when life does occure, it's nothing like the books we read when we were younger. For some of us, prince charming may never be in your life. You won't get noticed and get the payrise you think you deserve. You wont even get the courage to talk to "Mr. Right" who has the looks. Maybe life wont even pan out as you wanted. You may find yourself pregnant at 15. Or you and your family forced onto the street when mum or dads job falls through or your house gets burnt. We won't always be living in peace with our family or friends.

As for the question about why we raise our hopes for life, well I can't answer that. But I have one last word:

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