Thursday, March 6, 2008

A getaway at home thats not a getaway

I spoke with Carolyn on the phone while she was on a break from her classes on Wednesday. I asked her about her room at home because i will not get to see it considering it is in PA. She told me that she would email me on the next day and explain her bedroom As i said she talks to me a lot over text messages and instant messages and also by email on facebook and myspace. She emailed me this morning and explained her room to me. Her room at home is very girly. She has pink carpet which she chose when they redid her room 2 years ago. Her favortite colors are blue and pink and so her walls are light light blue. She explains her room as her getaway at home which is not really a getaway. She says she cant be who she is at home because her parents dont approve. Her parents have always tried to get her to join certain groups at school and also to to like certain kinds of boys. Her room at home has posters in it of Heath Ledger who she says she likes "for a white guy". She has white wicker furniture in her room which were hand downs from her parents old room. She hates the white wicker because she says it makes her miss being at the shore because that is what all the furniture is at her shore house. Along with her posters she has pictures cut out from magazines of Brad Pitt, Collin Farrell, and Johnny Depp. She says she doesnt like these guys. "They are hott and all, but i like the dark boys hahha(she laughed" She says that her room at home is putting on a show for her mother and father. They dont like the fact that she is into black men and they are always trying to introduce her to "NICE WHITE BOYS" as her mom says. She doesnt put pictures up of any black actors or performers because she doesnt want her parents to get upset with her so she tries to conform to what they want. She made me laugh when she said "all my illegal stuff is at my dorm" because she meant all of her posters with usher and LL cool J and she always talks about how their bodys are "soo hott". Also in her room is a basket which was white wicker as well which had a bunch of TY Beenie Babies in it. She said that she has been collecting them since she was younger and it is something that means a lot to her. Also in the corner of her room is a net that hangs from the ceiling with a lot of stuffed animals in it from her childhood. She told me of One bear that she has had since the day she was born that her grandmother gave her who since then has passed away. Carolyn was into choir and loves music. As a decoration in her room, she has music notes that are multicolored hanging on her wall all over the room. Her bed is a single which she says "is to small for me because im a little fat". On her bed is a pink and blue comforter again her favorite colors and she has 2 throw pillows which she puts on her bed everyday when she gets up which are PINK AND BLUE. Her radio is a Ipod dock which she can sit her ipod into and it will play the music that is on it. She loves her ipod a lot she says she takes it with her everywhere she goes because it is a part of her. She always has her phone, ipod, and a purse, at all times. I am still waiting on a response about the rest of her dorm room and the rest of her bedroom at home. the only thing i got was that there were posters of usher and ll cool j she is writing the rest to me today because she didnt have time before class.
In her bedroom her favorite thing is her bed. She likes to lay in it and if there is anyway she can get away it is laying in her bed because she can shut her eyes and relax and forget about everything. I am interested to see what other differences there are in what her room is like at home compared to her dorm room.

1 comment:

Professor Rubenstein said...

Also use the distance problem in the methods section. Discuss how you communicate.

Ok=we have to get into her attraction to African American guys v. her rejection of her parents' choices.

And of course the two worlds in the rooms

Very good post!