The Armenia Logs are kickin guys, bravo! I am so happy to see everyone logging.
Yesterday at 5:00 pm my hair was brown, long and curly... at 10:30 pm I had short, straight, blonde highlighted hair. What can I say? Once in a while you need to remond yourself too... just for fun. Yes, I am having a great deal of fun. Arthur kept calling me Jennifer yesterday, he has officially changed my name... as long as I am blonde I am destined to be Jennifer, very funny we are still laughing about it.
It reminded me of a real incident from the past. Years ago my hair was bleached blonde. Many of my Armenian friends called me white-washed... after the bleaching incident claiming that I was bleaching my Armenianess away. Well... what would these diasporans say today (still living in the Diaspora)...if they saw the new platinum blonde me. Am I still white-washed... or is it OK now that I am a bleached repatriate.
It's funny the conditions that Armenians put on eachother... in order to get the Armenian seal of approval. I have always been turned upside down by the demands the community at large makes on Armenians. Do you have to speak Armenian, read, write? Do you have to be Christian (or a practicing Christian)? Do you have to be dating or married to an Armenian of the opposite sex? Who made up all these rules and decided to outcast people who could very well contribute great things to the community but wouldn't or didn't because they were outcast.
Parajanov was Armenian, he was gay... but Armenian... would these people make an exception because he was one of the most amazing artists in the history of film and art. Would they make an exception for Atom Egoyan who does not speak Armenian fluently but has given the Armenian people a monumental and lasting peice on the Armenian Genocide. We make exceptions... and that is the least we can do. But here is a thought to adding to our pool of Armenian greatness.
How about just ONE pre-requisite to being Armenian. You have to be the best human that you can possibly be. That can be being a GOOD PERSON, and that way representing who you are (and a part of that is being Armenian) in a positive light... to... rebuilding Armenia with your millions... to... being active in your community... to learning to read and write Armenian at a late age... to... throwing an annual Armenian Christmas party for your non-Armenian friends and teaching them about the traditions of Armenian Christmas.... anything goes if you represent your Armenian Self in a way that will make this world better... Being a GOOD PERSON is being a good Armenian... it only brings us up. It only makes us better. It erases all the complexes and allows people to develop and prosper...
So I may be a temporarily experimental blonde... but I am also trying my hardest to be a good person, and that means I am on the right track... blonde hair and all.
PS. The Straight part is just temporary, just a blow-dry, for those of you who know I could never part with my Madlene defining afro of curls.
Yesterday at 5:00 pm my hair was brown, long and curly... at 10:30 pm I had short, straight, blonde highlighted hair. What can I say? Once in a while you need to remond yourself too... just for fun. Yes, I am having a great deal of fun. Arthur kept calling me Jennifer yesterday, he has officially changed my name... as long as I am blonde I am destined to be Jennifer, very funny we are still laughing about it.
It reminded me of a real incident from the past. Years ago my hair was bleached blonde. Many of my Armenian friends called me white-washed... after the bleaching incident claiming that I was bleaching my Armenianess away. Well... what would these diasporans say today (still living in the Diaspora)...if they saw the new platinum blonde me. Am I still white-washed... or is it OK now that I am a bleached repatriate.
It's funny the conditions that Armenians put on eachother... in order to get the Armenian seal of approval. I have always been turned upside down by the demands the community at large makes on Armenians. Do you have to speak Armenian, read, write? Do you have to be Christian (or a practicing Christian)? Do you have to be dating or married to an Armenian of the opposite sex? Who made up all these rules and decided to outcast people who could very well contribute great things to the community but wouldn't or didn't because they were outcast.
Parajanov was Armenian, he was gay... but Armenian... would these people make an exception because he was one of the most amazing artists in the history of film and art. Would they make an exception for Atom Egoyan who does not speak Armenian fluently but has given the Armenian people a monumental and lasting peice on the Armenian Genocide. We make exceptions... and that is the least we can do. But here is a thought to adding to our pool of Armenian greatness.
How about just ONE pre-requisite to being Armenian. You have to be the best human that you can possibly be. That can be being a GOOD PERSON, and that way representing who you are (and a part of that is being Armenian) in a positive light... to... rebuilding Armenia with your millions... to... being active in your community... to learning to read and write Armenian at a late age... to... throwing an annual Armenian Christmas party for your non-Armenian friends and teaching them about the traditions of Armenian Christmas.... anything goes if you represent your Armenian Self in a way that will make this world better... Being a GOOD PERSON is being a good Armenian... it only brings us up. It only makes us better. It erases all the complexes and allows people to develop and prosper...
So I may be a temporarily experimental blonde... but I am also trying my hardest to be a good person, and that means I am on the right track... blonde hair and all.
PS. The Straight part is just temporary, just a blow-dry, for those of you who know I could never part with my Madlene defining afro of curls.
posted by Madlene at 12:33 PM
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