A friend and I were chatting about some stuff... and she asked me, "would you consider yourself a tomboy?"

Hmmm.

Perhaps not totally a tomboy... maybe when I was younger... but not now. Obviously not a girly-girl kind (heck please... eeks)... not one for dresses or heels or makeup or anything pinkish... I don't really care much for appearances, much to my mom's consternation ("you are a girl!"), but not exactly a tomboy either. Boyish interests yeah, computer gaming, military stuff... a fetish for swords and weapons... outdoorish pursuits... trekking, bushwalking, camping... and what are dubbed as 'warrior sports'... fencing... archery... ("yeah hehe, so violent")... sparring and wushu and such. I used to shoot at frogs with a pellet gun in my pre-teen years, but now I play with frogs and lizards and spiders and the critters that usually send girls screaming away with repulsion or in fear.

I told her that. Then she went, "so you ARE a tomboy!"

Erm... am I? I dunno... I hope not?

posted by Husky @ 3/03/2005 02:47:00 PM  |