The Diary of a Pretty Young Thing

Cant say that I did not enjoy this writing.

Very uncharacteristic of this author though.

Next segment soon?

Ras

Bina,

I think i read this in Karachi O`Bitchery or Scene sections of the Friday times, all the same its a laugh to read about our `elite` folks, and their latest hangouts.

Tahmed Bhai,

I have no idea what the distinction would be, being completely banking illiterate! Esplain, Lucy, esplain!

Are you in touch with Hobbyty? If so, send him my regards.

Sac,

It turns us all into boring, dead, cow uddered, killjoys who stare walleyed at the yapping boys who nip at our heels...oh lord, in creating all the creatures on this green and fertile earth, how could thoust smite us with the humorless feminazi who just doesn`t know when to smile when she`s being told, or jump up and down enthusiastically when reading Camille Paglia`s latest sensationalist stroll down the unimaginative readers shirt buttons?

and Michael Jackson`s `PYT, pretty young thing` blares in the background...
spoofing the spoofs, if that makes any sense...to quote Miss Poo (another spoof) from KKKG, `Iiiiii like it!`
I`m staying tuned :-)

I think the use of ``thing`` in the title denotes allusions to the materialistic components of this evident satire. narrator`s compulsion to describe, by brand, all the things she has, resonates all the way into her very personality, rendering her to be nothing more than a Thing herself.

FJ #16 Oh no! One word from you, and I am demolished.

saminashah #12 Good idea. :-) Are you suggesting that brother FJ would have interest in the concept of homosexual banking, or would it be an interest-free banking concept?

tamed, it was an observation on your intellectual skills.

C`mon guys, give Bina Shah a break. As the topic says, this is written for the ``pretty young things``. Read and enjoy it without trying to look for some obscure deep philosophical underpinning :-). People, dont take life too seriously :-)

:)

there are quite a few of these, materialistic designer name desi bimbos popping up in NY with a skinny cigarette tucked between their middle and index fingers and a small cell phone attached to their ear....speaking in an obnoxiously loud monotone about inconsequential bullshit to their gora boyfriends or equally obnoxious girlfriends.

might i add, they all have super straight hair and wear pointy witch boots.

how `real` is that.

Good mindless satire.......Amina Haq was a blast.....maybe marriage won`t turn her into a killjoy...................

later
-sac

The word incredulously should not have been used because I dont know what it means.

This is very good article and Dear Diary stuff never gets old. A lot of middle class folks who may have lived on the wrong side of the bridge might feel a little ignored by this article. I know I do. But thats why it works is funny & sounds real.

The pretty young thing does NOT accomodate readers who are not part of her reality. Geographically and culturaly she is ignorant & uninterested in everything beyond the Clifton Bridge. She must Ignore them poor bastards so a consistency is born between WHO she is and WHAT She writes. This was done successfuly here.

I dont see this as SATIRE. The writer can never get so close without relating. The writer did not pretend to be Pretty Young Thing when she wrote this. She simply found the pretty young thing inside of her and unleashed it... Writing is not acting. And this was writing.

I could not decipher it. Most of the people whose names are in bold letters are unfamiliar. Probably it is written for a certain croud.

Tahmed,

FJ is distinguishing himself as not only rubbish, but a special kind of rubbish....will someone post an article on Homosexual Banking to placate him?

#4 by Zakkk on December 2, 2002 2:43pm PT
``reminds me of TFT`s Amina Haq articles.``

I agree. but this is only satirical.

I miss amina haqq`s article. all that intelligence put to waste at writing stupid Girl Friday columns.