"Ethan Hammond" <eshammond@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:j98Dc.138571$Gx4.4246@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Have you ever been around a real 14 year old
> girl?

Yes, my daughter.  She's a delight.  However, I know I'm lucky.  Most kids
her age can be real pains.

> Most of them ain't exactly the most easy
> along with.  Real teenagers = @$$holes.  Anime
> teenagers = idealized fantasy.  That's why I liked
> Asuka because that is how real kids her age
> act.  When people say she is a bitch or a horrible
> person I have to laugh because that is how teenagers
> are.

And some people never grow out of it, either.  In my marriage, my ex-wife
made for a very credible Asuka (she's even a redhead) while I made for too
good a Shinji.  If any of you remember the exchange where Asuka berates
Shinji for being too accomodating, when poor Shinji was just trying to stay
out of trouble (I think this is around episode 14-16), that's what a lot of
fights in my marriage ended up being like.  I am *so* glad to be out of that
relationship!

> --
> All Purpose Cultural Randomness
> http://www.angelfire.com/tx/apcr/index.html

Oh, and a belated Happy Birthday to you, Ethan!

Vince "Professor Plum" Lamb
"Washuu has crabs!"