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Ok well remember when I said that I was going to open up more? Well here we go!
So, I was thinking about some things and some of the things that my friends and I have discussed lately now that we are still single and another birthday passed by for all of us. We talked about love, lust, sex, marriage, kids, getting older, still being single, what we want in a relationship, where we want to be in 10 years and... PROTOTYPES.
Now, I've been thinking about this so-called prototype thing for a while.
Lets start off with a definition from an online dictionary:
PROTOTYPE
Pronunciation: 'prO-tO-"tIp
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Greek prOtotypon, from neuter of prOtotypos archetypal, from prOt- + typos type
1 : an original model on which something is patterned
2 : an individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type
3 : a standard or typical example
4 : a first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a construction (as an airplane)
(What the hell does THAT mean you ask? Thats exactly what I was thinking to an extent. lol!)
Now you all know the fairly new Outkast song called "Prototype" that is on Andre's side of that double cd that they last put out. That song ALWAYS gets me all teary eyed. Now the lyrics are nice and a bit...ODD... but it is the slowness of the song, how he sings it, and the simpleness of the video that get me.
If you haven't seen it, go here: http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/outkast/audvid.jhtml and it SHOULD be the second video.
( Prototype lyrics )
Well, the whole concept is that Andre is an alien and runs into this totally average girl (average as in no where NEAR the usual video hoe) who is a photographer, they click, and they fall in love. Then they kiss and she becomes pregnant right there on the spot (YIKES!) and Andre gets transformed from an alien to a human so that he can stay on Earth to be with his new girl and his hew baby. AWWWW! Now yea its wierd simply because yall know that Andre aint too right, but I still like it.
Now don't get me wrong I sure as hell don't ever want that shit from the video to happen to me! So, I'm walking through the damn park (like I'd be doing that), I see a spaceship crash, I start takin pics of it and as soon as I turn back around one of the aliens roll up on me with his peeps. He starts singing to me, takes my glasses off and "fixes" my eyes so that I don't need them, takes my hair aloose, and we go skipping up a hill. Then he gets on top of his spaceship and starts playing an electric guitar. It starts getting dark so I set up a tent (shyyyyyt) and when I look at these mofos they are sleeping in a line outside standing up. Then the lead alien unzips my tent, we kiss, and my stomack grows from 0 to 9 months pregnant and ready for dilevery in less that 15 seconds. (Could you imagine if that really happened?! Forget kissing! People would never touch each other because they wouldn't want their lips to accidentally touch. LOL!) So I give birth to a 8 month old looking baby and the lead alien transforms himself into a human so that we can be a happy family.
Moment of silence LOL!
BUT it is the whole gist of WHAT a prototype is that I got from the video; not the wierd but interesting plot.
From the video, a prototype is
*someone who you feel a indescribable and immediate bond with,
*someone that can make you do anything just to be with them,
*that one and only person you risk kissing KNOWING what is gonna happen! (lol j/k!!!!)
But you see what I am saying? It is that unconditional fairytale genuine and true love with that one special person that you have this unexplainable connection with that last a lifetime.
And after analyzing the video and thinking back on the definition from above, it DOES make sense!!!!
1 : an original model on which something is patterned -> the perfect person that people should imitate. Like an ideal person
2 : an individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type -> same as above
3 : a standard or typical example -> someone that fits the example of what YOU think the perfect person is)
4 : a first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a construction ->an original person that is perfect to you in any and every way that you have never felt such a form of connection to.
So basically, and in conclusion, a Prototype is an ideal person. And that ideal image varies from person to person. (DAMMIT, if only this was an assignment that could be graded. HA!)
Now a few weeks ago </a></a>![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) hood_honey05 and I were talking about wanting a so-called prototype in our lives. How we wished that we would meet the perfect guy and how he would sweep us off our feet, and ride us off on a horse into the sunset and all of that good stuff. Well, not really on a horse into the sunset but you get what I am saying. LOL! Just basically saying that we wanted to meet that perfect guy that completely fulfills our own individual liking and personal, emotional, and mental well-being. </font>
Now speaking from my experience, I have met my share of broke ass, good for nothing, lying, cheating, horny, no job having, uneducated, kid having, drama having, stalking, "I'll leave my girl for you" low lifes. Hell to the naw! I deserve better than that and I am not gonna settle for some bullshit just to be with someone. (Thanks to some of my good friends. I am constantly reminded of that. You know who you guys are. Beijos!) And like that old song says "I can do bad all by myself". So we decided that we are gonna wait. Wait on the Lord that is. If something happens it happens, if not, we are gonna trust that the Lord will provide us with what we need/want when HE feels it is right. Its gonna be HARD though.
WELL, THE PLOT THICKENS!
So, I was in class and my teacher was talking about Theories of Concept Learning. One of the terms was called "schema" and he defined it as "a concept that is defined by prototypes". So I chuckled to myself a lil bit.
THEN he said something that broke my heart:
"Prototypes change. They exist in the mind and not in reality".
I know that he was talking about the term for class, but it still hurt because I started thinking.
Is there such a thing as the perfect person for someone?
Is it possible to have a unexplainable and deep connection and magnetism with someone?
Is is realistic to be optimistic about soulmates?
Is a prototype really some bullshit?!?!?!?!?!?!
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ITS SEPTEMBER 8th!!!!ITS MY BIRTHDAY TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
silly
touched
enthralled
chipper
horny
video "Naked".
blown like shit but amused
Does homeboy's shirt say "I love Lick"?!?! Sooo mad at this.
the cute little ruffles in the back look like...ummmm....ocean waves. LOL!!!!!
Babygirl