Catfish
I definitely think this is the way forward. It’s a win-win situation, if someone catfishes me that means I can go on the show. If I catfish someone else that means I can still go on the show.
“Sarah, 16, from near Manchester, England. My hobbies music and books. I think fairy lights and small lamps make a great alternative to the harsh light of a bulb, giving off a warm cozy glow. The room smells of oriental musk from incense sticks, and on the walls are old gig and festival tickets, postcards, photographs, drawings, flyers from Manchester, pages from magazines and posters of music and books I enjoy, everything relating personally to me and my friends.”—Beingnothingness
I love the personality in this room. That is what is seriously lacking in my home now. It is just a flat, there is no comfort, nothing pulling me in and nothing making me want to stay. I need more stuff on the walls.
If I had pretty dresses like this I would make a similar display.
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Lego is at it again: trying to make Lego appeal to girls. The introduction of “Lego Friends” should be good news right? With evidence that Lego is a gateway to science and engineering, and that playing with Lego improves spatial, mathematical, and fine motor skills, surely this will help with…
I agree with this take on the new LEGO Friends series. I too had that pool house and last year spent hours and £15 buying the pizza van set, just because when I was little I loved the girl with black hair (I thought it was me).
I loved LEGO throughout my childhood and have since returned to it as a 22 year old adult. There is something cultish about it, my childhood is contained in it. The building bricks are colourful reminders of those Christmas mornings long since gone :(
What I am more annoyed about is the fact that the new LEGO Friends sets, aimed at girls, they are incredibly simple. Why would you make something more basic just because it’s now supposedly feminine. It’s a shame that they’ve made it so coded towards base stereotypical situations such as beauty salons but why did they have to take the essence of LEGO away? To play with LEGO is to engage your brain and follow instructions with no words and work it out yourself. I have no doubts that building the bricks when young can improve cognition, on many levels I’m sure. Again, these new sets are not challenging and that is maybe why they will not succeed. Having spent over an hour finally completing whichever set I was making I would feel a sense of accomplishment - which is probably what kept me coming back for more. If things are too easy, what’s the point? There is no engagement with the product and I won’t want to make another one if I don’t associate it with fun and creativity. It’s not going to build upon girls’ natural curiosity, it will stunt the interest in LEGO. Why not get them some pink Duplo instead?
The LEGO Friends series may not be for me (the sets are not challenging enough) but they may make LEGO cool again with girls. However, if girls want to play with LEGO they will and if they want to play with dolls they will. I had Barbies and I had LEGO at age 5. This hasn’t changed as even this Christmas I was given the Harry Potter castle and shoes. I’m still half tomboy half girly girl. If I ever have children I will buy them LEGO, and I promise I’ll try not to take over and build it myself ;)
One of my favourite songs.
