Rocking the cradle

Okay, I am going to blog about 2 things. One about age gaps in relationships and the other; just about how much High School Musical pisses me off [I warn you now, I am going to rage - and quite unnecessarily].

I'm actually going to rant about HSM first. For fuck sakes, I have no idea but this whole enterprise just drives me up the wall. What the hell is wrong with Gen Z?! I have nothing against this new generation being born into the age of technology, it's a great joy! A world in which computers are fast and without kinks, portable music is in the Gigabytes and HD DVDs clearer than what our eyes are capable of distinguishing except in unnaturally clinical trials.

BUT WTF is with content. What the fuck is with the likes of High School Musical, Hannah Montanna [Strike that, I mean, Miley Cyrus], the Jonas Brothers and like the Cheetah Girls or whatever they're called.

These child actors are completely robbed of a natural childhood and pass on this shit resemblence of a life to those watching it. Zac Efron for example is frankly just fucked. This metrosexual has officially cross the threshold of what is considered acceptable. Clothes; they're good, he has the money and the a stylist to dress him, the Hair; tad overwork but otherwise you can't blame a guy for trying to look good. Here, the punch though, WTF is with the overly manscaped face and overapplication of concealer, foundation AND bronzer! He puts a drag queens to shame with the amount he has on - IS that even what he looks like?! Does he permanently just wear a thick 3 layer mask? The color reminds me of Al Pacino in his desperate attempts to convince the world he is hip and 'with it'.

Vanessa Hudgens can't sing to save her life and I think she is just permanently stuck at people saying "though you are very pretty!" Ashley Tisdale has a pathetic attempt to change the one thing that, despite looking horrid - made her unique, her nose; claiming the fix was to correct "septum deviation" which leads to breathing complication - whatever bitch. Monique Coleman who play Gabriella's best friend has literally 10 lines in HSM3, that's just sad!

Miley Cyrus, god what a mess for a 15 year old. Though, it would be nice if people just backed off her - yeah she has pictures of her kissing a friend, get over it. She has a picture of her semi-showing her bra; get over it. The Jonas Brother has vowed not to get laid till marriage. Evangelicals opposed to to homosexuality and abortion, a decision not based on free will but because GOD said so.

These kids all came from great talent, there is no denying that! I couldn't have done or accomplish what they have done and potentially will do. But I am criticizing what they have become! From, theatre and musical theatre to this ... crap! Disney might seem lame but it was well play, artistically written and diligently drawn and animated masterpieces. Yet, Generation Z drives this wagon of crap and spilling change from the hard worked dollars of Generation X.

HSM is based on Romeo and Juliet. It suppose to be an reinvention to spark kids of today's generation to care; but that is barely there! Barely. Take a look at West Side Story and Romeo + Juliet, they're masterpieces. Both relevant and omniscient reflection of the social context within their time: or The lion King, the portray of Hamlet.

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This last bit about my experience with "rocking the cradle" [or more precisely being rocked] in it's more natural context as opposed to above is just here for my sake to talk about it before my relationship is over and done with.

Are age gaps that big of a deal in relationships? I know it becomes less weird as we get older to have relationships with people a whole lot younger or older. But what is okay? Mine being approximately 10 years the difference, I've heard anything from pedophilia, sugar/play toy to cradle robber etc play on words. It's as irritating as it is cute.

How do people deal with it? In a midst everything that makes a relationship difficult, you have to add in the different life stage each one is at, [Me = uni, They = Career], tastes and just plain life experience. I've so far come across permutations of 29 + 21, 28 + 22, 26 + 23 [that's not too bad], 31 + 21, 35 + 29.

In Hollywood, you have Hayden Panetierre [19] and Milo Ventimiiglia [31], and of course Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Doouglas, I think there is actual a perfect 25 years between them or something. That's a silver jubilee.

What do you consider okay? What do you think a real relationship can handle?