day three
currently there is a kerfuffle in the works regarding an ani difranco line I tossed out, so I figured transcribing the lyrics would be a good typing excercise:

Not a Prettygirl (note: all one word.)

I am not a prettygirl
that is not what I do
I ain't no damsel in distress
and I don't need to be rescued

so put me down, punk
wouldn't you prefer a maiden fair
isn't there a kitten
stuck up a tree somewhere

I am not an angry girl
but it seems like I got everyone fooled
everytime I say something they find hard to hear
they chalk it up to my anger
and never to their own fear
Imagine you're a girl
Just trying to finally come clean
lmowing all the while they'd prefer you were dirty
and smiling

and I am sorry
but I am not a maiden fair
I am not a kitten
Stuck up a tree somewhere.

generally my generation
wouldn't be caught dead working for the man
generally I agree with them
trouble is you gotta find yourself an alternate plan
and I have earned my disillusionment
I have been working all of my life
and I am a patriot
and I am fighting the good fight
and what if there are no damsels in distress
what if I knew that, and called your bluff
dont you think every kitten figures out how to get down
whether or not you ever show up?

I am not a prettygirl
I don't really want to be a prettygirl
I want to be more than a prettygirl