An Open Letter to "Let it Go"

Dear "Let it Go,"

You are a remarkable phenomenon that will probably be written in the history books of 21st century entertainment. You've reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard and surprisingly, the South Korean charts (Gaon). As of now, you've sold over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S. and 35,000 copies in Australia. You've been dubbed into 43 other dialects and languages worldwide. The movie in which you are featured, Frozen, has won a Golden Globe Award, five Annie awards, two Critics' Choice Awards (one of which is for you), Academy Award nominations, and tons more. Frozen is the nineteenth-highest grossing film (ever), the third-highest grossing animation film, the highest-grossing animated film in 2013, and the second-highest grossing film made by Walt Disney Animation Studios, behind The Lion King (an amazing movie). Frozen is so popular that there is a sing-along version of it where fans can sit in the audience and sing-along to you. Admit it. You're pretty amazing. Plus, Idina Menzel sings you. Idina Menzel is probably one of the best Broadway singers ever. If I could be in your place...

But I mean, I have some issues with your lyrics. I just can't... click with them. That was a bad word choice. I hope you don't get offended, but I just can't not write this after everyone that I know has sung it at one point or another.



The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
How does snow glow? There's nothing lighting it up. Especially if it's nighttime.
Not a footprint to be seen
If you turn around, then there will be.
A kingdom of isolation,
But you have the snow and the air and the sky and the cold for company.
And it looks like I’m the Queen.
I didn't see any signs that said "Elsa's the queen! All hail Elsa!". Just go and say "And I self-appoint myself Queen."

The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Inside where?
Couldn’t keep it in, heaven knows I tried
If you couldn't keep it in, how come it's still inside? Also, how do you know that heaven knows you tried? Heaven might not know.

Don’t let them in, don’t let them see
That's being rude. If you have guests, you should let them in and rest. Also, covering their eyes is rude. Your guests should be able to see.
Be the good girl you always have to be
Nothing says that you have to be a good girl. You could just as easily be a bad girl.
Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know
Why would you conceal something and not feel something? Feeling and concealing have almost no correlation.
Well, now they know
That's good. It's not nice to keep secrets from people.

Let it go, let it go
No! Why would you let it go? Do you want to lose it? If you let things go, then you'll lose them! Why would you want to lose them? Don't you need them? For example, your glove. It's cold! Why would you just throw it away? It could serve lots of use! And your cape! Even if you think it's annoying, you could use it as a blanket. It's going to be awfully hard, sleeping on ice. Use your cape as a blanket, or a mattress. Don't just throw it away! If you're not careful, someone could be killed! Just imagine, a poor person standing in the cold and all of a sudden, they're smacked in the face by a glove or a cape! Would you want that to happen to you?
Can’t hold it back anymore
Oh, yes you can. Don't give up. A real warrior never quits. So I guess you're just a wimp.
Let it go, let it go
Again, you're losing valuable resources...
Turn away and slam the door
Didn't your parents tell you that it was rude to turn away and to slam doors? Turning away means that you disrespect people. Do you know how rude that is? And slamming doors makes lots of noise and expresses anger in a terribly rude way. Gosh, Elsa. Be kinder.

I don’t care
Well, I do.
What they’re going to say
I bet that in your heart of hearts, you do care.
Let the storm rage on,
No! It's cold! Why? Do you want to be cold? Storms can destroy people's houses!
The cold never bothered me anyway
But it bothered me. So hurry up and stop the storm.

It’s funny how some distance
Makes everything seem small
How is that funny? I find nothing humorous about that.
And the fears that once controlled me
You must be a weak person, to have fears control you.
Can’t get to me at all
That's awesome. What about the fears that didn't control you? Are you still afraid of falling off a cliff? How about being pushed off the tip of the mountain?

It’s time to see what I can do
You've been doing that all your life.
To test the limits and break through
Don't do that. That's too dangerous. If you break the limits, then you'll die. Do you want to die?
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
Everyone goes by at least one rule: Death.
I’m free
From what? From slavery? From the bird cage?

Let it go, let it go
I am fed up with you wanting to throw away all your belongings.
I am one with the wind and sky
What do we call you then? Sind? Wy? And how come you're still human?
Let it go, let it go
Elsa...
You’ll never see me cry
Oh, yeah? I can make you cry. Also, you cried when you thought Anna died. Look at that, you liar.

Here I stand
Yay. Thank you for telling us that you aren't sitting or sleeping.
And here I'll stay
Yay.
Let the storm rage on
Didn't I tell you that storms are bad?

My power flurries through the air into the ground
Yay. Fun.
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
Are you dead yet? Because if your soul is doing crazy stuff...
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
Are you okay? Things that are going on in your mind are freezing. I told you that shouldn't throw away your belongings... you're getting cold. And if you had stopped that storm... See what a liar you are? You are cold!
I’m never going back,
But you did.
The past is in the past
Yeah, no, duh.

Let it go, let it go
Sigh.
And I'll rise like the break of dawn
The break of dawn doesn't rise. The sun rises at the break of dawn. The break of dawn is a time period. Time periods don't rise.
Let it go, let it go
...  >_<
That perfect girl is gone
Perfection is unachievable. So is the state of nothing.

Here I stand
Again, we don't need to know that you aren't sitting.
In the light of day
Did you sing all throughout the night?
Let the storm rage on,
NO!!!!
The cold never bothered me anyway
Yes, it did, you liar.

Look at that. Doesn't she look like a liar?
Source: http://i2.wp.com/alt-world.com/altworld/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Elsa-Frozen.jpg?resize=640%2C401

From,
Me.

Red

Hi, All.


The last post was rather short. So I'm writing another one. This one is also short. Also, national holidays spark my creativity.

What's your favorite idea? Mine is being creative. How do you get that idea? I just try to think creatively. Now when you look at this orange, tell me please, what do you see? It's just a boring old orange! Maybe to you, but not to me. I see a silly face. Wow! Walking along and smiling at me. I don't see what you mean! 'Cause you're not thinking creatively! 

Right. Enough of that.


Today is Valentine's Day. Yay. Happy Valentine's Day and all that. Also, Happy Singles Awareness Day. You can read my previous post on that here.

Here is the first picture I get when I search "valentine's day" on Google Images:

Source: http://www.manhattanwithatwist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/valentines-day-pictures.jpg

It says Happy Valentines. It is red. Note: that thing has really bad grammar. But the thing we want to focus on is that it is red.

Ah, red. Valentine's Day = red and pink. So, therefore, red is the color of love. How exciting. Red is also the color of the heart. 

But red is also the color of war, anger, and blood. Love and war - two entirely different things. So does their being associated with the same color mean something?

Maybe this is saying that love and war are like sisters. Or brothers. Or sister and brother. Or twins. War is caused by love: love for your own point of view. And love doesn't escape without some kind of war - no relationship is entirely devoid of arguments. 

Or maybe I'm just reading into this too much. Some things aren't made to be deeply analyzed with the intention of finding how it is somehow a metaphor for life and death. Sometimes, red is red, blue is blue, and green is not a creative color. 

Source: http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-21/FTghEZLdkq-2.png

P. S. Help me. My friends are slowly dragging me into the insert confusing word here that is Don't Hug Me I'm Scared.



Note: Red also symbolizes communism and the Russian Revolution. Hmm...

Singles Awareness Day

Hi, all.

Valentine's Day is coming up. I thought about drawing a comic to illustrate how Valentine's Day originated, but I realized that I did that for my fifth grade Valentine's Day cards. 

I was kind of stuck.

Until I discovered Singles Awareness Day.

According to Wikipedia, Singles Awareness Day "is a humorous holiday, celebrated on February 14 (although some prefer the 13th or the 15th to get away from the commercialism associated with the 14th). It serves as an alternative to Valentine's Day for people who are single, that is, not involved in a romantic relationship. Some people who observe S.A.D. do so out of spite for Valentine's Day, as a Hallmark holiday, or for other reasons."

I have decided that from now on, I will celebrate Singles Awareness Day.


I mean, let's face it. Us singles deserve it. Valentine's Day celebrates the state of being in a relationship, but really, in these modern times, kids and teens are just throwing themselves into "relationships" and then breaking up 2 weeks later. So why not celebrate the people who aren't stupid enough to just have a relationship for the "fun" of it?

Come on, give them a big round of applause.

I'm not saying that the people who are in serious relationships did something bad. That's what Valentine's Day is for - to commend them for not getting in a relationship just for the "fun" of it.

Did you know that in some other countries, they have Children's Day along with the typical Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Grandparents' Day?

This is true equality. This is celebrating everyone: kids, moms, dad, and grandparents alike.

But here in the U.S., we're stuck with celebrating only adults and those who are in love.


Hi there! Did you forget about us! Us singles are important people, too! Issac Newton never married! Thomas Edison's first patent for the electric vote recorder was granted at age 22, before he married!

I think we deserve a holiday, too.

I made this pretty bad picture for the holiday. Look at all the confetti and then that mutated orange thing.

A poem:


While
everyone
is celebrating
Valentine's Day,
I say
What about the
singles?
Did you forget
about them, too?


Happy Singles' Awareness Day!

(Well, not really. It's days early. Whatever.)