Normal? Why would we want to be normal?

ick. I made grand promises to myself to update this blog more frequently and I fail utterly right out of the gate. Anyhow, here is a quick update-let.

The screenwriter for the movie Juno (which I talked about earlier), is a woman named Diablo Cody. Yep, that's a weird name. She made it up herself when she was starting a new phase in her life (personally, I think it is an awesome name). She's been a stripper, a book author and now a screenwriter. Not the most standard career path in life but I don't think that matters. Her first screenplay was amazing and I'm interested in seeing more of her work on the big screen. A lot of people enjoy her writing and quirky personality.

And then you have some people (TV hosts) who are asking her When she plans to be a normal woman and have kids.

A "normal" woman? Excuse me, people, but a) there is no such thing as normal and b) have kids? Did you even see her movie? I mean, for goodness sake, there is no normal. Even having kids isn't normal!

God, talk about condescending. I thought we were past the days when a woman writer wasn't allowed to have her own life.

No, apparently, she isn't "normal"; needs to get a normal name and a normal life and pop out some babies like a good housewife. Apparently it is perfectly normal to pester a female screenwriter like this but you don't seen talk show hosts asking male writers when they're going to settle down and have children.

*rolls eyes* Come on, people, women are human. We can, and want to, do more than just be baby incubators. Sometimes, yeah, we want kids but even having kids doesn't make one normal. I know some awesomely weird parents out there. Having children does not equal normal. What's so great about normal?

Normal is boring! Children or not, sometimes women want to do non-normal things or not. Sometimes we might even *gasp* write movies, and enjoy it.