Q&A Part 3 and 4

Parts 3 and 4 of my Q&A are now up! My internet was so not cooperating with me for about a week.

The songs mentioned in Part 3 are:

Please (Bethany Joy Lenz) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8T0qK7I_pA

Show me heaven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD4vZ3TLebY

Lanterns (Birds of Tokyo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h45mviDrJhc

All Too Well (Taylor Swift) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAiDP_bAR5Y

Please Explain

I have a question I hope people can explain to me, because I've noticed two terms being linked together, and I honestly don't see the connection: Delta Goodrem and bogan.

Now, this isn't a "Delta is so amazing and why don't people like her" post. I've ranted before about my pet hate of people saying they "hate" celebrities they don't know, etc. Whatever. To recap that- "if you don't like her music, that's fine. That's your personal taste. But I don't understand how you can hate someone you've never met and only seen maybe in interviews and on TV."

My point today is that I've seen a few articles over the last few years that all seem to suggest that all Delta Goodrem fans are bogans. And I take offence to that implication. And I'm also slightly confused.

A bogan, according to Wikipedia (yes, it has its own Wikipedia page), is defined as:

"an individual who is recognised to be from an unsophisticated background or someone whose limited education, speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour exemplifies a lack of manners and education."

 The most recent article I've found, which inspired me to write this post, was in WA Today and written by comedian Xavier Toby as he talked about penguins and racism. This does actually make sense if you read the article, and also raised the awesome point of, "Penguin Books [which] makes no sense, because penguins can't read." LOL.

However, the end of the article finished with this quote,

"just because you notice that someone is wearing happy pants and an Ed Hardy shirt, reading Delta Goodrem's biography, and has a car with a personalised number plate and a My Family sticker,"

Again, it makes sense in context. 

I am 22, well educated (Bachelor's Degree and a Post Graduate Degree), polite and generally well-developed human being. My family lives in a nice house and I don't think we match the description of "bogan" at all. Likewise, I know many Delta fans who are just like me.

So, where did this association between Delta Goodrem and bogan come from? Delta herself is from the Hills District in Sydney, which is a fairly high class area. 

I'm just a little confused. Can anyone shed some light on this please? Did "bogan" suddenly stop being seen as a bad thing and I didn't get the memo?

UPDATE:

I went back and found some of the other Delta=Bogan articles I remembered and here a few select quotes from these articles:

Bogans on parade: "Today's bogans reside in huge neo-Georgian cubes with no eaves and seven plasma TVs, which were purchased on an 18-month interest-free plan. They read Zoo Weekly magazine and Twilight novels, idolise Delta Goodrem and tend to use malapropisms such as ''for all intensive purposes'' and ''escapegoats''. 


Bogans confused by Categate: "Several bogan heads exploded, some converted to Scientology, and a few sought refuge in the dulcet tones of Delta Goodrem."

This entire article from a site called Things Bogans Like. 

A favour to ask

OK, believe me when I know how dumb this sounds. I know it's stupid and in the grand scheme of things, probably not that important. And I know some of you don't have any belief in God at all and this is going to sound even dumber than it already does.

But I have a favour to ask.

I am currently having computer issues.

Now, if I lose anything, I will be devastated. I have all my photos, music and so much stuff on this computer. Not least of all, my current in-progress fics.

This is the stuff that is most irreplacable. Most of my photos are on FB, most of my music backed up. Most of the in-progress fics are just summaries, except for my current one- 40 Weeks. I have checked and the most current backed-up copy I have found is up to chapter 17. I was, until now, on chapter 19. So, I could rewrite the last few chapters, but well... I was pretty happy with the first draft.

So, as lame and unimportant as this sounds, could you please- say a prayer, cross your fingers, wish on a star, whatever ... can we just send out some positive hope and karma that I can save all my stuff?

POLL

So, one of the stories on my list (it's one of 14, sorry guys!) has all the plot worked out, but no title.

And that bugs me.

I have three possibilities. Please vote for one which you like most!

1. "Sparks Fly: When you fall in love with your best friend's boyfriend, people are going to get hurt, and it will never end well. It's just a fact of life."

2. "The Right thing to do: It's a matter of honour, of doing good. But sometimes, doing the 'Right thing' hurts more than anything else. Especially when it comes to love." 

3. "Starts with Goodbye: Sometimes life- and love- hurts. And it never works out the way you imagine. And the only thing you can do, is to let go." 

Please comment (you can do so anonymously) below!

Apparition

One of the random parts of my Singapore trip was when I turned to Kelly and asked if she agreed that apparition (magical form of transport for those people who haven't read Harry Potter- although I don't know why that would be) would be uncomfortable for pregnant women.

Let me explain- we didn't sleep a lot on this trip. And when I'm tired, my mind wanders and I ask random questions. I've actually wondered that question before, but it was never spoken before.

Here's why I thought this:

In Half Blood Prince, when Harry apparates for the first time, he describes it as

"He was pressed very hard from all directions; he could not breathe, there were iron bands tightening around his chest; his eyeballs were being forced back into his head; his ear drums were being pushed deeper into his skull."

All in all, it's not a very comfortable experience. It's constantly described feeling as though "being forced through a tight rubber tube."

Now, I have never been pregnant. But I read, watch TV and movies and I know people who have been pregnant.
And I know that, especially towards the end, having a small person inside of you is also somewhat uncomfortable.

So, to combine the two experiences sounds again, uncomfortable. If I was a witch and pregnant, I'd be finding alternate modes of transportation.

But is that just me, or does it make sense?