Friday, July 31, 2009

Don Juan, Don Quixote and Dulcinea

Well behaved girls rarely make history, and if they do I'm not too sure it's for a reason I would want to be remembered for. They are also not famous while they're alive, it happens when they're dead and about to be made a saint and since they're dead they don't even get to enjoy the party. Not very fair, but it's their choice. Most times. Sometimes it isn't, because for the rest of us girls for whom misbehaving is part and parcel of every day life, we really do not get to choose to be good or bad. Shit happens. And misbehaving happens effortlessly. And somehow it is attractive to some men. The same men who try to control us while knowing that they never really will. A feisty girl is just that... feisty. And it is precisely that feistiness which makes a man's brains (together with his nether parts) pop. And no, he won't ever stop, probably not even when he is in Imgieret because thinks he's so fit that Imgieret will never be the place for him to pop. He is very much like Don Quixote, but of course will never admit it and thinks he is a Don Juan instead. Oh God the word, a Don Juan. But he is just a Don Quixote always looking out for his Dulcinea. He says he wants a Dulcinea who can be brought to heel, but if he had that he'd be bored stiff and in search of the next Dulcinea. So it's a crafty Dulcinea who makes sure he is kept on his toes, an even craftier Dulcinea who lets him think he is the boss, crafty old Dulcinea who knows exactly how and when (also where) to rub his ego. Dulcinea could pass as a daughter, but has been round the block quite a few times. And since this Dulcinea is a far cry from the proper Dulcinea who wants to be famous for her good behaviour, then it starts getting twisted. She know she will never be brought to heel, and keeps old Quixote wrestling with himself, trying to think of new ways to conquer. And she will win hands down but lets Quixote think he's the winner just to make him satisfied. Because it starts out as a game, a dangerous game, because somewhere across the lines both want their territory, both want each other and both make each other's life difficult because they want to play. Do not give the two something on a plate, they will not be interested. Because I'm not sure they would make history for their good behaviour, but they just might make it to fame for their gross indecent misbehaviour. Somewhere, someone must have seen something, but of course they'll keep their mouth shut... because it's too dangerous when you're dealing with a Don Juan.