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With Valentine's Day just two days away, the Post throws one to the unattached by looking at the Quirkyalone movement. Move over, metrosexuals: Here come the quirky-alones. Sasha Cagen coined the term when she wrote an essay that essentially defined "being single - not as a way station en route to marriage, but as a fulfilling lifestyle in its own right." Quirkyalones are romantic and would like to find the one, but dating for dating's sake is bogus and being confident and single are preferred. You can find out more in the book, Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics (there's nothing like a book to reaffirm how stupid your friends' going-nowhere relationships are), but for some more insight to who is a Quirkyalone, there's a handy celebrity guide:
Ashton Kutcher: No. He gets the award for most offensively unquirkyalone celebrity. Exploits fake relationships to get publicity in a most obvious way.
Bjork: Yes. Often sings about maintaining your own space while you're in a relationship.
Morrissey: Yes. For those who grew up in the eighties, the prototypical quirkyalone.
Soleil Moon Frye: Yes (as Punky Brewster).
Woody Allen: No. Quirkycreepy.
There will be a Quirkyalone party for Quirkyalone Day this Saturday at DT/UT on Avenue B. While it could be construed as a "Screw you, couples," even couples can participate in Quirkyalone Day.
See if you've have Quirkyalone sesnibilities by taking the Post's test. The Quirky Alone website and an interview with Sasha Cagen.
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"Soleil Moon Frye: Yes (as Punky Brewster)."
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What am I not getting here? ... as Punky Brewster; a child a quirkyalone? Shouldn't all children be normalalone?
i think quirkyalone sounds a little bit retarded. no- make that gigantically retarded. you know you are living in an outrageously rich country when people have time to think up new words that mean the exact same thing as old ones- i mean, why the hell can't you just say single?
yeah, they suck.
What's the saying, the Eskimos have like 90 words for ice because it's important to them while we only have one for love? Clearly, justifying singledom is important.
Meeno Peluce of Voyagers fame is Soleil Moon Frye's brother.
i don't know, i heard her interview on npr last week, and while i don't dispute the possibility of being happy without committment from another human being, there's just something about her meticulous efforts to Classify the Type that makes me wonder if she's a difficult person (to satisfy, to be around, in general) and that maybe that's why she's alone and/or not settling down...
Do you have more info on the QuirkyAlone party in NYC? Is it free to attend? Is there any way we can get more info? JW
try http://quirkyalone.net/qa/iqd.php?c=events
I hope "quirkyalone" dies a swift, painful death.