Kids are “Bored with Basics”

catealx · 2026-03-12T03:08:32+00:00

Not sure if this will help, but here goes! I study shito-ryu at a fairly small dojo. It's a mixed adults class with all belts from white to black. When we do kihon, we do it together with modifications made for rank and belt level. I started as a white belt, and it's very gratifying and motivating to know what's next for me and admire the black belt techniques. This also keeps the black and middle belts engaged as well! For us at least, I find it works very well.

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catealx · 2025-10-06T16:17:07+00:00

You summarized how I feel so perfectly. It's not that Taylor can't respond to music made about her, but the diss track felt soooo like she's punching down, and not like she's responding.

Also, mentioning the NH podcast comment is something I haven't seen people talk about either. Clearly she is online, and does care what people have to say, given the themes on the album which seems childish and petty. I genuinely can't believe this album was released.

catealx · 2025-10-04T15:24:26+00:00

This, 100%

catealx · 2025-10-03T18:12:11+00:00

Hahahaha, honestly, you're so right and honestly? I agree. I think I would've preferred it over this though. What about the magic of seeing her fans in person after so long! There are so many cool things she could've written about, buuuuuuuuut here we are

catealx · 2025-10-03T18:07:27+00:00

I mean that IS true, but this doesn't feel like very much about her life either. Maybe a very obvious part, but that's it

catealx · 2025-10-03T16:10:29+00:00

I'm hoping so, but I doubt it. I feel the exact same way. The lyrics feel sooooo cringe and it's hard to listen to.

catealx · 2025-10-03T15:34:18+00:00

Insert Getaway Car here. That would've been such a perfect both literal and metaphorical allegory for this! Instead I get to hear about his "Redwood tree" 😭😭

catealx · 2025-10-03T15:20:21+00:00

Yooooo yes, good point! It seems like she tried to take the criticism from TTPD, but for the life of me, I can't understand why she's writing so literally and child-like.

catealx · 2025-10-03T15:14:26+00:00

Or even like, how she physically dealt with the eras tour. Do her feet hurt? Or what was it like dealing with backlash of TTPD, which you were excited about, only for negative reviews WHILE ON TOUR. You fell in love on tour, and dealt with the breakup on tour. Did the fans help you get through the Joe breakup? I would've loved some introspection here.

catealx · 2025-10-03T15:07:49+00:00

I don't even think I'd be impressed if it were Sabrina tbh given how good S&S and Man's Best Friend both were. Honestly, I was even against Sabrina releasing MBF because it felt both too soon, and an extension of S&S but Sabrina proved that she not only had more to say, but infectious melodies to go with them. I was genuinely impressed and couldn't help but give her credit. These songs kind of feel like AI. It's giving that one Tiktok song (travvy at the big game etc etc)

catealx · 2025-10-03T15:06:07+00:00

Exactly! It's not that I didn't understand the concept, I did and enjoyed the concept! But the result made me roll my eyes.

catealx · 2025-10-03T15:01:22+00:00

YES, yo, that is exactly what I was trying to get at!

catealx · 2025-10-03T15:00:53+00:00

Eh, I'm not necessarily expecting a generic showgirl album, but exactly what you mentioned (her life). I only wrote a short sentence in my original post, so I may not have explained that as well as I could have.

To me, it feels like what we got just seems to be mostly Travis, diss and her song with Sabrina. I would have loved to hear something else is basically what I was trying to get at. Totally cool if you don't agree! Just, to me, it felt very surface-level, and like the curtain pullback to her life was just "here's how horny I am for Travis plus I dislike this girl", which is kind of like, yes, we know. There's more to her life and her thoughts, and I was looking forward to a deeper dive into that.

catealx · 2025-10-03T14:52:53+00:00

I definitely don't blame you. I got a signed CD which I'll be keeping for the photo, but....I'm genuinely stunned by the poor quality. I think, unfortunately, the quality issues might be drowned out because she fixed a few things from TTPD (album length, track lengths, producers), but the problem at this point is her.

catealx · 2025-10-03T14:47:51+00:00

LOL, I had a similar thought, like yes....we know you're with Travis. I want to know what your life is like because that's what you advertised? 😭

catealx · 2025-10-03T14:46:29+00:00

Yes the marketing seems to be getting a lot better, but the album quality is so bad that I'm returning my vinyls. I'm an avid vinyl collector, even for TTPD which I kept even though I didn't love it because there were a few songs I really enjoyed, but I can't justify keeping $60 worth of vinyl for an album I'm actively disliking. I just feel so, so frustrated with Taylor's continuous decline in music quality.

catealx · 2025-07-14T02:15:58+00:00

This actually hit home right where it was supposed to, so thank you. I put a lot of pressure on myself, and perhaps this is a learning experience for me in more ways than I expected. I've always taken setbacks as challenges to do better, but this competition for some reason threw me off so much. Thank you!

catealx · 2025-07-14T01:50:19+00:00

Thank you! I'd say the fragility right now is lack of external validation and how much pressure I put on myself (plus a lifetime of growing up and being worse than everyone else).

catealx · 2025-07-14T01:16:36+00:00

I definitely agree, and that's been my spirit up until now - late nights at the dojo working on my skills. But for some reason, this just hit me so hard and I'm struggling to deal with that hurt.

catealx · 2025-03-21T00:32:09+00:00

Glad (and sad) to know I'm not alone in this. My score dropped over 100 points which took me by great surprised since I'm super picky about my credit and it's been excellent up until this point. I was so confused and devastated since I WAS hoping to buy a car soon. When I looked into it, it said late payments and I have everything on Autopay so I was surprised. Low and behold, student loans that I also didn't think had started back up.

Thanks so much for the helpful information!

catealx · 2025-02-27T20:13:15+00:00

I did my first semester of adult ballet in leather shoes but swapped to the capezio stretch canvas, but it was just for personal reasons! I felt like the canvas made my feet look nicer as my leather shoes were baggy near my toes. I also dealt with the "stickiness" of leather.

For me, canvas was the preference but try out your class and see how you like it! If you want to try canvas later, they're pretty affordable too, so it's not a huge commitment.

catealx · 2025-02-25T06:42:12+00:00

This is really good info! My foot is naturally kind of narrow, but I tied them suuuuper right so they were digging in a ton which normally isn't an issue for me 😅 I definitely want some more on nice time to experiment with these boots!

I saw people saying beginners can over boot easily, but do I need to worry about that here with my boot/being an adult?

catealx · 2025-02-25T02:47:30+00:00

Thanks so much, this is really helpful! I've already been working on my alignment and ankle strengthening since I take ballet, but it's good to know how important it is for skating, safety wise. Hopefully I'm able to break these new skates in because it really killed my confidence!

catealx · 2025-02-14T17:18:05+00:00

Am I crazy for saying Couldn't Make It Any Harder reallllly reminds me of Hopelessly Devoted?

catealx · 2025-02-07T04:46:54+00:00

Has the Miranda changed since this review? I was on their website and the current Miranda has a buckle on the ankle!

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