Sometimes I wished I lived in a Brat-Pack movie, for example. Pretty In Pink, which is my personal favorite. Molly Ringwalds’ character, Andie Walsh is a loner at her high school with an alcoholic father and a mother who is not in the picture (and she has a really awesome, flamboyant best friend who she calls Duckie - he's played by Jon Cryer). Despite all of her troubles at home, she manages to catch the eye of the most popular guy in school, Blane (played by Andrew McCarthy). Together, they overcome the rude popular kids in school and their class differences and reunite at the prom. The movie ends with the two of them kissing in the parking lot. Unfortunately, no matter how much I look like Molly Ringwald, my life if not a brat-pack movie.
Andie Walsh had her own style and even though she was a little shy, she was cute and charismatic. Some people consider me to be charismatic – I’m good with people. But no guy would ever respect my style. My peers just find me strange. I’m definitely not shy or cute like her character is.
No popular guys at my school would even think of going out with the Molly Ringwald character, They would rather go with the pretty blonde cheerleaders, the volleyball players or swimmers. I realize that there is this huge gap in girlfriend appeal between those ladies and myself.
It's not like I have my eyes on any guys at school. I just can't help but long to be her, every time I watch that movie. Or any of the movies for that matter: The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles. There's just always some boy with her eyes on Molly Ringwald. There was always somebody wanting her, wanting to love her for her.
The truth is, even if a popular guy did fall for me, I probably wouldn't date him. If I would've been in Pretty In Pink, I would've fallen for Duckie. Duckie was goofy, hilarious and had a lot more personality than Blane. In all honesty, Blane was a bit of a jerk. I don't know why Andie forgave him and ended up with him, but that's a little beside the point.
I mean, I do have a boyfriend. I just always feel like there is something missing. There's always this empty feeling I get whenever I'm around him, but maybe I should stop setting my standards as high as Brat Pack romances.
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