I Think I'm Officially Weird
Today is a gorgeous day. And gorgeous days mean about 200 people frolicking on the quad. I'm all for frolicking, but realistically these people bore me. Oh yea! Another game of frisbee or the tossing of a football between a patient boy and an inept girly girl who squeals everytime the ball comes towards her. What happened to when playing outside was less conventional and more imaginative? Just think about how interesting it would be to walk on the quad while people were playing spy games or pretending that they were magical mermaids (a game I dabbled in many a time). Sure we are supposed to grow up, but why does growing up mean sucking the fun out of everything? Let our maturity shine through in the imaginative nature of our games. Make up something complicated! Pretend to be neglected and abused prostitutes in the mid 19th century who are on the run from a diabolical pimp. One of you is pregnant, and escaping from London without a dime to your name and accompanied by a pregnant woman is a feat indeed, but it is accomplished through the kind gestures of sympathetic strangers. Woah! If I saw this being played on the quad, I would be excited and enthralled and possibly even stop to watch. Little mini-plays everywhere! What am I talking about!?!!
Let's switch topic to plastic surgery! I have come to a realization about this phenom which is indubitable. The purpose of these expensive, painful, and popular surgeries is to fix our flaws, yes? People have this surgery in order to be more comfortable with their appearance, so they don't feel so bad when they look in the mirror at their crooked nose or nonexistent lips (<-me). In reality though, all these surgeries do is prove how completely and utterly pointless your appearance truly is. If something can be altered so easily, then how is it in anyway significant? If the option of pumping my lips full of collagen or putting silicone sacks into my breasts is ever present, then having full lips and big breasts is not extraordinary at all. What is unique is being completely pleased with the you that you've got. I know I sound like a motivational speaker, but there is nothing special in being physically perfect anymore. I will admit, when you see a person of astounding and natural form you will appreciate their beauty, but everybody knows that nobody's perfect, or at least in a perfect world everybody would know that nobody's perfect. There shouldn't be some ultimate standard of beauty, and that seems to be the case these days. And what has this standard accomplished?? The transformation of women into "Be Barbie or nothing" and Men into perpetually metrosexual weirdos who treat everyday like they have a hot date and actually care about their hair and whether their clothes match. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for hygiene, and it's lovely and fun to dress up and primp, the population just needs to stop resorting to permanent methods of change or rather needs to stop caring so much in general. So what if your hair isn't perfect everyday! That's not what's important, and if it is...your priorities need to be rearranged to say the least. Having plastic surgery or applying layers of foundation and mascara shouldn't be what always makes you content. Rather, your happiness should be evoked from a compliment towards your personality. That is what is truly meaningful in this life. I am sure when I'm laying on my death bed, my final thoughts will not be "Good God I've looked so hideous my whole life" but instead "I'm fulfilled because of this aspect of my innerself" or unfulfilled, if my life happened to be unfortunate. I have faith that society will stop being so shallow.
Let's switch topic to plastic surgery! I have come to a realization about this phenom which is indubitable. The purpose of these expensive, painful, and popular surgeries is to fix our flaws, yes? People have this surgery in order to be more comfortable with their appearance, so they don't feel so bad when they look in the mirror at their crooked nose or nonexistent lips (<-me). In reality though, all these surgeries do is prove how completely and utterly pointless your appearance truly is. If something can be altered so easily, then how is it in anyway significant? If the option of pumping my lips full of collagen or putting silicone sacks into my breasts is ever present, then having full lips and big breasts is not extraordinary at all. What is unique is being completely pleased with the you that you've got. I know I sound like a motivational speaker, but there is nothing special in being physically perfect anymore. I will admit, when you see a person of astounding and natural form you will appreciate their beauty, but everybody knows that nobody's perfect, or at least in a perfect world everybody would know that nobody's perfect. There shouldn't be some ultimate standard of beauty, and that seems to be the case these days. And what has this standard accomplished?? The transformation of women into "Be Barbie or nothing" and Men into perpetually metrosexual weirdos who treat everyday like they have a hot date and actually care about their hair and whether their clothes match. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for hygiene, and it's lovely and fun to dress up and primp, the population just needs to stop resorting to permanent methods of change or rather needs to stop caring so much in general. So what if your hair isn't perfect everyday! That's not what's important, and if it is...your priorities need to be rearranged to say the least. Having plastic surgery or applying layers of foundation and mascara shouldn't be what always makes you content. Rather, your happiness should be evoked from a compliment towards your personality. That is what is truly meaningful in this life. I am sure when I'm laying on my death bed, my final thoughts will not be "Good God I've looked so hideous my whole life" but instead "I'm fulfilled because of this aspect of my innerself" or unfulfilled, if my life happened to be unfortunate. I have faith that society will stop being so shallow.
