I've found two things of interest to me today. The first is the title "Lies of Handsome Men" Before today I had never been aware of such a title actually existing but it sounds like the sort of thing I'd be interested in hearing/reading. I'm of the opinion that lies are easier to believe when told from a beautiful disguise.
By the way, The Corrs are on the radio right now with "Breathless." How old school is that?
Now back to your regularly scheduled rant.
I've fallen for a few of those beautiful lies, myself. I think in "Pretty Woman" Julia Roberts explained, "the bad stuff is easier to believe." and I think it's true. We are conditioned to think the worst of ourselves for whatever inward or outward flaw that makes us human. If we have a little extra padding than the average waif we are made to believe we are fat and undesirable even though popular opinion has told us men like a like meat on the bones. If we like things that are somewhat unusual, like roleplaying, scifi, or reading, we're geeks. Whatever it is that makes us stand out is turned into a negative by the mysterious "they." This has to be stopped.
Which leads me to the second thing I discovered today. A blog entitled "Confessions of a Reforming Geek." While I enjoyed the little I read, I had to wonder why the Geek felt the need to be reformed? I'm not of the understanding that being a geek is a social illness in need of reform. I like being a geek, myself. I'm even proud of my geekdom.
So with pride I say to you I am a D&D playing, video game loving, reading, writing, singing, dancing, movie quoting geek!
Day 15 - 350 to go
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