7. Determination Yields Domination
If at first you dont succeed, try, try again, right? Sure, in the movies. With how crazy life has become these days, it isnt easy to keep your determination fed. Work, errands, bills, etc. have all led to the demise of our humble desires, whether it be learning how to ride a bike, become a champion high diver, or gain fifteen pounds of muscle mass. It takes months for us to achieve what it takes weeks or even days for our characters to overcome. Take the roller derby hit Whip It for example. Bliss Cavendar goes from a discombobulated misfit to roller derby queen in enough time to make the derby team and become their star. How? By roller skating every day for a week or so. Yes, she was bad in the beginning and gradually got better, but her initial climb made everyone watching feel lazy. Made me feel lazy. 6. Looking Pretty While: Waking Up, Brushing Your Teeth, Crying, and Exercising There are mornings when I wake up feeling refreshed, glowing, and incredibly well rested. I get out of bed, smooth the sheets behind me, straighten out my PJs, and skip to the bathroom to brush my teeth. What I see staring back at me from the mirror is an absolute mess. Eye make-up from the night before smudged down my cheeks, my hair sticking up and falling out of the ponytail, sheet marks all over the place and a sloppy appearance. I am not at all the beautiful, rosy cheeked creature I had imagined. No wonder my boyfriend kept his eyes closed... this is a harsh lesson for men and women everywhere. You will never look as good as you think you do when you wake up in the morning, no matter how much you put into it the night before. Sleeping Beauty is a fairy tale for a reason. Brushing my teeth is even worse. The toothpaste foams up, covers my mouth and leaves me looking rabid. This doesnt happen in the movies! I recall a toothbrush spit match in Bring It On that was laughable simply because it involved little to no toothpaste splatter. Dont get me started on crying. When Im sad, there are not a few beautiful tears that fall down my soft, pale cheek and drip softly off of my face. If Im really upset, it is water works, nasal leakage, and lots of phlegm-induced breathing problems. It is ugly. Movies and TV make crying look like an art form and perhaps it is. An art form that they dont really teach you in life. I am no stranger to the fact that, after a really tough work out, glistening is out the window and layer upon layer of stinky condensation is all that you have left. Frizzy, curly hair, bright red and bloated cheeks, and staggered, gasping breaths are not sexy. Not at all. I think Movies/TV shows have partnered up with the exercise industry to make us believe that we can all be as sexy as the jogging Desperate Housewives or surfing Johnny Utah in order to get us into our workout gear.