Typical Tuesday Night
Nov. 11th, 2009 11:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Even thought it's really Wednesday (snerk).
I found the video for Taylor Swift's song "You Belong With Me" and there was something that I picked up on that I quite liked (well, I could relate to it, anyway). The blonde character (played by Taylor Swift) looks a lot like me in high school - ratty blonde hair, glasses and a little nerdy (I wasn't a band nerd, but I was a yearbook geek. Cut from the same kind of mold). The bratty cheerleader (also played by Taylor Swift) has sleek brown hair and... well, she's a bitch (sorry - sometimes, you just have to say it).
You may think this is shallow or whatever - but I love that the sweet, geeky girl is blonde and curly-haired and the snotty girl has sleek brown hair. No offense meant to my many brunette friends, but there is this perception in movies and TV that blondes are these gorgeous supermodels that have all the hot guys and everything else you could possibly want (I'm exaggerating, but only slightly) and that brunettes are mousy and scroungy. Well, I was mousy and scroungy in high school (still am, to a degree) and I love my blonde hair. Some days, I even love my curls (when they aren't abjectly obnoxious and driving me nuts). And I still wear old t-shirts to bed. And yes, I even acted weird and loopy in my bedroom singing along to the radio and dressed up like various whatevers. I did not, however, have a semi-cute neighbor boy that kept peeking in my window when I did that. My room was in the basement and we didn't have neighbors. Made that a little difficult.
Crap, where was I? Oh yeah... So, I love this video. And I'm glad I found a version that would let me embed it. Happiness!!
Still doesn't mean I'm not jealous of girls who can get their hair slick and pretty and not have to worry about it poofing out. I look nice when I first straighten it, but then I go outside and I into Hermione in the first Harry Potter movie. The sad thing is, Emma Watson was wearing a wig in that movie. That fact does nothing for my self-image.
I found the video for Taylor Swift's song "You Belong With Me" and there was something that I picked up on that I quite liked (well, I could relate to it, anyway). The blonde character (played by Taylor Swift) looks a lot like me in high school - ratty blonde hair, glasses and a little nerdy (I wasn't a band nerd, but I was a yearbook geek. Cut from the same kind of mold). The bratty cheerleader (also played by Taylor Swift) has sleek brown hair and... well, she's a bitch (sorry - sometimes, you just have to say it).
You may think this is shallow or whatever - but I love that the sweet, geeky girl is blonde and curly-haired and the snotty girl has sleek brown hair. No offense meant to my many brunette friends, but there is this perception in movies and TV that blondes are these gorgeous supermodels that have all the hot guys and everything else you could possibly want (I'm exaggerating, but only slightly) and that brunettes are mousy and scroungy. Well, I was mousy and scroungy in high school (still am, to a degree) and I love my blonde hair. Some days, I even love my curls (when they aren't abjectly obnoxious and driving me nuts). And I still wear old t-shirts to bed. And yes, I even acted weird and loopy in my bedroom singing along to the radio and dressed up like various whatevers. I did not, however, have a semi-cute neighbor boy that kept peeking in my window when I did that. My room was in the basement and we didn't have neighbors. Made that a little difficult.
Crap, where was I? Oh yeah... So, I love this video. And I'm glad I found a version that would let me embed it. Happiness!!
Still doesn't mean I'm not jealous of girls who can get their hair slick and pretty and not have to worry about it poofing out. I look nice when I first straighten it, but then I go outside and I into Hermione in the first Harry Potter movie. The sad thing is, Emma Watson was wearing a wig in that movie. That fact does nothing for my self-image.
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Date: 2009-11-12 04:43 pm (UTC)I would also like to say, "You go girl! You're as awesome as your hair. Go ahead and dance it up."
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Date: 2009-11-14 02:12 am (UTC)One of the few "country" songs I love. I like Taylor Swift's songs.
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Date: 2009-11-14 02:17 am (UTC)It's true that Hermione's hair has improved greatly since that first movie. But it's sad that my hair in its natural habitat resembles something that was fake to begin with.
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Date: 2009-11-14 02:29 am (UTC)Those aren't even my words. That's what my older sister said who calls Hermione "Her-hiny."
No, I didn't see the video because I first read you post at work, which blocks YouTube videos.
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Date: 2009-11-14 03:13 am (UTC)