After spending my day doing too much of nothing and not enough of the coursework ive had over the past 3 weeks to complete, i think i have come to the realisation that if i did something all the time and spent no time doing nothing i would probably go insane. Im a frequent flyer to the state of Bordom.
I admittedly spend far too much time indulging in some kind of media, wether it be television or internet but after Sex And The City and Men In Trees,which has influenced my to think that the single girl in a big city with 'important' problems and 'distressing' dilemas seems like the future set out for someone like me.
With the self pity cloud sitting disguarded in the corner with the tolerance to abstain from alcohol, i can realisticly see myself as one of those Bridget Jones types. But i dont see that as a bad thing. With lives such as Bridget and Carrie glamourised by the media they seem fun, adventerous and almost limitless in terms of oppurtunities. But as a 17 year old living 30 minutes outside of London, with my mother, in a small railway cottage, attending a 6th form college, with a habit of drinking too much and not working enough, i am attracted to all things 'Glamour' and 'Cosmo'.
But in a world of extremes, normality seems out of the question and abnormality is increasingly taking over the place of the so called 'norm'.
I guess it would just be nice for the slightly fat and short one to get the boy, or the hot dude at work to have the romantic interest in the saturday girl that she has been glorifying in her mind for months, or even just for the trio of friends to not have the 'back up' friend to call if theyre out of booze.
But with all of those situations being as 'teen movie' as they are, the circumstance begs to ask can they actually be achieved or will the regualar version of the population be left to fantasise, hungry and alone watching american sitcoms?