Hot or Not?

So.. Jennifer Lawrence is easily one of the hottest girls in Hollywood. She has the perfect body, a personality that I envy, and her face is just flawless. But how is she different from about 99.9% of everyone in Hollywood? She doesn't fall to the pressure of the size 0, no figure, board body. 

There are so many articles about how she doesn't want to diet for any role she might get, or she embraces her shape, and doesn't understand why some people would even refer to her as fat. And I'm with her on that. How is her curvy body considered fat? She has the perfect hour glass shape.. and is confident about it. 

For me, she has been the biggest motivator for my figure. I've always been insecure about having curves because no celebrity had them (or showed them off) and I grew up thinking that size 0 was perfect. If you weren't super skinny, you were fat and would probably never meet a boy because boys don't like girls that have a figure. 

But not only is she confident about her weight unlike most people in Hollywood, she doesn't care what anyone thinks about her. Most female celebrities go off of the idea that they need to be super feminine, always a male companion, and seem to be very soft spoken - always answering interview questions in the same way, never showing much outgoing personalities, etc. 

Jennifer Lawrence just doesn't seem to care. She blatantly speaks her mind about anything and everything, she embraces the embarrassing moments... she is essentially the polar opposite of the cliche female in Hollywood. It seems like girls growing up in 2000's don't know how to do this. When I was in middle school and the start of high school it seemed like no one knew how to be themselves. But now having younger siblings in middle school it seems that its starting to be the norm to be yourself. There is even a term to be "basic" meaning you do what everyone else is doing and don't act like yourself.... Hopefully this will continue and more people will embrace who they are. 

Of course there are others, but Jennifer Lawrence being one of the youngest helps younger girls (and guys) have a stronger connection with her. She is the perfect role model and its a shame that there aren't more people in the public eye like her. 

Breaking Bad? Or good?

Breaking Bad is a show about a lower- middle class family. The father of the family-Walt- was recently diagnosed with lung cancer, the mother is pregnant, and the mothers brother-in-law is a DEA agent experiencing his own stresses at work. 

Walt is on a "ride-a-long" with his brother-in-law and sees a boy that used to be one of his students getting away from a meth drug bust. Walt being a chemistry teacher, and feeling completely desperate decides to talk to this boy about his line of work, asking how much money he makes, and the troubles he faces. Seeming like he's thought everything through, Walt, who is feeling extremely desperate, decides to partner with him to help make money for his family in case he dies out of no where from his cancer. 

This show is essentially showing that the man is supposed to provide for his family. Yes, he is dying and feels like now it is more important than ever, but even before he finds out that he has cancer, the mom is staying at home, and he is the one working. 

In todays society, at least with most families, it is the dad that provides the most, and makes the most. No matter what, the man of the house is there to give and give to their family. Even in the family that isn't the primary subject of the show, the husband is a DEA agent and makes the most money, while the wife is some type of nurse, and seems to be home more than she is at work. 

While my personal life is the opposite, my mother has always been the one to make more money. My step dad stayed home with my brothers for the first few years, and I know that people have always thought our family life was strange. That is because of shows like this. We are fed with views of how things are supposed to be.. but at the end of the day, who is making these "views"? 

The Hills Wasn't Real?

Yes, reality shows are my guilty pleasure. I know what you're thinking, "typical girl." 

Well, when I was about 9 or 10, the Hills had started. I was so into the show, even though i probably should not have been watching it.. To me the girls on the Hills were perfect. They dressed perfectly, their make up was perfect, and they all had boyfriends, which even at 10 I envied. 

There was romance, drama, friendships that you thought would last forever.. it all looked so real, but at the same time I always wondered how their lives were so perfect, or how dramatic some events were. Of course everyone who watched the show would always say, "it isn't real," or "they're actors, it's so obvious," but for some reason I never wanted to believe that. It had given me hope that some one who seemed so normal could have a perfect life with perfect friends, move to LA so easily, and succeeding in fashion (which has always been a dream of mine.) 

Eventually the show ended in 2010. I was 16 at the time. The very last episode of the show revealed that it wasn't true. The last four years had been a lie. I had been so invested in these peoples lives only to find out that it wasn't true. 

Finding this out it made me wonder how they casted the show. Were these people friends already? Did they just pick a bunch of attractive girls, and hot guys? And how much was scripted? It seems as if the guys were more involved in drama than they are in real life. The girls acted pretty much how most groups of girls do, gossiping about each other, but then being so friendly to their face. 

Now when I watch the show it makes perfect sense that most of the dramatic scenes were plotted. Not many people have that much drama in their life. At least no one I know. 

Especially "Speidy." Speidy is Spencer and Heidi Pratt. They call them selves "reality actors." They know how to get more air time. The more dramatic their lives, the more people want to watch them, the more money they receive. 

It's all a game and its all for the money. Spencer had America believing he was a complete psycho path. To the point where he should be in a mental institution. But it was never real, it was to get them more and more money. 

On that note, don't believe anything you see on TV. Reality shows will do anything to keep their viewers invested. The crazier, the better.