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You guys, there's this guy who rides my bus (well, uses the same stop) who is SO good looking. He's totally my bus crush. I've mentioned him before, but I realized the other day who he reminds me of -- Joel McHale. It's his height and his looks. Except he's even better looking than JM, because he doesn't have JM's big forehead. He's just ridiculously attractive for a non-celebrity. I wish there was a way for me to surreptitiously take his photo so I could share it with y'all, but there's really no way of doing it without looking like a total freak. >< He's sat next to me TWICE, and one of those times I fell asleep and did not adhere to my personal space. He was cool about it, though. Sadly he's totally married and has kids, so there's no chance for anything. My heart just flutters a bit when I see him. :D
So yesterday someone once again assumed that I had fake nails. :))) I'm used to this by now because it's happened ever since I was in junior high. Since it's one of the few bits of me that I feel really good about, I'm not going to be falsely modest... I have attractive nails. Or maybe I should stop taking it as a compliment that people think my nails look fake? >< I can never decide. Anyway, when I was in junior high girls would think I had Lee Press-On Nails (*snerk* because that's what teenage girls would more likely have back then, rather than acrylics). As an adult, I always get asked if my nails are real (usually from other women, but once, a guy asked me!). At nail salons, the person doing my nails always remarks on how nice they are. It happens so often that at first I thought they just said that to everyone in order to get a better tip... but then I started noticing that they didn't say it to everyone. On the weekend when I was getting a manicure, not only did my manicurist compliment me, the woman doing the nails of the lady next to me started complimenting me too, reaching over to feel my nails, asking if I used vitamins on them to make them so strong (no), etc. Then yesterday when I was buying a Mother's Day card, the saleswoman asked me where I got my nails done, how much I paid, whether that price was just for a fill. And I was like, oh I don't know how much a fill is, these are my real nails. And a couple of times in the past, the person didn't even believe me! They asked to feel my nails to be sure!
Haha, wacky huh?? When my nails are short, they're nothing special. But when they're long, they look really nice. And I like having nice-looking nails. The problem is that I can't stand them for very long. Typing gets harder and I start missing letters, which gets super annoying (especially given how much I type). So I always end up making them short again, and the cycle starts all over.
But the thing that my nails have taught me, the thing I realized a few years ago, is that... there's no point to me trying to look like celebrity A, B, or C based on makeup, diet or any other products they might be endorsing. We're all born with what we're born with, and there's very little we can do about it. I don't do anything to my nails to make them the way they are, yet there are products out there that would purport to do so. That just makes me realize that the same is true of all products claiming to do anything. I can't have Nina Dobrev's body no matter how much I starve myself or work out. I can't have Connie Britton's hair even if I were to use her exact same hair care products or try to style it the same way. I can't have Alison Brie's eyes no matter how much mascara I use. I'm just me, you're just you, and it's totally cool. Knowing that is really freeing, in a way. I can only be the best me I can be. Which I'm not, most of the time. But at least I'm not trying to be the women I see in magazines, because I know it's not going to happen and I'm okay with it. If only other girls out there could realize the same. :/
So yesterday someone once again assumed that I had fake nails. :))) I'm used to this by now because it's happened ever since I was in junior high. Since it's one of the few bits of me that I feel really good about, I'm not going to be falsely modest... I have attractive nails. Or maybe I should stop taking it as a compliment that people think my nails look fake? >< I can never decide. Anyway, when I was in junior high girls would think I had Lee Press-On Nails (*snerk* because that's what teenage girls would more likely have back then, rather than acrylics). As an adult, I always get asked if my nails are real (usually from other women, but once, a guy asked me!). At nail salons, the person doing my nails always remarks on how nice they are. It happens so often that at first I thought they just said that to everyone in order to get a better tip... but then I started noticing that they didn't say it to everyone. On the weekend when I was getting a manicure, not only did my manicurist compliment me, the woman doing the nails of the lady next to me started complimenting me too, reaching over to feel my nails, asking if I used vitamins on them to make them so strong (no), etc. Then yesterday when I was buying a Mother's Day card, the saleswoman asked me where I got my nails done, how much I paid, whether that price was just for a fill. And I was like, oh I don't know how much a fill is, these are my real nails. And a couple of times in the past, the person didn't even believe me! They asked to feel my nails to be sure!
Haha, wacky huh?? When my nails are short, they're nothing special. But when they're long, they look really nice. And I like having nice-looking nails. The problem is that I can't stand them for very long. Typing gets harder and I start missing letters, which gets super annoying (especially given how much I type). So I always end up making them short again, and the cycle starts all over.
But the thing that my nails have taught me, the thing I realized a few years ago, is that... there's no point to me trying to look like celebrity A, B, or C based on makeup, diet or any other products they might be endorsing. We're all born with what we're born with, and there's very little we can do about it. I don't do anything to my nails to make them the way they are, yet there are products out there that would purport to do so. That just makes me realize that the same is true of all products claiming to do anything. I can't have Nina Dobrev's body no matter how much I starve myself or work out. I can't have Connie Britton's hair even if I were to use her exact same hair care products or try to style it the same way. I can't have Alison Brie's eyes no matter how much mascara I use. I'm just me, you're just you, and it's totally cool. Knowing that is really freeing, in a way. I can only be the best me I can be. Which I'm not, most of the time. But at least I'm not trying to be the women I see in magazines, because I know it's not going to happen and I'm okay with it. If only other girls out there could realize the same. :/
