I don’t really know how I would react if someone kicked me off of a team because of my sexual orientation. But it would not be pretty! My parents would probably kick some ass as well. My father is a pretty intimidating person and he’s very protective of his girls so I’m not sure that that coach would have his/her job for much longer. I also know that whatever my sexual orientation is my parents would support me.
When Ruth says “You can’t go on like you’re going to start living one day, like all this is some preamble to some great life that’s magically going to appear. . . Don’t Wait.” She is telling Thom not to wait around for something to happen. That he needs to be the change that he wants. No one is going to give him what he wants on a silver platter. He’s going to have to work for every single thing that he gets. I believe that Ruth has it right. It will be hard, but it will also be the most rewarding. If you wait for something to happen to you then you will be waiting a long time. Plus there’s no guarantee that anything great will happen to you and then what will you be left with? You’ll end up having a long life with nothing to show for it.
When Thom says that “Everyone in the world should have at least one moment in their lifetime when an entire crowd of people cheers them on for something, one moment to feel exceptional, one moment that lets you know you really do mean something to the universe,” he is completely right. Everyone should feel like they matter. I don’t know about crowds of people cheering for you, but I do think that everyone deserves to be great at something at some point in their life and to be praised for it. I can’t imagine going through life without anyone being proud of me.
And now to the intimate part of the paper…my ideal kiss. Hummmm…okay so my ideal kiss would take place somewhere that I’ve never been before with someone I care about. I mean I don’t go around kissing strange men like Thom, but hey I’m not judging. I don’t think it’s the kiss so much as the kisser. If the guy kissing me isn’t special then the kiss certainly isn’t going to be either. I personally never had an obsessive crush on someone famous. That is not to say that I’ve never had a crush on a movie star, but it really only lasts until I see the next hot guy on screen. Why do we have these impossible crushes? Maybe we want to be a part of something (or someone) special. We want to feel like we matter and being attached to someone who matters helps us to get that feeling because of all of the girls out there Chris Evans chose me!! That makes me special…right??
I think that sometimes even if the person is special that the kiss could have a chance at not being perfect. What if you both are awkward and slam into each other, or either of you is inexperienced. There could be a guy you totally do care about, and he just wooed you to no other end and gave you the best kiss ever. It all just depends with each kiss.
ReplyDeleteI think that everyone needs that exceptional moment too. And in order to get those moments sometimes you have to work really hard for them without getting noticed in the process and it sucks. I also agree that the reason we have crushes on famous people is because people care about them, so if they cared about us, then so would the rest of the world. It's part of a fantasy world that everyone wishes they were a part of.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that you can't sit and wait around for happiness. That is not how this world works. It's a dog-eat-dog world, and not everyone understands that you have to work your way to the top, not just be handed to it. Those who are handed fame and glory end up ruining their lives with it because it doesn't make them happy. It's the fact that you work hard and earn what you have that makes you happy.
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