Awhile ago I posted a workout barbie video. Have you seen her at your gym? Well, I saw her this morning at mine.
I actually see her a lot at my gym. Within minutes of getting on the treadmill, 3 or 4 guys surround her casually chatting her up. One guy (he's the one I typically root for) is slightly nerdy; he takes his glasses off every time he starts talking to her. It's quite cute acutally. Anyway, this morning I saw her on the treadmill as usual and when she turned her head I did a double take. From that angle she looked EXACTLY like a concert pianist I knew in college. This girl could play the piano better than anyone, one of the best in the state. And was super nice too, an all around awesome chick. I stared at her a little longer starting to feel pretty guilty about judging her. I had made assumptions about her looks which turned into assumptions about her intelligence and depth of character. Whether it was my super smart, talented friend from college, a total ditz, or more likely someone in between didn't really matter. I know you can't judge a book by it's cover, I just forget sometimes. Lesson learned...again.
July 9, 2007
Beauty Queen
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I know exactly what you mean. Because I am so gorgeous, people are always misjudging me. It's really unfair, a burden that is hard to explain if you haven't been blessed in the looks department.
Oh God, I crack myself up. I wish! Mwhahahaha. Sorry for pulling your leg. I should be so lucky. Sigh.
But I hear ya. I have heard beautiful people say it really isn't easy being constantly judged for being extraordinarily good looking, but I think the breaks they get in life make up for it. And there are breaks, I'm positive... better jobs, probably get cut better deals on used cars, etc.
Maybe in my next life.
I have the same reaction that julia does, in that overall, I don't feel too sorry for the beautiful people, in the scheme of things.
But I totally do the same dumb thing sometimes and think that a certain "look" means a woman probably isn't very bright. (Or a certain kind of jocky looking guy, either). It's not fair and not accurate, yet I still catch myself doing it. And it's less to do with features and more to do with the amount of makeup, height of the hair, tightness of the skirt, that sort of thing. But it's still silly of me.
Nice reminder--and that was a fun video! (Though it's funny the way the lyrics of the song have changed--didn't it used to be "gay" not "bright?")
Julia. LOL! You crack me up too!
"but I think the breaks they get in life make up for it. And there are breaks, I'm positive... better jobs, probably get cut better deals on used cars, etc."
Agreed.
Crabby, I love that you included "height of hair" SO true. lol!
And I hadn't noticed the lyric change, but now that you point it out, I think your right (?)
Veddy interesting...
(that's for you Christa :)
Actually, Katie, I know that girl at the gym. She went to high school with my younger sisters and her sister was a cheerleader with me. She's very smart and very musically talented (whole family is) but not exactly the most humble girl around, at least she didn't use to be, I suppose that could have changed. Interestingly, my sisters and I were talking about her last night and how she was pretty snotty growing up. Her sister was always really cool though. Just funny to me that I actually know her and some of your assumptions are right on. But I do totally agree that we make assumptions about people that are often completely wrong and it's something we need to really be careful not to do. I'd hate to think of the assumptions people make about me based on my appearance.
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