I found some free time this summer to rot my brain watching MTV's "Real World." It has become uber predictable with the extreme personalities fighting, partying and hooking up all the time.
I tried to say that it was time well spent as I attempted to learn something from these "seven strangers" (that at some point became eight.) More than anything, the show was a great infomercial for counseling and medication.
One of this season's characters, McKenzie played the "good girl" role but was blacking out early on via tons of alcohol. The roommates gave her a hard time for playing the role, judging everyone else, but acting differently... close to hypocritical. She argued during the reunion it was better to try to be a good girl and mess up than it was to just be a bad girl.
I feel like usually blogs are supposed to be to make a point, but I can't decide what my point is... I can't decide if I agree with McKenzie. I've always been so careful not to be a hypocrite. Sometimes people have different definitions of what a "good girl" is and I suppose based on the differences I could come off like a hypocrite in certain scenarios... but then do I get points for trying? Is it better to just say screw it, I'm not trying... if I try I'll just mess up.
So play the "good girl" role... embrace the "bad girl" role... or is it possible to really be a "good girl"?
I tried to say that it was time well spent as I attempted to learn something from these "seven strangers" (that at some point became eight.) More than anything, the show was a great infomercial for counseling and medication.
One of this season's characters, McKenzie played the "good girl" role but was blacking out early on via tons of alcohol. The roommates gave her a hard time for playing the role, judging everyone else, but acting differently... close to hypocritical. She argued during the reunion it was better to try to be a good girl and mess up than it was to just be a bad girl.
I feel like usually blogs are supposed to be to make a point, but I can't decide what my point is... I can't decide if I agree with McKenzie. I've always been so careful not to be a hypocrite. Sometimes people have different definitions of what a "good girl" is and I suppose based on the differences I could come off like a hypocrite in certain scenarios... but then do I get points for trying? Is it better to just say screw it, I'm not trying... if I try I'll just mess up.
So play the "good girl" role... embrace the "bad girl" role... or is it possible to really be a "good girl"?
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