I had a point to this post, oh yes, right. Lois Lane...
-And by Lois Lane I mean Erica Durance's Lois Lane from Smallville, although, to be honest, I think most interpretations of her are the same in this aspect-
But I'm getting off topic again, I will, eventually get around to my point, I promise... Ever since Smallville, I have wanted to be Lois Lane. Whilst my friends want to be Nicki Minaj or Lady Gaga or some other god awful celebrity, for me it was a fictional character. Lois Lane is a strong, independent woman, and okay, sure, she took quite a few perfectly timed knocks to the head so that she was unconscious before Clark swooped in and saved the day, and it took her far too long to figure out that Clark was the Blur, but I'm getting off point again. Lois Lane is everything that I have ever wanted to be.
Firstly, she is passionate about her career, she wants to be THE best reporter, she doesn't worry about how controversial her stories may be, she wants to get the truth out there and she has a real passion and thirst for her job. Even if she spends more time outside of the office following up potentially dangerous leads.
Secondly, she's feisty, she's a General's daughter, a self proclaimed 'Army Brat' who can kick your ass, a BAMF even in fluffy bunny slippers, who can drink you under the table, use her womanly charms to get whatever information she needs out of you, yet would gladly sacrifice herself for Clark, or Chloe or even Oliver. Lois is the kind of woman who isn't afraid to speak up loud and clear for what she believes in, is incredibly beautiful and sexy. And on top of all of this, she is willing to share the love of her life with the world, lets him leave every day to save people all over the world, knowing that there's a chance he may not come back, or he might be late for that romantic dinner they had planned or miss Christmas one year. She is strong, and loving, and passionate, and beautiful and independent and everything that I have ever wanted to be.
If you haven't already noticed from my dreary posts where I do hardly anything but whine and try to slip in very poor humour and anecdotes that you couldn't care less about- I am not very strong or independent, in fact I would describe myself as quite weak, and introverted, dependent on others mostly. But enough of the self deprecation. The point of having an idol is someone to aspire to be like, someone who makes you want to work harder to meet that goal, not crawl under your duvet and give up because you don't feel like you could ever be like that. Losers never win. And yes, I know before you point it out, that I call myself a Loser, this whole blog is about me being a Loser, but I don't mean being a Loser in the sense that I'm not cool, because I can't ever stop being that kind of Loser, I mean I need to stop being a Loser in the sense that I can't win. Because if I never try, if I hide under my duvet from the world my whole life, forever whining about how unfair my life is, how I can't be Lois Lane, then I never will be Lois Lane.
But. If I find the strength within myself to crawl out of bed before noon, to stop hiding from the world because I'm scared of it. If I keep on automatically folding just because I don't believe in myself, then I'm never going to get anywhere, am I?
Tomorrow I'm going to leave my house, and I don't mean in a- I'm going to walk down to the shops, walking as fast as I can so that I can get back as quickly as I can- and not I'm going to walk the dog around the block or to the park over the road either. I'm going to properly leave the house, for at least an hour. And then I'm going to do something I've never done before, I have a bucket list on my windowsill, full of things that I've always wanted to do, I don't know which one I'm going to do yet, but something will happen, I will make something of my life. I'm not going to become another weak, shy girl who hides away in her house, I'm going to become Lois Lane, because I can. And so can you! Yes, you, reading this! I think that if you want it bad enough and you work on it, you can be whoever you want to be..yes...I guess even those of you who want to be like Nicki Minaj or Lady Gaga, because I guess at least they're successful and rich. But please, if you do want to be like women like that (and I know, I'm hardly in a position to give anyone advice) but please, aim higher. Aspire to be like J.K Rowling, or Audrey Hepburn, or Eleanor Roosevelt. Want to be like one of the women that leave an imprint on the world, that are household names for the right reasons, because they wanted to do something positive, or be the best that they could be. People who made the world stand up and take notice of who they are and what they do, not women who altered themselves to get the media's attention, not women who have to dress strangely and do preposterous things or have butt implants to be noticed. And if you can't find a woman who you want to look up to, then be her, be your own role model, make the world take notice for all of the right reasons, be yourself, be kind, be strong, be understanding of others, help others, JUST DO SOMETHING. Because if you don't, we end up with another generation of girls who have the only dream of making money and being famous without any real plan of action of how to get there other than being on TV or marrying a footballer.
I'm going off topic again, I know, this has been one big post of digressions, but I will digress once more...
Think of the P!NK song "Stupid Girls", that perfectly sums up what I'm trying to say here. Why aren't girls dreaming about being world leaders? About being important people who can make a positive change in the world? Why aren't girls dreaming about being the first person to do something? Why don't they want to be original? If people just embraced their inner Loser every now and again, got a shot of humility, see that they're not all that after all, that there is more to life than spray tans or TOWIE or designer clothes. That there's a difference between YOUR and YOU'RE and yes, it does matter! That it's okay to like something that not a lot of other people do. I love Glee. And most of the time, yes, I do think that the Glee version of a song is often better than the original. I wish that I was a witch so bad most of the time, I know Dirty Dancing practically word for word (and so does my dad by the way...) I love Tom Hanks films and Chick Flicks and most of my DVD collection is age rated at 12A, but I.Don't.Care. And I think others shouldn't care that they like what they like either. EMBRACE YOUR INNER LOSER. Be who you want to be. Be who you can be. Live up to your full potential.
Anyway, I apologize for this pointless, rambling post, my avid readers, I would ramble some more but my Laptop battery is about to run out, so farewell and enjoy! Or don't enjoy! Either way, I'd really like some feedback!
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