« Angst-so-on and so-on and so-on… | Main | Dealing With Disaster »
March 21, 2005
Conversation
I was having lunch yesterday at a booth behind two college students. They were speaking very loudly. Their conversation went something like this:
“Well, my dad said I could have liposuction for graduation, if that’s what I really want.”
“But I thought you were going to get a car?”
“Oh I will. After the lipo. My dad’s awesome. He’ll do anything to make my mom and her new husband feel like crap.”
“I think I’m going to get a nose job and maybe some of that collagen in my lips.”
"No. You’re lips are really nice.”
“You really think so?”
“I do. But your nose. You could easily take that lump out..”
“Well it’s not really as lump. It’s like a bump. Here feel.”
“Oh yeah. You’ll look awesome with your nose fixed.”
“I wish I could do an extreme make over. I’d change my looks completely."
“That would be so cool.”
“I’d get them to make me look like Natalie Portman. I hate people telling me I look like Julia Roberts”
The waitress arrives with the food.
“I asked for no fries and no mayo.”
“And I didn’t want mashed potatoes.”
The waitress leaves with the food.
“Duh. Does the word Adkins mean anything?” the girl says, behind the waitress’s back.
“God, I’ve got to get to the gym this afternoon and get rid of this lunch after I eat it.”
“I’m taking the kick-boxing class at Gold’s Gym. You should take that class. It kicks butt.”
“That’s a cute top you’re wearing by the way.”
“I like it, but it makes me look fat.”
At this juncture I decided to tune out their conversation, but I did not forget about it. Both of the girls were extremely attractive. As far as I’m concerned, neither of them needed any type of make over at all. 90 percent of the people in the world would give anything to be in their Prada’s.
It was so sad to hear them talk.
It reminds me of the duck who looked like a duck.
Then one day the duck saw a swan and thought the swan was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen.
The duck decided that she wanted to be a swan. She went to a swan-wannabe seminar. She did swan pilates. She even went for an extreme swan makeover.
And, believe it or not. She did it. She became a swan.
Then one day, she met the man of her dreams. But, unfortunately for her, the man was into ducks. He was a duck man. Swans did nothing for him.
Posted by trevor at March 21, 2005 07:28 PM
Comments
It sounds like too scary of a conversation to be real, but I know it was. Dealing with appearance issues is a tough thing for girls -- and boys, even girls who have poor parents. (Hmmm. Sounds like a Trevor Romain book topic.) I think I was about 30 before I realized, "Hey, these are curves, not fat. And curves are good." But my main reason for commenting before I've had my morning tea...Did you really create that incredible drawing on a napkin? What sort of pen did you use?
Posted by: nina at March 22, 2005 04:53 AM
I was a scary conversation and pretty sad really.
I use a Faber-Castel Pitt (s) but you have to draw fast and not let the pen rest. I did indeed draw the girls on a napkin, but I added the logo, the drop shadow and the wash in photoshop.
Posted by: Trevor at March 22, 2005 06:37 AM
What kind of pen did you use that didn't run on a napkin?!
Posted by: anotherKevin at March 22, 2005 06:48 AM
Tragic, tragic conversation. Unfortunately similar conversations are going on all the time, encouraged by the media and advertising. It seems that 5 year-old girls are now complaining of being too fat. Whatever happened to joie de vivre exactly as one is?
Posted by: Natalie at March 22, 2005 01:42 PM