Really society?
Really?
There’s a new product out for women.
For all you ladies who feel like something is just lacking in your life, and that purchasing another product will certainly make you feel better about yourself, (as opposed to looking inside yourself and assessing all you have to be thankful for and how you can be a better person to those around you), there’s now LATISSE. This is a new lash treatment (FDA approved, nonetheless), that will make your lashes DARKER, THICKER, and LONGER.
NOT. EVEN. KIDDING.
But don’t get too excited, ladies, it’s obtainable by prescription only, even though Brooke Shields would make it as available for you as post-partum depression after your second child. (Too much?)
I saw the commercial for this ridiculous product the other day and just about lost it. Here’s why.
I’ve been unemployed and looking for a job in this fabulous market since March. But I’m not complaining or whining: something great is coming down the pipeline for me, any day now in fact, and I’m excited about it. But the past few months have forced me to pause and really assess 1.) everything I have in my life to be thankful for; 2.) what matters in my life; 3.) what I want to do with my life; 4.) the person I want to be.
That list is pretty heavy, but the details I’ve come up with to sort of answer those four ‘questions’ certainly don’t involve shit like spending a bunch of insurance money or cash to get longer lashes, fuller lips, or bigger boobs. In fact, everything I want for my life and my future has nothing to do with “things” and everything to do with my own character and my relationships with those around me and the God I answer to.
So, this stupid new product just saddens me because it epitomizes how backwards people’s values and perceptions of what we need for happy, healthy, great lives have become. Sure, media are partially to blame. But ultimately we all need to look into our own souls/selves and decide that the hand we’ve been dealt in this life is a pretty kickass hand indeed. At the end of the day, that’s a choice we all get to make.
It’s also a choice I’m making to revolt against senseless materialism and vanity by cutting my eyelashes and growing out my pubic hair. May not be entirely desireable, but I’m still smarter than those broads who are burning their retinas and dyeing their lashes.
3 responses so far ↓
Joanne // June 28, 2009 at 9:48 pm |
Wow u r such an idiot. Maybe those of us that actually finished high school and went on to college can afford something that’s 120 bucks too look better if we so desire. Just cause u got fired for being incompetant and can’t afford to get it don’t get angry over it. It works. If u don’t like it then don’t buy it loser. U probably are ugly anyways because ur post shows a lot of senseless anger.
asapp // June 29, 2009 at 12:25 pm |
Joanne, honey, when you learn the difference between typing and texting, and when you learn how to correctly spell the word “incompetEnt”, then you can start judging whether others are idiots. Until then, work on your three-letter words, and on harnessing all that senseless anger. Cheerio!
Jennifer // July 1, 2009 at 11:29 pm |
First off let me say – love this post!!! I too saw this commercial and was horrified at the new “things” we need to be happy. Sort of made me sad to be in the advertising world. Second, what’s up with that Joanne lady and her smart-mouthed, ill-informed post. I mean kuddos to her and her “look-at-me” lifestyle but there is more to life than “things”. If you need the “things” to be happy, at least get something that is fun like a boat or kayak. I can’t remember a time where I thought boy my eye-lashes are a blast or when my friends said ” remember that night we all went out and you brought your eye-lashes and it was kick-ass”.