Every Other Entertainment

Lately I have been watching shows such as Gossip Girl, The Carrie Diaries, and 90210. Life in the big cities are where it is at. Normally a day in the city means a vacation where there is a limited amount of time to spend before I miss the last train back up to Connecticut. Shows such have these presented a lifestyle exclusively for the elite.  On the TV shows it presents the city in a light where everyday is a party and the newest trends are necessary. I haven't even been to the west coast so I am just basing it off of what I watch on netflix. There is an underlying message that to survive means that you have to be on top.  I want to explore that. Not to prove to myself that I can manage but because of the idea that it is the ultimate challenge. I think in 2 years time I will move there myself and travel not to explore the city but to explore who I want to be.

Just another small town girl feeling as though they are in secluded bubble. Moving from the tiny high school where everyone knows everyone, to the universities where even just walking to class results in bumping into that cute kid from your freshman orientation group hanging out with the dorky kid who sits across from you in marketing. Small colleges should be illegal to those trying to grow up and grow out of the small town no matter how late they come to realize their mistake. Although I am just a small town girl, not really living in a lonely world, it's hard to feel lonely with everyone you know and don't want to know are so close. Small towns are good until things start beginning to seem the same. You would think leaving your small town back in high school would add newer experiences but that just lumps you into a collection of other small town kids meaning the stories would seem clique and worn out. There really isn't all that much to do in a small town but to talk ...