Thursday, January 17, 2013

TT I Was This Girl...



This week we have a juicy topic. I've been looking forward to sinking my teeth into this one and punching it out.

"The Breakfast Club." Which character were you in high school?

If I was totally honest, I would say I'm a little bit of all these characters, least like the athlete in high school, except for peer pressure. I was sometimes a sucker. I smoked weed, I was a teachers pet and if I even put the slightest effort into a class I aced it. I was overweight, but popular enough that people didn't make fun of me. I had friends and boyfriends. But most definitely the character I was most like was


I wanted so badly do be different, and I did A LOT to not be like everyone else. Dressed different (like from second hand stores, vintage shops, hot topic, head shops and flea markets) I listened to alternative music, retro music, and read comic books. I put stickers on my face and watched power rangers. I was a hipster before hipsters existed.

I had a pretty awesome (read boring) home life. I was really lucky. We didn't have a lot of money but we lived in a cool house in a nice neighborhood. My parents were happily married, we were healthy, aside from teen angst I would say I was blessed.

So I was always looking for drama. I started smoking (cigarettes) so I could get addicted and have to quit. It would be SO hard. I would have something to talk about with my friends that had REAL shit happening. Yeah seems pretty much like Ally Sheedy's character, right?

I ate a lot of Mexican candy at school. Have you ever seen Mexican "candy"? Some is sweet sure, but a lot of it is sour and chili powder concoctions. Think Ally pouring out pixie dust into her captain crunch sandwich.

I liked to say weird random things. Provocative things. I liked to stir the pot. 

I would say the only thing that set me apart from her character was that I wasn't a social outcast. I loved  high school. It was good times, irresponsibility and childhood friends. I even remember worrying that those would be the best years of my life. Thankfully they weren't.

Also I didn't end up with the Emilio Estavez's  preppy jock ass. Although the hubby did play football...
Instead I ended up with this guy 


 And I think that's a more fitting ending.





This post is part of a multi blogger collaboration. To read what characters other bloggers felt they were most like or even better to link your own answer, click the TT button.

9 comments:

  1. That makes way more sense than Allison and Andy.

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    1. Oops reply below. Fuck I thought I finally stopped doing that :(

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  2. Right? I know opposites attract, but not sure why they paired up with polar opposites.

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  3. It was the 80s. I don't remember many movies where the "like" characters ended up together. I'm still a little sad that Ducky ended up alone in Pretty in Pink. He was so awesome.

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    1. Being awesome doesn't pay off till after college!

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  4. Ha! I wound up in high school with that guy too. There's a little of him in the hubby too. The irreverent rebel. I was Ally Sheedy too. Dang, girl, why didn't we all meet back in high school? Our Ally Sheedy's would've all been fast friends.

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    1. I know right? at least we met on the interwebs now :)

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  5. I can't believe I still haven't seen this movie! Great post! It is nice to see a glimpse of your high school life. I have only eaten that type of Mexican candy once while in Monterrey, but it was so delicious!

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    1. What? it's gotta be on Netflix, watch it it's fun.

      It's probably hard to come by in the Midwest, but here in Cali you can get that candy at certain gas station and liquor stores. When I was a kid I had to wait for one of my grandparents to bring us some.

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