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perfection
this was originally in response to a comment made on my entry when i said that all i'm looking for is the male version of me. nick said that was my problem right there - what i'm looking for doesn't exist. here is what i have to say about that:
i know he doesn't exist. but i bet someone close to that exists. a girl can dream, can't she? i just think it's funny that everyone has these lists of things that they want their ideal person to be, and when you really look at it, the ideal person is just them, but better. it's usually who they'd be if they were braver, or funnier, or had a better sense of style, or had read more books than they had. that's who we all want to be with - the tyler durden of ourselves. some people don't feel that way, they would rather have a challenge...but most of the people i know want what i want. someone they strive to be. it gives us someone to look up to. i think that's why a lot of people say that the one they love makes them a better person. it gives us all goals.
even though i know that it would be impossible to find a guy who is exactly like me, (which is actually a good thing because we all want to be unique, right?) i think it's more about finding someone who has the right combination of traits that you both have in common, and then some other traits that don't outweigh the common ones. i spend a lot of my free time watching the discovery channel, so it would be good to find someone who also likes it, or else he will be very bored with me on the weekends. however, i also like muppets more than most people. if he wasn't crazy about the muppets (but i mean, how could you NOT be??) it wouldn't be the end of the world. we could get along in a muppetless world. it's all about that balance between wanting to spend time with each other and wanting to tear each other's eyes out. aw how sweet.
i know none of this excuses the fact that i want what doesn't exist. but everyone i know has some impossible dream that they have - a perfect body, perfect grades, perfect job, etc. if we had nothing to look forward to, what the hell would be the point of life?
and now i end as all good english majors do; with a quote...
"Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable."
- Lord Chesterfield
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