Are you familiar with the series called Awkward? I've been hooked to it for two days now. And surprisingly, I stopped at season three's tenth episode.
The main reason why is that I really think it's been revolving too much about skank reflex. (Read: sex and the like). But that's not the point of why I even wasted my time making a post about it.
Apparently, it's been a long time since I tried writing a sensible article on my blog. And the bizarre thing is, even if I thought watching more episodes would be a total waste of time, I think I learned a thing or two from this TV series. So I decided to come back to writing and make Awkward my comeback entry.
Before I start babbling about the serious stuff like the boring realizations I had, I would just like to say that the main character of this story, Jenna, inspired me to start writing on my blog more often. I think I finally came to my senses that writing about it could actually help me when I'm going through some tough times, or not.
Going back to the main point of my post (Wow, I really do make a long intro), I realized a few things from watching it:
- A lot of people really have a way of going into one's head. And this is very applicable to our generation. Have you noticed how the social media is full of quotes to supposedly encourage us to "be ourselves"? Take this famous saying that goes, "We're young, and we make mistakes". This, for one, creates the illusion that it's okay to make mistakes because we're young. But the truth is that we all do make mistakes regardless of how old we are--because it's part of being human to err, then at least have the balls to become better.
- (Closely related to the previous number, here's my next realization.) We tend to make excuses for us to convince ourselves that it's okay to commit a guilty pleasure, or at least to make us feel better when we've done so, or made mistakes. We've all become cowards because we can't even admit our mistakes. I, for one, have issues with swallowing my fucking pride and making amends. But whether we like it or not, the truth that we messed up will always come creeping behind us even when we've done everything to kick it out of our lives. The only way to permanently get rid of the guilt or whatnot is to man up and admit the mistake, (fix whatever needs fixing, or do whatever is necessary to make yourself feel better,) and move on.
- Sadly, instead of being polite and brave, we all wallow in the pool of desperation, waiting for some luck at either redeeming ourselves or settling nasty (and personal) stuff. And unfortunately, this leads to dramatic posts on Facebook or Twitter (or any other social networking site) about it. For example, I once posted a tweet about someone and it was quite nasty. That I'm-not-saying-this-directly-to-you-but-I-hope-you-read-this-because-it's-definitely-for-you kind of tweet. Guess where that landed me? About four months on planet Cold War with my best friend. And I can only tell you, no matter who you wanted to criticize, or probably trash talk on, the results of not personally (and perhaps, privately) confronting the other party is devastating. (In one way or another.) Aside from that, it's just plain annoying seeing posts like that... and reading the comments of human piranhas just waiting for more gossip they could poke their nose in.
- Relationships without honesty and trust will never work--no matter how much you think you love that person (or in Awkward, no matter how amazing the sex is). It will only reek of insecurities, doubts, and probably deception. And there's not only a high chance of deceiving your partner, but there's also a high chance of you deceiving yourself.
Yikes, this post is longer than I planned. Meh. Maybe that's how insightful I can get. Or not.