What did I learn?
Well, for starters, watching a made-for-TV movie starring Hilary Duff maybe wasn't the best use of my time.
More than the obvious, though, was that the movie I stumbled on was the idiot's guide to teaching 13 year olds about faux Manhattan dating. (Again, why did I watch almost the entire thing?) Hilary plays a wanna-be writer hoping to land her dream Cosmo cover story by going "under cover" in the finance world as a way to meet guys in suits. Because that's apparently the only way she can meet a guy who fulfills all the necessary requirements on her checklist. (Note: Let me give you a sneak peak of the items on her all-important checklist. Spontaneous. Fashionably savvy. Sexy accent. Worst checklist ever. What she's looking for is a flakey, metro foreign womanizer.)
Oy.
There are approximately 75 things wrong with the premise. I will settle on only highlighting that writing for Cosmo isn't that cool, especially since everyone knows that print is dead. Okay fine, I will also point out that chasing FJO's in the workplace is the dumbest, most stress-inducing scheme ever, especially if like ol' Hilary, you have zero clue about strategic business planning. Or Excel.
Everyone knows you should just go to MPD to pick them up if that's your target.
Spoiler Alert: The movie's main theme - that going after the guy you think is super "perfect" usually doesn't work out the way you think it will, especially if your boss is way more adorable and you subconsciously want to jump him in every scene - was obviously to be expected.
While I'll admit it was entertaining enough to keep me watching (I have nothing to do now on Sunday evenings without the Kardashians), everything about each millisecond of the movie annoyed me when it came to falsifying living and dating in New York.
I get it, ABC Family wasn't going for authenticity when they filmed it (or 24 year old audiences) ... the real version is far too cynical and depressing to make for good 'tween entertainment. But, c'mon, life's not like that. You don't run into a giant business meeting declaring your love for a guy who almost just fired you the day before and have him literally sweep you off your feet and make out. In front of everyone.
Ugh. Fml. Mostly for having watched almost the entire thing. Or because life isn't as easy peasy as ABC Family leads you to believe. Sometimes I wish it were. But I guess the one thing we can all take away from it is that having a checklist isn't the secret to meeting Mr. Right. You gotta be realistic and flexible enough to manage your own happiness expectations, and also have enough sense to realize a good thing when you see it.
P dot S: The guy who plays her initial "magic man" - HER WORDS NOT MINE, VOMIT - was the same actor who played Luke on the O.C.
"Welcome to the OC, bitch."
i totally thought of you the whole time i watched [this entire] movie! mainly because i hope you don't wear brown lipstick to the workplace... but yes, the whol endeavor was terrible, although i did find the part about going to the drugstore in a guac mask to be kind of realistic.
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hope youre doing well!
DEFINITELY don't wear brown lipstick (speaking of which, do you watch GG? Jenny Humphrey please stop wearing it! And stop doing everything else you're doing!).
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