What Whitney Wants To Say #16
I’m constantly battling with the desire to be an excellent writer. Or at least feel like one, whatever that means. It often means I naturally shy away from topics I’m less educated about and my essays take longer despite their typically short nature. I hope to combat this going forward but you can rest assured, that pressure fades away when I’m writing a WWWTS. This is me, way less “excellent” but undoubtedly way more comfortable:
I’ve seen so much horrible TV and movies as of late that I don’t know if I’d even be able to recognize when something is good anymore. I made the mistake of earnestly watching “This is Me Now”, the poorly thought out, visual disaster that served as the official release for Jennifer Lopez’s Ninth studio album. Friends, that film altered me negatively in ways I can not yet describe. I have never been so uncomfortable watching something. The entire film indicates that she’s the one celebrity doing the work of introspection but she categorically never learns or grows or changes in a way that felt oddly chilling. Add in the fact this year has seen the release of truly dreadful adaptations of my favorite childhood media as well as the unjust cancellation of plenty of promising shows and you start to get a picture of what I’m saying. In a world of manure, garbage starts to look appealing. I am seeing Dune 2 today however and I’m hoping for the best.
Love is not blind. Love likes to turn a blind eye, but it can see fine. At least, after years of Netflix humiliating people for sport, we can see as much. This season seems unique however in that you can tell that Netflix has seemingly abandoned the premise all together and has resolved to exposing women to the most deranged men they could find for our entertainment.
DC continues to disappoint yet I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss it.
As a treat to myself for my birthday month, I resolved to hit my Fitbit cardio goal for February. Even though I accomplished it, my knees wish I hadn’t so I’m returning to YouTube Pilates against my better judgement. Wish me luck!