lovely betty

in purely accidental circumstances, i collar news like this on my radar. just as my dad always reminded me, it's better to touch base with the state of the world -- the ailing effects of poverty in the philippines and the hopelessness of our political process-- than be fascinated by the puerile antics of the vacuous slebs.

but the entertainment folios are a light read compared to the heavy toll of the stock market plunge in the front pages. plus it helps me smile a little bit. it hurts to see colleagues parade their bumps and their babies or utter snooty opinions about how a child strengthen the knots in marital unions as if it's not like i didn't try or i'm not trying. but i'm digressing.

this piece is really about betty suarez and her good heart. the character sport a fashion ensemble reviled by the fashionistas. but do clothes really define a person? betty gets the guys (choices, choices) in the series, despite the mismatched coordinates, due to the fact that she is a good natured person and most men dig a sprinkle of nice -- stay-at-home virginal ingenues who don't party like lindsay lohan. but their being nice is sometimes all facade. deep, deep down the claws are longer and much, much sharper. however the betty in the story is really kind-hearted because she is fiction, a figment of imaginations. while a few real deals in narrow bays are more complex, pretending coyness amid the haste and noise. but are actually rory gilmore in light brown complexions, or becky, one of the girls of old town in sin city, disarming on the act, but actually engage in hidden subterfuges.

but there are those gentle souls, who are always helpful, never moody, constantly opinionated and eternally fun chums on the move --- the generous souls in my christmas list. i better start the cards and the tiny presents rolling.