pretty cool

my downtime during the last week had been dutifully spent playing pretty in pink repeatedly in the video disc. compared to deannie loomis, andie walsh certainly had some sturdy and discerning backbone. a character so stimulating, she’s in essence my definition of cool. literally living in the wrong side of the tracks (there was even a shot of the rail in the opening credit montage), she manages the household, her mom having bolted while her dad still pines for the wife and not working. andie is a good student and earns her keep at the record store called tracks after school. she’s a stylish young lady with a knack for design. when a rich guy dumped her, she didn’t grovel and die but picked herself up and showed the world she‘s made of sterner stuff. there lies the hypothalamus of the story. because this bit doesn’t only apply to being dumped by losers but heartaches and disappointments in general. the morsel applies to ventures falling through, performing a bad audition, falling flat on a job interview, as for miles' case in sideways, not getting that book deal. picking up the pieces and making the transition may seem daunting in the beginning but there’s no other way to go. deannie loomis or esther greenwood may be fictional but sylvia plath is not.