I just read this book Beastly by Alex Flinn in which, let’s just get to the point here, there’s this magic mirror.
Not magic mirror as in Sleeping Beauty (or is it Snow White?) where the witch/queen talks to the mirror and it tells her, “You’re the most gorgeous, sexy, divine woman I’ve ever seen and I can predict men will come crawling on all fours to get to you,” or “You are a horrendous piece of cracked metal and look like you just got ran over by a meteorite and got dumped by the ‘love of your life’.”
Nope. Not at all.
This is a mirror which you tell it a name of someone that just happens to cross your mind, and the mirror shows you in all its five-inch glory what the person is doing at that precise moment… (I know. Perfect for a serial stalker…not the point, though).
What I’m getting to is, what would you give to see what the so-called celebrities, the stereotyped loners, the gorgeous playboys, your next door neighbor, your secret (or not-so-secret crush): what they all do when nobody’s watching…
In clearer terms: Who are they for real?
When it’s a Friday night, does the Maxim's Top Hottest Male actor choose to stay home with his nephew watching cartoons and playing in the back yard instead of going to some crazy Hollywood after-party?
Is it true the supposedly ‘perfect’ million-dollar teenage actress rarely drinks? Or is that all proven false when you see her using up the secret stash hidden at the bottom of the concealer in the close confines of her bedroom?
Does that guy that seems like a jerk everyday in the school hallway really like to tease, hug his mom, and tell her how beautiful she is?
Is that girl you’ve had your eye on, you know, the one with the straight-A’s, the gorgeous looks, and the killer body, not all she seems? That may be when you sneak a peak of her making out in the janitor’s closet with the ass/jock senior.
These may all sound pretty stupid. But I can’t help the curiosity that builds up in me whenever I see someone remotely interesting. Or someone you might not even spare a second glance to.
For example, in the book the guy is looking up girls in Myspace (don’t ask), whose profiles clearly state they are, indeed girls:
You know, the typical, “I love long walks on the beach, I go to UCLA and love the dorms, skinny-dipping, flat stomachs, etc,ect.”
So Kyle, the guy, says to the mirror
“Show me Stardancer112.” (The girl stated above)…and the mirror shows him a forty year old woman…right.
After trolling around some more he came up with several ‘teenage girls’ that really turned out to be, and I qoute:
“
- A forty-something housewife who asked for a naked picture
- An old guy
- A ten year old girl
- A police officer
"
They all said they were his age and female…
So maybe if you really don’t care about the true lives of some the hottest guys in school or are not interested in getting a “Jessica Alba” personal EXCLUSIVE, it could atleast be useful to protect yourself from internet stalkers and lurking pedophiles.
Either way, effective it is.
So forgive me for wanting to see past a person’s put-up façade and see them for who they truly are and what they go through… when they think no one’s watching.
Think of it as a personal experiment: Who are they really?
Don’t say I didn’t leave you with the hope that you had your own personal mirror: to see the truth, the facts concealed, the lies revealed…
So now, when I try to end world hunger and global warming, I’ll go ahead and unearth the secret recipe for the vital construction of this mind-blowing creation…until then, I’ll put it first on my Christmas list.
I love you, Santa
Not magic mirror as in Sleeping Beauty (or is it Snow White?) where the witch/queen talks to the mirror and it tells her, “You’re the most gorgeous, sexy, divine woman I’ve ever seen and I can predict men will come crawling on all fours to get to you,” or “You are a horrendous piece of cracked metal and look like you just got ran over by a meteorite and got dumped by the ‘love of your life’.”
Nope. Not at all.
This is a mirror which you tell it a name of someone that just happens to cross your mind, and the mirror shows you in all its five-inch glory what the person is doing at that precise moment… (I know. Perfect for a serial stalker…not the point, though).
What I’m getting to is, what would you give to see what the so-called celebrities, the stereotyped loners, the gorgeous playboys, your next door neighbor, your secret (or not-so-secret crush): what they all do when nobody’s watching…
In clearer terms: Who are they for real?
When it’s a Friday night, does the Maxim's Top Hottest Male actor choose to stay home with his nephew watching cartoons and playing in the back yard instead of going to some crazy Hollywood after-party?
Is it true the supposedly ‘perfect’ million-dollar teenage actress rarely drinks? Or is that all proven false when you see her using up the secret stash hidden at the bottom of the concealer in the close confines of her bedroom?
Does that guy that seems like a jerk everyday in the school hallway really like to tease, hug his mom, and tell her how beautiful she is?
Is that girl you’ve had your eye on, you know, the one with the straight-A’s, the gorgeous looks, and the killer body, not all she seems? That may be when you sneak a peak of her making out in the janitor’s closet with the ass/jock senior.
These may all sound pretty stupid. But I can’t help the curiosity that builds up in me whenever I see someone remotely interesting. Or someone you might not even spare a second glance to.
For example, in the book the guy is looking up girls in Myspace (don’t ask), whose profiles clearly state they are, indeed girls:
You know, the typical, “I love long walks on the beach, I go to UCLA and love the dorms, skinny-dipping, flat stomachs, etc,ect.”
So Kyle, the guy, says to the mirror
“Show me Stardancer112.” (The girl stated above)…and the mirror shows him a forty year old woman…right.
After trolling around some more he came up with several ‘teenage girls’ that really turned out to be, and I qoute:
“
- A forty-something housewife who asked for a naked picture
- An old guy
- A ten year old girl
- A police officer
"
They all said they were his age and female…
So maybe if you really don’t care about the true lives of some the hottest guys in school or are not interested in getting a “Jessica Alba” personal EXCLUSIVE, it could atleast be useful to protect yourself from internet stalkers and lurking pedophiles.
Either way, effective it is.
So forgive me for wanting to see past a person’s put-up façade and see them for who they truly are and what they go through… when they think no one’s watching.
Think of it as a personal experiment: Who are they really?
Don’t say I didn’t leave you with the hope that you had your own personal mirror: to see the truth, the facts concealed, the lies revealed…
So now, when I try to end world hunger and global warming, I’ll go ahead and unearth the secret recipe for the vital construction of this mind-blowing creation…until then, I’ll put it first on my Christmas list.
I love you, Santa
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