The pursuit...

Chasing ephemeral things such as perfection, and forevers...Sometimes, not even knowing what we are really after. Are you so worried with the destination that you forget about enjoying the journey? Or are you so worried about being cautious in your journey that you may never reach your destination, losing the path blinded by fear? Why live in pursuit of a metaphor?

“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming “WOO HOO what a ride!”

Antidepressants- to take or not to take, that is the question

Historically speaking, it was only in 1988, that Ray Fuller invented Prozac. Nonetheless, the existence of this "happy pill" was not quite known until the publication of Elizabeth Wurtzel's "Prozac Nation", a bestseller, and a biography of one of the first people who took it. Not so long ago, maybe a couple of decades, just the mentioning of the word "antidepressants", would cause bewildered glances, and cautious "lets keep our distance" insinuations. Nowadays, it seems that depression has become as "ordinary" as flu, and many people started taking these pills as carelessly as vitamin C.

You can even find the definition of Prozac in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, according to which, "someone lively and excited may safely be described as 'on Prozac'". For example, "Critics compared the actress's performance to Bette Davis on Prozac." http://dictionary.cambridge.org

Furthermore, Prozac's seemed to become the "it-drug", a pharmaceutical Chanel-bag because of the vast number of celebrities that used it, and told all about it to the media. While celebrities of the past, who apparently had more class and dignity, took effort in hiding their depression (Audrey Hepburn, and Marilyn Monroe, for instance), the Prozac generation seemed to erase the stigma; depression became a part of the professional designation - celebrities are expected to be miserable, and talk about it (Winona Ryder), or become front-page news after returning from clinics for antidepressant addiction (Robbie Williams).

Yet, it's not all attention, sunshine and daisies. Althought your doctor may give you some BS (Pardon my French) about how "it may be because it's not the right person", it is clinically proven that antidepressants diminish the libido, more furtherly, you may become unable to reach the big O. Worse than that, you may lose your ability to feel anything at all, you become a kind of a zombie, whose preferred company becomes his/ hers own apathy. It can feel convenient at the beginning (I mean the not falling in love part, not the lack of libido, of course), but afterwards it becomes plain boring, and worrying, especially if you're the artistic type, who needs emotions for inspiration.

Fashion bloggers -WHY?!

Dear fashion Blargh-gers bloggers, have you ever considered getting a (different) hobby, one that wouldn't involve narcisism...? I know that you have a crowd of douche-bags wannabes that make you think you're saving the world from ugliness...But, seriously, how many combinations can you make with your metallic plaid skirt & fake Gucci shoes, and most importantly, how much more can you write about it? From what I've learned, from you:

1. If you want to look like a fashion blogger, you have to go around to every possible social event with media, dressing like this saying "yeah, I'm an it girl, that's hot", oh and don't forget to put your fake huge glasses so you look exquisitely dumb smart...And the peace sign pose, because you know, "that's hot":




2. Whatever this is, kill it before it lays eggs (Ok, Perez, sometimes you're even funny, but...WHY?!):



3. Sooooomewhere over the rainbow...this could be... elegant? chic? logical?



4. Ops... You became a victim of your stylist, who gave you a bad-hair day month because he was rolling on too many diet pills aka ampethamines with drank too much champagne...? No worries, darling, just put it in your blog- "le brand new trend!"- it's going to be automatically "in", who will dare to suspect it was initially a salon-disaster.



5. If celebrities wear it, it's socially acceptable (I wonder, do you get paid for dressing like that, like them?)...



Don't get me wrong, I'm not against frivolity, for "deep down I'm pretty superficial"... ;-P