Clueless

I came across the official soundtrack of Clueless once again and it feels perfectly wonderful to be listening to it again. I will try to write the lyrics but no promises and I will get it right.

"Clueless OST"

She is literally the polaroid of perfection. She has everything and she'll give it to you in a second. Looks can deceive. She wears her heart on her sleeve. She'll steal you away. Not just one day, everyday, she's an ordinary girl. In her world, she's an ordinary girl.

The song is obviously referring to the Cher (Alicia's character in the movie). She may be a ditz and a blonde bimbette, but she does mean well to other people. For me her character is something that we can consider admirable.

She likes to help other people help themselves. Whether it's setting up people or making over fugly students, she obviously wants to see other people happy. Though it may not be the most comfortable thing to experience, don't we all just love the excitement of what can be?

People may say that her character is very shallow and superficial, I call that simplicity of living. Really, do we need all the gunk that life throws at us? There's just so many issues that are being raced and hurled against us that sometimes we really just want to slow down. Dont we all just want to be living a simpler and less complicated life? She may be a ditz with so many things, but she does care for other people and that's enough.

She loves to love. She may have fallen to a "gay" guy in the movie, and eventually to his own half brother, but then that's love. She fell in love and really went all out. Against all odds. Enough said. Sometimes we just wish we could let go, but we don't. We can't. We shouldn't.

Finally, she may not say the write things always, but she says it like she means it. And that's nice.

When people call other people a blonde, a ditz, or a superficial slut even, they are missing some point. They just can't see the beauty of simplicity and genuine concern for others. Instead they impose their rather pathetic life to others. 

I remember my friend Marisssa. She was the one who told me to stop and slow down. We had a thirty minute discussion about Princess Mononoke and Narnia, that eventually got to stones and flowers. She told me to stop and appreciate the falling leaf and the pebbles by the ditch. At that time, I decided that she was a nut case.  But now looking back, she's right. I've missed the point of appreciating life as i was pre-occupied with all things harrowing.

Now I am enjoying the simplicity of life for what it is. 

yes to simplicity.