sunshine0221's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paging Dr. Phil! Paging Dr. Phil! I had an epiphany when I was watching 24 this week. If you're not watching 24, you should. It has enough action, adventure, and excitement to, well, be a really exciting show to watch. Last season, Tony Almeida was the director of the Los Angeles branch of the Counter Terrorism Unit. I barely noticed him. He was married, had an important job, and was fighting to protect the USA from evil terrorists. This season Tony is a bitter, jobless, divorced, alcoholic ex-con - and when he appeared right in the nick of time to save Keifer and Audrey from a flock o' bad guys trying to kill them, I developed an insta-crush on him. Now I am aware that we are talking about a fictional character here, but why aren't I attracted to fictional stable accountants with well-rounded stock portfolios and alphabetized socks? Would it be so terrible if I lusted over a tax attorney, or the CEO of a successful office supply company? I completed a Yahoo personality test, and one of the things it said was that what I want, and what I think I want are two different things. And I think it's probably true. While the bad boys do seem to grab my attention, I also desire things like stability and lack of drug and alcohol issues. And I'm not sure what the solution is - do I need to find someone like Arnold Schwartzenegger in True Lies who can be both a spy and a boring businessperson? Do I need to date an irresponsible alcoholic or two just to get it out of my system? Maybe I need to take more Yahoo personality tests. Maybe I need to watch different TV shows. Maybe the perfect guy with the perfect balance of excitement and security is out there somewhere. And meanwhile - Tony - call me. 5:31 p.m. - February 11, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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