'Love At Last'
LOVE AT LAST
Statement of Intention
Love is an emotion which everybody relates to in a variety of ways. For most teenagers, love tends to revolve around materialism and aesthetics. Will I find a rich and successful husband who will love me? Will I find a dreamboat who will adore me? This piece of personal reflective writing attempts to humorously explore what love means at a deep and meaningful level. Explored through popular film, novels and television, love can be utterly confusing to my age group, however, when it is found, it is an utterly explosive and joyful experience worth waiting for.
In many ways, I guess that I am the year 12 sometimes Agony Aunt, and sometime Oprah Winfrey. Part time Dolly Doctor and full time shoulder to cry on. Given how much time I seem to spend solving other people's love issues, I sometimes feel that this is my 7th VCE subject. I'd achieve a 50/50 enter score, given my success rate at solving their many dramas. Either that or I could write some Chick Flicks and make a fortune.
I have three main positions: in front of the computer answering the seemingly hundreds of MSN messages demanding my attention; sitting on the couch consoling my boyfriends' girlfriend issues, one arm around their neck, the other holding the tissue box. My final position is trying to shower myself with one hand while I SMS people advice. I'm really not exaggerating, my life should be revolving around SAC's and Text responses, but the reality is, it spins out of control around the never ending tragedies of my class mates. I'm over it. Really over it. What about me? When will I have time for my own dramas?
I think I relate better to boys than girls. My weekends and holidays are often spent in my lounge room with a couple of my close boyfriends, watching our favorite film "The Notebook". It might be a chick-flick, but it seems to hold their wide eyed attraction....
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