IT'S CIRCULAR LOGIC

Steve and I went to see Mr. and Mrs. Smith today.  We both enjoyed it.  It was fine.  We chuckled at the appropriate times.  We cringed at others.  It was good.

Later, we had a long talk about Angelina Jolie.  We both are on the line as to whether she is beautiful or hideous.  Steve says she shouldn’t wear her hair up – he says that makes a big difference.  “With it up, she looks …. Wrong.”  Wrong.  Good word choice. I waiver back and forth.  Sometimes good looking.  Sometimes …. Well, not so good. 

It reminded me of my theory that things in life that we believe are on a straight line continuum (such as appearance – beautiful at one end and hideous at the other) really aren’t.  Instead, I believe it is more of a circular thing.  So that beauty and butt-ugly are actually right next to each other.

Here, I’ve drawn it out for you.

Here is how most people view the attractiveness scale:

Beauty and ugly being on opposite ends and a vast chasm in-between.

Here is how I see it:

See?  Drop dead georgous and just Drop Dead are actually very close to each other.  Don’t believe me?  Ask any girl who went to bed with a god and woke up with a ohmigod.  The two are veeeery close to each other. 

The circle continuum theory works for other things as well.  Love and Hate, for example. 

As anyone who has been in a bad relationship can tell you, the opposite of love is not hate.  It’s apathy.  Which falls somewhere in the middle of the circle.

Obese and anorexic look like this: 

Both are eating disorders.  Both victims suffer.  Both need help.

Or having worked in the advertising field for years, I can tell you that this one is also true:

Keep this circle continuum in mind next time you encounter an extreme. Or the next time you encounter Angelia Jolie.

Comments

[Michelle]

Glad I'm not the only one who feels that way about Angelina Jolie...and far too many others to even begin to list.

[Jenne]

We should make a list! People who ride that fine line between georgous and hideous. And me in the morning v. me in full make-up doesn't count.

My entries would be
Jeff Goldblum
Renée Zellweger
and the gal at the Price Chopper today behind the bakery counter. But that could just be because she was holding a dozen cupcakes and I'm on a diet. I felt very conflicted.