I was thinking about the movie Mean Girls the other day. Actually, it's recently come up quite often in my mind. I thought about it last week, when we had an assembly at my school that kicked off the beginning of homecoming week. It was a mad house. Kids were running all over the place trying to avoid being stuffed in trash bins (it was Freshman Friday), paper and hallway decorations were strewn all about, and students were rambunctious - to a fault. I thought about that scene when all the girls turn into wild animals and start attacking each other. It was a frightening concept, but it luckily never got that intense. Still, the film was on my mind...
And it still is. The main character, Cady, came to a new school and didn't really fit in. She had been homeschooled and did not know how to function in a high school environment. She had a certain set of values that seemed antiquated in modern-day society. Eventually, her values and ideas were thrown asunder as she fell under the allure of popularity and acceptance. But it didn't last, as she let things get too far and forgot her true friends and what she had originally stood for. At the end of the movie, she talks about how when you get bit by a snake, you're supposed to suck the poison out. And that's what she decided to do - suck all of the poison out of her life.
And now it's my turn. It's not an easy task. But it's the only thing that will save me.
"Let it all out
Rip it out
Remove it
And don't be alarmed when the wound begins to bleed."
Relient K, "Let It All Out"
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