The Push For Perfection

I was watching TV a couple days ago and a commercial that I usually just ignore, came on that started a little bit of anger inside. It is for "Botox Cosmetics" and the theme song is "Express Yourself". First of all, I try to ignore the push for perfection that plagues us every single day. In magazines, on TV, on the radio. Everywhere! There are women like Jennifer Love Hewitt, who end up in a magazine or on the Internet with pictures of her dimpled thighs because, she is a normal woman whose body is aging normally. I will admit that I am not her biggest fan but, I can relate to her. I am thin but, my body has responded to my 34 years by cottage cheesing my thighs. It happens when you get a job that is sedentary and you ignore the need to move around throughout the day, outside of your chair. I don't exercise. So, I don't take the best care of myself. I watch my diet, which is not really enough. I have no really strong excuses. I am simply lazy. But, age happens to everyone. I know people who aren't lazy and still get cottage cheesy. Even models get cottage cheesy. It sucks but, it is life and, unless you have hours and hours and oodles and oodles of money to spend on time at a gym and a personal trainer, you will likely fall prey to the cottage cheese monster on your thighs and butt. So, give women a break. We are always conscious of how our bodies look. We fret over it in bathing suits and in jeans. Most of us hate our bodies because we are held at such a high standard that, even if our bodies are perfect, we will find that one flaw, or the ten flaws, that no one else can see.

So, back to the Botox Cosmetics commercial. First of all, from what I know of Botox, there is not much "expression" to be had so, that song is sort of an oxymoron. And, do women really need one more commercial reminding them of the fact that they are aging and their beauty is changing? Of course, I think that people tend to get prettier the older they get. An ugly baby may be a beautiful person some day. But, then he or she will eventually be plagued by commercials that tell them that you are getting older and aren't worth looking at unless you inject a bacteria (or whatever Botulism is) into your skin.

Whatever! Why don't you inject it into your ass and sit on it?