This afternoon I decided to indulge in a mani/pedi because well…I’ve been sick all week and well…because dammit, I deserve it right?! Anyway, while I was getting an extra ten minute foot massage the Blind Side came on the TV and suddenly I was in the most ironic scenario. Here I was, in a pretentious Westchester town getting my nails did surrounded by white, privileged females. We were all watching this incredibly sad movie about an underprivileged young, black man doing one of the most privileged things we could have been doing at the time. Getting our nails done for the week.
It left me feeling…what’s the word I’m looking for. Icky? It just didn’t settle well with me. I wonder if we need these little reminders, a simple movie, to remember just how very blessed we are or if we need them to remind ourselves of just how little we’re doing to make this world a little bit better.
