Random Acts of Violence

It had been snowing all weekend long in New York City, and Stupid Girl had been romancing the idea of the snow coupled with Chinese Food and late nights spent with classic movies. But the reality of the snow hit hard one Saturday evening as Stupid Girl was walking home after working her long brunch shift at the restaurant. After she had received an assault from a passing taxi cab in the form of slush slapped across her weary legs, Stupid Girl decided that it would be best to keep her eyes on the ground to prevent any further unfortunate incidents with the snow. After walking a few blocks over towards Astor Place, Stupid Girl thought that it would be a kind gesture to reach in her pocket to pull out her BlackBerry and call upon her mother dear. A few rings, and a few lines of gracious conversation later, Stupid Girl found herself at the intersection of St.Marks' and 4Th Avenue. As she kept her eyes on the ice below her feet and her focus on her phone call, Stupid Girl felt a sudden slap across her face and her glasses pressed firmly into her eyeballs. 'FUCK!!!' she screamed, completely disregarding the fact that her mother was on the other end of the phone line. It seems that, while juggling the snow, the ice, the phone, and the trepidation, Stupid Girl walked face-first into a phone box on the street pole of Astor Place. Yeah... swollen eyebrows aren't sexy.

Welcome to Stupid Girl

We are all born into this world as perfect, delicate human beings. The world is made just for us; or so it seems. There is optimism under every leaf, and adventure lurking around every corner. The world truly is an amazing place, because we are all born stupid. We don't know any better.

Then we grow up. We grow a brain, and force ourselves to lose a heart. Well, sort of. People disappoint us, bank accounts fail us, and the sun doesn't always shine on those days when we need it the most. Life takes a lot of work. Let's just put that in black and white. But throughout the pain and the struggle, we learn. We experience life everyday and somehow the empiricist within us learns from their previous mistakes (hopefully) and somehow learns to adapt these lessons into a life filled with maturity and dignity.

Now, all of this sounds very logical and very probable, but it doesn't really sound applicable to life. Life, real true life, is filled with the type of hilarity that one cannot seem to replicate no matter their ambitious attempts to do so. Lessons come at such a rapid pace, that one cannot seem to keep up with them. Everyday, we try to handle these experiences with grace and ease, just like any socialized young adult in America. But the outcome always proves to be something surprisingly unexpected. No matter who it is we may turn out to be, or where we strive to go we always remain somewhat stupid.

This is humanity. This is the life of every person. This is the life of Stupid Girl. Stupid Girl is a young, promising, 20something learning how to grow up in New York City. She moved to New York City to pursue an artistic career as a serious actress, and somehow wound up in a restaurant. She strives to be centered, focused and determined, but somehow winds up smoking cigarettes and crying in the shower. She loves. She loses. She loses. She wins. Somehow, all of this is much more hilarious from an outside perspective.

So jump forward, or lean back to the time when you were fresh out of the oyster trying to make a life for yourself, renting apartments with ridiculous security deposits and working random jobs to pay for them. We all go through it, but somehow, it's a little bit easier to experience it all together. Comrade is no longer a dirty word. Welcome to Stupid Girl.