Day 23: Plastic Fantastic

Apparently today our task was to make an appointment with a plastic surgeon and see what they would recommend we have done to make us look "our best." Well...I didn't exactly have time to do that, and even if I did that would be really low blow to my self esteem I think, and that is the last thing I need right now. Instead I'm just going to write what I would have plastic surgery on if I could.

1) My nose. My nose has always bothered me because I think it's too big. It's like...too round or bulbous (I hate that word) at the end, too long, it has a slight bump in it, and I hate the profile view of it. I guess it could be worse, but I think my face would be much more proportioned and look a ton better if my nose was smaller.

2) My cheeks. Not my butt cheeks, my actual cheeks. This sounds really weird, but, around the outside corners of my mouth I have like, too much fat there. I know this sounds ridiculous and it might be something only I notice, but it annoys the crap out of me. It's like these little fat deposits right on the corners of my mouth that make my cheeks stick out more there. Again, it makes my profile look bad. I don't know if it's even possible to have plastic surgery on whatever those are, but...yeah.

3) My second toe. Now this is getting REALLY ridiculous...but, I hate my second toe. It's a lot longer than my first toe, and I used to NEVER care until I saw the movie "Shallow Hal" where Jason Alexander's character has a phobia of women with longer second toes and he cannot stand women with them because it creeps him out so much, even if the woman is drop dead gorgeous. I shouldn't even worry about that because if someone is really going to choose not to date me or be my friend or something just because my stupid freaking second toe is longer than my first...then I shouldn't date/be their friend anyways because they're not worth it. But still. It embarrasses me. Again, I don't know if they even have surgery for that.

Now after I have made myself look like I am a narcissist, I would just like to say that there are certain things about myself that I used to hate but I have come to "embrace." My ears used to really bother me because they kind of stick out and look like elf ears, but now I really like them because they're unique. I used to hate the freckles on my face but now I think they're kind of cute (but they're fading now and I'm getting really sad). I don't have awesome humongous boobs, and that used to bother me too...but now I'm so thankful for the size that I am because I don't have a problem fitting into tops and I feel comfortable wearing a little lower-cut shirts because I don't feel like I'm..."popping out." (That is not meant to be directed at you Brittany, please don't think that. :D I really have come to appreciate my size though because I know how hard it can be for you to find tops that fit.) I'm still trying to feel comfortable about being pale, but it used to be a ton worse. Now I just look forward to the day when our generation is in their 40s/50s and everyone is all brown and leathery and melanoma-y and I still have flawless porcelain skin. :)

So in conclusion, even though I do have things I wish I could "fix" about myself, I have grown to like some of the unique parts of me because they make me who I am. (Awww.)