Wednesday, July 12, 2006

lesson #015: where've all the funny guys gone?

Hokay. I have almost completed my SAAT stuff (notice how I use the word 'almost' most generously, purely to make myself feel better) and I have completed my set of driving lessons and am all geared up for my test this Friday. Hence I have more free time. Hence I am determined to make this post have a little more breadth than usual. None of those broken-sentences business - 'Ate Sakae. Was quite good. Burp smells like salmon' etc. After all am not an advertising agency.

So I've been watching quite a lot of SATC as Syd passed me DVDs for the whole six seasons that the show ran. And I realized how often Carrie hold the most interesting conversations with her men. Especially when she's with Mr Big (isn't he just the perfect guy? Charming, successful, with a great sense of humor... and a bit of a prick).

Why can't I have that? Where've all the funny guys gone? I really haven't had an intellectually stimulating conversation (that doesn't involve accounting subjects) for quite a while. In fact, when I start thinking about it, I don't think I've ever heard much of a witty repartee coming from a guy.

Maybe you're gonna dismiss me as a silly girl who hopes too much out of real life. SATC is fiction after all, and all the conversations in it, whether boring or funny, are essentially scripted. The script itself had prolly gone through loads of changes before it could make the actors sound as funny as they do on screen.

But still, I don't believe that ALL guys don't know how to crack a good joke - one that isn't cheesy or crass or both. Won't we all like to be entertained by a little witty flirtation once in a while? I choose to hope that one day guys will wake up their idea and start following Mr Big's lead.

Anyway. Had dance. Ate sushi with Cel and Jason before that. Mos fries and milk tea with Jess after. Gonna grow fat. Blah.