That has to be one of my favorite opening lines of any song, ever. Good ol' Tom Petty. He's one of those artists like The Cars or the early Police, that when I hear them I am instantly transported back to high school, and that feeling of possibility that the world held then.
Then I watched one of my favorite movies last night--Strictly Ballroom. It has many elements that I love, dancing, Spanish, and the ugly duckling into swan scenario--the geeky bespectacled girl who is really beautiful and graceful and full of soul if only someone would give her the chance. It's no surprise why I find this story line appealing, and I know it's very cliched and usually not done that well, but here, it doesn't seem so far fetched. But I will let you in on a little secret--we don't just wear those glasses to look extra dorky, folks. We really need them to see. So having us just fling our glasses aside as a part of our stunning transformation ain't gonna cut it. These days the heroine would be out getting an extreme makeover anyway. Hrmph.
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