Post Grad

I just finished Post Grad, the new film starting Alexis Bledel of Gilmore Girls fame. Usually I wouldn’t admit to the fact that I actually enjoyed that film, but I’m in a new stage of life where I’m willing to own up to the fact that I thoroughly enjoy cheesy girly chick flicks; they’re my favorites. Plus, how could I not love the poster after my last blog:



Okay, that subject is neither here nor there, so anyways.

Post Grad is not necessarily a unique chick flick. It’s the typical boy loves girl, girl is oblivious until it’s too late - or is it? I won’t ruin the ending for you, but come on - it’s predictable. Nevertheless, the film SCREAMS Twixter generation. Rydel (how cute is that name?) graduates from college and is stuck living at home with her parents - no job, no car, no idea what to do. Of course, unlike some in our generation she HAS tried to move out of her High School bedroom - only to be denied by our current crappy economy.

If someone ever made a film about my life so far, this would be it. It’s like the plot line was stolen directly from the last year of my life - right down to the horrific car accident the same week as graduation!

In high school I had a plan all laid out - a golden brick road of sorts, except for this one was paved with straight A’s. But somewhere along the way, reality set in. I was lucky enough to avoid the embarrassing move back to my parents house, but I was astonished after the first few resumes submitted that I hadn’t gotten a job yet. What we’re these people thinking - I was a college graduate! Magna Cum Laude at that!

Eventually the little stumbles in life brought me to the job I have today, but the six months I spent wandering taught me a lot. Finding a job - starting your career - is a two-way game. No one is going to hand it to you - you have to be smart, work hard, and persevere. And yet, all the hard work in the world isn’t going to get you anywhere unless someone else tells you yes. You need that golden opportunity.

Of course, the other half of the film is the love story. Rydel works so hard that she misses the love of her life that is right in front of her. If anything, this subject has consumed my thoughts lately. I’m independent, a feminist, a girl who has dreams for her career a mile high - and at this time in my life all I want to do is find the ladder and start climbing. Yet, so many women who are older and wiser than me have cautioned me that without someone by my side, the top of that ladder is lonely and disappointing.

Im lucky enough that The Boy isn’t threatening to run off to New York, and the hour drive between us can be conquered. But with both of us climbing up our own ladders, sometimes things get shaky. It’s hard when neither are on solid ground. That’s the part the chick flick always manages to leave out - what happens after the boy gets the girl, and they’re left to figure out how?

So what about you? Are you pushing your way through, climbing the ladder to the top? or still waiting on that golden opportunity? or maybe you’ve been swept away, by the guy or gal of your dreams like Twixter Two, and figuring it all out together?

Let us know in the comments below!