Did everything just taste purple?

Today was the CCFI volunteer luncheon. It was a lot of fun. I hung out with some friends and had a nice lunch. WE got free stuff from CCFI for being volunteers---I now own a CCFI book bag, which is great b/c I've been wanting one. Anyway...afterwards, I came home and changed and then met my friend, Tami, at B&N to study. Although we couldn't find a table, so we left and went to Borders---B&N definitely needs more tables. We grew tired of studying so we walked to the mall to get something to eat. I also bought Josefina a gift certificate from Hot Topic--and I got to see the cute guy again, lol. We went to Old Navy and bought flip-flops---2/$5---could you ask for more? Then we went to a movie...

So, I finally got to see 'Mona Lisa Smile.' I absolutely loved it. One of the best movies I've seen in a while. I really identified with Julia Roberts' character and then when Julia Stiles' character tells her abt the marriage and what not, I was like---yeah, Mel, remember to look at it from both sides. Although it still doesn't make any sense to me why girls would go to college if their intentions are to just stay at home. It's so strange---I realize this movie was set in the 50's, but this does still occur. I witnessed that last semester in my sociology class. One girl readily admitted to only being in college to find a husband that would hopefully allow her to 'not work' for a living. That's a great dream, but why go through the college thing if that's what your intentions are? I dunno. Then I began thinking of how I would have looked at things if I had been in college in the 50's. At my age, women were already b married and had at least one child. Would I still hold the same values of independence that I regard so highly? Would I be the same woman that I am today? Or would I be married? Would I have been happy to have gone to college and then "Oh, yay! i have a ring on my finger and now I can be as happy as I ever wanted to be." How would I seriously have been if that was the norm? It's not that I'm such a rebel now and I go against every norm---but I do have my standards and I know what I want. I dunno. People may tell me that I would have been the same, but maybe not. I've always seen myself as influenced by the 70's :). If I had been born before then, would I have been influenced by that decade? Who knows...All I do know is that I did see some things in a new perspective. Well, maybe not new, but a perspective revisited. It was good. Anyway...'til next time...