Peggy Olson is cooler than you. and me.

*please excuse this interruption in your usually scheduled blog*

i'm currently watching the latest episode of mad men. (i don't have cable at my place, so i catch it a week later on demand at my parents house. dvr's are marvelous) i must admit, in the first and second seasons, i didn't think peggy was much of a character. her story line was interesting, but it interested me the least. it just figures that she ends being the one i can relate the most to. (no, i did have a child and give it up for adoption. just clearing the air on that one, before rumors start)

she's the most modern character on the show. in "love among the ruins", she proves that she isn't willing to live in a man's world. she briefly flirted with the idea of channeling ann margaret, but quickly realized that the sex pot isn't her role. she picks up a guy at the bar and goes back to his place (smart move) she asks the guy if he has a condom, he says no, she says they can do other things. when she tries to leave in the middle of the night, he wakes up and suggests going to breakfast. she turns him down and he counters with "well i hang out at that bar a lot" her response? "oh....ok"

I LOVE THAT WOMAN.

so many women could and should take notes on how peggy operates. she had a child out of wedlock, and instead of shaming the father into being with her, she gives it up because she had other plans for her life. absolutely unheard of in 1963. while the smartest woman in the office, joan, is fretting about being in her 30's and remains engaged to her fiancee who rapes her, just so she can get married, peggy is scheming her way to the top. and it's so under the radar. i'm absolutely floored with what the writers have done with character and ashamed that i wasn't a fan from the beginning.

peggy olson is me. they literally took exact scenes from my life and put it on amc. trying to sneak out of a guys place before the sun comes up? the guy asking to get breakfast even though it's the middle of the night? "oh..ok" in response to him obviously trying to maintain contact? I WROTE THAT BOOK. it's my autobiography, actually.

i don't know how to explain what i'm feeling. she's just a fictional character, but i've never felt so...empowered? that my tv doppleganger has been able to accomplish so much at a younger age than i am right now and at a time when it was so much harder for a woman to do? certainly puts my bitching about my current predicament in perspective.

so, dear reader, this means that you can expect more blogging from yours truly. writing is a talent and passion i've had since i could hold a pencil. i owe it to myself to do something i find fulfilling since my current occupation doesn't provide that. i can't promise that my entries will always be good, or even have something remotely important to say. but i'll try my best to make them entertaining. hope you'll come along for the ride.

*we now return you to your regularly scheduled blog*