Monday, February 27, 2012

The Most Depressing Kiss That Never Was

Ahhh… kisses and romance.  I wish I could tell you I'm an immensely romantic person, but in actuality nothing could be further from the truth.  Sure, I enjoy a good romantic story and I love writing about Christina and Shaw in Future Savior, but for the most part my own love life can be summed up in two words: crapped on.  From being cheated on to being dumped on my birthday, romance hasn't been the number one thread in my life.  Luckily my husband has helped to cure my romantic anorexia, but in previous years things were lack luster at best.  Today, I've decided to share with you a story about the most depressing non-kiss in the history of the world!  

I was in 9th grade on a field trip with my classmates.  We were returning to school pretty late and, while sitting in the back of the bus, some kids came up with the brilliant idea to play a modified version of Spin-The-Bottle… I think we were using a pencil for the "bottle".  Anyway, one of the cutest guys in the whole class was up to spin.  Amazingly, it landed on me!  To say I was excited would be an understatement, but instead of kissing me the boy said, "I can't do it!  She's too ugly!"

Of course to try and save face, I laughed it off like it was some big joke, but on the inside I was crushed.  How horrifying, right?  Thus begineth my life time of self deprecation.  However, before you feel too badly for me, and before you strike up the violins to play at my pity party, I think I turned out okay in the looks department.  I'm no longer "the ugly girl".

I suppose I could end this post here, but what a horrible way to leave a post about romance and kissing!  So to try and cheer you up a little bit, let me share with you my favorite romantic scene from a movie.  The year was 1998 and I had the biggest crush on Ben Affleck.  Now, I know Armageddon is not the most romantic movie ever… or even a very good movie at that, but the scene with Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler eating animal crackers for some reason gets me every time. I think this scene is just so realistic in its simplicity… and Ben looking so fine certainly helps too!  Okay, go ahead and make fun of my romantic scene pick.  I've been picked on for worse… after all, I was the ugly girl!


All righty then… now it's time for some shameless plugs.  First and foremost, Future Savior Three: Evacuation will be released on Thursday! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!  In honor of the simple fact that I was actually able to write three books, I've giving away the best prize EVER:

BECOME PART OF THE STORY!!!  That's right.  If you buy a copy of Future Savior Three: Evacuation, you could win a chance to be a character in Future Savior Four: Desecration.  Stop by my blog (http://jenniferhartz.com/blog) later this week to find out how to enter.  Plus leave a comment here for your chance to win the post card I'm holding in the above picture... complete with my John Hancock.

14 comments:

  1. I totally feel you on the department of romance! I love reading a good romance novel, but the closest I get in real life is quoting Jared commercials... You know, "ah, he went to Jared." I love this post, thanks so much! And btw, this contest about being in your nxt book... How LEGIT is that! I'm going over there right now to sign up!! ;D If any readers are like me, it's gonna be a HUGE deal!!!!! So excited!
    Love, Paige

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    1. Hey Paige! I knew you'd be excited about the contest :)

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  2. Good morning, Jennifer!

    First, let me say... I soooo feel you in the Ben Aleck department. Being a Boston girl myself, I hear a bit of home whenever he talks. I'm obliged, of course, to be a Ben Afleck and Matt Damon fan.

    Second, I also empathize with the lack of romance in your life. Well, until I met my husband. But, before that I didn't date, I certainly didn't get asked out, and I never played spin-the-bottle. Though, once I played Three Minutes in Heaven (or however long it was). That was a 'no winner' situation because I ended up being put in with my best friend. We played along and made a few interesting noises and ruffled our clothes before we came out. LOL

    To anyone waiting for Evacuation -- it's AWESOME! That's all I'm going to say.

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    1. Yummmmm... Ben!!! Sorry, I was having a moment there! Hey Gail *waves*. I love you're Three Minutes in Heaven story! LOL!

      Also I'm so glad you liked Evacuation! I hope the fans do to :)

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  3. Afleck certainly is easy on the eyes! I have to agree there. I too have several of those really awful high school moments. Ugh. But looking at your pic - what an idiot that boy was!!

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    1. Hi there! Thanks for the complement! I'm a really good example of how you should be nice to EVERYONE because you never know how they'll turn out when they're all grown up!!! A fact I try to explain the the high school kids I work with (I'm a teacher). Always be nice no matter what someone looks like!

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  4. *waves hand* Certified member of the Affleck club as well! That was a great scene. Good post!

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  5. I'm determined to use Ben as inspiration for a character one of these days. Haven't found the right one yet though.

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    1. I know what you mean, Gail. I've got several people that I want to "use" for characters. I just need to #1 find more time to write #2 find the perfect character for them!

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  6. Jenn, I've somewhat been there with you - never played spin the bottle, but I was a non-dater for a while and then boys discovered I was "cute." Scary. Waving my hand as a Ben Affleck fan.

    Smiles
    Steph

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    1. My transformation from "the ugly girl" to "hey she's pretty cute" happened really fast... of course in my mind I think I'll always defer to ugly girl mentality :(

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  7. Hi Jenn, Sounds like you came out just fine. Isn't it awful how you remember those words about being ugly? Mine came from my great grandmother when I was four years old. She asked my mother why I was so ugly. Revenge is sweet - I made her the bad sister in two of my stories, but since she is the heroine in my story to be released in August, I guess I can finally forgive her. I am certain she must not have had her glasses on because I was cute when I was little. :)

    It was nice getting to know you today. I look forward to reading your story.

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  8. Lol, Jenn, just think, where you were growing into your lovely adult self, he was at his peek and headed downhill from there! Great post!

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