I haven't been watching many reality shows lately because of the crying. There is simply too much of it. Last season on Project Runway, Christopher cried because he was sure that he was the only person in
the world who would design a dress inspired by a rock (something I am
sure he is wrong about). I have no idea how much crying there is on The Hills, since I was never a fan, but it did catch my attention in People
magazine that Heidi Montag, star of the show, cried after she had ten
plastic surgery procedures in one day. Heidi, I know from a quick
Google search, is 23, although since her plastic surgery she looks 33.
Which is actually something to cry about.
I have been interested in and done research on this subject spun
slightly different: What happens if your mother (not your favorite
reality star) has plastic surgery? This is the subject of my new novel
for teenagers, The Girl with the Mermaid Hair
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If, as a teenager, you spend hours in front of a mirror deciding,
say, whether one nostril is larger than the other or worrying whether
your breasts point in different directions (typical teenage obsessing),
do you outgrow this madness or make more radical choices if your mother
comes home with larger lips, a smaller ass, a new chin, a different
nose, bigger breasts? How do you feel if your mom suddenly doesn't have
any expression in her face? Or if you look into your mother's eyes and
no one is home?