Tatsie watched the movie 13 Going on 30 tonight. I’ve always loved that movie. It’s a funny, feel-good romance with a good “moral lesson” and Jennifer plays such a convincing 13-year-old trapped in a 30-year-old’s body. Here is the complete synopsis of the movie (I’m too lazy to write my own right now).
Jenna was a 13-year-old who wished to be be 30 because she hated her present unpopular self while I’m the opposite — a near-30-year-old who wishes she could be 13 again because she hates her status quo.
At one point in the movie, Jenna asked her mother:
Jenna: If you were given one do-over, anything in your life, what would it be?
Mother: Nothing.
Jenna: But did you ever make a big mistake? Or a huge one that could change your life? What about that?
Mother: Well, Jenna, I know I made a lot of mistakes but I don’t regret making any of them.
Jenna: How come?
Mother: Because if I hadn’t have made them, I wouldn’t have learned how to make things right.
It’s a fine answer, yes, but what if I can’t make things right at this point because I’ve screwed it up so badly already? Right now, I just wish I could have what Jenna had at the end of the film – go back to being 13 again, live my life over, and get all the wrong things right the first time around.
Does anybody know where I can buy magic dust?