thoughts about a fictional t.v. character: why don't i like megan?

We are eight episodes into season five of Mad Men and I am still on the fence about Megan. I don't want to not like her because if I hate her, I am fostering the negative stereotype of women like myself, particularly, that we hate other women who are prettier than us because they get everything handed to them. Megan's character is good, genuine, kind, sexy and to top it off smart and she is actually good at her job. She is perfect -- too perfect and it’s annoying. It's like when super models are also Harvard graduates with great taste in music and movies. I mean, come on-- God, evolution, universe or whoever/however you think people came to exist--haven't they been given enough?

My indifferent feelings toward a fictional television character have loomed over my head since Mad Men aired.* Why do I not like Megan? I ask myself. She’s such a sweet person and she’s smart. I tell myself. Is it because I am that negative stereotype? Am I jealous of women like her? Maybe. Is it so wrong of me to find it annoying that Megan (in the most recent episode, #8) can now quit her job (which she didn’t earn, but turned out to be pretty good at) to pursue her dream of becoming an actress because she’s got married to a very rich man, who seems to actually really love her? Well, I will let you be the judge of that. If you are a man, you’re likely to say yes, I am wrong and my response is, of course you would think that you want to have sex with Megan.

By the way, my absolute favorite female character on Mad Men is Joan. I have a bit of a girl crush on her. She is gorgeous, she borders on overtly sexy and unapologetically a bit of an office slut and I love that about her. She is also so much smarter than she seems.

*Really, I have been thinking about this, which has got me thinking that maybe I’m too vested in a fictional t.v. show and clearly need to get a life.

gym time, later undone by butter cookie sandwiches

You might find it odd-- sadistic-- even to have a blog post about cookies and working out but I'm doin' it. I have been hitting the gym a lot lately (5 out of 6 days!) and I'm not saying that to brag about it (ok, maybe a little) but mostly to say that my lack of a busy social life and trying to be more frugal is driving me to go to the gym. The gym is a great way to kill 1-2 hours without having to spend any money and for days when none of your friends have taken you up on your offer for happy hour. The big bonus is you really do feel great afterwards and you never regret going to the gym. I can't believe I am starting to like the gym.  No, that doesn't mean I am "addicted" to going to the gym or working out. I would never say that, plus I think it's a fake addiction. I think people are addicted to feeling good about themselves.

Now about the cookies...

I initially wanted to make Martha Stewart's Lemon Cookie Sandwiches but I didn't actually have any lemons and I didn't feel like making the lemon cream filling. Instead, what I made was essentially butter cookie sandwhiches, with pink frosting filling. I totally used store bought fluffy white icing I colored pink. The cookies turned out great. I used the exact cookie recipe Martha Stew used sans the lemon rinds.