Top Five List of Why I Love the Show ‘Emily in Paris’ Even If I Am Incredibly Embarrassed to Admit It

Ugh! You guysssssss. I wrote a new piece last night that I was so ready to share today. It took a lot of vulnerability for me to write, and I had to take a lot of crying breaks. But, it was all a good crying, and I am excited to share it. I started it super late at night, and finished it well into the next day. It needs some editing and I was too tired to edit it at that point, and my brain was shut off for the night. So I decided to come back to it today, edit it, and then post it.

Then I looked at my calendar. I make astrology notes in my calendar. Somewhere, I can’t remember where, but rest assured it was one of my favorite astrology sources, I heard that my sign needs to, and I quote, “This week - Take things slow. Go dark. Hide. Don’t push things.” If you know me at all, you know that absolutely NONE of those things are my strong suit. None. Nada. But, ironically, the piece I wrote is about how I need to start slowing down and being more patient. I was so ready to rush to publish this piece on slowing down and being patient. Then I read my astrology calendar note to take things slow and not to push things. I took it as a sign that I need to save that piece for publishing next week, or whenever my astrology says I can come out of hiding.

Now you may be saying one of 2 things. Either 1 - “Krista, astrology isn’t real and it is stupid to base your life off of it.” To that I will say, “Shut up.” The other thing you could be saying is 2- “If you are not supposed to publish that, why are you publishing this?” To this, I will say, “Great question. I appreciate your concern for me and my choices. I also asked myself this question. But don’t worry. It’s ok. Cause this piece is just a fun, fluff, filler piece that doesn’t pour my heart and soul out. So there really aren’t any big risks to putting it into the universe right now.” So with that, I am going to give you a “Top Five List of Why I Love the Show ‘Emily in Paris’ Even If I Am Incredibly Embarrassed to Admit It”

1 - The Fashion! If for no other reason, how fun is the fashion in this show?! I mean, come on! That’s the least embarrassing reason to watch it. Listen, I am like a bird when it comes to what attracts me to shows. Bright colors and shiny things! Why did I love Friends so much? The walls were purple. Why could I never get into Seinfield? The walls were off-white and everyone wore dull colors. Simple as that. Season 3 is chock full of neons and I am HERE FOR IT. Is every outfit something I would wear, or even something I think is fashionable? No! But it invokes strong feelings either way.

2 - The men are HOT.

3 - I cannot look away from Lily Collins caterpillar eyebrows.

4 - Sylvie is a middle-aged woman unapologetically hooking up with men from all over the world on the regs, including ones who are much younger than her. What an inspiration.

5 - Because this show boosts my endorphins. The stories and the dialogue and all of it just reminds me how I would play with my Barbie dolls when I was younger. Like, everyone’s lives are so perfect even when they’re not perfect. They have to choose between two jobs or two guys and that is just so hard. Everything wraps up with a perfect little bow, even when it’s supposed to be messy like “OMG! I lost my job or both guys found out about each other and now no one wants to date me!”, but like it just feels like such childhood make-believe to me. You know that the issue will be resolved within one to two episodes. Something about it just feels like how I used to dress my Barbie dolls up and have them go to their perfect job in the perfect city in the perfect outfit and then go on the perfect date with their perfect boyfriend and oh no they are stressed with their boss or they get in a fight with their boyfriend but everything will be ok by the time I am done playing with them. The stakes are so low. Cause they are Barbies. And the stakes are so low on this show, because it is just all fun, cheesy, nonsense. That type of play just creates such an endorphins boost for me, and I am here for it. Watching it like motivates me to clean my room and wash my face and get dressed up cute.

Well, guys, I hope you enjoyed all this fluffy nonsense. Next time you hear from me, I will hopefully be in the clear with my astrology, I will have spent some time editing my other piece, and I will be ready to hit publish on it. And hopefully I haven’t built it up too much that it will be disappointing when I finally do send it out in the world.

xoxo