Never Been Kissed

 

Hey Everyone! 

I hope you all are doing well, and I hope you all have a wonderful June. I know Graduation is approaching and weddings are happening, I am so excited and happy for you all.. 

Congratulations to those who are celebrating all these amazing achievements. This is another step and milestone in your journey and always remember and cherish forever. 

I have decided to write about one of my favorite movies starring Drew Barrymore, Jessica Alba Micheal Vartan, David Arquette Molly Shannon, James Franco and a whole cast of wonderful people. 

The movie starts off with a girl named Josie who is a little insecure and she is a twenty five year old copy editor of the Chicago Sun Times.

She’s never been in a real relationship, one day her editor and chief Rigfort decides to let her do an undercover story at a high school to help parents become aware of Their children’s lives, her first day at South Glen South High School is miserable.

Josie reverts back to her old geek persona that ruined her first high school experience, she unfortunately has a run in with three obnoxious popular girls, Kirsten, Kristen, Gibby, and the schools most popular and attractive student Guy Perkins.

Josie is losing hope, she befriends a kind young lady named Aldys, she loathes Guy and his Gang she invites Josie to be a part of her group Denominators a group of intelligent students.

Josie is falling in love with her English teacher Sam Coulson and becomes the top student in his class after reciting  a romantic excerpt from Shakespeare to Sam, she has horrible flashbacks to when she read a romantic poem aloud to her class to her high school crush a boy named Billy Prince who later asked her to the senior prom Making her dream come true.

However on the night of the prom Billy arrives with another girl, and they do something really mean they hurl eggs and insults at Josie, that humiliate and break her heart, one evening while hanging out with Aldys they come upon Guy and his gang at a local hangout called the court where underage drinking happens and other things.

 Her managing editor Augustus Gus Strauss loses patience with Josie after a rival paper scoops the court story  and orders Josie to become friends with the popular group in school, he arranges her to wear a hidden camera and soon people become obsessed with her story.

Josie confides in her brother Rob about her fears, Rob who was their  most popular high schools boy in their teens urges her to start anew and urges to let go of her old self,  and he helps her fit in with the popular crowd, much to the dismay of her new friend Aldys, Sam and Josie grow closer, Sam struggles with his feelings he thinks she is a high school student.

Guy and Josie attend the Prom as Rosalind and Orlando from Shakespeares as you like it, her coworkers and Anita are really enjoying watching from the camera and tickled pink when Josie is voted Prom Queen, As Guy dances with Aldys as an act of friendship.

The popular girls attempt to dump a can of Dog Food on  Aldys, outraged Josie prevents that from happening and the dog food ends up on the popular girls, she throws her crown away and ends up revealing who she is, she praises  Aldys for her kindness and warns the high school students that one’s persona in high school means nothing in the real world.

Sam is hurt about her lies and states he wants nothing to do with her, the other person that is angry is her brother Rob whose identity was revealed by Josie which ruins his second chance at baseball when he was a fake student, Josie makes amends by securing him a job as a baseball coach at the school, Josie vows to give Gus a story and writes an account of her experience. 

You will have to see the rest the movie to find out what happens next, I can assure you it is a happy ending for everyone, I decided to write about this movie because I love the story and how it can relate to where people are in their parts of their life. 

It made me think of when I was in high school, and the dreams and plans I had for when I was done with high school.

 I am so thankful to all my teachers that helped me in my journey while I was in school and preparing for the real world, I had a good relationship with all my teachers and I stay in touch with all of them. They were a part in who I am today. Also high school musical was a part of my childhood, and journey to music. It’s also a part of who I am Today. 

And I also wanted to tell you always stay true to who you are, never think you have to change yourself for someone else to get them to be your friend or like you, the real friends will like you for who you are, and be there for you whenever you need them. 

And other people who pretend to be your friend will like you for what you can give them and not like you for who you are. 

If you have had a scary past experience, try to grow from that and believe everything will be ok and that you are a phenomenal person on the inside and outside and that whatever people you have in your crew will always be there for you, you can always count on them for anything.

I have a wonderful crew of friends that I am so happy to have, also I am so glad and grateful to have my big sister in my crew, she’s a good person to have around and in my crew. 

I am glad to my church family in my life too, I have a lot of church family members and friends that look out for me and care about me and my journey in life. I am so grateful and thankful for them and all they have done for me and they really care about my dog baby Elijah, that makes me happy as well because he means a lot to me.

 She knows me better than I know myself, I call her my big sis because she feels like a sister to me and I talk to her about everything, she is a really fun lady and always brightens whatever room she in.. I could go on and on.. she just means a lot to me.

 I would like to give you a tip, it is good a thing to keep the people that stay with you in your ups and downs, not just celebrate you when you are having a lot of ups and not downs.

The people who love and care about you will be there for always no matter what you are going through, I have a lot of wonderful and amazing people in my life who have been there for me and have known me since I came into the world as a baby, they always support me and encourage me and make me smile.

Stay true to who you are and always love and celebrate yourself. The real you is absolutely amazing and a bright and shining star 🌟.

My favorite scene from the movie , is the finale part of the movie, where she loves who she is and she cel herself and everyone is cheering her on and happy for her. 

That scene always makes me smile. 

Drew Barrymore really brings Josie to life, and you feel like she’s actually the character in real life. Check out some of her movies when you get a chance, you will absolutely love them. 

I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to watch a good movie.