Sunday, December 27, 2015

[30 DAY BLOG CHALLENGE] The Meaning Behind Your (Blog) Name

Hiya, guys!


So today I'll be writing about the meaning behind my blog name. It originally says 'the meaning behind your Tumblr name,' but because this is a Blogger site and not a Tumblr page, it's fitting that I explain just that.

The blog name is Navy Is The New Pink, and that is also the name of my Twitter and Instagram accounts. The name came from a line by Elle Woods in Legally Blonde: The Musical which I actually wrote about as my very first post back in September 2010.

How about I repost the whole thing so that everything is clear? Ready? Then click 'Read More' to see it!

'This isn't a perfect world. You think I haven't been judged my whole life? You think it wasn't a good idea to make navy my new pink?'

In the Broadway version of Legally Blonde, Elle Woods asks this question to her buddy Emmett Forrest to convince him to tweak his looks a bit to at least 'look the part if he wants to get ahead.' Sure he may have the smarts, but 'casual Fridays are so not in Callahan's vocabulary.' The same way, she asks this question to tell him that sometimes, you have to let go of a little part of your old self to make way to a more 'situation-appropriate' you.

And not long after, I realized that Elle does have a point. Because at one point of my law school life, there are some things in my old self that is not befitting to my new world, and I don't have much choice but to give them up. But it was all worth it, because I'm starting to get the hang of it. While I didn't start out exactly the right way, there is always room for improvement in the coming days, and all you have to do is to make the most of it - study hard but make sure to take time for your own personal growth.

So is making navy my new pink is a good idea?

I thought so.

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