“Hello Goodbye,” Ugly Betty

So, inspired by my previous post, I just spent the past 18 or so hours watching the second half of this season’s Ugly Betty. There were tears, there were laughs, I went through about every emotion imaginable. This show had much more of an impact on me than I first realized.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized why I loved this show and kept up with it even when life got so busy I stopped watching everything else (like Heroes, sadly). Betty Suarez, to put it simply, is my homegirl. She really is. She’s so bright, positive, and ambitious. It’s baffling. She studied English in college, just like I’m doing right now. She’s a woman of color, just like me, and I loved how the show treated her Latina culture at home both so casually and seriously. The series finale even had her moving to London with a brand new glamorous job, something that I’ve been aspiring to do. Betty ran a blog on the show that was about inspiring people and writing about stories that matter. I can’t believe I haven’t realized just how inspiring this show has been until now. I wish so much that I could pursue my ambitions the way Betty did so determinedly, that I can learn from the way she handled all the adversities that came after her.

So thanks for the inspiration, Betty Suarez and co., and no props to you ABC for canceling one of THE best shows that was on your roster. It’s bad enough Lost is ending this year…