In my opinion, there are a plethora of people who are confident, interesting, and worth knowing about. However, over time, there are only a few true badasses, and only a small amount of people who will become true badasses themselves.
Definition: A badass: 1. adjective. Pertaining to a person who knows who they are, isn't afraid to show it, and frequently displays their personality physically with wild hair, outrageous make-up, and unbelievably good clothes. They don't care what others think and are completely fearless. 2. noun. Someone who is perceived to have the qualities of definition 1: aka someone who isn't afraid to yell into the microphone, wear sunglasses at night, or rock a hot pink skin tight bodysuit. 3. noun. Some THING that is perceived to be ridiculously unique or irreplaceable: such as Mexican food, vespas, or brightly colored clothing.
Examples: "Badass" in a sentence:
1. I have the most badass hot pink vespa with bitchin' tires.
2. This chimichanga is completely badass.
3. My dad is one badass m*tha' f&%ka'.
For now, I'm just going to start with badasses of the past, because once I started this project badass, I realized it takes a while. And what kind of badass has time to sit on the couch and blog all day??? (NOT A ONE!
BADASSES OF THE PAST
Edie Sedgwick (April 20, 1943 – November 16, 1971)
My mother gave me a picture when I was about 13 years old, living as (what I thought of myself:) a daring teenager with a fierce "you can't tell me what to do" attitude, who was actually a completely clueless teenager with an unnecessary attitude. However, she gave this picture of me because the girl in the picture reminded her of me: the girl was Edie Sedgwick. For years I had no idea what the background of the picture was, but I eventually learned about it and about the girl in the picture. I often looked at the picture and because it reminded my mother of me, it also reminded me of myself, and I felt it necessary to discover who this girl was and what her life was all about. Eventually, after some research, I realized: she was a complete and utter badass.
Edie Sedgwich was an actress, model, and heiress, who is known for her relationship with Andy Warhol (another total badass). In her short life she accomplished quite a bit, and appeared in many of Warhol's short underground films of the 60's. She has a strikingly beautiful look, much like Audrey Hepburn, with a little bit of grunge and "bad girl" look emanating through her soft appearance. Back in the 60's, Edie left home to find herself in New York, and try a life on her own to make it big, make it to hollywood. I think anyone with dreams like that who actually attempts to achieve them, has huge guts, especially during a time when women were encouraged to stay at home and play the more typical womanly roles of the house. Edie unfortunately got into heavy drugs which eventually lead to her demise, but hey, she followed her goals and really lived, right? Isn't that what's most important?
Learn about her, it will be worth it:
http://www.warholstars.org/stars/edie.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-lnz2MbPkw&feature=related
By the way, the picture my mom gave me appears as my blog profile picture.
Heart: specifically when singing "Alone" (1987)
See for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxfdDrKO8uM
If you don't agree, you're not badass potential.
Rocky Balboa, All 5 movies, and, really, Sylvester Stallone
Because when you google "badass," this is who should come up. We should all want to be that cool.
New Kids on the Block (NKOTB)
For obvious reasons.
But, their new stuff stinks, so that's why they are in the "PAST" category.
More to come, this is taking too long.
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