Telling lies --> Becoming the next queen bee?

Last night I was having cocktails with a friend and of course I told her all about my little project. She actually knows all those people in my school I was referring to (although she doesn't go there any more).

She had a very interesting theory on how people become popular. According to her, it's all about being a good liar.

Seriously? Do you just have to tell lies to make people like you? And if yes, what kind of lies? Do you just brag or what do you do? But I seriously doubt I could really just lie to people to benefit from that.

My friend, let's call her Julie, also suggested that you get popular by badmouthing people since that's all the "in" people in my school ever do. But, really, how on earth would that make you popular?!

Any opinions on this? I'm really lost.

Lauri xox

Don't get me wrong

I just received a comment saying I shouldn't just try to be popular because it's not worth striving for - I absolutely agree. For everyone who misunderstood me earlier: This is just a project, this is not who I am. I kinda see it as a sociology experiment, "Distribution of Popularity in Social Groups" or something. =p No way I'm THAT superficial to be aiming to become Regina George!!

Lauri xox

Don't you just hate it?

Okay, so I'm a perfectly normal girl - 18 years old, senior year in high school, 1.73 m tall, blonde hair, pretty slim. I like reading and writing stories myself and I'm actually planning on becoming a journalist or an author - anything to publish my stuff - some day.

Anyway.

Have you ever noticed a girl in your school or college being totally gorgeous, totally smart, totally well dressed, totally sweet, totally popular - and a total b*tch? Of course you have. The thing is, there is a girl like that in EVERY school - in every social group for that matter.

Why I'm asking you this? Well - you've probably watched "Mean Girls", that movie where Lindsay Lohan (I LOVE hating her with every fibre of my being) plays this completely innocent girl who moves to the USA from Africa and gets into this really popular girl clique. Head of it is Regina George, probably THE mean girl.
Or maybe you've seen "Gossip Girl". Does the name Blair Waldorf ring any bells? Just as mean as Regina, probably even more.

So my point is, why exactly is it that these girls get so popular? YES, they're pretty, YES, they're loaded and YES, they can be really charming. But they can also be total b*tches. So how do they do it?

I'm not wondering about this because I'm an insecure, unhappy individual that is looking for attention. It's just that for the yearbook, everybody in my year was supposed to write something about everybody else. Today we got the results - and you won't believe how rude some of these comments were (allegedly, I'm never wearing a bra).

So I couldn't help but wonder: What makes people popular? And, more importantly, why is it that so many people who do have the premises do actually be popular aren't? Is there some formula which you can apply to get popular? I have to find out, cause this is really bugging me.

So what I'm going to do is this: I'm starting university in about eight months and I'm going to try to get popular. I'm going to do all the things that Regina and Blair do - minus being b*tchy of course. But I'll need help!! So I'm counting on you - how do you become a queen bee?!

Lauri xox