Mary-Kate On Her Own

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Mary-Kate Takes Independent Route

So Mary-Kate Olsen wants to "do independent study" in her sophomore year. Funny...I don't remember any "independent study" options in *my* college sophomore year that would allow me to skip to the opposite coast, but whatever.

It seems like every time there's talk about Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen doing something without the other, then "it's the sign of possible rift." Enough with the rumor-mongering already...

Listen up, folks: these girls aren't Siamese twins; they're not even identical twins for God's sake. They're adults now, and certain people profess to be shocked because they might not want to be attached at the hip 24/7. Frankly, it would be a little freakishly weird if the girls *didn't* do things separate from each other once in a while.

And, of course, when you've got a multi-million dollar empire to fall back on, that's quite a cushion in case things don't work out for her on the Left Coast.

So I say good for Mary-Kate...and good for Ashley. It'll be good for each of them to develop their own styles away from the other, so that people finally get used to the idea that they are indeed separate individuals.