This is a sentence/idea that has been running through my mind for the last few days. I can't quite get it to work how I want it to, which is why I haven't posted it yet. But since it's not any further than it was before, I thought I'd just post it anyway:

... It was the most real I've ever felt. Yet it seems like the moment wasn't good enough, wasn't real enough, to be in a movie. And for some stupid reason, that's important.

Wishing I Were a Man

For various reasons I often wish, and not in jest, that I were a man.

expanded:

For various reasons that I will not expound upon, I often wish, and not in jest, that I were a man.

expanded:

For various reasons, many all-too-obvious and hence not worth mentioning by name, I often wish, and not in jest, that I were a man.

I think I might like the original the best.

I also came up with:

Dang! I wish I was a man!

But that's a little too strong for what I'm trying to say, I think.

or

I have often wondered by what wisdom God decided to make me female.

or

Oh! The advantages of being born male! Or so I imagine.