What I Don’t Get
WHO LET HER IN ???
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I’m with you on the pink hair. How can unnatural be beautiful? But don’t ever tell me wrinkles are ugly. Just not so!
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That’s a promising prospective I will attempt to adopt. I do love them on Patti Smith, I will say that, and it could be the way she wears them…like badges of honor nobly earned.
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Susannah, I agree wholeheartedly with every one of your peeves. But I have to admit that if I was a teen or young twenty I’d probably try blue hair. Not to sound ageist, I’m bewildered by those over 40 with colored hair. It’s akin to wearing a mini dress beyond your time.
As for the old person we see in our mirrors, I think they are reflections of the future us, not the present. Like an old Twilight episode.
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That’s cute. I love that. π
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Don’t be hard on yourself. Embrace aging! But you may be onto something regarding hair coloring products. Maybe these company should embrace colors as “Pink Ham”. Hi SB.
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Hi Frank. Yes, but then, only pigs would buy it. That didn’t come out quite the way I had hoped.
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The line about writers writing about what they are writing about struck a cord. Every time I see that happen I want to ask the writer, “Who do you think gives a flying fuck about your angst in the writing realm?” I know the answer, of course, no body. Yet they continue to do it. Makes me gag. Hair, wrinkles, people in relationships that should end, and dog walkers are the unanswered questions of life. It is fun to keep asking though. Desi and Lucy tomorrow.
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TOMORROW!!!! YAY…Love you gettin all down and dirty John…who gives a flying fuck…love that, because it’s so true. Just write cause you have to, because you love it so and we’ll see it like a rainbow over the sky. Your 2 cents just went up. π
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Now worth three I hope. π
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At least!!! π
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Oh goodie.
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When I come back from my run, I’m tunin’ in to Ricky and Lucy. I’ve really looked forward to this John. Truly!!! π
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Riled up this morning! Γ°ΒΒΒ
Best,
Hal
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Gettin’ riled can be good for a girl…like shakin’ out her rugs. π
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I think I’m with you on just about all of these.
Pink hair … I’ll go a step further. The people (mostly women) whose hair is pink one month, blue the next, blonde the next, black the next, etc. I’m a big believer in one’s natural hair color. π Even when it involves turning gray. Embrace the gray!!!
Don’t get me started on kids with smart phones. Just absolutely drives me crazy.
People preening … I don’t see much of it on FB, but yes, on Twitter, there is a writing “community” that is filled with people who tweet their every step in the process, along with the whines and complaints and the cheers and accomplishments. It gets pretty tiresome.
Dog owners … who not only don’t walk their own dogs, but haven’t been trained with them. Dog owners who don’t keep their dogs on a leash when out and about. Grrrrrrrrrr….
As with the gray, embrace the wrinkles!!!
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That’s why I mentioned you . I remember your rant about kids with phones. It’s so wrong. BOOKS BOOKS …KIDS NEED BOOKS!!! Embrace the gray,..well…I dunno about that. It’s still a gray area…harumph π
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Definitely not black and white!!!!
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Your site by the way, is noted at the bottom of the piece…:)
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The crazy hair colour thing, I get not (nor care). I put it on the live and let live chart.
Writers bitching about their writing drives me up the wall – like their whining is going to get them encouragement from the outside… John said it perfectly π
Dog owners – what in the hell is the point of getting a dog if you are not going to take care of it? They could have gone to loving homes instead of yours!
And I’m a cruel mom. The boys wanted cell phones? When you can afford it, buddy… Coz Mama ain’t buying you one. I can’t understand children in elementary school with phones. I can barely understand them in high school.
Handsome only gets you in the door… if you’ve nothing to say? Buh-bye.
As for the staying in a relationship that no longer works? I know too many and when they start to complain, I stop ’em. Don’t want to hear about it. Your choice, your misery. Do not drag me into it!
Good grief! My comment is almost as long as your post. Apologies…
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I loved this. It’s like we were on a panel…The Cyber View.
Dogs in the city are often treated like cars that stay in the overpriced garage. They just don’t want to be bothered unless it’s all about them. I see it all the time, and because of the casual narcissism, dog walkers are buying houses in the Catskills.
And yes, just shut up and write, get your hands on a nice copy of Good Dog Carl, stop dying your hair the color of ice cream cones, and try not to be just another pretty face. Oh yeah…if it’s over, and there’s no more life there….pull the damned plug.
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Haha! Too funny.
I’ll never understand that whole have dog/car/house status thing.
Damn straight. Do or don’t, it’s your choice but stop bellyaching!
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Choice sometimes comes in questionable packaging.
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This is very true.
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I don’t even notice the hair colors any longer, they’re just so common.
As for social media, it’s where adults go to behave like kids. There’s young at heart and then there’s whatever the hell is going on with that stuff.
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Social media is why no one reads anymore Mr. Imma. And it’s a damned, motherfucking shame.
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For all the good that social media can and will do, I also predict it will lead to a science fiction scenario in society that will not end well. Hell, in a lot of ways it has been leading there for some time now.
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It’s like Apocalypse Now…Now.
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That is what is called spot meeting on, SB
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Really? Couldn’t we be mistaken, or at least pretend to be? Sigh
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Let’s pretend to be
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Okay…reminds me of that Vonnegut quote. βWe are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” π
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Ain’t that the truth. I should be thankful that I never worry about pretending. I borrowed from the Popeye handbook . . I yam what I yam!
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One of my all time favorite quotes. I’ll bet it was one of Kurt’s too. π
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I’m believing you
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He just confirmed. Just got home. Apparently all bars stay open 24/7 in the ether. π
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In the ether, you drink right? Because if so, the gang meets up at Pete’s Tavern.
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I love Pete’s Tavern, still there on that little quaint corner, P.J. Clarkes, it’s only rival, 30 blocks up.
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May the classics live on
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Long may they wave..turn?
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Both
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Excellent!!!
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Options are good. Sushi, or ham???
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Sushi, definitely sushi
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Me too. We’ll lucky not to have gills.
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Worth it
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I’m growing a few more as we speak…salmon quinoa roll, anyone?
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Yes please
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Comin’ right up.
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As a guy with very little hair…I guess the idea is have fun.
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I guess not just girls, wanna have fun, after all. π
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The desire for fun is universal…though definitions vary.
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We all could use a little fun, especially now.
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Somewhere out there is a pink-haired writer who has dogs she never sees, a baby who is being raised by her cellphone and who spends all her time on social media and yelling at her husband, the anti-Susannah. π I don’t understand the people who pay others to take care of their things, such as walking their dogs. If you have too much stuff that you don’t have time to take care of it, you might have too much stuff, I say. Great post, as always.
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This SO made me laugh…the beginning especially. Yes, the anti-Susannah covers it. You’re so funny David. I needed a chuckle. BAD!!!
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