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OK, I owe some people some interest elaboration.
Linnea wants me to describe "meh."
LOL. Well, OK, Linnea. "Meh" is on my list because it so perfectly sums up my attitude towards a lot of things. It's not quite as versatile a word as "fuck", but still really useful for connoisseurs of ambivalence and/or apathy such as I. The "meh" is most successfully used when accompanied by the "meh" body language gestures: one side of the mouth (preferably the left) quirked to one side, a slight squinting frown, eyebrow raised on the same side as the quirked lips, and a short, noncommittal shrug of one shoulder only, on the same side as the quirk and the eyebrow raise. Do it with me: "...meh." Don't you feel all apathetic now? Tingly.
Next we have Alyssa, who wants me to explain my love of "converse all-stars."
Oh, Alyssa. You don't even know. It started in 1992, when I was a sophomore in high school. My very first pair of Converse were black hi-tops. I got them for $18 at a store in Towne East Mall in Wichita that I wish I could remember the name of. Visions? Something like that. They soon became a work of art. I drew on the rubber parts, my friends drew and wrote on them. My friend Erika wrote her phone number in purple ink across the toe of my right one. They acquired rainbow glitter; green stage paint from painting the sets for our variety show; artists' clay; all sorts of embellishments until they finally fell apart four years later. I wore them ALL THE TIME.
I also have owned: green low-tops; black low-tops; another pair of black hi-tops; pink hi-tops; and black hi-tops with red/yellow/orange flames. My husband has worn red hi-tops for as long as I've known him; they're kind of his signature shoe. He even married me wearing them. <3
And then, we have Nathan wanting to know about "dr. bronner's magic soap."
This stuff is great, dude. GREAT. It's pure castile soap, gentle but effective and you can use it for EVERYTHING. They have seven or eight varieties, all with hemp seed oil and some other kind of essential oil: eucalyptus, orange, tea-tree, etc. The labels alone are worth the sticker price: every single millimeter filled with Dr. Bronner's trippy-dippy philosophical and spiritual ramblings! Complete! With many exclamation points!
You can read the label here; you should be able to click on it to zoom in and get the full goodness of it.
Linnea wants me to describe "meh."
LOL. Well, OK, Linnea. "Meh" is on my list because it so perfectly sums up my attitude towards a lot of things. It's not quite as versatile a word as "fuck", but still really useful for connoisseurs of ambivalence and/or apathy such as I. The "meh" is most successfully used when accompanied by the "meh" body language gestures: one side of the mouth (preferably the left) quirked to one side, a slight squinting frown, eyebrow raised on the same side as the quirked lips, and a short, noncommittal shrug of one shoulder only, on the same side as the quirk and the eyebrow raise. Do it with me: "...meh." Don't you feel all apathetic now? Tingly.
Next we have Alyssa, who wants me to explain my love of "converse all-stars."
Oh, Alyssa. You don't even know. It started in 1992, when I was a sophomore in high school. My very first pair of Converse were black hi-tops. I got them for $18 at a store in Towne East Mall in Wichita that I wish I could remember the name of. Visions? Something like that. They soon became a work of art. I drew on the rubber parts, my friends drew and wrote on them. My friend Erika wrote her phone number in purple ink across the toe of my right one. They acquired rainbow glitter; green stage paint from painting the sets for our variety show; artists' clay; all sorts of embellishments until they finally fell apart four years later. I wore them ALL THE TIME.
I also have owned: green low-tops; black low-tops; another pair of black hi-tops; pink hi-tops; and black hi-tops with red/yellow/orange flames. My husband has worn red hi-tops for as long as I've known him; they're kind of his signature shoe. He even married me wearing them. <3
And then, we have Nathan wanting to know about "dr. bronner's magic soap."
This stuff is great, dude. GREAT. It's pure castile soap, gentle but effective and you can use it for EVERYTHING. They have seven or eight varieties, all with hemp seed oil and some other kind of essential oil: eucalyptus, orange, tea-tree, etc. The labels alone are worth the sticker price: every single millimeter filled with Dr. Bronner's trippy-dippy philosophical and spiritual ramblings! Complete! With many exclamation points!
You can read the label here; you should be able to click on it to zoom in and get the full goodness of it.
