So tonight, I went shopping with my mom. Since I'm going someplace hot, I needed a few new wardrobe basics, and there are a LOT of places having great sales. Sears, for instance, has Lee capris and shorts on sale for $18, and Old Navy has tank tops for $6 ( Read more... )

But it was interesting ( Read more... )

They wear pink t-shirts with puppets dancing ballet on them. I'm standing in line at the bank, wearing a hat over my short hair along with this shirt, a pair of black capris, and greyish-black mary-janes with pink socks ( Read more... )

A long time ago, I was working at a high school. I was only about 7-10 years older than the kids I worked with at the time, but to some of them I was as much an adult as the actual teachers (one of whom was my grandmother). One day, as I was minding my own business and eating my lunch, one of the girls comes over and asks me, "Hey, Mausie, how come ( Read more... )

You get into a situation where you need a snappy retort and you can't think of anything more clever than 'Fuck you, Jack!'.

Today, for the first time in I don't know how long, I had a simpleton make nasty comments directly to me about my appearance. (And they made them because they knew A) I was right and B) there was no excuse for their behavior ( Read more... )