Say cheese.
1 A few weeks ago I decided to stop wearing sunglasses.
2 Not all the time, mind you. No Californian in his right mind would do that.
3 I thought of not wearing sunglasses when its raining or cloudy.
4 There are people who wear sunglasses everywhere.
5 I'm always amazed at people who go shopping for groceries while wearing sunglasses.
6 It kills me.
7 I've attempted it. One time I tried it with red sunglasses.
8 Long time ago. Just to see how it was.
9 I remember how much louder my inner voice became.
10 My thoughts seemed louder thanTurkey-in-the Straw playing on a neighborhood ice cream truck.
11 Everything and everybody remained red. I moved through the vegetables. "Don't these people see that I'm not only wearing sunglasses, but that I'm wearing RED sunglasses?" I asked.
12 I walked down the soup aisle. "DUDE. You're RED!" my mind said. I saw another guy wearing sunglasses and again my mind spoke for me. "How can you read the labels if you're wearing sunglasses?"
13 I swear to you. I finally took my sunglasses off and put them in the baby seat of my shopping cart.
14 One guy came in and he wasn't exactly wearing sunglasses. He had them on, but backwards so that they hung tight on the back of his shaved head. He had two layers of lower-head rolls. He weighed close to 300 pounds and wore a a tight tank top.
15 Ever see that guy? He walks through every store in America.
16 Whenever I have tried doing that sunglass trick the sunglasses would fall to the floor. You have to have perfected it the same way a magician perfects his magic. I eventually hung them around my neck. When that didn't work I just stuck them back into the baby seat.
17 I've always stood spellbound and in awe of Backwards Sunglass Boy.
18 I'm not sure exactly how it all works.
19 Any time it's a weekend or a holiday, you will see him.
20 Guy's good.
21 Moving on, Part One: I'm WAY overloaded with work this week into next. I may need to cut the length of the DN.
22 <crickets>
23 I officially fell behind yesterday. I'm not sure when; I just did. Maybe it was the essay trifecta I threw on my sophs. This can back things up like a new bridge span.
24 Moving on, Part One: Yesterday was 50's day. I didn't even know it. People still said, "Nice costume Mr. H!"
25 They're starting to call me that. I like it. Some YB students called me Mr. H, but the majority called me simply "H". It always worked for me.
26 The student wasn't being sarcastic.
27 Anybody lookin'?
28 Honestly.
29 Nice costume. Hilarious. He probably referred to my coat, which seems to cover five decades: 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, and 90's. Classic. Each decade always has old guys in coats.
30 Works.
31 Today is 60's day.
32 What's amazing is this: I don't have any 60's stuff.
33 Over the years my decades' clothes never followed the latest fashions. I was always pretty much a jeans/pocket-tee/ball-cap guy.
35 Second Wayne's World reference in a week.
36 I've pretty much dressed the same my entire life.
37 I had very few tie-dyes, none of which were homemade.
38 I did wear Lennon sunglasses. I even wore those Byrds' Ben Franklin glasses. I used to LOVE those mugs.
39 My hair never got too long. I let it grow a little, when I had some.
40 I wore paisley ties, but I always wore paisley ties.
41 And I've always been a hat guy.
42 I have no tie-dyes anymore; I think I threw my last one out last week.
43 I have a Simon and Garfunkel T-shirt, light maroon with the two of them almost in a cut-out silhouette. It all blends and looks old and faded. It's a nice look, if anybody's lookin'.
44 I also have an army-style shirt a-la Lennon.
45 So we'll see. It's fun.
46 I hope I don't get pulled over by the bacon.
47 Huh?
48 Nevermind.
49 I decided that my morning traveling music will be The Mamas and the Papas.
50 Bought If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears on Saturday for only $5.99 at Barnes and Noble. I didn't even know today was going to have a 60's theme. The CD cover originally had the toilet censored. How times have changed.
51 dafjksldfjdfjdsjkfjdsfds;kljf. I'm thinking of bringing brownies today, but that's probably going a bit over the top.
52 Anyway, I ain't trippin'.
53 Never did, really.
54 Anybody lookin'?
55 Gottago.
56 Peace, brothers and sisters.
~H~
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