How Sweet it is!!
Quote of the day:
"Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me." - Zora Neale Hurston
Yesterday was an interesting day. I had to go to the post office and as I pulled my ticket and read number 91 and saw that we are number 70 with two people working in the back, I knew that I’d be there for a while. Luckily, it was Halloween in Berkeley so there was plenty to keep me entertained. I’d have to say that one of the many highlights was seeing the man dressed in the skin tight, and I do mean skin tight royal blue track suit, with a red cape, complete with clothespin holding it together in the front and red and green converse with the cuffs of his pants tucked into them, furthering the tightness of his pants, pull back his red plastic cowboy hat (?) and actually judge the woman who sat next to him wearing the hot pink wig with matching hot pink ripped shirt for the inappropriateness of her outfit. I couldn’t figure out what either one of them were, I was assuming that he was some sort of Urban cowboy/superman, or maybe it was just a regular Tuesday for him, who knows, but I did have to give him points for nostalgia’s sake for the clothespin holding the cape on. The woman, I couldn’t call that one at all, my only guess was that she was the lead singer of the 80’s cartoon the Jets, but I don’t remember seeing any breasts on that show. Either way, it was too much. However, the award goes to the man I saw the day before Halloween, standing on the corner wearing a black and yellow horizontally stripped tube top, a yellow tutu, yellow track shorts that were frighteningly short, yellow and black knee socks, wings and antennas on his head smoking a cigarette, handing out candy. Did I ever tell you how much I love Berkeley?
I was never really allowed to do the whole Halloween thing as a kid. I think I got a couple of tricks or treats in, but Mom and Nana weren’t really into the whole Halloween thing. Needless to say, as an adult, I have never felt the need to celebrate. I do have some sense of the holiday spirit and dressed up yesterday as a writer. Hey, I pulled the suede loafers out for that one. One thing I have truly learned to appreciate about the day is all of the candy that is now sitting in Walgreens marked at 50 to 75% off waiting for me to take advantage! HA! Happy Day After Halloween everyone!!
Peace Y’all
B