Happy Saturday, LilyOnTheLam.com Readers!
I started out this wonderful day being treated to an early birthday breakfast by Ms. Wrigleyville. I'm doing this new trend (yes happening 2 times in one month constitutes a trend!) where Ms. Wrigleyville buys me free breakfasts!
I have several more social events today, so this is going to be a quickie "Ohhhhhh America!" post. I live in a building with many many elderly residents. I live in Florida, after all. Most places you go in Florida are a visit to God's Waiting Room.
There are both pros and cons to being surrounded by elderly people. One neighbor sincerely tells me she loves me every time she sees me. Talk about positive energy.
But I have to say that many of my elderly neighbors are stereotypical older folks - lots to complain about, eating dinner at 4 p.m. and have an overall crotchety personality even if everything in the world is going right.
We have a "lending library" in our lobby. A place you can leave books you have already read for others to take. I noticed that someone had donated a bunch of new books. There was a chick lit book with a possibly sort of salacious title, sitting on the shelf. I picked it up and I noticed that someone had taken a small piece of wrapping paper and taped it across the book's title.
I was at first confused and then I started laughing when I realized what was going on in here. Someone didn't want the title to be seen as they read the book in public! They had actually taken a piece of gift wrap - that was similar to the book cover's colors, cut it to perfectly fit the title and generously scotch-taped the paper on the cover so that there was zero chance that the paper would fall off. That's some serious wanting to hide what you're doing (or reading, in this case.)
I don't know if other countries/cultures have this - I find it to be particularly American - wanting to hide your naughtiness and trying to cover up who you really are. I think life is too short - own who you are, own your salaciousness! Let everyone see your freak flag fly! Read those naughty books and don't let yourself be defined or judged for doing it! Stop taping book covers!
God bless my elderly neighbors and their sense of decorum though! (Except for my next door elderly neighbors who loudly, loudly, loudly have sex. They need a greater sense of decorum!)
Have a wonderful Saturday!
I started out this wonderful day being treated to an early birthday breakfast by Ms. Wrigleyville. I'm doing this new trend (yes happening 2 times in one month constitutes a trend!) where Ms. Wrigleyville buys me free breakfasts!
I have several more social events today, so this is going to be a quickie "Ohhhhhh America!" post. I live in a building with many many elderly residents. I live in Florida, after all. Most places you go in Florida are a visit to God's Waiting Room.
There are both pros and cons to being surrounded by elderly people. One neighbor sincerely tells me she loves me every time she sees me. Talk about positive energy.
But I have to say that many of my elderly neighbors are stereotypical older folks - lots to complain about, eating dinner at 4 p.m. and have an overall crotchety personality even if everything in the world is going right.
We have a "lending library" in our lobby. A place you can leave books you have already read for others to take. I noticed that someone had donated a bunch of new books. There was a chick lit book with a possibly sort of salacious title, sitting on the shelf. I picked it up and I noticed that someone had taken a small piece of wrapping paper and taped it across the book's title.
I was at first confused and then I started laughing when I realized what was going on in here. Someone didn't want the title to be seen as they read the book in public! They had actually taken a piece of gift wrap - that was similar to the book cover's colors, cut it to perfectly fit the title and generously scotch-taped the paper on the cover so that there was zero chance that the paper would fall off. That's some serious wanting to hide what you're doing (or reading, in this case.)
I don't know if other countries/cultures have this - I find it to be particularly American - wanting to hide your naughtiness and trying to cover up who you really are. I think life is too short - own who you are, own your salaciousness! Let everyone see your freak flag fly! Read those naughty books and don't let yourself be defined or judged for doing it! Stop taping book covers!
God bless my elderly neighbors and their sense of decorum though! (Except for my next door elderly neighbors who loudly, loudly, loudly have sex. They need a greater sense of decorum!)
Have a wonderful Saturday!
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