Go Big Blue!

First, a moment of silence for one of Hollywood's screen legends. A man who brought Ben-Hur to life. A man who spoke those immortal words on screen that I'll never forget: "Damn you....something something". I'm speaking, of course, of Gern Blanston. I mean, Charlton Heston.

And now, back to our regularly scheduled posting...

I'm one of those people that blends into a crowd unnoticed. I can shop at the same place forever and noone will recognize me from one visit to the next. In fact, I've been passing through the same Southwest terminals at SMF and LAX nearly every week for the last 10 years and no Southwest employee ever recognizes me. Why? Because everything about the way I look is average. Imagine how frustrating it is, however, to visit the same restaurant over and over with no recognition, only to have my husband walk in with me after 6 months of no-shows on his part and have people greet him like a long lost friend. I suppose if my lily-white ass was a tall mean-looking Asian ass, people might remember me better, but come on already.

This is leading to something so bear with me.

While blending into crowds, I tend to wear plain old ordinary clothes: Jeans and a sweatshirt - my uniform. I've worn sweatshirts for about 137 years with nary an utter from my fellow humans. However, I recently acquired a UCLA sweatshirt and now I get somebody talking to me every day I'm out with it. Nobody gave a Sherlocked shit about my Humboldt State or Sac State outerwear, but when I don the Bruins garb, I get the attention I finally deserve. Everybody has something to say to me when I'm wearing the Blue. Today, on the plane, as I was winding my way down the aisle, some guy in Row 3 wanted to know who was winning the game. And then had the temerity to give me grief for not knowing. I guess that'll teach me not to go out uninformed.

By the way, UCLA lost to Memphis tonight. Does that mean I can't be seen in this sweatshirt now? Does this also mean I should hit the Ivy League online clothing store and load up on a whole array of conversation starters?

...IN OTHER NEWS...

So one of my new best friends, Karen, over at Midlife's A Trip has been so kind as to link to Nanny Goats In Panties in the Midlife Women Blogger's section of her site. Thanks, Karen! May the pixie dust of a thousand fairies be sprinkled on your soul.