fashion
My slow, inevitable decline into grumpy-old-man-dom continues unabated. Almost every second day something comes over the wires that has me sucking in my teeth, shaking my head slowly and mutteringly darkly to myself something involving the words “back in my day”.
Today, it’s the news that the male bouffant is back. I kid you not. According to those in the know, in the next 12 months anyone who is anyone will be wearing big hair and even bigger muttonchops. Which means, by my calculations, out where I live blokes will catch on to the fad sometime during mid 2010.
Now, I don’t like either big hair or big bushy sideburns. I once saw a guy who had muttonchops but no hair at all. It was quite bizarre. But, as Sarah Jessica Parker is reported to have said recently “let your freak flag fly”. I take that as definitive proof she (SJP) has completely lost the plot.
By the way, I quite like the word muttonchops. It has a comforting sort of feeling about it.
Running
An “easy” 10k on the old marathon program turned into 15k with 6 fartlek 60 second surges and one m*********er of a hill. Hey, it felt good, why hold myself back? Perhaps unknowingly I was letting my freak flag fly. That probably accounts for the strange looks from passing pedestrians.
The program is going well, 10 days in. I have a scheduled rest day tomorrow, then an easy and a long run to do on the weekend. The long run is planned to be with a few people from the ESRG at the Koonung trail, which starts, allegedly, at Springvale road. Not exactly an auspicious beginning, but we’ll see.
Filed under: training | Tagged: ESRG, fartlek, fashion, sprinvale road
The fact that you list The Stooges as one of your favourite bands,yet you dared to mention..Pussyskankdolls in my blog,means that you may very well be bound for the 9th level of hell!
A place where John Howard wins consecutive elections,Alan Jones is considered a valuable source of opinion on a boring breakfast show and Bert Newton is STILL on tv!!
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That reminds me. I must update my profile thingy. I didn’t realise people actually read these things.
jh, have you actually seen that “Grumpy Old Men” show - I love it. I relate to almost everything they say, so I think I’ve slipped wel and truly into grumpy-old-man-dom !!
I am more concerned by the fact that as a 33 year old female I too have turned into a GOM, very worrying.
Hmmm, the bouffant and the mutton chop, throw in a ‘tash and the streets will start to look like the set of a bad 70s porn movie. Not of course that I am that familiar with bad 70s porn movies, it is just how I imagine they would look, aww heck, I’ll shut up now or you’ll get all sorts of weird(er) visitors to your blog.
Surely it is time for you blokes to look like complete tossers- we have looked ridiculous for years, all starting with those shoulder pads combined with drop waisted dresses all the way to bubble dresses. Time for you to let your freak flag fly (whateverthehell that means).
Surely your big muttonchops (I prefer sideboards cf sideburns)and Buffon aren’t going to assist JRuns aerodynamically?
May I suggest waxing all body and facial hair in a very vain attempt to reduce drag. Actually this might help you in drag, but still