Saturday, April 27, 2013

(3...2...1....that's what SHE said) It's A Small Thing

Thanks to Smosh for making me feel like a real idiot for enjoying a 20-something comedy show at my more-than-double-your-age.

still, what should age have to do with getting a joke?

I remember being thrilled and forever (and still) far more fond of my older cousin (sorry, Frank) who was also an authority figure, working as a science teacher in my Jr. High School, when I discovered he and his wife owned THE Fleetwood Mac Album.

A generation gap breached. OK, in fairness to Frank, he's not old enough to be my father, but my mother was 8 years younger than her twin brothers, Martin and Frank, Frank Sr. of course being my cousin Frank's father. I figure with identical twin brothers born during the depression to a coal-mining father and Campbell's Soup Factory-working, flame-haired girl working in Philadelphia but longing for her small-town home and determined to be happy there no matter what...

My Babci (Polish for Grandmother.) The family was very proud of Polish heritage, spoke Polish to one another, but never to the children. The church (split from the Roman Catholics---another big story....shoot...violence in the streets...stay tuned)
  RIP Frank McCourt no disrespect but I got a couple stories to match...

I was watching Kurt Cobains widow, The Hole girl, talking to Barbara Walters and really sounding condescending, but that's Courney's stock in trade... astonished Walters had heard of some Cobain tunes and stating that's when it was all over for the REAL music revolution.

Is it because if the music were REALLY real, an older generation would have hated it? Is it the filters we gather as we age that smog out the true? Is that why younger folks see better? Lack of cataracts?

Filters are there for a reason. Not always a good reason. And that's why some old folks revert to being more Emo when they were as kids, before the term "Emo" was even invented.

I was Emo before it was hip. I have the diagnoses to prove it

Where am I going with this?

Older is not smarter.

Smarter is not better.

I shall walk upon the beach and I'll eat a fucking peach
like a motherfucking bawse
dumbass

LULZ



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