Obsessions of a Teenage Melodrama

Weekly Obsessions... Try it On

Other than the rather splashing (especially dashing) Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront ......my thoughts have turned to the rather clever but exceedingly daggy poncho.

 As I personally have never been afraid to wear such a previously unfashionable item, their sudden popularity is unsurprising to me. Poncho's are the rage of the age! And that has set me wondering whether 'daggy' is the new 'cool'? Since forever being daggy was it's polar opposite and was chosen by uncool people (me) as a way of actively avoiding the popularity rat race. One must note that Cynicism is over rated, yet preferable to try hard coolness.... here think DARIA...(just act as dead pan as possible). 

Yet Poncho's to me seem a harmless new addition to being trendy, as they're rather woolly and over enveloping, tending to lump it over the better half of one's body.

 As a bonus there is no need for near nudity!

Unless of course you are sporting the string variety, quite popular with 00's crocheters. 
Poncho's, besides their obvious attraction as a highly patterned 'cover it all' are a darn sight useful. They can double as a impromptu picnic rug, tent, sun hat, towel, wash cloth etc.... it's up to your imagination! They are also really great to dance in, as they tend to limit wild hand movements and cover the hesitant starting dance shuffle. Ex American President Bush, not my preferred person at the best of times, has accurately demonstrated my favourite the 'it's alive, it's alive' move! I find that it tends to happen to poncho novices.
Trippy 
So I will happily raise my glass with poncho lovers world wide and recognise the value of a truly multi-talented yet fashionable item! Try it on!
Adiós 

Word of the Week

This weeks Word of the Week is....

Gorge. 
This is not a miss spelling of the word that refers to a valley or canyon. No, this word refers to something that is wonderful, beautiful or positively happy making.


This word is a common abbreviation of the well-known word Gorgeous. But the hipster youths of today (otherwise known of as our awesome girl gang who spends their time eating chocolate chip cookies and watching eighties movies wearing double denim) now refer to the word as Gorge.


An example of this is when someone tells you that they are taking you on holiday to Bali, and you will be smuggled onto the plane in a carry-on bag and your response is,
 "double cool with nobs on! Sounds Gorge!!"

Another could be when you see a lanky lad walking down the street in the afternoon sunshine, and an appropriate exclamation to this wondrous sight would be,
 "Gee whizz!! He's gorge!!!"














I hope this has enlightened you on the language of today's youth. Try using it in conversation, it works a treat.