Friday, February 10, 2017

F-Foxy On the Run





You've all seen this, hell, it even still happens in old adulthood, people trying to climb socially, gain a better spot, lord over all. The worst example of this can be found on the desk of the Today Show. All those personalities are the bygone Golden Girls/Boys who still can't give up their competitive nature. I think the Today Show management think this trait is a huge plus, along with other prerequisites before they're hired. Watch them all vie for the leadership spot when some sort of silly game or demonstration with all included takes place on the show.


I once witnessed this on a personal level at a high school reunion where the washed up top echelon was still trying to keep their perch amongt us 45 year olds at Chello's on the Waterfront. At 45, most of us wanted to sip beer, eat too many horderves and just talk. When it came time for the alumni photograph, the “Class Officers of '82” sprung into action and tried like hell to herd us all into a shot. I think half of us just wandered off due to their being unable to operate a digital SLR in due time.


I met again, by accident, a girl I knew to be a wannabe snob back then. She tried and tried to gain acceptance into that higher teen clique. Her failure was due to “trying too hard” and being god damn obvious about it. She'd toss boyfriends aside by “trading up” and won the wrath of the other girls by being as untrustworthy as shit. To gain position amongst the girls, you have to violate the shit out of any secrets told to you, to the girl holding a higher position. Hopefully you'll be promoted.


But today...


She had the same face, albeit with 53 years of life, abuse and general living etched on it. None of us can escape that. But also there was that “50 Miles of Bad Road” look to her as well. Not all of us have that. She had that tiredness about her, a frumpiness from yo-yo dieting and I swear, a bit too much of cocaine/booze/late nights and divorces about her as well. We can safely add a kid or two who didn't do too well in life either. No First Place trophy in her past I can tell you.


But..she still was name dropping to me as we stood in the line at CVS. You better be careful in RI about name dropping as everyone knows everyone else. She had hinted at a guy who went to my old high school at St. Rays, who then years later, almost gave the school $1 million dollars as a gift, only to be arrested by the Feds for embezzlement a month after that announcement.


You know Jacob Tattaglia, the financial planner that was arrested? I said.


She realized her mistake and said, “Well..I did...in the early '90's...through my personal trainer.”


Uh-huh” I thought.


Hell, I'm a guy, I was scanning her up and down and making a judgment...”God..you really are worn out” I thought to myself...”you used to be a little sex kitten...not anymore.” And yet she was still at it, trying to impress.


It don't work honey...not at our age and especially not with looking like a dish rag.


But, she won't change, no one really does.





I don't want to know your name

'Cause you don't look the same

The way you did before

OK you think you got a pretty face

But the rest of you is out of place

You looked all right before



Fox on the run

You screamed and everybody comes, a-running

Take a run and hide yourself away

Fox on the run

F-foxy, foxy on the run and hideaway



Ok, it's bubblegum but weirdly true in a line in CVS. Click and enjoy!

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