Ha Ha Ha! This is funny. I'll bet Preparation H, Tylenol, Viagra and watery beer are being passed around in more-or-less equal quantities.
True story: while spending a summer with relatives in northern California, my cousin and I were dragged to San Francisco for a day of Mom-organized touristy crap. A day at the zoo and an art museum or two wasn't the least bit amusing; we wanted to go surfing. Yes, we were two vocally unhappy 13 year-olds until Aunt L took a wrong turn and the day suddenly included a tour of the SF's Haight-Ashbury district, 1967's "Summer of Love" epicenter and - this being the summer of 1967 - a pretty cool place to be.
Wow! Hippies! I still remember Mom being scandalized by the numerous, braless young women. Of a bra's purpose I had only a dim understanding, but I was pretty sure they usually contained something interesting, something that got even more interesting with fewer layers between me and, well, them. Thus, to my Mom's everlasting chagrin, I sided with the hippies. (No, I haven't really matured very much in the intervening 40 years. I'm a man and infantile. Deal with it.)
Moms' attention diverted, cousin J and I took off; only after several hours of frantic searching were we located, keeping company with a pack of rather menacing Hells Angels (and this was back when Hells Angels and their Harley-riding brethren were not nice, middle-aged suburban car dealers and soccer moms.) Yet this pack had adopted us as their mascots...or prospective drug couriers...or something.
Mom and Aunt L were decidedly not amused. The punishment was worth it though, cuz next time they took the path of least resistance - dosing us with Dramamine for the ride over the mountains to Santa Cruz and a day of surfing Steamer Lane. Of course I also got another lecture, this time about the evils of skimpy bikinis. What do you bet I didn't see the problem then, either?
iPod Shuffle: "Diva (Bliss Mix)" by Poi Dog Pondering, from "Electrique Plummagram." My favorite Chicago-based electronica/jam/alternative/worldbeat/folk/rock/dance band. That about sums it up.
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