I'm My Own Person!

Sometimes I feel like I am ahead of the curve of cultural fads. What I mean is I usually don't go along with the fad at the moment. I have a steadier hold on the beat of my own person. As Lucy from the Peanuts comic strip would say "I'm my own person!"

I was first introduced to this saying in the 70's when my best friend, Audrey, (who by the way is still my best friend!), gave me a felt wall hanging of Lucy from Peanuts saying "I'm my own person!" Back then Audrey saw this charicteristic in me. If I remember correctly I was sometimes known to buck her ideas about certain things. Things like her like of the new fashion trend, "Hot Pants" I would never have been caught dead in Hot Pants. Audrey on the other hand went right out and ordered some from a catolog! Let me tell you, both of us at the time did not have the shape to be wearing Hot Pants...if you know what I mean. (sorry Audrey!) Even though I knew I would not look good in a pair of Hot Pants I was still hell bent on not being lured into this fad of the moment.

In the mid 80's I was slimmed down and ready for anything considering I was just coming out of a bad divorce and lost even more weight from my exes constant and dellusional lying. I remember I shopped at Fashion Bug alot and had purchased alot of trendy clothes. Ah Ha!, she did buy clothes that were trendy for the time! Yes, but I had the guts to wear these different clothes around the people I worked with that were really stuck in a fashion black hole. They would never try anything different from the norm. It had something to do with Kodak and the fashion perradime they were in!!!! I think.............well anyway, I was ahead of the times when I wore the cute little peddle pusher type pants with the zipper up the sides while everyone else wore just plain old shorts! I was my own person when I wore the baggy shirts with leggings! Now that I got that off my chest..... I do not know if anyone that I worked with noticed this but I sure did!!! Sometimes I am a legend in my own mind..............I digress.

Another example of being my own person is being a conservative. I worked at Kodak for 28 long years and toward the end of that reign I found that it was always better to keep your mouth shut and not say anything about politics or religion. Isin't there a saying that you should never talk politics or religion in mixed company or something like that. In other words, never argue with idiots you will never get those precious minutes back!!! LOL!!! Anyway....I was mostly out numbered when it came to politics. But there were times when I did open my mouth and stated my views. When I did that I would get looked at like I had lobsters coming out of my ears!!! But sometimes you just have to say what you believe in.....that statement leads into Sarah Palin and her debate performance last night................

If there was ever someone who is her own person it is Sarah Palin. Man I don't know how she can put up with all the digs the other side is strewing at her. She must really have thick skin and is really in touch with what she believes in and who she is! I just love her. As I have said before, she is a breath of fresh air. She did a fantastic job on the debate last night and I believe she held her own against that mean Joe Biden. What was going on with his forehead anyway? Sarah Palin has convictions and most importantly she talks the talk and walks the walk!! Never wavering always steadfast in her convictions.......Palin all the way in 2012!!!