The Hit List - At Least Once A Day I Offend Someone

At least once a day, I offend someone. It’s usually not on purpose (well, sometimes it IS).

Sometimes I am too silly (“You should be more serious.”).

In business, I can be too serious (“Geez, lighten up – who do you think you are, Martha Stewart?”).

My independence has often bothered men (“Girls like you might tell a guy to f*ck off.” For the record, I did tell him just that.).

My musical tastes have always been a source of problems for some:

From time to time, I got threatened in school because I listened to Punk back in the day before it became mainstream. My leopard print shirts and thick eyeliner didn’t help matters as Izod was de rigueur back then.
My parents were horrified that I listened to the Sex Pistols so they burned my album. The next time they tried that number on me, they didn’t know that I had switched The Sex Pistols with their precious Bobby Vinton album. Buh bye, blue velvet!
I begged my parents to let me go and see the Plasmatics. They forbid it (rock music is eeevviilllllll). Wendy O. Williams got arrested at that show and beaten for being “obscene”. (She became my idol that day. I’ve always had a soft spot for bad girls.)
My love of hip hop and rap really ticks some people off (Words from a middle aged white man: “Middle aged white women shouldn’t be talking rap lingo.” Ummm….what am I “supposed” to talk like? Dummy.)

My goofy little t shirts and love of Hello Kitty swag make some roll their eyes (“Why don’t you dress your age?” Because I’m immature, duh.).

I don’t read fiction. I adore television. (This was appalling to my highly educated writer daughter who read all the classics. I have somehow managed to convert her to the wonders of Bad Girl’s Club. Lowest common denominator, friends.)

My taste in movies horrifies a few (favorite movies are Happiness and Requiem For A Dream – yeah, I’m dark like that).

I am unapologetic about my decadent eating habits (Screw green smoothies and give me a chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting! Sorry health nuts, but I can’t and won’t live a life of deprivation. I need something naughty at least once a day.).

The fact that I work as a tarot reader is VERY offensive for some (“It’s against my beliefs/this is bullshit/do you really believe that stuff works/people pay for that/you are going to hell, etc.” You wouldn’t believe the flack I get. If you work as a tarot reader, you better have a thick skin because you will piss people off all the time just by existing. Mind you, I NEVER force my tarot on anyone.).

Because I have the audacity to charge for my work offends some fellow readers (“How dare you make a living doing this.”).

My readings sometimes offend clients:

Too vague (the future is not always clear, sorry).
Too right on (I once told a man with a vasectomy that he would have a child. He laughed and said he was fixed. A few months later, his partner is pregnant with twins – and yes, they were his. He got angry at ME. Dude, that is your doctor’s fault, not mine.)
I didn’t know the answer (I am not a know-all-see-all and never claimed to be.).

If you add in my belief system (all the way to the left), you can bet your sweet bippy that someone won’t be happy with me should they be curious enough to ask me about politics.

Yeah, I am a repeat offender on multiple counts and I make no apologies for it.

PS Cats paws never offend me. That’s TaoZen’s paws up close. BEAUTIFUL!

Other Stuff:

The new site, Bustle, is offending lots of people.

I love Chola girls (always thought they had mad style). Cholafied is HILARIOUS. The Clint Eastwood Chola kills me!

Not sure how to size your images for your social media stuff? This guide will set you straight.

Apparently, that whole biological time clock stuff is bull.

I pay attention to what teens are doing. Not because I think they are bad but because I think they are smarter than most adults and they always have their fingers on the pulse of what is going on. Apparently 13 year olds are ditching Facebook. Hmmm…..

I am IN LOVE with this bag by 3.1 Phillip Lim <-I want it in bright orange!

What I’m grateful for this week:

My cohost, Bri Saussy, who is never offended by my ways

Brand new leopard print shoes (see the picture at the top)

My mailman is back on the beat

Awesome clients who “get me”

Watches that work

Massage, massage, massage

A day off to brainstorm

Soundtrack for 8/17/13: I am all about Die Antwoord – who definitely push some taste boundaries and offend with delight: