Cupcake Du Jour
January 2012
25 posts
“When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t.”
—Jodi Picoult
“During the course of her lifetime, the Wacky Chick is subjected to twice as many hideous occurrences and fetid situations as a regular chick. She’s visible, she’s out there and if anyone is going to be hit by a rotten tomato, it’s the wacky chick. Without bucketloads of resilience, her wackiness will quickly be eroded by the vicissitudes and decaying veggies of life.”
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From “Wacky Chicks: Life Lessons from Fearlessly Inappropriate and Fabulously Eccentric Women” by Simon Doonan. This hard won life lesson is the very reason I’m here. Or, to paraphrase: If you’re boring and ugly no one will mess with you. I, on the other hand, cause trouble wherever I go… Nuff said.