this morning #776.

this morning, as i took another good, long look at myself in the mirror, i’d decided that i was decidedly the dictionary definition of “tall, dark & handsome.” well…i possessed at least TWO of these characteristics. the third was always up for debate. the tall part was a given. the dark part was a given. the handsome part depended upon your tastes when it came to the dark part. that was the long & the short of my eastern european émigré existence. half of the people i met loved me & the other half feared, ignored or loathed me. that last half wasn’t sold on the idea of that i deserved the “handsome” label. beauty standards have evolved. a lot of folks just didn’t evolve along with them.