Some 16-year-old boy in skinny jeans, a dumb hat, and a dumber haircut is playing the exact same song I have been practicing (I initially and intentionally used the British spelling practising, but changed it just in case someone thought it was an ignorant misspelling; I would have chosen the Anglo version if only Firefox were a bit more worldly1 and thus accepting of the spelling of my choice) on guitar…his skills are superior to mine and I am thus thoroughly put out, mostly because this is the second time today that my petty insecurities have made me feel like I have not yet surpassed the emotional age of fourteen, though I will note that, over time, Sex and the City has made me a bit less shameful about feeling that way, which just proves that both her diminutive height and weight does not keep Sarah Jessica Parker from changing the world, one pussyfooted2 twenty-something at a time.
- Ha! Yes, “worldly” meaning more Anglicised (oh hai i alglicised anglicised while talking about anglicisation!1).↩
- This word needs to find its way back into the collective unconscious’ working vocabulary. Used correctly or incorrectly, I would like to hear “pussyfooted” thrown around much more superfluously than it currently is.↩
Be mean. Keep it dirty. Stay off topic.