Sunglasses

This was bound to happen eventually: my love of sunglasses to carry over into my writing.  My friends tell me I have a problem, an addiction to sunglasses.  I collect them; I wear them all the time, whenever I go somewhere and sunglasses are sold, I must try on pairs; and I’m always asking for sunglasses as a gift.  Plus, I never leave home without a pair.  To concretize my obsession even more, I have two pairs of sunglasses in my car at all times and usually carry two pairs of sunglasses in my purse.  I love sunglasses.

I thought it was time to create a list of what your sunglasses say about you.  This is just for fun and purely joking, so do enjoy!

1)  The classic Raybans make any person who wears them at least ten times cooler.

Not even my complete collection of shades!

I own ten pairs of Raybans style shades, and still need a yellow pair and a purple pair…one day.  But, Raybans are so stylish and go with anything and can offer a pop of color or complete a look.  They’re the ultimate pair and I insist everyone own them.  Raybans scream confidence, energy, and youth.  What’s not to love?

2)  Oversized…typically worn by women, and women who know fashion.  These chicas are dressed to the nines: heels or pumps, dazzling earrings, perfectly primped hair, makeup done to a T, and a luxurious blouse.  The oversized sunglasses grab your attention and insist, “look at me.”

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3)  Aviators….we all know who wears these….

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4)  Your ultimate hipster chick will wear cat eye sunglasses.  These girls are usually clad in some type of shirt from Urban Outfitters, wild colored leggings (I’m picturing violet right now…), and jewelry found from a vintage shoppe.  This type of person also listens to music you’ve never heard of, always has a Starbucks to go cup in their hand, and has a bit of dyed hair.  Most likely they can be found at art schools.

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5)  These are your typical older gentlemen’s choice in sunglasses.  A tad sportier, and if you’ve seen Tiger Woods on TV he’s been known to wear these “sportier” shades.  Dads at soccer games, or at grocery stores or vacationing far from home tend to break out these bad boys.

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6)  If I’m not mistaken, Kanye West is to thank for making this a popular trend.  Only posers wear them.  If you see someone wearing shutter shades, run away.  That person probably worships Kanye West, thinks All Time Low is punk music, agrees with the statement: sun’s out, gun’s out, and probably is wearing too much neon and could thusly blind you.

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7)   The round style or John Lennon sunglasses are worn by folks trapped in the 70’s.  Those who love Pink Floyd, The Beatles, their cigarettes, and hearing themselves talk strut around in these.

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Need More Writing

Someone asked me what made me want to write, and I struggled with an answer.  I replied that in first grade we were given an allotted time to write stories, and it was my favorite part of the day.  I described that I wrote a rhyming poem on my white board at home that made my mother cry because of the subject matter.  I explained that writing is my drug and I’m addicted.  I’ve been doing so much writing lately because I am taking Nonfiction and Fiction, and I couldn’t be happier.  I’ve composed a list of quotes all about writing, literature, poetry, and authors because I simply cannot get enough:

 

1.  “Every good writer writes shitty first drafts.” – Anne Lamont

 

2.  “That is part of the beauty of all literature.  You discover that your longings are universal, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone.  You belong.”  – F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

3.  “At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato

 

4.  “There is nothing to writing.  All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” – Ernest Hemingway

 

5.  “The crown of literature is poetry.” – William Somerset Maugham 

 

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6.  “A short story is a different thing all together – a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.” – Stephen King

 

7.  “For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.” – Catherine Drinker Bown

 

8.  “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” – Stephen King

 

9.  “Writers live twice.” – Natalie Goldberg

 

10.  “Writing isn’t just a hobby for me or a way to pass the time. I write because I need to. Because words flow through my head to my fingertips and beg for life. I write as a way of life. I write to relive memories. I write to forget. I write to escape. I write to create. I write to stay sane. I write, yes, because I want to, but also because I have to. Because writing is a part of me that grows and thrives with me. I write to understand. Understand the world around me and the people who inhabit this world. I write to understand myself. I write to express myself. I write because it makes me happy. But, I also write when the sadness or anger or loneliness is too overwhelming and writing only makes it worse. I write to inspire others. I write because I’m inspired. I write because I need to. I write because I don’t know how not to.”  – Me