04.11.14
It really has been too long. That's a phrase that was very popular in the 1950s, but in the case of the home of a certain 96-year-old-woman, it's gone beyond too long, back into the realm of campy, and now it's downright fucking cool.
The link at the end of this article is of a house that has been completely kept up with authentic 1950s decor, and as long as you can't get enough of bright colors that make it look like noon when bathed in moonlight, then you are going to be floored by this shit!
I don't know when the word 'floored' came to mean hypothetically being knocked off one's feet. I'm certain it was before the 1950s.
Anyway, just look at this place. Personally, it made me long for a time where people covered up their bigotries, prejudices and alcoholism with pastels and "oriental" design. Where women still knew their place and pregnant teens were treated as though they donned the scarlet letter and were explained to others as victims of 'refer madness'.
A time where kids could still deliver newspapers without parental consent because they were still too scared to tell their parents about the guy who says his house is made out of candy...from the inside.
A decade where free love got you nowhere. Unless you were a dude, then it got you a promotion. Women could only be secretaries, which was the style at the time.
Finally, jello-molds. Everywhere. Fucking everywhere a goddamned jello-mold with fruit hidden like "treasure". Fruit is not a treasure it is a terrible necessity! \
I don't like a lot of fruit.
So please, enjoy this great thing guaranteed.....a 96-year-old woman's home, literally, from the 1950s.
http://www.hgtv.ca/photos/gallery/?gid=6de87f25228a34488b5868fba7132c55#!/6
dad here--:). I finally got to read some of your articles--not all of them because I couldn't stay up that long--well, maybe I could have--but I have to be in some sort of sane shape for work the next day. :) It's already 3 minutes before midnight on May 12, 2014. Anyway, I enjoyed reading your writings. I like the craziness, zaniness and your perspective/opinion of what is absurd and culturally imprisoning. :) Love you and will check out more of these jewels of writing. :) See you soon. :)
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