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Date Posted: 09:22:18 03/13/06 Mon
Author: 23
Subject: Re: Some frog legs.....perhaps???
In reply to: taurus 's message, "Some frog legs.....perhaps???" on 21:17:16 03/09/06 Thu

I don't know quite how to articulate why it bugs me so much, but I'll try.

To me, CC was always one of the few artists who was more interested in the roots than the foliage. More concerned with exploring our insides than our outsides. He always seemed more annoyed than anything by his own attractiveness - that it brought baggage he would just as well not deal with (fans only interested in his looks, it distracted from his music's message, etc.).

To me, that attitude was so intertwined with his art that it was almost central to what he and SG and the whole Seattle movement were saying: that superficial things don't define you, the contents of your heart and mind do.

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[> Re: Some frog legs.....perhaps??? -- lump, 09:43:58 03/13/06 Mon [1]

I agree. He learned to embrace being pretty instead of battle it. Because, as you know, it just sucks to be attractive. People are nicer to you and they might even actually listen to you.

I'm being sarcastic and I do know people like that! "Oh it's so hard being attractive!" weep weep weep fuckin' weep. I bought that shit 15 years ago. I even remember thinking "Jesus Crimany, I can't even walk through the f'n mall without some guy googling at me." Yesterday, after going through my hs yearbook to find my nephews teacher (that I graduated with), I thought it'd be funny to give myself 80s hair. I had my bangs up probably 3 or 4 inches - and no one even noticed because no one looks at me. I wore it that all day. Just like my new contacts - no one noticed that I wasn't wearing glasses all weekend either except my son. I'm like the invisible guy on Mystery Men.

I think we get a little wiser as we get older and embrace our good qualities as much as we can while we still have them.

In a way, it turns my stomach too. Chris a model! Puke. But another part of me kinda understands.

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