6.3.09

Depression era fun

Okay, okay, what can we do... what did people do during the 30s?
Fashion's fun.  We can all embrace the "dirty waif" look.  "Textured" hair, super thin, a thick layer of grim covering your skin.  That saves on hair products, is always fashionable, and the grim not only allows you to save on soap, razors, lotions, it also lets you conserve water.   And the filth will probably act as a sunscreen.  And we'll all pretend this look is intentional, that it's chic, and then we'll compete over you can be the skinniest, dirtiest urchin.   Oh, and fingerless gloves are always cool.
Dine and dash anyone?  With our bare feet and tiny bodies we should all be quite nimble, especially after getting some much needed nutrients.  And who knows, maybe going to spend a night in jail will be a good thing?  Four walls and a roof, three meals a day, a cot and a thin blanket will be better than another night on an ever expanding skid row, huddled around a garbage can fire.  So this dine and dash thing is not just fun, it also practical.
If only my grandma were alive today, I could ask her... but then again she was a kid during the 30s.  And lived on a farm.  In the deep south.
This requires much thought.