This is S.O.C.DRAWER however twee or formulaic the title, tough
shit - it stands for stream of
consciousness drawer, like your sock drawer except it contains some or all of
the ceaseless babble that crowds my head.
If you don’t like/agree with it, don’t read it. Simples.
Being longer in the tooth
than some, I will observe the formality of introducing myself, oh who am I
kidding, it’s an ego massage. I am
slightly educated, two A levels, but no degree.
I live in London, born here in fact.
I hate ageism and even though my body is now putting up a fight, I think
the same as I did in past decades only now I have the confidence to speak up
and where possible put it into action.
It is an absolute joy not to give a toss what people think, one of
several positive aspects of not being young. Don’t get me wrong (please), the
battle against being made to feel that age is a nasty withering disease and
that being over 50 means I should just shut up and stay on the sofa, is one I
sometimes feel I am losing. Fuck that though. I write articles, I sing (used to get paid for
it) recently joined a gospel choir, I dance for fitness (jazz and zumba) and
mainly because it gives me huge pleasure and because I am musical, I’m not bad
at it. I watch all dance programmes and
sit there grinning with joy and wonderment when I see talented dancers. Jazz, hip hop,b-boy, locking, contemporary, latin. See I even know the terminology.
I have a
strong particular style that includes a few tattoos, some of you will
immediately downgrade me for that, if so, a) I don’t give a shit, b) you are
living in the past. I am short (petite
in polite circles) and am a mixture of earthy and head in the clouds. The earthy side includes being the opposite
of prudish. I am sexual, but that’s none
of your business. I swear lots, but not
instead of vocabulary – I love words and use them as an art form. I love to
entertain and often bang on about how I wish I had achieved a career in same. I am happily married to husband three who is
one of the few good (at several things) men on this planet. He is my friend and wonderfully supportive.
Like me he is not conventional or stereotypical. I don’t do stereotyping. You’ll notice that from what I write in this
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