A Letter From The Editor
Tired of ‘Angry Young Men’
(Not Too Thrilled With ‘Angry Young Women’ Either)
I
t was the first lovely, sunny day. I
had my sunroof open, my satellite
radio played “Soak Up the Sun.” I sang
along, woefully out of tune, but who
cared? Right?
Life was good.
I was turning on to Santa Fe Drive
from East Lee Street. Two young
women on bicycles had zoomed past
me on Lee Street, with their hair flying,
already showing off their spectacular
tans (where did they get those tans?)
and they stopped at the crosswalk at
the intersection. So did I. I looked both
ways. The cross walk signal was red.
The traffic light turned green, the cross
walk signal stayed red and I started
to turn, but to be on the safe side, I
looked to my right one last time, just
in time to see one of the girls slam into
the side of my car. Both girls screamed
obscenities and took off flashing the
proverbial “California Hello” at me as
they peddled their rude selves away —
probably they were looking to create a
nuisance elsewhere.
I wondered why they were so
angry? What could possibly be that
wrong? I was driving to do some work.
They were clearly out having fun in
the sun.
I suppose that they were ticked
off because I took the lights seriously
while the two of them took their turn
out of turn. Really?
A few months ago, I went to
Walmart to pick up some roses to take
to a Super Bowl party to give to my
hostess. As I approached the check-
out stand, two women in Mu-Mus on
electric wheel chairs put the pedal to
the metal in an effort to get in front of
me in line. One succeeded while the
other rammed into me. It was a painful
encounter. Then the woman that had
rammed into me spewed obscenities at
me. Then they both laughed.
They weren’t young at all. But they
were angry and nasty.
My husband told me that it served
me right for taking roses to a Super
Bowl Party. “… like it was the Rose
Bowl, or something.” Very funny,
Honey.
But back to the subject of the angry
scooter drivers. … Soooo Angry. Why?
Angry ‘bout Biopic
Everyone loves a good biopic,
right?
Plans were in the works a few
years ago for one about
Taylor Swift in talks to Play Joni
Mitchell. Sounds great? I thought it
did. So did lots of other people —
except for Joni Mitchell.
In April 2012, it was reported by
Rolling Stone Magazine that Taylor
Swift was in talks to portray folk
legend and Rock and Roll Hall of
Famer Joni Mitchell in the big-screen
adaptation of Girls Like Us, a
book that focuses on the impact
of Mitchell, Carole King and Carly
Simon. As recently as October 2012,
Swift admitted that she was still eager
to play Mitchell, but the role hadn't
been confirmed yet. Five years later,
we finally know why the film wasn’t
officially greenlighted. Ms. Mitchell
stopped the biopic from happening.
“I sque