Indecent Exposure

Cocaine Princess here.

I trust you all had a brilliant and patriotic long weekend filled with stars and stripes, maple leafs and fireworks. There's always something about a long weekend that makes me lazy or maybe it's because it's summer. The summer months are a slow time for me. Bookings for my fittings and shoots slow down but pick up again once the Fall season rolls around.

I decided to take a mental break this week. I thought it might improve the condition of my sleeping problem which by now I’m sure you’re all so sick of reading about. I went into complete relax~o mode or at least tried to. I couldn't believe how hard of a time I had trying to unwind. I kept repeating over and over to myself, I'm going to relax......I'm going to relax...... which I found anything but relaxing and on top of all that my brain refused to quiet down. One thought after another.....I was left feeling stressed out with a pounding headache, in other words Operation Relax~O totally backfired.

I use to think I must have done something really awful to tick off the Sandman but now I’m convinced I’m simply cursed with not being able to get a good night’s sleep. My sister on the other-hand sleeps like a log. Now that she is off for the summer, a couple of times this week I went into her room in the middle of the night and woke her for the sole purpose of informing her I couldn’t sleep. I figured if I couldn’t, neither would she. I’m quite the wicked one, aren’t I? 

The meteorological conditions this week have been ridiculously hot and I’ve been relishing every second of it despite the constant heat alerts advising people to stay indoors. Yeah, like that’s going to happen especially since winters up here are tougher than nails and seem to drag on and on. To quote my sister from the other day, “The ’80s band Bananarama had it right when they sang, Hot summer streets and the pavements are burning..........” We’re into our third heatwave and it's only the second week of July. I love the oppressive heat. From a fashion standpoint I love being able to wear little shorts, skirts and flowy dresses with open toed stilettos as opposed to heavy sweater coats, hats, mitts and boots. I've been hearing people complain, it's too hot. And to those who say that, I wish I could smack them upside their head! How soon they forget how brutally cold our winters are and coincidentally they are the same ones who complain during the winter months, it's too cold. Later on today and according to reports it’s going to feel like +50C with the humidex. The hottest it’s been so far has been in the high +40s and that felt like standing directly in front of open flames, so I’m not sure what +50C will feel like. Hmm, actually this might be the perfect opportunity to conduct the “it’s so hot out I can fry an egg on a sidewalk” experiment or maybe I’ll place kernels on the sidewalk and see if I can pop popcorn. 

I envy the little ones in this boiling weather— they run around in nothing but their underwear and sometimes not even that. I’ve seen a few in my neighborhood running butt naked through the sprinklers giggling and laughing without a care in the world, so innocent and carefree. Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could do that as adults? I suppose we could but there's that pesky little thing called "indecent exposure."   

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Have you seen this? Some guy in England went berserk at a T-Mobile Store after being refused a refund. In the video, he's seen ripping down the displays, yanking cords from the wall, and throwing the retail store’s merchandise in a fit of rage.

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   My loyal and dear readers, it's finally Friday!!                                                              Whatever your plans are have a steamy weekend.~x                                                           XOXOXOXO,                                                                                                                 Cocaine Princess