Thursday, July 03, 2003

A gal from the Clerk’s office just dropped off some paperwork. I chat with her ocassionally, but it’s been a while since I had last seen her. She’s a platinum blonde (most likely from a bottle, although she looks to have been a real blond when she was younger, like most of us) with fair skin that freckles.

Today, as I approached the non-bulletproof window to talk to her, I thought maybe she had gotten too much sun and she was peeling. But no, she has huge splotchy freckles. And it got me to thinking…

1. Freckles are only cute on anyone under the age of 30.

2. If you freckle, you should limit your time in the sun and use a lot of sunscreen, especially on your face.

3. Don’t try to get the freckles to merge so that it looks like a tan. It’ll never work.

4. If your freckles are of the large variety rather than the dainty ones, wear a hat.

I freckle, and burn, and peel, and blister. I’m a prime candidate for skin cancer. So after a couple of stupid years in my 20s, I stopped attempting to tan because it never happens. So I’m pasty white all year round, but I look younger than I really am (or so I’m told) and when I’m really old, my skin will still be creamy smooth as opposed to the burnt leather you other people will be sporting.