I am uncouth. I did my best not to be. I removed myself from people that were vulgar and uncouth. I tried on the "soccer mom" way of living. You know the kind. Use big words that no one knows if it is really a word or not and they sure in the hell don't know if you used it properly. No one asks but shake their heads in approval. Wearing tight, over priced, ugly "nice" shoes that cripple your feet. Carry a purse that has a name brand on it no one can pronounce properly, it also has to be very ugly. Wear perfume so strong that would make a dragon drop dead from the sky. Get hyped up on espresso and other natural speed so I can get my house OCD spotless. My kids would never have messy hair or spots on their clothes and I would be impeccable even while throwing up! I attempted that lifestyle but it was short lived.

I cannot be something I am not. I cannot wear something just to be in fashion. I will not buy something based on a name. I will not drug myself so I can get a spotless house. I will not smell like an old church lady with the newest scent in the magazines. i cannot be swayed by popularity. I  cannot keep my mouth from saying things as I see it. i think it and I place no censor on my verbs nouns, and adjectives flowing from my regal lips.

I am uncouth and I am vulgar. I am a sailor at heart, more so than my own husband that was a bona fide sailor. I am the woman fathers and mothers warn their sons about (my husband was warned by his father). I am mouthy. I talk back. I sass! I point my finger and jiggle my hips. I get loud and on occasion rough. I do not back down easily. I am not domesticated.

My house is typically is disarray and unkempt. I have more irons in the fire than 5 people. I do not sit idly by and watch yet another television show about bullshit. I do not keep up with the singing Idols or the newest dancing star. I know nothing about what is new and what is cool. I don't care. I can be seen with brand name items, but unlike the masses I picked them because I liked them not for the name.

I decided a long time ago that being something I am not was not helping me feel good about me. In addition to being myself I have noticed many people cannot accept someone that chooses to step out of the robotic norms of society and will be ignored.

So be it! I can feel good because I am being honest with myself and with you. If liars are what you desire then you will be supplied with many. For myself I am going to continue being me. The world could use a little reminder about their boxes they reside in when I walk by and kick and shake them up!