"Fashion" I Think is What They Call It

What on earth is happening to our planet? (pun intended)

A town in northern Georgia holds an event known as "Gold Rush", which was this weekend. A buddy of mine was helping run one of the booths, so I was hanging out there keeping him company. As you can imagine, Gold Rush attracts people from every walk of life. I don't think I've seen so many WEIRD looking outfits before. There was this one kid, probably high school age (~16) that was wearing a chain with a lock (ie: MasterLock) locked around his neck. Needless to say, the rest of his clothing was four sizes too big & he was dressed mostly in black with a haircut that was worthy of hippy status. The next specimen (female) was wearing a plaid "skirt" which consisted of 3 threads going around her hip area, a pair of boots which had a sole that was about 3 times as thick as my jump boots, came up to her knee and appeared to be the same color & materials as desert boots (tan cloth). She also had some kind of jacket thing, and one of those goofy over-sized hats that look like a squished marshmallow. I'm not going to get into the 13 year olds wearing skin-tight clothes.

Parents (!!!), stand up and teach your children how to behave. Teach your sons how to be gentlemen. Teach your daughters how to be ladies. Parents, you've been here at least twice as long as you offspring. MENTOR THEM. Spend time with your children. Tell your kids they can be anything that they set their mind to. Give them goals; set expectations for them. "Well, I don't want to pressure my kids into doing anything. I want them to choose to what should be." HELLO? I didn't say tell your kids what to do. But how do you expect them to achieve if they have no direction or motivation? Track athletes run faster during a race than they do at anytime during their practice sessions. That is because they are surrounded by people who are striving to do their best and those people have a specific goal - be the first one across the finish line. Set your children up to be champions. Give them permission to succeed.

Crispy