{"id":322,"date":"2007-12-22T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-23T05:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=322"},"modified":"2007-12-22T22:13:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-23T05:13:00","slug":"show-some-respect-bitches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/show-some-respect-bitches\/","title":{"rendered":"Show Some Respect, Bitches!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m another year older today and I think I’ve hit the age where I can scream at disrespectful youngsters and say things like “kids these days!” So mind your manners or you will rue the day I was born.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here’s a photo of Mom, aka BarbaraB<\/a>, taken just over 40 years ago. I was running late as always. What? Don’t judge! Creative people are often very disorganized!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“Should I have a baby or eat those delicious potato-sticks-in-a-can? Decisions, decisions.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

During my teen years, when I was disrespectful, Mom liked to tell me that if it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have been born. Um, okay. That’s true. But the way I figured it, if I hadn’t been born I wouldn’t be crying over it. Because I wouldn’t exist. Since I did exist, I would just go back to listening to Duran Duran on vinyl.<\/p>\n

More recently, my mother asked if December 23 would be about celebrating her and the opportunity she gave me to exist. I thought that was a little Joan Crawford<\/a> of her, but whatevs. Here is your ticker tape parade, BarbaraB. Please share it with GeorgeB and thank the Yankees and the nice person who posted it on YouTube.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, I’ll be celebrating with Mini Me. I don’t know what low-priced auto insurance has to do with birthdays, but I’m not going to argue with Mini Me.<\/p>\n

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UPDATED TO ADD: This is a nice gift! Gorgeous blogger Altamira put up his photos<\/a> of our meeting<\/a> the other night. But he only put up photos of me so now I will share a joint photo!<\/p>\n

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I feel my jacket with the two ladies on it deserves a name. Like “Gossip Girls” or “You’ll never walk alone” or “People are talking about me behind my front.”<\/p>\n

My gorgeous friend Andrea, the ladies on my jacket and I cuddled up to Simon, one of the owners of Butter<\/a>. As you can see, Simon has a way with the wimmins. What a flirt!<\/p>\n

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I’m another year older today and I think I’ve hit the age where I can scream at disrespectful youngsters and say things like “kids these days!” So mind your manners or you will rue the day I was born. Anyway, here’s a photo of Mom, aka BarbaraB, taken just over 40 years ago. I was…<\/p>\n

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