He aha kāu mea i koho ai i ke gula a i ʻole ke kala kala e ʻōlelo ai e pili ana iā ʻoe

Hiki i nā kānaka ke hāʻule i loko o kahi hoʻomoana a i ʻole kekahi, a inā hoʻohui lākou i nā mea ʻelua, ma ka ʻuhane, ʻoiaʻiʻo pinepine lākou i kā lākou aloha mua. He hoaloha ko'u i uhiia na lima i na lei gula rose; ʻo kekahi i loaʻa iā Georgia O'Keeffe-kūpono ohi kālā a me ka turquoise. ʻO kēia mau mea i pili i ko lākou mau pilikino e like me ke mele a lākou e makemake ai a i kā lākou puke punahele paha; i wae ʻia a me ka naʻau. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu e ʻike kekahi i ka mea e ʻōlelo ai noʻu, akā naʻe; Manaʻo paha lākou ʻaʻole aʻu mea nui. A pono a hewa paha lākou.

I kekahi manawa, ua ʻano paʻakikī kēia mau mea. I koʻu wā i ke kulanui, no ka laʻana, ua puka mai kekahi puke i kapa ʻia ʻo The Hipster Handbook.

(ʻO nā mea a pau e pili ana i kēlā ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻi iaʻu.) He alakaʻi hoʻohenehene ia i ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ke kiʻekiʻe o ka hanauna hope a me kāna hana ʻana. I kēia manawa, kapa wale mākou i kēlā ola. Akā, i loko o kāna mau papa inoa hoʻowahāwahā iā ʻoe iho a me ʻoe a hoʻowahāwahā ʻia a me nā mea hoʻohenehene o nā hipsters e hana a ʻaʻole hana, e noho mau ana ia i mea waiwai moʻomeheu o kahi manawa hala ʻole.

Eia nō naʻe, aia kēia ʻāpana o ka puke kahi i hoʻokaʻawale ai nā mea kākau i nā ʻano nani hipster, a ʻo kekahi o nā lula i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia ʻo ka ʻaʻahu mau ʻana o nā hipsters i nā mea kālā kālā, ʻaʻole i ke gula.

Ma kahi o ka manawa like, ua paʻi ʻo Lucky magazine i kahi alakaʻi kiʻi no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka nānā "Sexy '70s", a - me ka nui o ka ʻili a me nā wili paʻa - ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ka mea e ʻimi ana i kēlā Julie Christie-esque je ne sais quoi e ʻaʻahu wale nō. nā mea hoʻonani gula - kūpono loa o ke ʻano he nui-stranded a ethereal.

Ua kau ʻia kēia mau dicta arbitrary ma kahi ʻano like: ʻO ke gula e pili ana i ka ostentation, ʻo D.I.Y. ʻoiaʻiʻo, a pono e hoʻokokoke ʻia lāua ʻelua me ka ʻike piha o kēia mau manaʻo. ʻAʻohe mea i manaʻo nui e pili ana i ka waihoʻoluʻu e ʻoluʻolu i ka ʻili o ka mea hoʻohana a i ʻole ka mea āu i makemake ai: pono ʻoe e koho i kāu hui. Aia pū kekahi ʻano ʻo Sex and the City: ʻAʻole paha i loaʻa iā mākou ka huaʻōlelo "basic", akā ʻaʻohe mea i makemake e like me Carrie Bradshaw. (ʻO koʻu manaʻo, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe ke ʻano o ke kanaka i hana.) I kēia manawa o koʻu ola, ua kokoke loa wau i kahi hipster e like me aʻu (ʻaʻole wau i ʻae aku), akā naʻe. Ua makaʻu i ka mea aʻu i kapa ai i ka "Circa-1980 Harlequin Romance Heroine" nānā. Loaʻa i kēia mea nani ka ʻae ʻana i ka "pre-makeover" (nā aniani nui a me nā pussy-bows) a me ka post-"uh-oh-the-mogul-boss-needs-a-hot-date-to-make-someone. -huā-a-kahaha-he-sexpot ʻoe!" ma hope o ka hopena. ʻO ka hope he nui nā ʻaʻahu disco slit polyester a me nā kāmaʻa hale kūʻai waiwai liʻiliʻi e hāʻule mau ana ma ke alanui. Ua kūpaʻa au; Ua puhi au i ka Capris a inu au i ka amaretto sours no ka verisimilitude. (No ka mea, he hoʻopailua lākou, ʻaʻohe pilikia o ka ʻona.) ʻIke loa, makemake au i nā kaulahao a me nā apo pepeiao. Akā, he makaʻu wau; no laila kaʻu mea - i kēia manawa pōkole - lilo i keleawe.

Ke ulu nei au, ʻaʻole au i ʻaʻahu i nā mea nani. ʻAʻole wau i ʻō i nā pepeiao. I ko mākou ulu ʻana, ua ʻaʻahu kekahi o nā kaikamahine i nā pīni Tiffany - he makana kaulana ʻo Bat Mitzvah - a aia mau ka poʻe e hele a puni e kamaʻilio leo nui e pili ana i ke ʻano o ko lākou ʻili i hiki ke komo i nā apo pepeiao i ke gula maʻemaʻe a i ʻole ke kālā. . (ʻAno o ka ambidexterity koi o junior kiʻekiʻe - ridiculous, akā, obscurely mahalo.) ʻO kekahi hapa o ia mea i koʻu makuahine i hana nui i ke komo ʻole ʻana i nā mea nani, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ke apo mare - ʻoiai ua male koʻu mau mākua, a ua mare ʻia. ʻO ia ka hapalua o ka wahine wahine a me ka hapalua, manaʻo wau, e hana me kona ʻohana.

ʻIke ʻoe, aia ka History me nā metala makamae.

Ua kapa ʻia koʻu kupuna kāne he eccentric, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo, he pupule, a maopopo iaʻu inā ua makemake ʻo ia e hele i ke kauka, ua ʻike lākou iā ia me kahi mea lapaʻau. ʻAʻole ia he pōʻino; ʻaʻohe ona kālā. Akā, ʻaʻohe ona manaʻoʻiʻo i ke aupuni ʻAmelika, ka mākeke waiwai, ke ʻano kanaka, a me nā panakō. Akā, kūʻai ʻo ia i ke gula a me ke kālā a pau i hiki iā ia ke kau i kona mau lima ma luna - maʻamau ma nā hale kūʻai kūʻai a i ʻole nā ​​​​hale kūʻai ʻai - a hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i loko o nā ingots. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kekahi o kēia mau mea i loko o kahi keʻena i kūkulu ʻia i loko o ke poʻo o kona wahi moe. Aia kekahi i loko o nā pahu waihona mālama koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi. Ua lohe ʻia kekahi poʻe e kanu ʻia ma lalo o ka waiwai, ua kūʻai ʻia. I kekahi manawa, i kekahi manawa, pakele kahi ʻāpana i ka inferno a hāʻawi ʻia iā mākou i kahi wati 1920s maʻalahi a i ʻole kahi ʻeke ahiahi mesh. Inā lohe ʻia kekahi o mākou he Katolika, e hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hoʻokuʻu i kekahi mau kea ma luna o lākou. Makemake koʻu makuakāne e ʻōlelo ua ʻike ʻo ia i ke kumu kūʻai o ka mea ʻole, a me ka waiwai o ka mea ʻole.

E like me ka magpie, makemake pū ʻo ia i nā mea keleawe (aia ke kohola keleawe e nānā mai ana iaʻu i kaʻu paʻi ʻana i kēia) a i kekahi manawa ka pewter (hōʻike ʻo ia iaʻu pehea e haʻi ai i ke kālā mai ka pewter a i ʻole ka pā ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi pahu hau i ka ʻili), akā nā metala makamae. ʻo kona makemake e like me Goldfinger. No laila, manaʻo wau, i ka pōkole, ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i ke ʻano maʻamau me ke gula a me ke kālā. Hoʻomanaʻo wau i kahi hoihoi me kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni hoʻonaʻauao 1980 ma ke gula (i kapa ʻia ʻo Gold!

) i hoʻololi mau ʻia ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Natural History o nā Gems and Minerals. Ua haʻi ʻia e George Plimpton a me koʻu hoaaloha maikaʻi loa a manaʻo wau he hiʻohiʻona. Akā ʻo ka ʻaʻahu ʻana he ʻano ʻē paha ia...e like me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā bila kālā. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i ka moʻolelo i ʻōlelo ʻia e hiki i nā gula a pau o ka honua ke noho i waenakonu o kahi kahua pōpeku, a hiki iā ʻoe ke pāʻani i kahi pāʻani a puni ia. ʻAe, ʻaʻole kēlā ʻano mea poina.

I kēia mau lā, i ka wā e paʻa ai nā mea a pau i nā kuhikuhi i ka ʻike a me ka ʻike ʻole. Hoʻopili ʻo Claire's Accessories i nā metala liʻiliʻi o kēlā me kēia hue, a ʻaʻole au i ʻike he nui ka hoʻoholo ʻana e pili ana i nā metala a kekahi. Ke heluhelu au i nā moʻolelo o nā wahine nani, ʻoi aku ko lākou hopohopo (a ʻōlelo paha lākou) i nā "moʻolelo" ma hope o kā lākou mau ʻāpana ma mua o ko lākou waiwai; Na kaʻu kāne kēia i hana lima ʻia e kekahi hoaaloha, a i ʻole kēia ʻano ruby ​​i ʻoki ʻole ʻia ma ke ʻano e pili ana i kaʻu pēpē. Hoʻohui nā kānaka i nā metala e like me kā mākou hana i nā mea āpau. ʻAʻole paha i paʻa ka inu gula, a ua lilo paha kēlā kanaka i polū mai ke kālā colloidal, akā e hele wale ana ia e hōʻike i ka ʻoluʻolu o kā mākou lilo ʻana me nā metala makamae.

I kēia lā, hoʻokomo au i ke apo mare a ʻaneʻane ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe. Inā e nīnau ʻia, ʻōlelo wau no ka mea kaulana loa koʻu mau makaaniani a ʻaʻohe kumu o ka huikau ʻana i nā mea me nā mea ʻē aʻe, a ʻaʻole ia he hewa. ʻAʻohe aʻu pahu kāhiko a huakaʻi me nā kua pepeiao; a ʻaʻole au e kulu i ka hoʻohanohano a i ʻole ka moʻolelo pilikino. Akā ʻoi aku paha kaʻu i ke gula a i ʻole ke kālā ma mua o ka mea aʻu i ʻike ai. No ka mea, waiho ʻia ma kahi aʻu e hōʻike ʻole ai, aia kekahi mau lālani maʻemaʻe o nā ʻāpana ʻelua. ʻAʻole au hoʻokae. Makemake au i ka ʻike aia lākou ma laila. ʻIke ʻoe - no ka lā ua i makemake paha wau e pāʻani i ka pôpeku.

Na: Sadie Stein