Lokho Okukhethayo Kwegolide Noma Ubucwebe Besiliva Kuthini Ngawe

Abantu bavame ukuwela ekamu elilodwa noma kwelinye, futhi ngisho noma bexuba kokubili, ngokomoya, bavame ukwethembeka othandweni lwabo lokuqala. Nginomngane oyedwa izingalo zakhe zimbozwe amabhengela egolide e-rose; omunye oneqoqo elifanele i-Georgia O'Keeffe lesiliva ne-turquoise. Lezi zinto zibonakala ziboshelwe kubuntu babo njengomculo abawuthandayo noma izincwadi abazikhonzile; kokubili okukhethiwe futhi okungokwemvelo. Angiqiniseki ukuthi ukhona yini ongazi ukuthi athini ngami, nokho; mhlawumbe bangacabanga ukuthi nami anginakho okuningi. Futhi bazobe belungile futhi bengalungile.

Ngesinye isikhathi, lezi zindaba zazinzima kakhulu. Ngokwesibonelo, lapho ngisekolishi, kwaphuma incwadi ethi The Hipster Handbook.

(Yonke into ngalowo musho ingisukela.) Bekuyinkomba eyindida yalokho okungase, ngokubheka emuva, kubizwe ngobude besizukulwane sePhini kanye nokuguqulwa kwaso. Manje, sikubiza nje lokho kuphila. Kodwa ohlwini lwayo oluzinyanyayo nolukwenyanyayo kanye nokuhlekisayo lwalokho okwenziwa nabangakwenzi ama-hipster, kusalokhu kuyisiko elibalulekile lenkathi engenacala.

Noma kunjalo, kukhona le ngxenye eyodwa yencwadi lapho ababhali bephula khona uhlobo oluhlukile lwe-hipster aesthetics, futhi omunye wemithetho ye-inviolate wawuwukuthi ama-hipsters ahlala egqoke ubucwebe besiliva, futhi ungalokothi ube negolide.

Ngaso leso sikhathi, umagazini i-Lucky washicilela umhlahlandlela wesithombe ukuze ukwazi ukubukeka kahle "Sexy '70s", futhi - kanye nenqwaba yesikhumba nezindwangu ezinamathelayo - yanquma ukuthi noma ubani ofuna uJulie Christie-esque je ne sais quoi kufanele agqoke kuphela. ubucwebe begolide - ngokufanelekile bemvelo enezintambo eziningi kanye ne-ethereal.

Yomibili le mithetho egunyazwe incike endaweni efanayo: Igolide lalimayelana nokubukisa, isiliva lalisho i-D.I.Y. ukwethembeka, futhi bobabili kwadingeka basondele ngolwazi olugcwele lwale mithelela. Akekho owayebonakala enendaba kakhulu ngokuthi yimiphi imibala ethopha ibala lomuntu oyigqokile noma ukuthi yini owayithanda: bekufanele ukhethe iqembu lakho. Bekukhona nocansi olunamathelayo kanye nesici seDolobha: Kungenzeka besingenalo igama elithi "isisekelo" okwamanje, kodwa akekho obefuna ukufana no-Carrie Bradshaw. (Ngiqonde ukuthi, ngaphandle uma ubuwuhlobo lomuntu owenza kanjalo.) Ngalesi sikhathi empilweni yami, ngangisondelene kakhulu ne-hipster ngendlela engangiyoke ngibe ngayo (hhayi ukuthi ngangiyovuma), kodwa nokho ngangiseduze. ngangixakwe yilokho engangikubiza ngaleso sikhathi ukubukeka kwe-"Circa-1980 Harlequin Romance Heroine". Lobu buhle babunobuhle bokuvumela kokubili "ushintsho lwangaphambili" (izibuko ezinkulu neminsalo ye-pussy) kanye ne-post-"uh-oh-the-mogul-boss-needs-hot-date-to-make-umuntu -nomona-nokumangala-uyi-sexpot!" ngemva komphumela. Lokhu kwakamuva kwakuhilela izingubo eziningi zedisco ze-polyester eziklebhukile nezimbadada zesitolo esixegayo ezazihlala ziwohloka emgwaqeni. Ngangizibophezele; Ngabhema uCapris futhi ngaphuza amaretto sours for verisimilitude. (Ngenxa yokuthi ayenengekile, akuzange kube khona ingozi yokudakwa.) Ngokusobala, ngangidinga amaketango amaningi namacici ayihubhu. Kodwa ngangiyigwala; ngakho into yami - ngalesi sikhathi esifushane - yaba yithusi.

Ekukhuleni kwami, ngangingakaze ngigqoke ubucwebe obuningi. Angizange ngibhoboze izindlebe. Njengoba sikhula, amanye amantombazane ayegqoka ubhontshisi u-Tiffany - kwakuyisipho esidumile se-Bat Mitzvah - futhi kwakukhona labo bantu ababehamba bekhuluma kakhulu ngokuthi isikhumba sabo sibucayi kanjani ukuze bafake amacici egolide noma isiliva. . (Uhlobo lwesimangalo se-ambidexterity se-junior high - inhlekisa, kodwa ihlaba umxhwele ngendlela engaqondakali.) Ingxenye yakho yayiwukuthi umama wenza iphuzu elikhulu lokungagqoki ubucwebe, ngisho nendandatho yomshado - nakuba abazali bami babeshadile, futhi beshadile - okuyinto kwakuyinto engacacile yobufazi nengxenye, ngicabanga, ukuyenza nomndeni wakhe.

Uyabona, kunomlando onezinsimbi eziyigugu.

Umkhulu wayevame ukubizwa nge-eccentric, kodwa empeleni wayehlanya, futhi nginesiqiniseko sokuthi uma eke wazimisela ukuya kudokotela, babezomxilonga ukuthi unokuthile okumtholampilo. Wayengesona isixhwanguxhwangu; wayengenayo imali. Kodwa wayengenalo ukholo kuhulumeni waseMelika, imakethe yamasheya, imvelo yomuntu, noma amabhange. Kunalokho, wathenga lonke igolide nesiliva ayekwazi ukubeka izandla zakhe phezu kwalo - ngokuvamile ezitolo zamathegi noma ezitolo ezithengisa izinto ezithengiswayo - futhi wakuncibilikisa kwaba ama-ingots. Ezinye zazo zazifihlwe ekhabetheni ayelakhele phezu kwe-headboard yombhede wakhe. Abanye bebesochungechungeni lwamabhokisi okuphepha asindayo ngendlela emangalisayo. Ingcosana okusenamahlebezi okuthi izongcwatshwa ngaphansi kwale ndawo, kade yadayiswa. Kwesinye isikhathi, ngezikhathi ezithile, ucezu lwalubalekela inferno futhi sasinikezwa iwashi elithambile lama-1920s noma isikhwama sakusihlwa se-silver-mesh. Uma noma yimuphi wethu owayenamahemuhemu okwazi umKatolika, wayezama ukukhulula iziphambano kuwo. Ubaba wayethanda ukusho ukuthi uyayazi inani leze, kanye nenani lalutho.

Njenge-magpie, wayethanda nezinto zethusi (kukhona umkhomo ongigqolozele njengoba ngibhala lokhu) futhi ngezinye izikhathi i-pewter (wangibonisa indlela yokuhlukanisa isiliva ku-pewter noma ipuleti ngokubamba i-ice cube phezulu), kodwa izinsimbi eziyigugu. kwakuyizinkanuko zakhe ezifana neGoldfinger. Ngakho-ke ngicabanga, ngamafuphi, ukuthi sasingazi ukuthi singaba kanjani okuvamile ngegolide nesiliva. Ngikhumbula ukuthakasela ifilimu yokufundisa yegolide yango-1980 (ebizwa ngeGolide!

) ebilokhu ijikeleza ehholo Lamagugu Nezimbiwa leMuseum of Natural History. Kwalandiswa uGeorge Plimpton kanye nomngane wami omkhulu futhi ngacabanga ukuthi kwakumnandi. Kodwa ukuyigqoka bekungaba yinqaba...njengokubukisa ngezikweletu zamadola. Ngikhumbula ukulandisa kuthi lonke igolide lomhlaba lingahlala maphakathi nenkundla yebhola, futhi usengadlala umdlalo oyizungezile. Hhayi-ke, akulona uhlobo lwento umuntu alukhohlwayo.

Kulezi zinsuku, lapho yonke into igxile kakhulu ezikhonjweni zombili abazi futhi bengazi. Izinsiza zikaClaire zikhipha izinsimbi ezishibhile zawo wonke umbala, futhi angazi ukuthi kunokwahlulela okuningi okuzungeze izinsimbi umuntu azigqokayo. Lapho ngifunda amaphrofayili abesifazane abasesitayeleni, bakhathazeke kakhulu (noma bathi banjalo) "nezindaba" ezingemuva kwezingcezu zabo kunenani labo; umyeni wami wenze lokhu ngezandla umngane, noma le ruby ​​engasikiwe etholakala endaweni efanele imele ingane yami . Abantu baxuba izinsimbi ngokukhululeka njengoba senza konke okunye. Ukuphuza igolide kungenzeka akuzange kubambezeleke, futhi lowo mfana kungenzeka ukuthi usephenduke waba luhlaza okwesibhakabhaka esilivani eliyi-colloidal, kodwa lokho kubonisa nje ukuthi sesikhululeke kangakanani ngezinsimbi eziyigugu.

Namuhla, ngifaka indandatho yomshado futhi angikaze ngibe nanoma yini enye. Uma ngibuzwa, ngithi kungenxa yokuthi izibuko zami zivelele kangangokuthi asikho isidingo sokudida izinto ngenqwaba yezinye izesekeli, futhi lokho akulona iqiniso. Anginalo ibhokisi lobucwebe noma ngihamba namacici; futhi angiconsi ekubukiseni noma emlandweni womuntu siqu. Kodwa cishe nginegolide noma isiliva eliningi ukwedlula noma ubani engimaziyo. Ngoba, kufihlwe endaweni engingeke ngikudalule, kunemigqa eminingana yama-ingots yazo zombili izinsimbi. Angibandlululi. Ngiyathanda ukwazi ukuthi bakhona. Uyazi - ngosuku lwemvula lapho ngingafuna ukudlala umdlalo webhola.

Ibhalwe ngu: Sadie Stein