Feb 13, 2007
If you look closely, you can see the wonderful dream-catcher
hanging from the rear-view mirror. This was one of three cars I saw
on that short drive, to the podcast recording, and I happened to
have my camera ready. Enough already! I think natives should be
able to claim your car on the spot, seize you from within it, leave
you on the side of the road, and drive away, wearing huge
head-dresses and shooting arrows at random cars on the way out.
How bizarre is it that we (in general) avoid any contact with our
native people and their concerns, but we cannot escape the idea of
having a ripped-off native symbol (tennis-racket-string, organized
to look like a dyslexic spider web, with ANGELS dancing among the
beads strung among the dyed-purple feathers) in our vehicles?
We must
have this in the car, where we... dream? What? Dreaming in the car?
Oh, wait, yeah, that's, ummm, STUPID! Nothing beats the idea of
stealing a symbol from natives and adorning it with another
spiritual-belief's symbolism (yeah, the angels)...that's just an
extra rib-shot.
That said, I have begin an informal data-collection project based
on the things that hang from rear-view mirrors.
So far, I have a very concrete list, that rarely varies, which
seems to house every possible thing hanging from these mirrors.
I will report on some of these items here, in the next little
while.
Look for updates.
As for now, I want to discuss one of the stranger things I
see...
Hawaiian Lei Necklaces (apparently people win these at hot-body
contests or a lame luau parties or from prom parties). I just don't
get why so many people have plastic flower necklaces hanging from
their mirror. Most of the time, they are hanging in cars of dudes.
Dudes who wear mirrored (fluorescent) sunglasses, with gel-laden
hair and personalized plates like, "HETERO". So, I'm thinking, if I
tried to pull this off, I'd have the gay finger pointing my way all
the time...like that commercial for Arby's when the logo for the
meat-sheet-burger-joint hovers over the people thinking about
Arby's...my car would
have that purple Teletubby constantly hovering over my
car...but it's okay for big raging jocks to hang luscious lei from
their mirror. I don't get it. Maybe I'm jealous.
That was my big dream to have a solo car for myself.
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nice podcast, thx.
Yeah, what is the deal with Leis on the rear-view mirror? Have you noticed that mostly overweight girls in their early 20\'s have these? Is this some sort of girl subculture I am unaware of?
I KNOW!! What is with the overweight 20-somethings loving the lei!
It seems like a prom thing, but I see older women, chain smoking while these things hang from their mirrors their. Are they holding on as tight as they can to THEIR old prom lei (inuendo)?
And maybe it isn\'t just big-girls hanging on to these things, maybe it\'s all girls. Maybe all of the younger girls these days, being mostly inactive, like all the young boys, are all looking bigger.
Just a thought.
Thanks for noticing Ellen!
A little over the \"tom\" on that last rant, but very funny. Save that kind of energy for the show.