[Now Playing]: Aerosmith - Pink (live)

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So, at my brother's request, my mom and I are driving today to pick up random decor/food for my sister-in-law's surprise bday party . She notices the studded bracelet on my wrist, her eyes moving upward to view my exposed pink hair . She frowns. She asks if there's something wrong.

Amused, I ask what she means. She says that she's been observing my increasing "weirdness" as of late and has begun to worry. I used to be more of a decent human being w/ normal-person taste, she says. I ask if, by that, she means that I am now an indecent human being. ...She pauses... "No," she says, it's just that I've gotten ...weirder...

I laugh.

She frowns. She asks if there's something wrong.

I tell her that I just happen to like pink hair and studded-ness.

...just between you and me, I think her reactions are all due to the combined effects of the tattoo, the nose/tragus piercings, along w/ the pink hair and studded bracelets I've gradually acquired over the past couple of years. ..you know, a few perks that come with being 18 and up. Parents come equipped w/ built-in mental handbooks listing red "something's wrong" flags. And, in addition to red flags, I've begun to set off bells and whistles too.

With good reason?

Naw, it's simple; I just like pink hair..........et, al. ;)

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