archives: May 2011
I’m also a brunette*
May 23rd, 2011 @ 6:29 pm | Comments (1)
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My new career is in the construction industry, which means I’m around a greater percentage of men than ever before. One thing i’ve learned over the past few months is men frequently state the obvious. Like, they see a red balloon and announce, “Huh! That balloon is red!” It’s fairly obvious, colorblindness aside, that the balloon is red but it must be said that the balloon is red.
As the new girl on the block, all the attention is now on me and so are the vocalized observations. The most frequent proclamation made about me is, “Wow! You’re tall! How tall are you?” (Other common observations: You have blue eyes./Your poor dad has four daughters and a farm?/You’re not married?!)
I’m tall but I’m not the Jolly Green Giant or Shaq. I’m farm raised. We’re tall when I grew up.
While reading the latest Entertainment Weekly over the weekend I found my problem’s solution. I’m going to change my name.
In the spirit of a rapper of which I just discovered, you can now call me PomJob the 5′10.5″. It acknowledges that I am aware of my height and answers that pesky “How tall ARE you?” question.
Do you think Royce da 5′9″ will make a comment about my height?
*Kind of. Darn premature gray.
