Wednesday, June 30, 2010
What’s the first thing you notice about a man when you meet him? A woman?
Men – hands. Whether they are wrinkled, stained, pristine clean. I like hands that reflect who a man is and what he does. No matter their natural state, if they are taken care of (i.e. not diseased or gross) then they are beautiful.
My husband has medium length fingers, slightly stubbed at the ends. They are often stained with paint, or glue, and he keeps his nails clipped short. His palms are soft and without callouses. I like to hold hands with him.
Women – The woman who is “runway beautiful” is going to just not register in my eyes. I like to see a woman who is comfortable sporting a tattoo or three, piercings (within reason – if you pierce your body to excess, well, that’s ridiculous). I think women who are different from the norm are more beautiful, more womanly than what is accepted out there.
And, it figures, I couldn’t find a photo to show what I thought was beautiful because there were too many pics of Runway wannabes! Pfffft.
Tags: Harry Potter, Snape
Sometimes hands become shaped and stiffened in a clutching way after picking cotton all day. I was one of the last carpenters to use a framing hammer everyday, all day. Right after me came compressed air “nailers.” I found hammering upwards to be the most strenuous. My hands at the end of the day were very hardened. Once when I was a carpenters’ apprentice, I cut my right thumb on a table saw. It is with me today as a bone felon.
When I took guitar lessons from Jack in Washington MO it was mostly to keep my hands from extreme stiffness. Guitar pickin’ helped keep my fingers nimble. One time Jack had me do bar shords for three minutes. I couldn’t abide. He looked at me in disbelief, but I said I can’t go on, my hands are cramping.
Today I have a numb little finger on left hand from freezing when we lived in Chicago and I had to remove the car battery every night and replace in mornings. I also have little numb areas around my eyes that make me look kind of lazy.
My hands have been my total source of income all my life. Today I type, paint, refinish wood, build and garden, and still pluck a guitar … with these wannabe arthritic digits.
NIce Prompt. Thanks Jd’A.
hehe Would you like to volunteer a picture?
ha. shoulda used a picture of me…I’m different and tattooed ;-)