New Beginnings

(Yes, if you haven't figured it out yet--which of course you have, you clever little thing--this week's topic is New Beginnings. We Deliciously Naughty Writers plan to express our opinions on one topic each week, with each of us chiming in on a different day. We thought that might help you to get to know us all better, and thought it would help us do the same! (If there's a topic you'd like to see discussed, please shoot me an email--you can contact me through my blogger profile or my website.)

So here at Deliciously Naughty--or should we say, "The DN" for short? That sounds kinda cool, huh?--it's time to discuss New Beginnings.

Can you tell I'm having a hard time coming up with something to say about new beginnings? Silly, really, considering it seems such an easy topic, especially when spring is finally starting to peek its pinky-gold head over the hills here in the southwest of England. Daffodils are blooming, the trees are getting that greenish cast they get just before the leaves return, the lambs are being born and we get to see them every morning as we drive past the many farms...the temperature has risen above 5C (about 42F) which means the English are outside in t-shirts.

So spring is the time of new beginnngs, definitely. I should be able to think of a million different variations on the theme. Spring is here. We've started Deliciously Naughty Writers, which is so exciting, and I get to do more fun stuff with Sherrill, Anna, kelly, and Sierra. I've got a couple of new projects I'm working on which is even more exciting!

Okay, here we go, I've got something. Something else that seems to be experiencing a New Beginning, a bit of a renaissance.

The turned-up collar on guys.

What is up with that? I can't decide if I like it or not.

On the one hand, it reminds me of my beloved '80s. The '80s were so cool, people. So much better than the '90s. The music was better (yes it was! I dare you to put stuff like "Jenny(867-5309)" or "And We Danced" against, say, C+C Music Factory of the New Kids on the Block. Hey, Marky Mark, doesn't matter how many Oscars you get nominated for, or how many big prosthetic peenies" you have attached (and sorry, ladies--no, that's not a picture of said big peenie, I hunted for half an hour online and couldn't find a picture. So go watch the movie [Boogie Nights] because it's an excellent film anyway), we all still remember that "Good Vibrations" video and you doing that horrible lip-licking thing with the bandanna tied around your head, and your (admittedly fantastic) chest all exposed.

We remember. Oh, yes.

Just like we remember when the collar-up guys were big old preppies with feathered hair.

So what do you think, ladies? Do we like the collar-up man? Happy about spring (is it spring yet where you are?) Any new spring beginnings for you? Thoughts on Marky Mark or the Boogie Nights peen?
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