Rants

I learned a new word today kakistocracy which means to be ruled by the worst people possible. My father and I speak on the phone at least twice per week and usually the conversation revolves around his health, his avocado trees - why the green lizards won't stop fucking with his prized avocados, and the state of Jamaican politics which is a true kakistocracy.

"Dad that's sooo not cool", says my 14 year old daughter as she eyes me up and down commenting on my outfit as I am about to leave the house. "Not cool", I think to myself, " how could this be not cool", checking myself out trying not to get caught checking myself out. My kids do that to me, they make me question everything and they know it.    
 
As I left the house I wondered, "not cool" when did I become not cool. My entire fashion life has been jeans, t-shirt and a good pair of boots, and I thought I was doing well, until now. It seemed my commitment to never wearing a suit had backfired and I was now a victim of my own rigid dogma.