As I was slowly drifting off to sleep last night, my nose suddenly sensed a familiar scent. Yes, my new neighbors were definitely burning incense, a true sign of a modern day hippie. Truth be told, I can't believe it's taken me this long to get how I feel about hippies off my chest. You see, I'm a teacher, so I'm as liberal as they come. However, I find that these so called "hippie" people are pretty lame. Okay, before you jump down my throat, know that I'm making a generalization based on a bit of experiences. My thinking is threefold:
1. Once at a bar in Boulder (aka Hippie Central) I noticed an empty table, so I grabbed it. I was then bombarded by a hippie who yelled at me and said I SO took his table. Frankly I was baffled as there was no sign of an inhabitant at said table. He then told me that he had "had his eye on it." Apparently this is hippie speak for "Table is Mine." I wanted to yell at him and stomp on his macrame shoe covered foot, but no, I was polite and just walked away. Peace and harmony my ass, that guy was rude!
2. Hippie people think that they are going to save the Earth by not showering. I've literally had hippies tell me that they don't bathe because it's not natural. To that I say, God invented soap for a reason. You're not a hippie just because you have poor grooming habits, that's called a hobo.
3. My final reason for being down on hippie people is that they think they are better than you. They scold you for forgetting your canvas grocery bags, look down on you for not buying organic, and sneer at you when you refuse to join the game of hacky sack. Fool, I drive a Prius! Who are you to judge yo? Now I do realize that by making this statement, I am also inferring that I think I am better than them, however I don't treat people differently because of they way the look. I treat people differently because of the way that they act. Totally different.
The irony of this whole blog is that today during my yoga class there was incense...damn hippies.
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