No, It's Not Just Like That

I don't owe anyone anything.
iI's the start of my winter break;
a reprieve from long stressful days in the classroom.
And for the next few days at least
I'm doing whatever the hell I want.

Around 9:30 AM this morning
I was craving parmesan roasted broccoli.
so I cooked a batch
and ate it
like it was candy
(actually, it was better).

On to the next indulgent activity
I know!
I'll check out the sequel to Sex and the City
And Just Like That
it will be interesting to see what the characters are like
now that they're in their 50s

I buy the first episode through Prime Video

I'm glad- really glad- I didn't buy the whole first season.

Let's just say that If And Just Like That
was centered around black characters,
they would have been wearing blackface
eating watermelon
ahuffling along
and saying things like "Sho' Nuff", sho' nuff!"

But no, the characters aren't black
just old
old old old old old old old old old old old old old old. 
They've dared to live past 50
How dare they!
They must be punished
For don't you know
if you dare to cross the half century mark,
you'll be deaf as a post.
You'll go from being a razor-sharp, quick-witted lawyer
to a socially awkward blithering idiot.
No one will have heard of the stores you used to shop in.
You'll go from being indulgently sexual
to priggish and puritanical.
And after an intense Peleton workout (silly old man, those are for young people!)
you'll drop dead of a heart attack
especially if you're married to a 55-year-old woman
and both of you are finally
finally

at long last
blissfully happy.

And just like that
i knew the series sucked.
I'm not buying another episode,
because I'm a healthy intelligent person
doing great at over 55, thank you.
And I can do - and be-
whatever the hell i want.