Every Sunday during my late breakfast, I visit the NY Times online to look at Bill Cunningham's weekly street style feature called "On the Street." Every episode is just MAH-VE-LOUS, and this week's, "Hues," is about the colors New Yorkers are wearing to reflect their environment beyond the thosands the grey buildings. Other than your typical autumn foliage colors of red, yellow, and orange, Mr. Cunningham has been spotting shades of purple. And he pointed out, as always, an enthusiasm and a sense of pride in one's appearance. I love him! His advice is always just to throw on what you like because it will make you feel good and to just "have fun with it!"
Afterward, I can across a series that is in the Science section named "The Science of Skin" and watched the video "Vanity" that was recorded in 2007 on how a human being's vanity is very similar to a chimpanzee's. Anthropologist Nina Jablonski discusses ageism and cosmetic surgery and their implications on today's Western society. Right around the part where the interviewer asks about the Angelina Jolie equivalent to the primate world, I had a good laugh, and just goes to show, we are not the only vain creatures on God's green earth.
If that video is not the end-all to the evolution debate, I don't know what is :-P
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