Down with dirty old men! Why oh why do I have to encounter them? It never fails that I always seem to attract them for some odd reason. I went to Ashby flea market this morning to get more items, in the attempt to "girlie-up" my wardrobe (I'll explain more later). In particular, a pair of J-Lo-esque shades. I walked around for about 10 or 15 minutes, and I finally found a pair for $5. Anyway, as I was trying to decided which tint I wanted, and some guy decided he wanted to make "small talk." He wanted to know my name, where I was from, what was I doing around here, etc. Hella nosey if you ask me! Of course, I was not truthful. My name is Tiffany. I'm from San Francisco. I catch BART over sometimes to check out the flea market. I tried my best to give off the "I'd really don't wanna be talking to you, so leave me alone" aura, but homie wasn't getting it. He had to tell me about his fishing and tackle booth and where to find good flea markets. Finally, he said he was going to go and started to leave. Yay! But then he had to come back and tell me it was nice meeting me, and he looked behind me and told me that "that" was nice too (i.e., my butt!). How disgusting! What gave his old ass the right to say that? Did he think that line was gonna work or sumthin'? The sad part is that it probably has. I thought that the outfit I had on didn't show too much of my shape, if any (baggy adidas pants and a hooded Cal sweatshirt), but I guess to old perverts, it doesn't really matter. My friend Irene and I went shopping yesterday in our attempts to "girlie-up" our fashion. I always tend to dress for maximum comfort (jeans, T-shirts, etc.), but recently I decided to venture out and try new things. I was always concerned with the attention I would get as a result, but the dirty old man encounters I have show that it really doen't matter at all how I dress. I could have been wearing a potato sack and he probably would have found something appealing about that. Instances like this has the ability to jade you so much. I was always taught to respect my elders. But when are some elders going to realize that they should respect the youth as well?