April 30, 2008 - 10:37 AM.

Oh I am a brilliant business woman...

OK, there are tons and tons of nature and ambient sound CDs on the market, some of them crap, but many of them really very good. I use a LOT of these in my massage practice; I really like the presence of identifiable pretty sounds without the "leading" of rhythmic, tune-y music. Crashing waves, rain (storms and drizzle), streams, wind chimes, birdsong, animal calls (some too alarming for massage!), the swamp, the forest (rain and boreal), the desert, on an on.

But what about the city dweller for whom that stuff is just upsetting? I want to see several new environmental titles, and I will pay good money for them!

* The City That Doesn't Sleep: Sounds of Central Park, including traffic, joggers, and hot dog vendors
* Morning in the Midwest: typical sounds of a small city waking up and getting ready for work and school, including shouted homework reminders, letting the dog out, and garbage being collected
* Flyover: air traffic sounds
* All Aboard: similar to above, but with trains (like at my office, basically)

Oo oo! I forgot to write this down the other day, but here is my other dozen-dollar idea...

Gals my age aren't wearing cute little demi-cup bras or matching B-cup sets any more - our time for those has passed. We now largely wear Battle Bras, minimum of 3 hooks, and we know it. But why should we give up our sense of humor along with the style we are now forced to forgo? Along the lines of the Tuxedo T-Shirt, I give you the Painted Lady - the supportive "older-gal" bra that has a cuter, smaller bra *drawn on it*! That's right - it may "really" be beige and have a 2-inch-wide strap, but for you my pretty, I have painted on a racy little red number with spaghetti straps, peekaboo lace, and even a little well-tanned cleavage!

I'm telling you, it'll be bigger than Spanx!

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