Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The Man with Many Traits (revised)

I saw an ELDERLY person today at school that had CURLY, BLUE HAIR with long SIDEBURNS. He has very SKINNY legs and a CHUBBY belly. He was TALL, but his torso was quite SHORT. He was mostly legs. Oh, and belly. Along with his blue hair, he had a matching blue BEARD. His beard had a little big of GREY hair poking through, but it still looked confident with his blue hair. This old man was pretty hip and OUTGOING because he had GAUGES. He looked pretty RELAXED as he say among the NERDY kids and played video games. Even though he was relaxed, he looked FOCUSED on winning. I think he was relaxed because he knew he would win, which made him seem INTIMIDATING and maybe a little ARROGANT to the kids who were surprised that this old man had some techy skills. After he beat all the kids, he put some headphones in and became DISENGAGED as he picked up a philosophy book, put on his GLASSES and began to STUDIOUSLY read it.  

11 "to be" words  up there^

REVISION:
Today at school, my math class got cancelled (thank goodness), so I decided to kill time until my next class by people-watching in the commons. An older man with an abundant amount of wavy locks that resembled some sort of white-guy afro caught my eye.  He stood out not only because of his luscious hair, but because it was dyed a vibrant aquamarine. In addition to the fro, he had extensive cheek hair that flowed from his fro and accumulated into a proud woodsman-like beard. The beard was a little more natural looking and somehow suited him with it's grey hairs blending in with the aqua ones. His hair revealed his high self-esteem and was pleasing to the eyes because it seemed genuine and to reflect his cheerfulness even though it was a little wild. This man was quite lanky in appearance... until he turned sideways and his wee bit of a beer-belly was revealed. I watched as he ducked under the cafeteria doorway because all 7 feet of him wouldn't have made it though. He was a tower, mostly made up of legs. His torso was oddly disproportional, lacking in length. Despite his age, he kept up to date with the times through his style. Clearly he was brave and not afraid to make a statement as he strutted his hipster self around campus with gauged ears, a plaid button up (which was even rolled up at the sleeves), and skinny jeans. He seemed to have a pretty easy-going attitude while he sat among the nerdy kids. He easily participated in scientific and mathematical conversation, hacked a computer faster than thought humanly possible, and even joined a group of kids in a Pokemon card game which was then followed by a video game challenge that seemed to demand all of his attention. I under-estimated this man from my first glance. Apparently so did the kids who were hanging out with him. Considering him a joke at first, they now walk stare in admiration as they walk away a little terrified because of his surprising skill set. After he showed off, the old man made his way to a chair by the window, put on his classy spectacles, and fully diverted his attention to soaking up every word of his marine biology book. As I walked away I thought about what a cool grandpa this guy would be.

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