
You know how when you feel like crap and you just want to get out of your rotting body but you’re just stuck? Yeah. Well, welcome to my world.
So maybe you’ve noticed I haven’t been very vocal (or would that be blogal?) lately?
No? Just grateful for one less blog to read.
I hear you.
Well. While I’m able to sit upright and see straight, I thought I’d let you know what’s been going on with me.
Regardless of all attempts to avoid people, I contracted the flu, which has now turned into some nasty upper respiratory spasmaclysm of epimucus proportions.
The CDC has helicopters hovering above my house now. They don’t dare land.
So I’ve had time to:
- moan
- sigh
- watch all three gory seasons of The Following (which no one should do)
- hide all my kitchen knives
- nap (with one eye open)
- read the local newspaper
Which brings me to man buns. (I know it was quite a journey getting here. Thanks for staying with me, all five of you. It’s going to totally worth it. I hope. Remember, I’m on a lot of medication.)
So I saw this headline in the paper.
I’m not going to lie.
It caught my attention even though I could barely breathe and I was coughing like an overweight, 12-pack a day smoker winded from chasing the Good Humor Truck that failed to stop in front of my house.
When it comes to man buns, I can’t just classify myself as a “love them” gal or as a “loathe them” gal. I pride myself on not being prejudiced.
Here’s what I mean.
I’m anxious to read this article and see what the man bun controversy is all about.
Please understand this is the most energized alive interested-in-anything-not-having-a-dosage-instruction-on-it that I’ve felt since I can’t remember when.
Then I read that the article is about different kinds of man buns.
Oh, yes. Much to my utter, bitter, you’ve-got-to-be-Elmer-Fudding-me disappointment, this is the kind of man bun all the hoopla was about.
You know what? I’m not loving it.
You probably won’t hear much from me for a while. I’m still pretty sick. Plus I think I just infected my keyboard.









Mar 10, 2016 @ 13:14:40
Thanks! I’m finally feeling like myself again. 🙂
Mar 02, 2016 @ 08:36:53
I can see from all the comments this is a hot cross buns topic.
I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist.
(Too funny, BYW – and OH SO UGLY!)
Mar 02, 2016 @ 08:35:59
Reblogged this on ckbooksblog and commented:
This was so funny, I had to share. And for the record, the hair man-bun thing – a big no go in my book. Come on guys, really?!
Feb 28, 2016 @ 17:59:54
Hope you’re feeling much better now! Regarding the man bun topic I have noticed a few in passing and thought “Oh my, did something crawl up on your head and…?”
Feb 28, 2016 @ 13:59:31
☹️
Feb 27, 2016 @ 14:10:19
🙂
Feb 27, 2016 @ 11:59:29
Wishing you well from afar dear friend 💗
Feb 27, 2016 @ 11:45:31
So sorry to hear this, Lorna, that must be one nasty bug! 😦
Feb 27, 2016 @ 11:15:58
I remember the athletes’ uniforms when I was growing up–they were more form fitting and, thus, more entertaining! I agree with you about appreciating well-developed, male backside anatomy but not on the head!
Feb 27, 2016 @ 11:13:44
I’m with you 100%. Why doesn’t that surprise me? 🙂 ❤
Feb 27, 2016 @ 11:03:26
I’m better than I was, but still not fully recovered. I think this virus has taken up permanent residence. ARG!
Feb 27, 2016 @ 10:56:37
Missed you, too, my friend! 🙂
Feb 27, 2016 @ 10:55:09
I’ve had it for 3 weeks. I’m so sick of being sick!
Feb 27, 2016 @ 10:54:37
🙂 Yup, I’m beginning to feel better, thanks!
Feb 26, 2016 @ 23:54:46
I hope you’re better now, Lorna. No, I think some people look good on almost anything, by make such an effort to look bad…
Feb 26, 2016 @ 17:48:04
Hope you are feeling better now, Lorna! I had that awful flu for two full weeks but some have had it longer. Wishing you well from afar ❤ And, on the man buns, I just don't care. Bun or no bun. Pony tail or no pony tail. As long as the guy under them is a good man and doesn't harm others, it's all good. Loving your funny 😀
Feb 25, 2016 @ 20:37:24
It looks like you’ve been enjoying some eye candy while recuperating. I hope it’s helped. The weather in all parts has been knocking everyone down. There’s no getting around it. For us here in Paradise it’s been 75 one day and 40 the next. How do you stay healthy with roller coaster weather?
Do keep warm … rest … eat light soups … and … sleep. OK – maybe, a movie too but mainly rest. You’ve been missed. ☹️
Namaste 🙏🏻
Izzy 😎
Feb 24, 2016 @ 21:37:24
I took so long getting over here to read this that I’m really hoping that you’re completely well by now, Lorna. Very sorry to hear that you got so sick with that nasty bug. I agree that a young hottie could get away with wearing your grandmother’s bun but Colin Farrell looks a wee bit silly! One of my grandmothers wore her hair (that reached almost to the floor) braided and “bunned” on either side of her head…sort of like Princess Leia. Tell me you’re better now! Hugs…
Feb 24, 2016 @ 10:35:15
Those hair buns look pretty cool on Samurais, however the only non-samurai I can think of that pulled it off was John Belushi who was playing a Samurai, so I guess even he doesn’t count. No, I don’t want to hear about Tom Cruise. Please.
Feb 23, 2016 @ 19:05:58
I would never tell anyone else this, but I do care about men’s buns. It’s one of the reasons I like football so much. I mean, except for the huge defensive backs (I think that’s what they’re called), a lot of the players have really really nice buns. While in the baseball and basketball uniforms – you can’t really tell.
That said, I hate a man’s bun on his head. YUCK.
Now, are you better yet? Sure hope so.
Feb 22, 2016 @ 15:11:34
Thanks, V. I’m slowly recovering, but I’m still not better. This is one long-lasting bug!
Feb 22, 2016 @ 15:10:31
Ah, it’s so good to know that I’m not alone! 🙂
Feb 22, 2016 @ 15:10:02
You’re too funny! 😉
Feb 20, 2016 @ 15:21:24
That sounds good on a number of levels
Feb 19, 2016 @ 03:19:39
Most men don’t have buns – they have scones – go to seed and the bun’s scone completely!
Feb 14, 2016 @ 13:53:27
What normal person thinks this is attractive? Kids these days…crazy (they should also get off my lawn, because apparently I am old as well).
Feb 13, 2016 @ 23:04:59
Sorry you’re not well Lorna! Although as this post is a little old now, maybe you are at least a good way to recovery? Man buns are something we can blame David Beckham for aren’t they? They seem like a trend he would start. I don’t really get it, but hey, each to their own I say!
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:27:23
❤ ❤ ❤
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:22:31
I’m so with you!
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:21:57
With you on my side, how could I not feel great? Thanks, Divine P!
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:21:20
Thanks, Harry. I’m working on it.
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:20:54
Trying, Girlfriend. Trying. 😦
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:20:23
Great minds. One thought. Nuff said. 🙂
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:19:27
Glad you enjoyed my loopy ramblings!
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:18:17
I agree most emphatically!
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:17:51
Nah, nothing wrong with you. I really didn’t either. I was shocked to think they were running an article objectifying men and then I saw it was about hair and was even more shocked. All I could think of was how my decrepit grandmother wore her hair in a bun. So not sexy…
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:16:00
That first guy was pretty impressive, huh? 😉 I’m working on the getting better thing. It’s slow-going. Antibiotics are helping.
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:14:18
Ah, dreamy eyes… I’m not a real bun-gal myself. But if I’m going to admire man buns, they are going to be below the waist! 😉 And I think the meds are making me loopier than normal!
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:12:17
Sorry to hear about you and your mom. Everything I hear about this virus is to make friends with it because it moves in and makes itself comfortable. 😦
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:10:26
Thanks! I worried that I might have waxed delusional.
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:06:55
Well, your feelings are not at all ambivalent! It’s probably more the attitude than the bun. As for me, I can’t get past the fact that my stooped-over grandmother wore the bun, like, FOREVER. That’s her hairstyle, not a man’s!
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:05:03
My thoughts, precisely! And Antibiotics are wonderful thing. 🙂
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:04:20
Thanks, Lori! Working on it. Antibiotics are helping…
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:03:42
Thanks, my friend! I noticed you dodged the male bun issue… 😉
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:02:59
Thanks. I’m on antibiotics. Got a lung infection. Whoo hoo, cough, cough!
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:01:51
I’m all for shapely male butts, too, Elyse. I never even gave men’s hair buns a thought. My grandmother wore her hair in a bun. That’s all I can think of…
Feb 13, 2016 @ 16:00:05
Chocolate covered buns? 😉
Feb 13, 2016 @ 15:59:38
I agree, Sara! 🙂
Feb 11, 2016 @ 07:14:55
Man buns, the hair kind, are the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen. Oh, it might fly on a 20-something rock star, but regular guys with regular jobs and regular families should NEVER bun their hair. Plus, if a man is going to grow hair that long it better be full-bodied, luscious hair and not that stringy thin stuff. And keep it out of a bun. Ponytail? Sure. Bun? Definitely not.
Feb 11, 2016 @ 06:46:42
Sorry you are ill! Hope you feel better like NOW! I am neither here or there on men buns. It kinda depends on the guy. I have seen some men with buns that …. Well… They would look good covered in mud. Hahaha
Feb 11, 2016 @ 05:40:29
Oops! Feel better!
Feb 11, 2016 @ 05:40:06
I like the original kind — tight, not the footballer (or baseballer) type. But the hair buns? Whatever.
Feb 11, 2016 @ 04:19:49
I do hope you get better soon. No fun at all, I know. I’ve been hosting a couple of viruses myself so I do have a slight but first-hand knowledge of what you’ve gone through. Lets hope you feel better soon, both for your sake and for ours who value your presence in Blogand so much
Feb 10, 2016 @ 16:45:14
Quick healing to you, Lorna.
Feb 10, 2016 @ 14:32:41
Feel better!! Regarding the “Man Buns” (which ran in our paper too) I vote no, definitely no. As to the other buns, well, I feel much more favorably disposed toward them…
Feb 10, 2016 @ 06:18:57
Sorry you are down! Here again, you took me literally when I said to write 100 times on the chalkboard. What am I going to do with you?!
As for the gif of the push-ups, I’ve told you umpteen times not to post pictures/movies of me without my permission. That was supposed to be a private workout.
P.S. Get better, Lorna. I miss you.
Feb 10, 2016 @ 02:12:23
I hope you feel better soon.
Feb 10, 2016 @ 02:12:04
I think they’re ridiculous and stupid. There’s a guy at my gym that struts around with one and I fervently wish he’d drop a large weight on her s own head.
Feb 10, 2016 @ 01:18:27
Your not loving it – I take it refers to the man buns – means you’ve retained your sanity, not just your sense of humour. Get well soon!
Feb 09, 2016 @ 17:58:45
Feel better, Lorna, and know that you have a fellow-victim here in the SoCal desert. It hangs on and on. And, sadly, I gave it to my 95 year old Mom last week, and that really makes me feel guilty. Man buns are therapeutic, though.
Feb 09, 2016 @ 17:23:54
So sorry you have been ill and hope you are feeling completely well soon. However, being ill has not destroyed your humor or insight on things! Love this post! P.S. I’ve never been a bun person….more into beautiful dreamy eyes.
Feb 09, 2016 @ 16:58:24
Oh now you have me coughing and spluttering too. I have to say that I’m an ‘eye’, not a bun woman. Nevertheless, your second lot of buns doesn’t do it for me either.😳 Please get well soon, Lorna. xx
Feb 09, 2016 @ 16:48:48
There must be something wrong with me, I’ve never thought about man buns before!! 🙂 Hope you’re on the mend real soon, honey xx
Feb 09, 2016 @ 15:46:43
Feel better soon. Man buns -an emphatic ‘no’
Feb 09, 2016 @ 15:08:34
Love this! Before I saw the last photo of what kind of buns they were talking about, I was going to see that on football teams, I gotta say, I love the tight ends 🙂
Feb 09, 2016 @ 14:53:42
Like you – I’m all for the former, not such a fan of the later man buns. Hope you’re feeling better soon.
Feb 09, 2016 @ 14:03:22
That flu made the rounds through our family and it’s NASTY! Take care of yourself and feel better. 😷
Feb 09, 2016 @ 13:20:30
Sorry to hear your unwell get better soon.
Feb 09, 2016 @ 12:38:53
Oh no, I’m so sorry to hear you’ve caught the flu. Take good care and I’m sending you thoughts of very healing CNMBS (chicken noodle matzo ball soup). Very powerful healing thoughts they are. Love you, P
Feb 09, 2016 @ 12:35:43
Sorry you’ve got flu! 😛 Not nice at all. At least you still have your sense of humour! 🙂
“Man ‘hair’ buns?” I vote no. Just no.