PUNK

PUNK

I have noticed a lot of groups have a shy one. The Momadonnas are no exception. We have Punk. She is the one who sits there, oh so quietly, and just listens. It makes you wonder what she is thinking. That thought is usually followed by "will she use it against me later and how embarrassed will I be?" Of course it could be that she is thinking “ah now when I speak up they will have to listen” but I don’t think so. More likely she is just warming up. She takes a while to get to her “comfort level.” Unfortunately, she does not come with a thermometer so you won’t be expecting it when she does reach that “level”. Then watch out! She will pop out with some smart aleck remark that will shock everyone to the quick. However, much like a lava cake(what you think we would compare ourselves to something other than food?) the lumpy chocolate cake that you pull it out of the oven is not all there is to the dessert. Once you cut into her (still using the cake metaphor no real knives involved) you will see she is chock full of chocolate…or you can just say, “she is full of it”. That seems to works too. Oh and once she gets talking step back. She just keeps going and going and going- does anyone know where the earplugs are? She has become the babbler. She definitely can be quite a talker when she is warmed up and down right obnoxious when she is feeling hot.

Punk was one of the members who were not excited about their nicknames at first. She wanted to be The Instigator but since she never really provokes, or incites others into some action (she is more of a Suggester than an instigator) the group had to come up with something different. The Professional had the same problem. She points out that there are expectations attached to a name like “The Professional.” When you are with the group the last thing you have time for is expectations. Weeeelllll maybe we have time for a few expectations- just so we have something to break later. Nothing feels as good in the morning as breaking someone’s expectations. Out of love of our girls we did try several alternate nicknames including cougar and MILF. None seemed quite right which resulted in many debates usually involving our drawing stick pictures of each other in various poses and fingers in the air. This is scary but true. The end result is the girl’s nicknames Punk and The Professional remain the same.

Talking about Punk she is also the group’s Snappy Dresser. That is if you consider a wide variety of looks snappy. She doesn’t seem to have a style. Instead she has multiple styles. (So far no one has noticed the multiple personalities that usually go along with these things!) For example sometimes she takes the name Punk too seriously and dresses like an 80’s punk rocker chains and all. The next day she may look like a businesswomen and the following day as someone from the 50’s. Oscillating between looks she can shop with both The Momadonnas and the minions (children) when looking for clothes. So when you see her coming you will either think she is one of the minions or a grown up with lots of “personality.” You know “personality” the kind you always find in quotation marks. Also known as a geek, nerd or eccentric in some places. She seems to like it and it is true that she can talk comic book/Star Wars with the best of them…