My Red Foraging Hat

Okay, to be honest I STILL don't completely understand the point of this blog post. Holden's hat is this weird sort of thing that we keep talking about and what its POSSIBLE symbolism is, but I feel like we're all just guessing. We talked about Holden hunting phonies and then we talked about Holden being a phony, but deer certainly don't march around wearing red hats shooting up all their other deer-kin and claiming that they hate deer (Ahem, Holden). Maybe I'm reading a bit much into it. Anyways, Holden's hat is something he uses to make himself feel special and unique or whatever, so I guess I'll write about that.

Holden's hat is something he usually only wears in privacy or in other slim circumstances. Most people Holden knows will never see him wearing his hat, but a few do. That's a bit like me and my birthmark. I have this red birthmark shaped like Hawaii on the top of my left hand. It usually takes people a while to notice its there, some people never do. Part of this is due to the fact that it changes color (very cool, I know). It ranges from very light pink to a deep red-almost-purple color depending on my mood (even cooler). When I'm sick its usually a vibrant red. When I'm overworked or stressed or sad it becomes that almost purple color. Also, sometimes when its really cloudy and stormy it gets darker. Most people think I've injured myself. I can't count the number of times I've hear "What happened to your hand?". I've heard it looks like I burned myself, have a rash, colored on my self, sprayed myself with hot oil, got bruised weirdly, and even that it looks like a hickey (Hickey wins for most creativity, I think, yes?).

I guess my birthmark-hickey is sort of a far stretch for my red hunting hat but I don't do a lot of hunting considering I'm a vegetarian...perhaps 'My Red Foraging Hat' would be a better term. There then, title changed. Either way I buy my food mass produced so I think I get an excuse.

Cheers.
Gianna.