Last Updated on 3/14/2010

Published on 12/23/2009

Here’s a test: What do Sarah Jessica Parker and I, Ann Ipock, have in common? Well, I’m thinking nuttin’ since she went and had her mole removed—that’s right, her mole. I still have mine and in fact, am proud of it—thank you very much! Don’t ask me why she did it ’cause I’m just as stumped as you.  Oh sure, it didn’t JUST happen—it was during last summer, she says. How did I miss that, being the Hollywood sleuth that I am: reading “People” and watching “Access Hollywood?” Geez! I didn’t know a thing about it until I read a recent interview in “USA WEEKEND.”  Anyway, Sarah Jessica says she is just now hearing the fallout from the mole exorcism, oh, I mean, excision. Just thinking about the pain makes me grimace. You can even follow a “now you see it”, “now you don’t”  photo of the infamous mole under “pinkisthenewblog.com” if you have tons of time with nothing to do, no one to talk to and a very boring, lonely life; which I’ve just admitted to, sort of. Not really, it’s Christmas and I’ve simply been de-stressing from all the crowded malls, crazy drivers and ear-splitting commercials on TV, sitting in front of my computer. I was Googling  “Sarah Jessica Parker’s mole”—aren’t I disgusting—when I accidentally stumbled upon this blog. Believe me, there were tons of choices from which to choose.
I also read in this article that one woman even stopped Sarah Jessica on the beach and accused her of having her “signature” destroyed (the mole, that is); to which SJP asked, “My signature isn’t my brain?” Now, you’ve got to laugh at that, no matter what you think of the article-described “atypical beauty.” Personally, I loved her in that witch movie, “Hocus Pocus” and in the screamingly-funny “The First Wives Club.” But I admit I never watched SATC since hub-Russ, tightwad, Dave Ramsey-guru financial expert doesn’t want to pay for HBO! He also doesn’t want to pay for my newspaper delivery, my cell phone usage or my Christmas presents. Scrooge!
But back to Sarah Jessica and me: We DID have something in common before she had her mole removed—make that, her beauty mark.  That’s what we called them during Marilyn Monroe’s heyday. My mole is on my left cheekbone—hers was on the right side of her chin—where it has perched ever since I can remember, mine, not hers.  Thank goodness it’s not on the end of my nose. With my Ziggy-luck, I’m surprised it isn’t. But, back to the subject of Marilyn Monroe. She and I have NOTHING in common—as you might have guessed. Oh wait, we do have one thing in common, but that’s a secret only my hairdresser knows for sure.
Speaking of which, one time my mother’s hairdresser, Elsie, grabbed me by the arm and stared intently into my face. We were nose-to-nose, barely 3” apart. I was surprised and caught off guard because a) I never knew Elsie to be a close talker and b) I imagined my hair was a mess and she might offer to fix it real quick, (gee, thanks!). But no, instead these words came right out of her mouth: “Has that mole always been on your face?” Duh-huh? She said she had never noticed it before and that the new trend was to paint on beauty marks (moles) once again. Heck no, I wanted to say since I’ve JUST learned how to paint on my eyebrows. (More about that in another column.)  I remember when women did the beauty mark dots in the 60’s with a Maybelline eye pencil. Remember Miss Kitty on “Gunsmoke?” That was her “signature”—no, not her brain either! Too bad. But wasn’t she SWEET? Heck, you’d have to be sweet with a name like Miss Kitty. Sounds Southern, sultry and sweet, huh?
Upon further reading about SJP, we do have a couple of things in common after all. She is a writer—at least, her character on SATC, Carrie Bradshaw, is. She loves being a housewife and I’m sort of keeping this quiet, but so do I. On the other hand, I’ve never had surrogate twins or had my own line of perfume.  But the way I see it, this quote from a friend (aka, Hugh Grant) of hers that was shared with the interviewer shows us to have the most in common: “She’s very eclectic and has a very strange mind.” Alright, now we’re talking, sister!
    Ann Ipock “Life Is Short, So Read This Fast!” www.annipock.com amipock@ec.rr.com