One thing that I've come to realize, though, is that the clothes I have don't really fit this "new, real me!" thing I've got going on. As silly as this sounds, it's actually something that bothers me a lot. My clothes either make me feel kinda poor (which is an accurate reflection of me, honestly, but not a part that I'm overjoyed to be reflecting in my dress), or a little silly and pretentious when I'm all dressed up. It's time for a change!
Before the emo-lite era, my outfits generally consisted of sarcastic shirts (for example: a $10 camouflaged shirt with white texture print reading: "Look! Now you can't see me.") paired with baggy jeans and big, floppy black-and-neon-green skate shoes- apparently I was all about the neon footwear accents. I remember feeling like I was making a bold, daring statement! Looking back, though, I'm not entirely sure what that statement was. Occasionally I would trade the jeans for some baggy gangsta shorts that 1: showed off the alabaster, sickly paleness of my legs, and 2: truncated my already proportionately-short calves to the point that it almost appeared as if I had the legs of a dwarf- or a very young, fat child. Whenever I was feeling "too fancy" for my "witty" tees, I would don one of my many regular-fit, striped polos. Apparently, in my mind, dressing fancy meant dressing like a golfing grandpa. Surprisingly enough, I was never put on anyone's "best-dressed" lists.
Thankfully, things did get better over time:
It could also be a lot worse:
Anyway, with all the positive changes being made in my life, and that burgeoning sense of who I am and who I want to eventually become, I'm glad to finally realize that there is a manner of dress in which I feel comfortable, and that will better represent who I am to all you lovely people.
Now all I need is money.
Hope you enjoyed this weird little revealing (if not too revealing?) post. May it inspire you to look upon your past, face-palm-worthy choices with a light heart, and a determination to become better! For your sake. But really for the sake of those that have to be seen with you.
Much love,
Adam