All the boring people/potheads sit in the back of the class, I am telling you. Sit in every front row for a semester or two, and you’ll run into the most interesting personalities. Chas is one such character! He is a Japanese major who comes to class every morning with what looks like an encoded matrix/morse-code/binary type cipher on a sheet of paper. He meticulously deciphers it whilst listening to punk rock on his mp3 player which is not an Apple product, which I respect.
I asked him once, by way of compliment, why exactly he dresses so snappily for each and every class? Why, Chas? Why, when your peers are so casually dressed, in their black t-shirts and leggings-for-pants and bad hair dye? What makes you impervious to this massive force of peer pressure?
And all he said was that he enjoys dressing well. It creates a good first impression.
There is something to be said for that! No longer do you dress down to be hip and unique. No, no, no, to stand out and be respected you dress UP. Granted, most people probably have a different definition of UP than Chas does, but I think his fanciness has worked for him so far! It’s still the first time a man’s outfit has made me feel insecure about my OWN outfit though. Odd and unwelcome sensation.
*I promised I’d put all the fashion stuff on the other blog, but this is totally a human interest post and it has a moral!
Great post, great caricature, great writing, Kelly!
Thank you!
I am enjoying your blog very much by the way!