Anne v. Nextel, Part 1

[weaktwos]

You Yellow Bastards
I moved from t-mobile to Nextel a few months back because I wanted a phone with bluetooth to interact with my car, as well as a reasonable monthly internet package so I can have email access and what not. Well, I am paying the price.

Despite having an employee discount via my employer that waves the contract, Nextel is trying to assess a early cancellation fee on me. So, I'll have to do battle with corporate accounts. Feh.

And Oh, My Eyes!
Tonight, put in some overtime upgrading some hardware, and met up with taogrl briefly for a quick cup-o-joe and catch-up at Naked Lounge. What I saw there compelled taogrl and I to enter into the "We're to old to understand this bullshit" realm.

What happened, you may ask? Well, lemme tell ya. Two lesbians walked in. Not that there's anything wrong with that. But one of them was not only embracing male clothing. She was embracing the "Bad Idea" line of male fashion.

What is the "Bad Idea" line of male fashion, you may ask. Well, let me tell ya!

You know those big, baggy skater boy shorts? The ones that skinny dudes usually wear, but four more of their friends could also fit inside.


Anyway, she was wearing these shorts...and she was doing the whole droopy-drawer routine with the upper 75% of her boxer-shorted behind on display. This style doesn't look good or interesting on anyone, be their butt big or small.

I just don't understand this style. Sure, I love baggy clothes. They are comfy. I love comfy. But when you're letting your shorts ride so low as to shame the Norge Refrigerator Repairman, such apparel ceases to be considered pants or shorts, but instead are legwarmers.

When will the younger crowd decide to stage their fashion rebellion with burlap sacks? It's as flattering, and so much cheaper.

Comments

[almjbs.livejournal.com]

Totally. No shit, right? I'm there with you in that don't understand it category too.

[torsoheap.livejournal.com]

I'm 29 and I work on campus at Cornell so I'm exposed to a lot of 18-22 year olds. I've seen some pretty crazy fashion. I saw one dude with his pants down around his mid-thigh. He could barely get off the bus. I've also seen some pretty chunky women trying to squeeze into clothes that would be tight on an anoxeric. I don't understand the compulsion to show off your belly, thick or thin. There are a lot of trust fund babies here and they're the ones driving Range Rovers and Lexus SUVs and whatnot, yet wear sweatpants and sweatshirts. Maybe they're designer sweatpants?

Armani Sweats

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Maybe so.

Mid-thigh pants. Not good.

[lavenderjones.livejournal.com]

Saw one of those mid-thigh guys myself. He already looked dumpy, but his pants actually fell down around his ankles in the parking lot and he stopped briefly to hike them back up to thigh level and started walking again. The Mind Boggles.