sounds familiar Musing on the present. Reminiscing about the past. Posturing for the future.

i have this purple shirt

I have this purple shirt.

A solid-colored, long-sleeved, button-down purple dress shirt.  I love this shirt and think I look great in it.  I like wearing it un-tucked over bulejeans with black dressy shoes.  With that outfit on I feel special-sporty.

Problem is, everyone makes fun of my purple shirt.  No, not like some kind of bullying that's serious - but that all-in-good-fun ribbing that you get from your coworkers.  People walk into my cubicle and feign shock and say things like, "Whoa, what's up purple shirt?"

I laugh, because it's funny; but maybe, just maybe, my purple shirt ain't doing quite as much for me as I like to think it is.  I find this hard to believe.  Again, this shirt basically makes me into a paramount of fashion, I know this for a fact in my own mind.  Yet, still, people look at my shirt and take verbal jabs.

Come to think of it, I don't see a lot of other men wearing purple.  I think I might be the only guy at the office who even owns a purple shirt.  But on the other hand that just means it's all the more awesome.

No wonder people are making fun of it, they are clearly jealous.  As I stride around in the color of kings they weep.

That's got to be it.

Oh hey, before I go, I stumbled upon this Wikipedia link the other day and felt extremely validated.

Goodnight.

Also written on this day...

• the halloween workshop - 2008
• neanderthal-moot - 2006
• vehicular violation - 2004
• old friends - 2003
• touring - 2003