Ranger clothes suck! Rant this way.
Well, I haven't gotten my uniform yet, but I've already passed cynicism and reached resignation. Was going to get boy's britches for a few key reasons:
- boy's pants are boot cut, which is handy when we wear boots. From what I've heard, ladies have classic hems. (gag reflex)
- boy's pants sit closer to the hips while women's pants are still stuck in the eighties when pants above your belly button was considered flattering and somehow comfortable?
- boys pants are flat fronted while girls require pleats to remind them of their femininity, apparently.
Have determined that boy's pants, however, will not work. Much to my surprise (she says with a heavy sarcastic tone) my body isn't shaped like a boy's. Even if the hips fit, other areas are bound to look comical. So it seems that my co-worker lucked out and was able to wear boy's pants, but this can't apply to all Rangerettes. I've seen other women in women's pants, but they are much skinnier than me and I'm not sure how these clothes will react to curves.
Sure, some of this stems from vanity. I am now left with a very unappealing mental image resembling in some way SNL's Pat. Looking somewhat put together when in uniform is important to me. But right up there with vanity is discomfort angstiness. I have to be in this uniform forty hours a week and I should get to wear clothes that fit! Pants shouldn't cover the belly button! It's unseemly and almost painful. I've determined that this is so and any statement otherwise will fall on deaf ears.
I want to be a boy.
I've been tagged apparently; don't think I have anyone left to tag, but here's my list of songs I dig as of recently -- been in an odd mood.
1. Feel Good Inc. - Gorrilaz
2. A Warning Sign - Cold Play
3. One Beat - Sleater Kinney
4. Underwater Song - theSTART
5. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - Beatles
- boy's pants are boot cut, which is handy when we wear boots. From what I've heard, ladies have classic hems. (gag reflex)
- boy's pants sit closer to the hips while women's pants are still stuck in the eighties when pants above your belly button was considered flattering and somehow comfortable?
- boys pants are flat fronted while girls require pleats to remind them of their femininity, apparently.
Have determined that boy's pants, however, will not work. Much to my surprise (she says with a heavy sarcastic tone) my body isn't shaped like a boy's. Even if the hips fit, other areas are bound to look comical. So it seems that my co-worker lucked out and was able to wear boy's pants, but this can't apply to all Rangerettes. I've seen other women in women's pants, but they are much skinnier than me and I'm not sure how these clothes will react to curves.
Sure, some of this stems from vanity. I am now left with a very unappealing mental image resembling in some way SNL's Pat. Looking somewhat put together when in uniform is important to me. But right up there with vanity is discomfort angstiness. I have to be in this uniform forty hours a week and I should get to wear clothes that fit! Pants shouldn't cover the belly button! It's unseemly and almost painful. I've determined that this is so and any statement otherwise will fall on deaf ears.
I want to be a boy.
I've been tagged apparently; don't think I have anyone left to tag, but here's my list of songs I dig as of recently -- been in an odd mood.
1. Feel Good Inc. - Gorrilaz
2. A Warning Sign - Cold Play
3. One Beat - Sleater Kinney
4. Underwater Song - theSTART
5. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - Beatles