Sometimes i am such a girl...
The reason for this? I am now going to talk (in depth) about clothes (I don't usually do this...i don't usually CARE enough to do this) After that there will be a summary of my weekend, followed by a short interval of a summary of events to come/things i am stressing about in the next week, and shall finish with coffee and biscuits in the lobby.
So. Clothes. Why am i suddenly ready to talk clothes i pretend to hear you ask. Because today, i amused myself with the challenge of dressing myself up to look as much of a rock chick/punk as i could. I then realised that although everything i'm wearing contributes towards this look, the only thing that was different (when my style was once indescribable) was the purple hair and long, printed, black nightie/t-shirt i bought a few hours before i got the hair. It got me thinking about whether or not it was conformist to wear such things. Some would say not cos its obviously not the most popular fashion atm, but then again, aren't i conforming to the 'Fashion rebellion' area of clothing?According to the punks of the eighties, I'm supposed to be wearing this because its ugly, totally against the current fashion and to make a point. But it's not ugly, its quite pretty and it makes me feel prettier as a result. Niether is it against the current fashion-lots of people are wearing clothes like this, i even bought this top in a high-street shop! The only point it makes is that i am more of a free thinker, i like the expand my horizons, think slightly outside the box, enjoy the arts, i like music thats made by people not machines and sung not spoken, i beleive in freedom to be you, and have a cynical, yet open-minded view on politics. It says i have principles that are more complicated than most, that i'm down to earth and that i am not afraid of being different, be it in appearance or in perspective. It can say all of these things, EXCEPT 'I am not conformist'.
But is that a bad thing? I mean how far to we go with this? I'm not suggesting that we all conform to everything no matter what-i don't want us to turn into clones. What i am saying, is that it is hard to be non-conformist. Truly non-conformist. I like converses. So do lots of other people. That is technically conformist. However, i like converses cos i like the way they look on me, not anybody else. They make my feet look cute and kinda small (which is good with size 8's) and they make me feel my age, casual and relaxed and...well, happy! As stupid as that sounds. Yet technically i'm conforming to the world that says converses are okay. Then again, you can't wear anything without being conformist. Even JEANS are conformist! After all, everyone wears them.
The conclusion i came to after much mental rambling is that as long as your decision is a concious one, its okay. As long as you wear the clothes because YOU want to, not because someone else says you should, or because someone else is wearing it. Yes, you're catagorising yourself, but as long as its done with a free mind as a conscious decision, as long as it feels right, how is it wrong? The signal i put out by dressing like this, is that i won't judge other people because they're a bit alternative. Cos that hypocrocisy and thats stupid. I may attract people with the same interest/beliefs as me-and thats great! Whilst if i lied by wearing something someone else told me to wear, i would be lying about who i am and thus would be miserable cos i would attract people whose interests don't match mine.
In conclusion, its okay to wear something if it's who you are. Unless you wear hotpants above a certain weight threshold, Seriously, don't do it!
In other news....
Saturday was spent mainly at the bar, where Max decided to a) dress up as Santa and b) mix up crazy concoctions in the form of cocktails (which he occasionally didn't charge us for-free shots, woo!). The rest of the evening was spent watching Resident Evil on the projector in said bar and ordering pizza (again) SOMEHOW i ended up paying £4 for a medium all to myself. WHY? DON'T TEMPT ME FOUL BEINGS.
Sunday-day was fairly uneventful, except i spent 2 and a half hours in the kitchen with Karen who was staying the night talking about stuff whilst i chopped, roasted and ate roast veggies (that takes time you know!) Steve came over to let us know that for our big xmas meal at Spoons, Mader was giving us a lift-yay! Also Rachel had a daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate.....and she stumbled in about noonish today hungover with a lovebite heeheheheheheheheheheheheeheheeeeee.....
Spoons was good! LOTS of people were there including writer society people and random Charlie from Bulmershe last year (there were like 3 parties going on at once there.....and we all knew each other which was weird...) Also saw Edwin who said he heard i was interested in a game of D&D, that he's starting a campaign, and that cos i got in so early, i've got a place in the party!!!! *BIG HUUUGE SMIIIIILES!!!!!*
Then about 25% of us went back to ours for booze, Guitar Hero and SIngstar. It was a good night , but i'm really shattered now!
I keep meaning to make headway with the essays, but muppet xmas carol seems so much more tempting........as does Oddworld: Abes Oddysey that i borrowed off mader and steve's housemate Dan.........hmmm....tricky.......
J
So. Clothes. Why am i suddenly ready to talk clothes i pretend to hear you ask. Because today, i amused myself with the challenge of dressing myself up to look as much of a rock chick/punk as i could. I then realised that although everything i'm wearing contributes towards this look, the only thing that was different (when my style was once indescribable) was the purple hair and long, printed, black nightie/t-shirt i bought a few hours before i got the hair. It got me thinking about whether or not it was conformist to wear such things. Some would say not cos its obviously not the most popular fashion atm, but then again, aren't i conforming to the 'Fashion rebellion' area of clothing?According to the punks of the eighties, I'm supposed to be wearing this because its ugly, totally against the current fashion and to make a point. But it's not ugly, its quite pretty and it makes me feel prettier as a result. Niether is it against the current fashion-lots of people are wearing clothes like this, i even bought this top in a high-street shop! The only point it makes is that i am more of a free thinker, i like the expand my horizons, think slightly outside the box, enjoy the arts, i like music thats made by people not machines and sung not spoken, i beleive in freedom to be you, and have a cynical, yet open-minded view on politics. It says i have principles that are more complicated than most, that i'm down to earth and that i am not afraid of being different, be it in appearance or in perspective. It can say all of these things, EXCEPT 'I am not conformist'.
But is that a bad thing? I mean how far to we go with this? I'm not suggesting that we all conform to everything no matter what-i don't want us to turn into clones. What i am saying, is that it is hard to be non-conformist. Truly non-conformist. I like converses. So do lots of other people. That is technically conformist. However, i like converses cos i like the way they look on me, not anybody else. They make my feet look cute and kinda small (which is good with size 8's) and they make me feel my age, casual and relaxed and...well, happy! As stupid as that sounds. Yet technically i'm conforming to the world that says converses are okay. Then again, you can't wear anything without being conformist. Even JEANS are conformist! After all, everyone wears them.
The conclusion i came to after much mental rambling is that as long as your decision is a concious one, its okay. As long as you wear the clothes because YOU want to, not because someone else says you should, or because someone else is wearing it. Yes, you're catagorising yourself, but as long as its done with a free mind as a conscious decision, as long as it feels right, how is it wrong? The signal i put out by dressing like this, is that i won't judge other people because they're a bit alternative. Cos that hypocrocisy and thats stupid. I may attract people with the same interest/beliefs as me-and thats great! Whilst if i lied by wearing something someone else told me to wear, i would be lying about who i am and thus would be miserable cos i would attract people whose interests don't match mine.
In conclusion, its okay to wear something if it's who you are. Unless you wear hotpants above a certain weight threshold, Seriously, don't do it!
In other news....
Saturday was spent mainly at the bar, where Max decided to a) dress up as Santa and b) mix up crazy concoctions in the form of cocktails (which he occasionally didn't charge us for-free shots, woo!). The rest of the evening was spent watching Resident Evil on the projector in said bar and ordering pizza (again) SOMEHOW i ended up paying £4 for a medium all to myself. WHY? DON'T TEMPT ME FOUL BEINGS.
Sunday-day was fairly uneventful, except i spent 2 and a half hours in the kitchen with Karen who was staying the night talking about stuff whilst i chopped, roasted and ate roast veggies (that takes time you know!) Steve came over to let us know that for our big xmas meal at Spoons, Mader was giving us a lift-yay! Also Rachel had a daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate.....and she stumbled in about noonish today hungover with a lovebite heeheheheheheheheheheheheeheheeeeee.....
Spoons was good! LOTS of people were there including writer society people and random Charlie from Bulmershe last year (there were like 3 parties going on at once there.....and we all knew each other which was weird...) Also saw Edwin who said he heard i was interested in a game of D&D, that he's starting a campaign, and that cos i got in so early, i've got a place in the party!!!! *BIG HUUUGE SMIIIIILES!!!!!*
Then about 25% of us went back to ours for booze, Guitar Hero and SIngstar. It was a good night , but i'm really shattered now!
I keep meaning to make headway with the essays, but muppet xmas carol seems so much more tempting........as does Oddworld: Abes Oddysey that i borrowed off mader and steve's housemate Dan.........hmmm....tricky.......
J