Bike Pants Man

I went to Coles tonight, the one near my house which I used to work at. I needed some deodorant for my pits but thats not important right now. While walking to the deodorant isle I saw this tall dude who used to come through my checkout sometimes. "Bike Pants Man" I named him. From when i used to work there when he'd come through my checkout i found out that he lives 1 street down from me and I got to know he is a teacher at some school. He used to walk in to Coles wearing skin tight bike shorts and matching spandex sleeveless top. It was not pretty and he was at the recieving end of many a staffs payouts and bewildered stares. He's one of those teacher types who are all nice and try to be kool to people younger than them as if they need their approval or something. What is with that?? Nah Ive got it wrong, they just identify with the younger youth types. I dunno anywho. So i see this dude and hes probably 45 or something and hes in tight dark denim jeans, tight t-shirt and he's got like an ultrahip 19 yr old male wog type haircut, u know the one, blonde bleached mullet with short shaved sides and random streaks throughout. I saw him and my instant reaction was that of mixed emotions and thoughts. One side of me was laughing at him while the other side of me was all huh? why? i wonder? blah blah. Why is he dressing like a youngster?. Which started me thinking again about what the cut off for dressing young is and standards like that and all. Ahhhh. So Ive paid for my stuff and leaving and walk past this guy, he sees me and smiles and says "hey there!" you know in a teachery, im kool.. "how u doing" type cheesy voice. Im like hey hows it going, then keep walking. I have nothing to say to him... oh oh .. hi, yes umm hows the teaching going? why are you dressed like that? Does he expect me to stop and chat because Ive seen him in those clothes and thinks he's "cool" and now want to hang out with him?.

I just hope that when i reach the cutoff point I will pass on gracefully and forget about trying to be all super hip and youthfull. Will I know?, i think i will. I hope i will. I need to start cultivating a more I dont give a shit about fashion approach now while im 22 and slowly bow out of the "fashion" game. On the other hand tho I really like to get new clothes that I think look kool or I really like because say if im walking in town and see some person wearing some rad outfit (usually an Asian..hehe lots of asians have the BEST fashion sense).. ill got DAMN that looks soooo gooood! And it really produces a big *WOW* emotion in me and I guess I want to reproduce that myself. Im a visual person who notices these things so its a natural progression. If you are not a person who's interested in clothes AT ALL and have ever wondered why people bother than this one reason why they might. Doesnt make it right or smart, it just is and lets leave it at that.

Posted by Nathan Kowald @ 8:20 PM