People Nowadays Dress Like Shit.

Hey! It's been 8 months since I've written about my wonderful life here on this corner of the internet. Things that have changed....I live in Austin now. Oh...I have a dog. I've been listening to Silverchair for 30 minutes now and I just realized it. Changing song....oooooo aereosmith. not better. Alright. I can deal with Walk Away Renee. Anyway...I've been having this loud and angry conversation with a couple people and I really think I need to get it down on paper. Or internet paper. Fake paper. Here it is:
People Nowadays Dress Like Shit.

I started to notice this in church when i was around 10, I'd say. My father always told me that I needed to dress nicley when I went to church, I imagine, out of respect for the institution. I agree with that. Church is a place at which you should show your deepest respect for...whatever it is you happen to be respecting there. You should enter those doors with a sense of dignity. Over the years, I noticed, people started dropping the button up shirt, slacks, and nice shoes look for maybe a clean polo shirt, khakis, and less nice shoes. Then, Polo Shirt, Shorts, tennis shoes/sandals. Now, when I go to church, it looks like people are on there way to, or from a lazy summer picnic. I call bullshit. Why am I the outcast for showing up in a shirt, tie, jacket, etc. Anyway...thats church...whatever...fine, do what you want.

What I HAVEN'T accepted is people having similarly low standards when going out into public. There is a girl I work with who comes to work in thin coton sweat pants and a different oversized faded Pink Floyd shirt everyday. She isn't fat either. They make real clothes that fit her. She looks like she just got done mopping and waxing the floor and decided to come pick up a shift. She looks like she spent the night at her boyfriends parents house and had to put on whatever was available so she could go down and get a cup of coffee. She looks like she walked out her fucking door to grab the paper and said, "Well, shit...I don't have any plans today. I'll just keep walking to the car and go to work." She looks like shit. Absolute shit. Complete lack of self respect. And she isnt the only person. In high school, girls would come to school wearing pajama bottoms. That's not cute. What are you, some sort of bed- ridden vagrant (I realize its difficult to be a vagrant if you're bed ridden...or visa versa...but you understand what I'm saying) who decided to come get an education? I can't place the blame squarely on her. That isn't fair. I'm sure she's a very nice person. It's a societal issue.

Society seems to be stuck in this unhealthy gravitation towards slovenly apathy. If you're leaving your house, dress like your leaving your house. I'm not saying wear a suit or a dress to work. Just throw on a pair of jeans. Maybe a shirt that fits. leave your houseslippers at home. I've never claimed to be a sharp dresser, but one thing I will say for myself is when you see me in public, I believe you can tell that my intention was to be in public. I didn't "leap" there from Bed Land.

Thats all I have to say.

Take Care,
Daniel.