Pride Cometh before the....
fall?...or thestupid looking dreamcatcher/indian paraphenalia hanging from someone's rear view mirror...or tattooed on their arm for that matter...
It has always been interesting to me to see what people PRIDE themselves in...what people think about themselves...how people go about trying to represent what they value or what they think is indicative of their persona. Think of it as your own theme music playing wherever you go, well who chooses that music? What songs are gonna be played and why? What are you trying to tell us about yourself?
What is it that makes us think that we are a certain way or that some thing or some symbol or some song could be our vehicle by which we express to the world; hey this is soooo ME! But we all do it and we all see these attemps to express our self image to the world around us....
1) The Ride:
Some people express themselves through their vehicles. Guys pay thousands of dollars and put oversized tires on their trucks so they will never get stuck in the mud that they would never drive in because they spend even more money keeping those very tires super clean and immaculate. People buy fast cars or make their cars faster so the can project their image of being some kind of speed demon or racer...thats funny, the last time i checked, you have to abide by the same speed limit that i do and i also checked on cop cars...yeah, they are much faster than your fast and the furious wanna be ride and they will give you ticket...but im sure that they are impressed with your "paul walker" image. Others tattoo their cars with bumper stickers and sayings and all sorts of stuff that are intended to make me think a certain way about them. Im not gonna talk about the bullet hole stickers...there is an entire blog dedicated to that mess. "god is my co pilot" - good for you, but i didn't know that you were flying while we are all out here driving cars with tires on a road...maybe you should put that sticker on your airplane.
2) The Talk:
You dont have to be around most people very long before you can find out what they are all about...I love it when im talking to someone and i get that feeling that they are just waiting for an emphatic pause so that they can jump in and start on their stuff. Or the "my story is a little bit better than yours" talker. Dont matter what you say or how awesome your side of the convo is; theirs has to be a little bit better, and they usually lead into it with one of these: "oh yeah, thats cool, but check this out..so the other day..." then they go on to tell their better story or experience with you. Here is an idea, let me talk and you listen, then comment on what i say, ask questions about what i say and then once that chapter of time is over then you may proceed with your side at which point i'll listen and comment and ask questions on what you have just relayed to me. (sounds like the begining of a good blog called Conversation Rules..hmmm)
3) The Bling;
A western shirt and faded jeans dont make you any more country than going to mc donalds makes you a hamburger. For some reason lots of people think that what they wear says who they are. I guess im supposed to think that the little 13 yr old punk who died his hair black and wears camo jeans and a hoodi is some kind of tough guy...no i think you are 13 yr old boy who cant think for himself so you let whatever is on the Hollister model outside of their tiki hut in the mall tell you what to wear. Oh you got a eye brow ring, a nose ring, and your lip and cartlidge pierced...well good for you, just dont expect me to be scared of because you decided to make your face look like you fell nose first in an open tackle box. Most teachers have resigned to wearing those mom jeans( you know the kinds that come up to your neck and the legs are tapered and the fronts are pleated..specifically designed to make one as unattractive as possible) and sweater vest...not all but most. Most 20-something guys are trying to portray the "cool guy" look no matter if they are cool or not. The dress shirt, untucked, sleeves rolled back, dark jean, thick ban watch, and flat toed shoes. This would be ok if every guy in America did not wear this to go out...But i guess we are tyring to tell you ladies that even though we flip hamburgers at mcdonalds we will dress like we own the franchise.
posted by hansen @ 2:18 PM
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