So..whats in your closet?

So what is in my closet? No it's not me, but  I was in there briefly trying to find some thing to wear. Never thought I'd ever be in the position of saying " But I have nothing to wear". Kind of always thought that cliched line as being the realm of women and refined gay men. Definitely not hating there! everyone needs a women and a refined gay man in their life.

The thing is my closet isn't empty, you'd have to go through a heck of a lot to find the door to Narnia but none of it just seems to be there for me anymore. Maybe thats because I'm growing up and my tastes are changing or I'm picking up way to many tendencies from my wonderful assortment of gay friends. Not that, thats a bad thing since I don't have one fashionably challenged gay in my life.

I guess most of my closet pretty much says " Hello I'm 14 and play with Pokemon" and I've hit this brick wall where I've just realized this, finally acknowledged it or just can't handle it anymore. Who knows but I'm at this stage where I want things that not only reflect me as a person but reflect where I am in life.  You know I'm still young and fresh but I'm not anyone's baby either. Well I'll always be my parents baby but you get what I mean, right?

Steve McGarrett

One of the things I find myself thinking about our V-neck T-shirts and I blame CBS' Hawaii Five-0 for this. The V-Neck just looks simplistic and classy on Steve McGarrett and while not detracting any of the rugged and tactical image associated with the character.  The thing is, I've often swiped my old man's V-necks t-shirts to sleep in. They aren't deep Vs but they still dip down so low I look like an outdated hairless cop from old episodes of Miami Vice.

None of these

Another thing I'm realizing is, I no longer want silly pictures on my t-shirts. I just want plain shirts. While I still appreciate a well laid out graphic t-shirt and have an appreciation for Vintage T-shirts. I no longer want shirts with ridiculous characters on them or that appear as though, they've been picked up at the nearest tacky tourist shop from the airport on my last 15 vacations.  Ironically I had that very T-shirt at some point in my life. Probably wore it to death, or it disappeared when my mother deemed Pokemon demonic.

I also find myself considering polo shirts, correction, I actually bought one in August. Now polos have been something I have naturally hated my entire life.  My Dad actually loathes them himself. But now I seem to be looking at polos through a different eye a more mature one perhaps.  Polos also seem to oddly enough go very well with Cargo pants. Well Steve McGarret makes them work. Maybe I'm taking a lot of my adult style cues from McGarret while my childhood style cues came from whatever mommy put in my closet and whatever Disney Show was popular at the time.

Don Flack

Now Jackets, the fact that I'm thinking about Jackets, frankly scares me. My whole life I have had exactly two jackets for general public wear. My Snowboard Jacket for winter, and my team windbreak jacket from the Aerials. I have never considered a Jacket that pulls together an outfit, heck I didn't ever really think of outfits until recently. Don Flack from CBS' CSI: NY's sense of jackets seem to be appealing to me lately. There versatile and could easily be dressed up or dressed down depending on the occasion. I figure if I'm going to spend a while going on a closet overhaul. I'd rather quality vs quantity.  Not to mention I'm pretty cheap in general.

On top of this all, I've been considering fit when it comes to my jeans. Most of my current jeans fit horribly. Like a teenage punk rocker off to a concert with pants that are far to big. Trust me, I've looked in the mirror they're that bad. I have a few pairs of pants that aren't bad that have been recent purchases.  The first thing on my list is good old pair of cargo pants. I don't ever see myself dressing like a little hipster, not my scene. I'm a traditionalist in all sense of the word. I won't be jumping on the skinny pants band wagon but a good set of fitting jeans ought to make my bottom look nice.  Apparently it's one of my assets, I might as well flaunt it.

One thing i've noticed is I don't wear pants as low anymore.  I don't sag my pants half way down my arse anymore. That was something I did a lot of not I just don't. I also find myself in the malls and seeing all these young guys and wanting to tell them to pull their dang pants up. I do wear mine low slung on my hips but not that low.

These just seem to be a lot of changes I'm noticing in myself. Maybe it's all part of this self-image thing I find myself looking at lately. Don't get me wrong, I have a positive Self-Image, it's just changing now. On top of my currently dropping some pounds and increasing my over all cardiovascular endurance, 2013 is looking to be a huge year for me.

-H