rain-rain, etc.

[arguchik]

today, we in seattle are having one of those weather days where you have to stand in front of your closet in the morning and just *decide* whether you're going to lean toward looking good or staying warm and (more to the point) dry. my job is such that i have to be outside a lot, so i incline toward busting out the fleece, gore-tex, and some kind of athletic shoe and saying "fuck you" to the aesthetics of adorning the body. (haha, "who says my purple patagonia raincoat isn't beautiful or fashionable?")

otoh, i've been feeling rather unattractive lately anyway...what with my growing-out hair and a wardrobe that...hell, let's face it, on dry days i don't look that much better than a fleeced out seattle outdoorsy person anyway. so it bums me out, a little, to err so much on the side of functionality.

i've never had any fashion sense. every now and then, i seem to hit on an outfit or a look that mysteriously "works" (according to others who comment on my looking "nice" or "good" on a given day). but i never understand why or how, thus i continually default to solid colors, jeans, t-shirts, sweaters, black shoes.

blah blah blah. fuck it. i'm too busy to worry about this. where's that raincoat? bring on the torrential rains, and the gale force winds...

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[arguchik.livejournal.com]

i *do* enjoy having short hair. it requires more regular trims, but it's super easy to style in the morning. i cut my hair short-short because i had been bleaching it and was tired of touching up the roots. also i didn't think it looked very good on me, but when i tried to dye chunks of it darker, the darker dye didn't hold on very well. i want to grow it back a little bit mainly because i like the way it feels, and i do prefer the way it looks on me. it wasn't all that long before (chin-length bob with layers), and i don't want to grow it any longer than that.