Sunday, January 27, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
a downtown observation
why is it that women (primarily) need to flaunt logo's and brands - constantly. i mean to some degree i do understand it - i think more so then it being about owning something you like, its more about owning something that gives you a slighter higher status because you're showing to the world that you can afford a coach bag with the C emblem all over it. but i think its got to a level of absurdness to some degree.
i see women every single day re-using a holt renfrew bag to carry their lunch. this bag is broken up and beaten, but just to show that they've purchased *something* from that uber expensive store, they will continue to carry a beat up bag to carry their lunch. i see it all the time and i just don't get it. maybe i'm looking into things a bit too much - and the people carrying those bags don't even think twice about it but it comes down to one question: WHY
why do people carry or wear items that are overtly branded. don't get me wrong, i too enjoy buying expensive things every now and then - but i don't do it for show, i do it either to make myself happy or for the quality.
but everything these days has become such a show. people want to show other people what they can afford and that makes them feel good. there's nothing wrong with buying stuff for yourself to make you feel good but i don't get the "showing off" part. i see women drenched in branded clothes every single day and although they might be doing it for the quality i don't get why they need to be so overt and obvious about it.
who knows, maybe its just me and i'm a pretty subtle person and that’s why i just don't get it - but it just seems to me that people are more and more consumed by what other people think of them based on what they own and thats just shitty.
i see women every single day re-using a holt renfrew bag to carry their lunch. this bag is broken up and beaten, but just to show that they've purchased *something* from that uber expensive store, they will continue to carry a beat up bag to carry their lunch. i see it all the time and i just don't get it. maybe i'm looking into things a bit too much - and the people carrying those bags don't even think twice about it but it comes down to one question: WHY
why do people carry or wear items that are overtly branded. don't get me wrong, i too enjoy buying expensive things every now and then - but i don't do it for show, i do it either to make myself happy or for the quality.
but everything these days has become such a show. people want to show other people what they can afford and that makes them feel good. there's nothing wrong with buying stuff for yourself to make you feel good but i don't get the "showing off" part. i see women drenched in branded clothes every single day and although they might be doing it for the quality i don't get why they need to be so overt and obvious about it.
who knows, maybe its just me and i'm a pretty subtle person and that’s why i just don't get it - but it just seems to me that people are more and more consumed by what other people think of them based on what they own and thats just shitty.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Lack of paper
I haven't blogged in a while - and it's not because I don't want to - but my thoughts are constantly slipping my mind. When I do write, its very much in the heat of the moment, and unless I write my thoughts and feelings down at that very instant - I usually forget about it or can't state what I was feeling as well as I would of been able to.
So below are a few things I wish I had jotted down while I was thinking about them, but couldn't:
1. Why is it that men are excused of their behavior "because they're men". If a guy cheats on his girlfriends - its not completely excused, however its somehow classified as being typical of a man to do that. If he's being a player and courting many girls at one time, its "because he's a man". Or how about when they forget about important engagements - their behaviour is excused to some extent "because he's a man".
2. What does it imply about a person when they broadcast their social life without you asking them to do so? If I ask someone, how's it going - I don't need to know that you're meeting up with someone who I don't know at lunch and then meeting up with friends - who again I don't know - for drinks after work. Sometimes I get the feeling that these people are making up these social stories to make it seem like they have lives. One chick in particular, I know for a fact she doesn't have a lot of friends. Because when I went to her sisters wedding, I was one of 2 of her friends who were there. But everytime I msg her just to say hi, she always tells me that she's going out - and to be quite honest, I don't believe it. People who broadcast their social lives are definately hiding something. Sometimes I feel like because I'm a social person and I'm always going out with one crew or another - some of my friends feel like they have to compete and make a point of letting me know that they also have friends outside of me. Maybe I'm just being egotistical.
3. Just because a man looks like he's decent and down to earth and not a player doesn't mean that he is. You might think that I guy is "polla" (english translation is that he's a softy)but looks are deceiving and more then likely he's a slut.
I could of definately elaborated - but I'd probably be rambling more so then I already am.
Happy 2008 folks!
So below are a few things I wish I had jotted down while I was thinking about them, but couldn't:
1. Why is it that men are excused of their behavior "because they're men". If a guy cheats on his girlfriends - its not completely excused, however its somehow classified as being typical of a man to do that. If he's being a player and courting many girls at one time, its "because he's a man". Or how about when they forget about important engagements - their behaviour is excused to some extent "because he's a man".
2. What does it imply about a person when they broadcast their social life without you asking them to do so? If I ask someone, how's it going - I don't need to know that you're meeting up with someone who I don't know at lunch and then meeting up with friends - who again I don't know - for drinks after work. Sometimes I get the feeling that these people are making up these social stories to make it seem like they have lives. One chick in particular, I know for a fact she doesn't have a lot of friends. Because when I went to her sisters wedding, I was one of 2 of her friends who were there. But everytime I msg her just to say hi, she always tells me that she's going out - and to be quite honest, I don't believe it. People who broadcast their social lives are definately hiding something. Sometimes I feel like because I'm a social person and I'm always going out with one crew or another - some of my friends feel like they have to compete and make a point of letting me know that they also have friends outside of me. Maybe I'm just being egotistical.
3. Just because a man looks like he's decent and down to earth and not a player doesn't mean that he is. You might think that I guy is "polla" (english translation is that he's a softy)but looks are deceiving and more then likely he's a slut.
I could of definately elaborated - but I'd probably be rambling more so then I already am.
Happy 2008 folks!
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