My roommate and I were on our way to my personal library to learn and grow and enjoy our favorite Starbucks goodies [grande hot chocolate - Godiva, if they still have it- with a shot of hazelnut, and a sugar cookie, please], when she told me the funniest thing.
"You look like you're going to beat the crap out of somebody."
Of course, it caught me completely off-guard until I looked at myself in the mirror.
Despite the fact that I'm about eight months pregnant or so, I still fit into all of my old clothes. So, I was wearing my favorite jeans, a black thermal shirt, a black jacket, and black and white running shoes. [Don't ask me why I wear running shoes. I haven't run a foot since my training days in the Army.]
The real reason that she made that comment was apparently in the accessories I was wearing: black hoop earrings, reflective aviator sunglasses [it was still bright outside], and a metal belt with a huge skull-shaped buckle.
I laughed. But I get her point. Especially when people have always either stared at me
[they tend to do that even more when you're pregnant, for some reason. Geez - find some manners and use them, people!] or avoided making eye contact as if doing so would bring on the Plague. Apparently I tend to have a "mean" look on my face all the time, too, so I generally give off an all-around "Don't f**k with me" vibe.
What can I say? It's how I was raised.
But I will say this: it's not that I'm genuinely mean or violent. It just takes me a while to let people in. But, as many of my horoscope and tarot readings tell me, once you're in, you're in for life.
But don't let the things that I wear give you a certain impression about who I am or what I stand for. I just really like skulls and aviators. It's a personal preference, not a scare tactic.
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"You look like you're going to beat the crap out of somebody."
Of course, it caught me completely off-guard until I looked at myself in the mirror.
Despite the fact that I'm about eight months pregnant or so, I still fit into all of my old clothes. So, I was wearing my favorite jeans, a black thermal shirt, a black jacket, and black and white running shoes. [Don't ask me why I wear running shoes. I haven't run a foot since my training days in the Army.]
The real reason that she made that comment was apparently in the accessories I was wearing: black hoop earrings, reflective aviator sunglasses [it was still bright outside], and a metal belt with a huge skull-shaped buckle.
I laughed. But I get her point. Especially when people have always either stared at me
[they tend to do that even more when you're pregnant, for some reason. Geez - find some manners and use them, people!] or avoided making eye contact as if doing so would bring on the Plague. Apparently I tend to have a "mean" look on my face all the time, too, so I generally give off an all-around "Don't f**k with me" vibe.
What can I say? It's how I was raised.
But I will say this: it's not that I'm genuinely mean or violent. It just takes me a while to let people in. But, as many of my horoscope and tarot readings tell me, once you're in, you're in for life.
But don't let the things that I wear give you a certain impression about who I am or what I stand for. I just really like skulls and aviators. It's a personal preference, not a scare tactic.
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