first impressions, style-wise
My first couple days here, working in the corporate headquarters of a worldwide company, I noticed that my co-workers were dressed like they were broke. "But wait" I thought, "I'm making good money, so aren't they?" But it wasn't just that...the colors they chose were oatmeal, chipboard, pond scum...I didn't get it. And friends, I still don't get it. Yet they made faces at my shoes, my signet ring and every personalization item in my cube. It was as if they were joy killers.
When I left my city back east, tattoos were out, as well as face piercings. They had been out for a couple of years or more and people had stopped talking about them long before that. The talk was more leaning towards fishing around for advice about tattoo removal and The Cool having barely perceptible holes in their face where a piercing had been.
After 2 years here, I still find it not only gross but laughable to see a Seattle sausage chick in a sundress, with a tramp stamp on one leg that's all blurry like a prison tattoo. And they're working downtown in offices or pushing babycarts. Former life ewww. Mommyz got hepC. I think it's kind of like leaving your dildo out in the living room when guests come over.