As I motor around this vast universe I'm noticing a certain segment of the male population trying to impress others by dressing like little boys. These boys can't seem to put a baseball hat on straight or wear clothes that fit them. Now I understand that sometimes we hafta wear hand me downs when we're kids, but by the time these boys are able to purchase alcohol legally they should be able to pick clothes that are their size. I don't think they can call 'em shorts if they are 3 inches above their shoes.
And t-shirts, what's with the t-shirts they choose to wear? Now, I'm a t-shirt guy and my t-shirts usually have something written on 'em. But some of the shirts I've seen are amazingly ridiculous. These boys are trying to impress me by wearing MMA shirts or some gym that they don't attend. I'm all for them telling me who their favorite band is (except for maybe KISS, they should probably keep that to themselves) or brand of surf board they ride, but don't get carried away.
And when i say carried away, I'm talking about the guy that is wearing head to toe ADIDAS clothes or Monster energy drink clothes as if they are sponsored by those companies. Just because he's wearing 'em doesn't mean he can play ball or race a motorcycle, so, just stop it, you look silly.
Speaking of looking silly and motorcycles, let's talk about Harley riders. Now contrary to popular belief, I like Harley Davidson. They're an American company, they've had they're ups and downs but they are still here and making a good product. The part I'm not wild about is Harley riders, what a ridiculous bunch this is, talk about a group of guys that are trying to buy their cool, holy crap. I ride a Suzuki dl 1000 vstrom and any other bike that goes by me in the opposite direction will wave, except the turd riding the hog. Because I ride a "jap bike" I'm not in the cool guy club and I can guarantee that weekend warrior I ride more miles a year than he does. Nothing pleases me more than during the ride home I come up on some traffic and I start splitting lanes and I get to pass the Harley sitting in line like it's a car, cause the guy is too scared to follow me. But, hot damn, he looks good sitting there in all his Harley clothing. I've been to a few motorcycle shows and the amount of Harley crap these guys wear is amazing. Like I said about the guy wearing the ADIDAS stuff, these guys will wear Harley hats, do rags, head bands, sun glasses, ear rings, multiple layers of shirts, vests, belts, belt buckles, underwear (I'm guessing), pants, shorts, chaps, wallet, wallet chain, key chain, socks, boots and boot laces, while holding his diet Coke in a can cozy all with the almighty Harley Davidson logo emblazoned on 'em. What's even funnier is this seems to be their weekend clothing, he'll show up at the grocery store in all this crap. So Harley Davidson is awesome, most Harley riders are lame.
So guys, you might be impressing the other Harley riders or the other extreme athlete wannabes, but that young lady over there thinks you dress like her little brother.
The other guys I wanna point out are the ones that appear to have just given up. Some of these pathetic examples don't seem to own a clean shirt and the dirty shirt always seems to be white. I work in a very dirty environment and usually get rather greasy. But I don't take my wife to dinner wearing dirty work clothes.
The other fellows look like their significant other dressed 'em, which is not always a bad thing. But it seems to me that some guys get to a certain age and just flat give up. Then grandpa and grandma are wearing matching clothes, and they match the dog also, all made out of the American flag. The American flag is not clothing, period.
So get dressed, but some thought into it and quit trying to impress us by wearing what looks like the side of a race car.
And last but not least, I hate to even bring it up, because you all know better. I better not see any of you in "mandals".
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
be here, now
As I travel through this world I've met and worked with a lot of different guys. And there seems to be a breed of guy that either lives in the past or the future. They have a tough time living in the present. This particular guy wants to tell me about his past experiences and these experiences are usually pretty spectacular.
One particular example that I use to work with at the tow yard, had done it all. This was the guy that had to constantly one up you. If you had done it, so had he, but he did it way better than you ever could. It got so obvious to everyone that we began to say this person had to be born around the early 1900's, because he had accomplished so much. We also figured he was the only person to have ever looped a submarine, cause he had done it all. The guy lost a lot of credibility and became the guy that people avoided, cause you couldn't believe anything he told you.
I seem to run into this personality mostly in my work environments. So I don't know if this is where these guys are most insecure and they feel the need to pump up their reputation. Because usually their lives are pretty sad and uneventful. If you ask them what they are doing this weekend, they typically have nothing going on.
I don't mind hearing stories of past events, but if that's all you got and for some reason this is all you want to talk about, you're gonna loose me. Especially when your present day world doesn't reflect your exciting past.
The other guy has big plans and that's about it. I always get to hear about his big plans for the future but they never seem to come to fruition. Again, I don't mind hearing about his dreams, but if there's no action to making these dreams come true, I'm over it. He can talk the talk, but i want to see him walk the walk. When I hear a lot of talk about grand plans and no action I'm done putting any energy or even listening to him anymore.
So quit blowing smoke up my butt and just be yourself. You're not impressing me or anyone else by telling us lies. So man up, live your true life, be here now, or you're gonna end up drinking your light beer by yourself.
One particular example that I use to work with at the tow yard, had done it all. This was the guy that had to constantly one up you. If you had done it, so had he, but he did it way better than you ever could. It got so obvious to everyone that we began to say this person had to be born around the early 1900's, because he had accomplished so much. We also figured he was the only person to have ever looped a submarine, cause he had done it all. The guy lost a lot of credibility and became the guy that people avoided, cause you couldn't believe anything he told you.
I seem to run into this personality mostly in my work environments. So I don't know if this is where these guys are most insecure and they feel the need to pump up their reputation. Because usually their lives are pretty sad and uneventful. If you ask them what they are doing this weekend, they typically have nothing going on.
I don't mind hearing stories of past events, but if that's all you got and for some reason this is all you want to talk about, you're gonna loose me. Especially when your present day world doesn't reflect your exciting past.
The other guy has big plans and that's about it. I always get to hear about his big plans for the future but they never seem to come to fruition. Again, I don't mind hearing about his dreams, but if there's no action to making these dreams come true, I'm over it. He can talk the talk, but i want to see him walk the walk. When I hear a lot of talk about grand plans and no action I'm done putting any energy or even listening to him anymore.
So quit blowing smoke up my butt and just be yourself. You're not impressing me or anyone else by telling us lies. So man up, live your true life, be here now, or you're gonna end up drinking your light beer by yourself.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
beer commercials got me thinking
The event that got me thinking about being a man was seeing beer commercials on that vast wasteland called television. We are being told that light beer and low calorie beer is what we want.
What a load of crap. Tasteless, fizzy sugar water is not my idea of beer. The big beer companies product is so bad that they hafta add gadgets and gizmos to the containers as a way to entice you to buy it. Drink a real beer fer cryin' out loud. Low calorie beer is a joke and yet they try to tell us that this is what men drink.
These guys look like idiots in these commercials and are a poor representation of manhood.
So I started noticing in other advertisements how stupidly men are portrayed. No wonder men don't know how to act. Jed wrote that being a man is often confused with disrespect and chauvinism. The way I see it those traits are not so bad as long as they stay in balance. I will always open a door for a lady and let her go ahead of me. Chauvinistic? Probably, but that's me. I'm also not a fan of a man who treats a lady poorly. Disrespect? You're god damn right. That man will never have my respect. Seems like any time you let yourself go to far one way you get into trouble, so I try to keep it all in balance.
So I'm gonna go have a beer, I have some Stella Artois in the fridge. Care to join me?
What a load of crap. Tasteless, fizzy sugar water is not my idea of beer. The big beer companies product is so bad that they hafta add gadgets and gizmos to the containers as a way to entice you to buy it. Drink a real beer fer cryin' out loud. Low calorie beer is a joke and yet they try to tell us that this is what men drink.
These guys look like idiots in these commercials and are a poor representation of manhood.
So I started noticing in other advertisements how stupidly men are portrayed. No wonder men don't know how to act. Jed wrote that being a man is often confused with disrespect and chauvinism. The way I see it those traits are not so bad as long as they stay in balance. I will always open a door for a lady and let her go ahead of me. Chauvinistic? Probably, but that's me. I'm also not a fan of a man who treats a lady poorly. Disrespect? You're god damn right. That man will never have my respect. Seems like any time you let yourself go to far one way you get into trouble, so I try to keep it all in balance.
So I'm gonna go have a beer, I have some Stella Artois in the fridge. Care to join me?
Sunday, May 22, 2011
let's see how this goes
I've been noticing lately how poorly men have been performing. A lot of it has to do with the way the media portrays men. It's sounds cliche but "the art of manliness" seems to fading even more.
So I don't know if it's a result of me getting older or what, but I find myself becoming less tolerant of unmanly behavior. So I've decided to start this blog. I'm no expert or even a writer for that matter. But I think I have an idea of what it means to be a man. You may agree with me or not, but these are going to my ideas and your reactions are yours. I will try to set it up so you can comment, I'm still figuring this thing out.
I'm looking forward to this and your comments. This is meant to be fun, sarcastic, and light hearted. I don't expect to change the world but maybe I can get you thinking about being a man.
So I don't know if it's a result of me getting older or what, but I find myself becoming less tolerant of unmanly behavior. So I've decided to start this blog. I'm no expert or even a writer for that matter. But I think I have an idea of what it means to be a man. You may agree with me or not, but these are going to my ideas and your reactions are yours. I will try to set it up so you can comment, I'm still figuring this thing out.
I'm looking forward to this and your comments. This is meant to be fun, sarcastic, and light hearted. I don't expect to change the world but maybe I can get you thinking about being a man.
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