Very eventful weekend with so many things to do and leaving me very very tired by the end of the day. A big plus was a couple of friends popping by over the weekend for a visit, having a ball. Despite the seriously rubbish weather on Saturday, it was still great to hangout the whole day indoors. Moved most of my stuff out to the new place and took about an hour to complete everything.
Went to see Eddie Izzard live and he is just genius. I think the thing that I like about him the most is that there is always an overarching line of thought that he wants to present but every now and then goes off in a tangent. Most comedians that I've seen have blocks of content and there isn't really much continuity between the blocks. He just has one huge block he needs to go through. If you have seen any clips of his comedy and notices his posture, expression in words and in action, he is still all that and probably more on stage. The other thing that I like about him is that he does quite a fair bit of word play in his jokes. It's one of those that are borderline smart and lame, not too lame that just make you go "ARGHHHH!" but it's actually very witty. Love it! The first 20 minutes or so was quite a bit irreverant as he professes to be an atheist and gave some evidence for his belief (or lack thereof) so it is a bit hard to laugh at jokes no matter how funny it was. But soon after it became funnier and funnier till the end of the first half we have been sufficiently warmed up. When the second half came in, he totally killed us. Well timed recurring jokes, very clever word play, a little randomness, had us all in stitches. It's so scattered that by the end of the show when we are trying to remember the really funny bits, we struggle to remember them. And of course we don't quite have the same delivery as he does. But it was so good. So very good.
Another thing that we did was a lot of shopping. I, of course, did not buy anything. But watching friends shop, look at things they like, criticise other things and the likes is very interesting. Coming from a person who knows next to nothing about shopping I can only stand back and observe. Perhaps I'm too analytical in trying to discern what makes one thing nice compared to something else even though they seem to be almost similiar. Enough exposure and I will usually be in the same direction with my own choices then I've come to learn that there is a lot of things that I have to unlearn in order to look good. My friends are generally very excited about anything style related (which I again know nothing of) and even got to the point where they got even more interested to know what I would look like had a had surrendered myself over to them and had a pile of cash stuffed inside the pockets of my baggy jeans. I'm sure if I did that they would do the best job and I'm sure I would like it because they are that good with this knowledge. This geek behind the keyboard is very interested and impressed with their kind of knowledge. Perhaps it is the environment that have been immersed in before coming to Australia that gave them this wealth in knowledge that I do not possess.
I've always had clothes that are rather big or have the appearance of big, maybe it is because of the Asian mentality. Buy shirts two sizes bigger so can last longer when you are growing up. But what it fails to teach us (or at least what I fail to learn) was that there is a point where you stop growing and you cannot follow the same mantra as before. You'll get carded by the fashion police. It is further exaggerated by the fact that I'm a geek, a nerd and a dweeb. And so at 27 years old, I finally understood it. Very typical.
This was all to make one look good and perhaps radiate some self confidence. I've never really understood where the line was between aiming to look good and being vain, or between self-confidence and arrogance. So in another typical move, I aim to play it safe, don't bother to try and look nice and lower yourself. Because really, I don't want to give any of that impression to other people. So having this paradigm shift is a scary thought, thinking twice before trying, say a new pair of jeans. Almost crippling.
I sometimes wonder how on Earth do these awesome friends of mine are still friends with me. It amazes me that a person with zero style with too much faux science in my head, with no culture and no class is able to mingle with people that have a refined sense of style for longer than a week. Details, the marketing and advertising ethos, the vocabulary and all that jazz boggles my mind. In the words of Eddie Izzard, "Oh...my brain is getting hot.". Highly interesting, even exciting but something I cannot fully grasp or comprehend. Perhaps I never will. But that's OK. I've been fine up to now and I'm sure I'll be fine despite the T-shirt, baggy jeans, seriously worn out shoes and a brain that is chock full of internet memes especially cats.
That $575 jacket is starting to taunt me.
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"Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn" - Gore Vidal
Perhaps it is because I don't know/do any of these.
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Perhaps, I am seriously doing it wrong. Who am I kidding?
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well, to be honest, sometimes i envy the bond amongst u guys. oh well, career-friends tradeoff i guess.