"Does anyone still wear a hat?"
I bought a fedora. I've always wanted a fedora and now I own one. It's very snazzy. Trouble is, if you're wearing a fedora, and you're not a gangster from a 50's talkie, you go around thinking "I'm wearing a fedora. What a prat I must be, wearing this fedora and not being a gangster from a 50's talkie." Perhaps that's a bit extreme. But there's always that nagging doubt when a new article of clothing is introduced, especially if that article of clothing is one designed to point itself out. A new sweater is subtle. It sits on your body, smugly keeping you warm. New jeans don't have to impress anyone. Jeans are a hard-working breed with little time for frivolity (I do not include in this category the kind of jeans that are so tight that sitting down can cause castration, or the kind of jeans that come with holes already torn in them. Those jeans have never worked a day in their lives). A new fedora, on the other hand, is brazen and outgoing. It shouts "Look at me!" while making embarrassing rings on your head, insuring that you must wear it throughout the evening or suffer the ignominy of hat-hair. Winter hats are slightly more acceptable as they serve the valuable purpose of warming one's scalp. But who wears a fedora? Jerks, I hear you say. Arrogant, self-centered, vain jerks. Maybe so, but it goes with my new vest.
Anyway I like the hat. And I don't care if it makes me look like I'm attempting to be someone I'm not. I think it looks good on my head, and in my opinion that's reason enough to wear anything. Well, not anything. If I hung socks from my ears they probably wouldn't look good but I'd still wear them on my feet. There are different criteria for socks. But you know what I mean. I try not to worry about what other people think but I can't. I'm an actor, what other people think is about all I have to go on. So I try to tread the fine line between wearing things I think others will like, and wearing things I know I will like.
So why am I talking about a hat? Because it's Saturday, it's snowing hard, and I'm stuck at work with nothing better to do. Also I'm wearing the hat.
Anyway I like the hat. And I don't care if it makes me look like I'm attempting to be someone I'm not. I think it looks good on my head, and in my opinion that's reason enough to wear anything. Well, not anything. If I hung socks from my ears they probably wouldn't look good but I'd still wear them on my feet. There are different criteria for socks. But you know what I mean. I try not to worry about what other people think but I can't. I'm an actor, what other people think is about all I have to go on. So I try to tread the fine line between wearing things I think others will like, and wearing things I know I will like.
So why am I talking about a hat? Because it's Saturday, it's snowing hard, and I'm stuck at work with nothing better to do. Also I'm wearing the hat.