“Remoted” – Day 421 (Tuesday)

Cut back, but still big.

The wind returned today. This did not please me, especially when I noticed it was blowing long enough and hard enough to have removed some of the flowers from the bleeding heart transplanted in the back yard. The original plant out front is quite large, even after what was clearly insufficient thinning as it was first coming up. There was not much time spent lingering in the yard with the Canine Overlords due to the wind. A few weeds were pulled from the flower bed, but it was quick and done and not very much fun. 

Work saw several things making progress in the to do list, which always feels good. After work there was a board meeting held via Zoom, which is the clear highlight of the social life, and as entertaining as it can be, the one hour has a lot of pressure riding on it doing double duty as volunteer work and social scene.

While driving recently, in addition to noticing cars I might want to buy, I have noticed that men’s fashions still have not improved. I had hoped that the cyclical nature of fashion would lead to a return of the waistband to the actual waist, but this has not borne out, and man butts and underwear are still on full and disappointing display. 

Not my real neighbor.

While my dream of men wearing their pants at or near the waist have not fully returned, there has been a revival of a previous accessory. The men congregating at the end of my street have added a new layer to their fashion-forward low-slung jeans and baggy coordinated sweat suits in the form of the fanny pack. The update to the fanny pack is that they are not worn fastened around the midsection, and instead it is worn either over the shoulder like a purse, or crosswise on the torso like a cross body bag. Perhaps most amusing, is that they wear it while sitting on the porch of their own home. 

Is this the current comical direction of menswear? What do guys carry that won't fit into any of the dozens of pockets with which their clothing is already blessed? Should I start taking my purse out to the deck when I sit there? Does the man purse match the shoes, or should it coordinate more with the general outfit? If the men are going to be carrying purses now, does that mean the wife or girlfriend can ditch her purse and have him carry her keys and wallet, or do the couples coordinate the purses? So many questions.