Just Say No

It's been awhile since I have been inspired to blog about random stuff that I think about. Lately it's been a lot of travel logs and recaps of events. However a simple email from David yesterday got me thinking.

Now I must preface this by saying that we all have our "things". I'm sure you know what I am talking about, those things we do or in this case we wear that others just don't get. In fact I have this really cool Kangol cap that I really like. I think it's progressive or what I like to call "fashion forward". With fashion you can occasionally take risks and sometimes they work out and other times not so much. I have a pair of Steve Madden Biker boots that I really like but I fully realize they aren't for everyone. Now you might be wondering what this is all about.

Let me take you back about one year ago. I was living at the Buchanan at the time and our dear roommate David was heading back home to Colombia. We needed a new roommate so we looked to the list serve to find one. Now I have had some good luck finding roommates from the list serve especially John Poelman but as we advertised the room a lot of the guys who showed up were kind of dopey. Now I am all about being a friend to everyone but that doesn't mean I want to live with everyone. We were in a strange position we needed to fill the room but we didn't want some nerdy dude.

Now you are probably thinking...Peter how can you know that they were dorky? Two important words Tapered Jeans.

Two of the guys who came by to see the place were wearing them. Now even Stevie Wonder can tell that tapered jeans are not flattering. They don't look cool retro, they just look dorky. So I see two of these dudes and in a moment Malcom Gladwell would be proud of I "Blinked". That is to say I followed my gut and said this is not going to work. I don't want to seem too mean but I think with roommates it is okay to be picky. This is something you should have a choice about. Now it may have been the case that both of these guys would have been just fine to live with or the "doughy" male masseuse who checked the place out. But myself in particular and to a lesser extent my roomies were like nah this just isn't quite right. There is more to the story than just that and in fact we even offered the room to the guy. But when it didn't work out John, Scott, and I were not at all upset.

Probably the funniest thing about it was the fact that we ended up with a guy we never met at all, and he turned out to be awesome. Yes none other than B Squared himself Brian Davis Barker became our roommate because I listened to my gut and said no to tapered jeans. Brian incidentially never wears tapered jeans.

Thanks to my intolerance for tapered jeans this picture was possible.

So at this point you may be wondering what got me thinking about this yesterday? Well David forwarded us a post from the list serve from the very same guy with the tapered jeans. He is moving back to the area and is looking for a place. I laughed as all of these memories came back. And no I still don't want to be his roommate. No hard feelings.

Tapered jeans look bad. I want the world and especially guys who are trying to develop some sense of style to get rid of tapered jeans. They aren't coming back, just get rid of them. (And to my sister Jenn go ahead and save your comments about my wolf shirt... that is an awesome shirt that Myself, Haydan Olivia, and MF Josh Rose all appreciate.)

You see petechat is not just about the musings of my life it is about improvement. I want to improve myself and I want others to find guidance about improvement in their own lives.