But let's ignore homework for right now and talk about more important things. Like how AWESOME capes are. I should provide you with a little bit of context. One of the girls in my program was planning to attend the midnight movie with me and agreed to dress in costume, but she wasn't sure what to wear. While we were hanging out with a couple of other girls at a barbeque last night (one of the enjoyable things about my apartment complex is the Thursday night barbeques), one of them mentioned that she owns a velvet Renaissance Fair cape. Naturally, this became part of my friend's costume.
When you have an hour and a half to kill in the movie theater, the conversation wanders to random and pointless subjects. Like capes. And how they should totally be in style. No article of clothing can provide such efficient warmth and make a person feel so powerful. If you argue that capes are dorky and that cape-wearing should be limited to the realm of costumes, I counter your argument with the following:
If it was good enough for Jackie Kennedy and Audrey Hepburn, it's good enough for anybody. Besides, how awesome is this?
If I could dress like that everyday, I would feel so much more prepared to face the world. It needs to become a thing. That being said, if you are willing to contribute to this fashion movement (which my friend termed "cape trending" in a moment of 3 a.m. loopiness), please avoid wearing capes in moronic ways.
I (sort-of) apologize for that image. I couldn't resist...I just love Monty Python's Flying Circus so much and this sketch is one of my favorites. Disclaimer: I do not recommend this unless you are generally amused by things that are slightly crude and make absolutely no sense.
Okay, I have had this conversation before as well. It seems to me that wearing a cape would make everything more enjoyable. However, I think you would come off as looking like this-
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Also, we were talking about this sketch just a bit ago.
Who was just talking about this sketch a little bit ago? You and me, or you and your friends?
ReplyDeleteI am in favor of people dressing more like this:
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the good old days, when classy was still synonymous with cool. I think capes fall into the same general category. I endorse the grandiose and somewhat affectedly genteel (although the movie that this still is from is making fun of that sort of thing). But c'mon! Wouldn't the world be a better place if everyone wore suits and ties and listened to ornette coleman? A tiny bit more pretension for the world as a whole, and slightly fewer college kids vomiting outside of sports bars.
oh, and another thing that makes the kennedy's awesome aside from jackie's cape-wearing skills: jfk's daquiri drinking skills.
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probably the classiest drink ever, and endorsed by jfk and hemingway--so an embodiment of the perfect balance between absolute class and rugged rhino-shooting manliness.
If I had a cape, I would run around pretending that I could fly while making whooshing noises; that would probably cut my productivity significantly. I'm guessing that that is the reason that most people refrain from wearing them.
ReplyDelete(Who am I kidding? I totally have a cape.)
Haha. Of course you do.
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