Middleman!
Oct. 13th, 2009 01:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sorcyressSo, there's this really damn interesting person known as ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rm who posts a lot about things I'm interested in, like sexuality and gender. Especially gender. Lots and lots of very awesome gender things.
One of the things I have gathered from reading all this is that, occasionally, he sees fit to dress himself up as Ianto, from Torchwood. Not as a cosplay, specifically, somuch as a "it's time for work, and today I would like to look nice and smooth and stylish like Ianto". I mean, as far as I can tell, of course --I don't know his exact motives in the action, merely that it is something he does sometimes, and completely rocks.
Rach may have Ianto days. I apparently have Middleman days. At some point, my brain ticked over into "goddamnit, Sorcy is a bit of an irresponsible twit, but MM is about the most steadfast and responsible person ever. Let's be him today, instead, and get stuff done!"
And so, after lunch when I came back to the room...
...I redressed myself accordingly.
It's a fantastic outfit. The whole thing is designed to feel solid, accomplished, good about myself. Those are grade A boots of butt kicking there, the cargo pants are designed for girls, with actual pockets, the belt is in the least known of "my colours", the button down shirt and tie are just professional, and the jacket is made pretty much entirely of win, some more win, a little bit of awesome, and even more win.1
Oh, but of course, I'm leaving out my favourite part.
Hey, at least if I'm a tremendous dork, it's for one of the better organizations out there. (It's worth noting that I'm also wearing boy scout socks...also that sometime I should write an essay detailing my thoughts and feelings on GSUSA and BSA)
~Sor
MOOP!
1: Okay, and a tad "needs buttons" but whatever. I can fix that.
rm who posts a lot about things I'm interested in, like sexuality and gender. Especially gender. Lots and lots of very awesome gender things. One of the things I have gathered from reading all this is that, occasionally, he sees fit to dress himself up as Ianto, from Torchwood. Not as a cosplay, specifically, somuch as a "it's time for work, and today I would like to look nice and smooth and stylish like Ianto". I mean, as far as I can tell, of course --I don't know his exact motives in the action, merely that it is something he does sometimes, and completely rocks.
Rach may have Ianto days. I apparently have Middleman days. At some point, my brain ticked over into "goddamnit, Sorcy is a bit of an irresponsible twit, but MM is about the most steadfast and responsible person ever. Let's be him today, instead, and get stuff done!"
And so, after lunch when I came back to the room...
...I redressed myself accordingly.
It's a fantastic outfit. The whole thing is designed to feel solid, accomplished, good about myself. Those are grade A boots of butt kicking there, the cargo pants are designed for girls, with actual pockets, the belt is in the least known of "my colours", the button down shirt and tie are just professional, and the jacket is made pretty much entirely of win, some more win, a little bit of awesome, and even more win.1
Oh, but of course, I'm leaving out my favourite part.
Hey, at least if I'm a tremendous dork, it's for one of the better organizations out there. (It's worth noting that I'm also wearing boy scout socks...also that sometime I should write an essay detailing my thoughts and feelings on GSUSA and BSA)
~Sor
MOOP!
1: Okay, and a tad "needs buttons" but whatever. I can fix that.
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on 2009-10-13 07:06 pm (UTC)My personal male style icons are Tim Gunn, Keith Olbermann and Ianto. They all know how to rock a suit and play with texture. If I were a full-time man, I'd be happy to look as good as any of them do in a suit. The Inaot thing is funny, not because he's fictional, but because hello, character I don't identify with at all. Just, really, really love the suit.
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Posted bygender? what's that? *looks innocent*
on 2009-10-13 09:12 pm (UTC)I was never able to figure out is why there would be different rules in the first place, so imagine my surprise when I later learned about "men's fashion" and "women's fashion" -- the fact that people voluntarily choose of their own accord to dress in gender-specific ways.
I mean, I hated wearing suits, and never saw the appeal in dresses, so who in the world would actually want either one?
I now have a vague understanding of what's going on here, but it remains one of the ways in which the world is just Not Right.
*or earrings, but this at least has changed since 1970. yay.
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on 2009-10-13 09:33 pm (UTC)You look fab!
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on 2009-10-13 10:33 pm (UTC)I'm very interested in hearing what you have to say about the GS and BSA.
:)
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