Who Wants to Go Shopping?

I've decided to become a personal shopper. Forget this animation nonsense; picking out outfits for other people is where it's at.

Today, while I was at the river with some friends, Leigh asked me to go and help her shop for clothes. My initial thought was, "Definitely not. I am not a platonic straight friend or your gay bff, and I don't want you seeing me as such". However, I eventually decided it might be fun, so I went along. After all, picking out outfits for her meant she'd have to try them on for me.

Personal motives aside, the experience was actually a lot of fun. I've always joked around that I wish I could dress some people, and this was finally my chance. By the time we were done, I helped her pick out some great clothes that made sure she'd look amazing. Having a beautiful woman try on clothes for you isn't the worst thing in the world.

This made me think: if I could help one person, why not others? There are plenty of people out there that have no idea how to dress, and it is my job to make this world a prettier place, one person at a time.

So, anybody need a personal shopper?

A Letter to Lady Gaga, Part II

Dear Lady Gaga,

WTF?! What goes through your mind when you go out in public with a ridiculous getup like this? Look at those two guys next to you. I know exactly what's going through their minds: "Please don't let anyone I know see me next to this weirdo." It's clearly written all over their face.

Please, let someone get you some help, because I think you might have a screw or two loose. I'm worried about you.

Again,
Jason Rico

A Letter to Lady Gaga

Dear Lady Gaga,

Please stop. You've taken it too far. I can understand your desire, and perhaps even need, to be a fashion trendsetter, but the keyword in that phrase is fashion; something which are you straying away from. When you first came onto the scene, you were definitely different, but still fashionable. Now, at the very least you are confusing, and at worst plain ridiculous.

Somewhere along the way, you've forgotten that true fashion is born out of necessity. Whether that need be social, political, economical or other, fashion changes because it needs to; not simply because someone decides it's Halloween all year long. In the 40s, fashion changed because we needed to adapt to WWII. In the 50s, fashion changed because women needed to feel feminine again now that the war was over and the men were back home. In the 60s, fashion changed because people felt the need to fight back and express themselves against the social and political unrest of the times.

And that's the way it's been ever since. There is no need for what you're doing. Do red veils at award ceremonies serve any purpose? How about aluminum foil superhero masks? Or what about giant antlers? That answer to those would be no.

Fashions have evolved because the world has evolved. Lady Gaga, you might be a mutation, but not one that will aid in the evolution of society. Hopefully natural selection will prevail and have another pop star, with true fashion sensibilities, aide evolution, while you go extinct.

Respectfully,
Jason Rico

If I Had a Time Machine...

...there would be exactly four things I would use it to do.

#1: Go back to June of 1938, and buy two copies of Action Comics #1. One to read, one to collect.

#2: Go back to May of 1939, and buy two copies of Detective Comics #1. One to read, one to collect.

#3: Go back and live in the 1950s for a few months, because I want to experience living in a time when people actually cared how they dressed; when wearing suits and ties was not only the norm, it was expected.

#4: Go back to the 1980s every few weekends or so and party it up at the clubs. This goes back to the fact that I love 80s music.

And that's it; those are the things I would do if I had a time machine. At least for now. I wouldn't use it to become rich. I wouldn't go back and change some regret I have. Simply put, I wouldn't use it to change the course my life took into what I wish it was. That would be cheating.

What would you do if you had a time machine?