sometimes i'm stupid, and sometimes i have mental problems... beckie just came over and gave me a swift kick in the butt.
so melissa gave me an interesting topic to discuss today "what do we want to tell ourselves and others through our choice of clothes?" intriguing question... it has always been the opinion of me and my wife melinda that clothes is a means of self-expression. for ten years now i've been wearing nothing but bellbottoms for pants. we quickly discovered that once you cross then line to bells you can't go back. wearing "tappered" pants is difficult for me, they make my ankles feel like their choking. but also, i feel more like myself in big bells similar to feeling more like myself as my hair has grown back. but what am i trying to express via my bells? hmmm, i'm not quite sure. for a long time it was "non-conformity", but as flares became more mainstream that message was lost. clothes are very revealing, they can place people in a certain genre, you can often identify a person's interests, career, taste in music by what they wear. i highly doubt anyone would be surprised to hear i'm a graphic designer by seeing how i dress - normal lesley, not business lesley... i have to admit, business lesley is a bit of a bummer. although, being a designer gives me certain liberties, that's how i can justify getting a nose ring. people will say "oh that's lesley, she's artsy" frig, my families been saying that for years!! artsy fartsy, artsy fartsy.
tomorrow, michel is coming down from st. bruno to do some training with me (st. bruno is a suburb of montreal where we have an office). i'm excited because he's gonna be training to do more work for group, which is good because it increases my value. however, i'm a little nervous because i've been working with him for 2 & a half years over the phone & over email and have never even seen a picture of him. will he be how i expect? will i live up to his expectations? he's really excited about meeting me which is really interesting. for along time i didn't think he particularly liked me, but its a french thing i think. actually he's from switzerland originally. yay! i got it right, i get switzerland & sweden confused all the time. never fails.
maybe somethings wrong with you that makes you act the way you do. maybe i am crazy too!
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i know what you mean, about the business lesley thing... business dawna is something of a bummer too.. not many people who know normal dawna would guess that i have a chartered accountant designation...
i definitely feel more like myself with my nosering in; i'm glad i finally had the guts to wear it at work and let it be part of me.
i think my family just thinks i'm weird though, don't think anyone's ever referred to me as artsy fartsy.
true, i wouldn't have guessed you were a chartered accountant. i'm guessing your work doesn't have a rule about facial piercings? i'm not sure if my work does, so i'm gonna look into it. knickers will flip out if i guess my nose pierced but if its ok with HR she won't have a say. i'm sneaky....
yeah, i'm not sure what the official rule is... i just decided when i was on mat leave with colby that i didn't have anyone to impress, so i got my hair done up in lots of tiny braids, stopped wearing a watch, and started wearing my nosering again (i've had it pierced for almost 10 years now, wow!)... then i walked into the office one day with colby in tow and well, everyone just accepted me. so, i kept wearing the nosering when i went back to work and no one ever said i couldn't wear it. actually, i even had some positive comments, and one of the other ladies ended getting her nose pierced because she liked mine.
it was a very empowering experience for me. :)
no kidding! you go girl... sometimes it just takes one person to get the ball rolling. well seriously, nose rings now a days are so normal, why should someone have a problem with it??
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