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07 March 2005

Fashionably Mad Scientist

I realised that today was the first day in which I would thrust myself into my studies. The readings are weighty, dense articles that require a lot of slow and repetitive reading. I started when I woke up today with brief breaks for showering and eating yogurt. I was pulled out of my studious stupor when I heard a knock at the door. It was the electricians to do the wiring for the heatpump that was installed weeks ago. Wonderful. I asked if I could still study and was of course led to believe this wouldn't be an issue. After the banging, the shouting, the drilling and the coarse conversation that soon ensued, I decided maybe I should try taking my laptop to the library.

I suddenly had to think about the conditions outside; it looked cold so I grabbed a scarf and out I went only to find it was pouring. I had to run back inside and grab my umbrella, nearly knocking over one of the electricians. Who knew he'd be lurking behind my door? As I stalked in the cold rain all over campus to do various errands before returning to my work, I got soaked. And no this was not the frolicking kind of rain, this was the mini icicle rain. I ran into a friend and he said, "Takes a lot of courage to pull that outfit off, by the way!" It was only now that I realized I looked like a nerdy, academically engrossed, out of date fashionista. I was wearing my glasses and no makeup, which I do recognize is not in itself a bad thing. My hair had been haphazardly pinned out of my face. I was wearing a black shirt with jeans, and bright blue shoes. Unfortunately I had forgotten this when I grabbed my black scarf with neon pink polka dots on it. I also had my navy green backpack and, to top it all off, my dark red umbrella. I look like a freak!

But the power of this look is achieved by not realising you look weird. I thought that I had dressed with attention to detail as I usually try to do. I hadn't noticed anyone looking at me funny because I wasn't looking for it. Power to the mad scientist look because the only difference I had noticed was that people were finally getting out of my way on the sidewalk. Drunk on this newly gained power, I think I will become the nutty professor lookalike here (and not the big fat modern one, the old lost-in-your-own-mind one). Embrace it and try it in your own everyday lives!

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