Forget the first robin of spring.

[raybear]

mintwaster wrote about how on the first day in Chicago where it's above 50 degrees, you spot the first stupid white guy wandering around in shorts and t-shirt and sandals. It's inevitable. I'd like to add another phenomenon to the list.

On the first day over 70 degrees (i.e. yesterday), I spot this guy's cousin -- he's not only sporting shorts, but usually flip-flops, a tank top (in this case it was tie-dyed), sunglass with some rubber band helping to keep them on his head, SUNBURNT, and drunk. Like it's already fcking middle of the day Taste of the Chicago/Jazzfest/Fourth of July parade. No, it's a Monday evening in April and that's just too excessive.

There seemed to be lots of inappropriate(ly drunk) people in my neighborhood yesterday around 5:30 pm when I was going to the corner store and deli. Then I went by the Vic and noticed that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were playing in the evening. That explained a lot.

Personally I'm sporting an on old "St. John's athletic department" t-shirt today, despite having never gone to Catholic school. I just like the shade of baby blue and how the iron-on letters are peeling off.

Comments

does this count as psychic?

[sean7232.livejournal.com]

they were playing Petty cause they heard the slightly off beat off pitch mixes coming out of NY

[vfc.livejournal.com]

When I was out briefly on Saturday (by the way, I think I was in the bathroom or something when you returned my call and I didn't even get your message 'til Sunday), it couldn't have been more that 45 degrees out and windy as fuck. But I guess the sun confused a bunch of people, because I saw lots of guys in their late-teens or early 20s in shorts and short-sleeved shirts with frat logos on them and whatnot. Morons.

[wearemany.livejournal.com]

also never underestimate the power of baseball being back in play.

xoxoxox.

[mintwaster.livejournal.com]

Yesterday evening, I saw a white man downtown wearing shorts, sandals, and a coat (oh, and a baseball hat). I wanted to go up to him and tell him that if you have to wear a coat, it might not be appropriate to wear shorts. Everyone else in Walgreens was wearing their winter jackets.