Hipsters and Open Eye

So, I'm sitting here in Open Eye Cafe, surrounded by pretentious hipsters and I'm tyring very hard not to laugh, which I guess makes me pretentious...I guess its one of the super circular arguments aht leads to nowhere except admitting that you are what you try not to be and some great epiphany about life, the universe, and everything.

BUT this isn't what this blog post is about, so I'll stop being deep and start being superficial. Let's just look around the room and discuss these people. This can be a writing exercise on character, if you will.

1. Girl in large headphones, ziz-zag strpied pea coat, Mac Book, and short hair with great spike potential. She wants you to know that she is serious about her music- why else would she have spent $100+ on those big ass headphones? Her hair is in a pretty conservative style right now, though as I mentioned earlier, has great potential for being spiked out for a night on the town. Right now, it is that perfect mix between "I just rolled out of bed" casual and "I actually care about my appearance" styled. She's drinking a very small cup, which usually means that it has a lot of espresso in it. Whatever it is, she looks like she is in the know enough to know that it is very strong and therefore we can assume that she needed it.

2. Woman in oversize green long-sleeved shirt, long red hair, and flip flops (in FEBRUARY?!?!?!)
Okay, grow a brain, sweetie. It's February and it's cold outside. You took the time to find the perfect unmatching scarf to wear with your shirt, which was most likely from some Fun Run you took part in two years ago to benefit Darfur, so why couldn't you have completed the look with a nice pair of converses or some sort of closed toe shoe or something!!!! She's sitting at her MAc book (black- old school) and has a huge binder so she is most likely a grad student. I'm guessing she works either in anthropology or English literature...leaning more towards the ANTH, though. Most likely single.

3. Boys in suits??? What are you doing here? You're not hipster- you're conformists who believe in the man and corporations and...oh, you're in Business school? So...you're going to have a job? And make money? Well then...carry on.

4. Guy sitting by himself- cotton polo shirt, khakis, and a very large over-sized watch: Hipster alert! This post-grad is most likely still searching for what will be his career, though in the back of his head writing is what is his true calling. Sigh...if only some lit agent would pick him up. You might have better luck if you had glasses. As we speak, he is most likely looking up good programs around the southeast to get your MFA in creative writing. Sigh, I knew a guy who had one of those...he was pretty awesome.

5. Okay, Woman #2 has been joined by her much more stylish friend, who I really want to call Nancy for some reason. She seems like a Nancy. She's wearing a very adorable outfit that could be pulled from the pages of Vogue should they every do a spread on hipster wear. Shes' got the dark mustard cardigan, a gray shirt, shiney silmver purse, pleated navy skirt, opaque navy tights, and blue ankle boots with several gold zippers around the back of the heel- purely for decoration, of course. I'm actually in serious fashion envy of this woman.

6.Man in gray /orange argyle sweater with white collared shirt underneath, jeans, slouched position reading a book (he's writing in it so I assume it's for class). He has conservative, small
framed glasses and standard $3.50 earbuds, which shows that while he has an image to promote, he is nothing if not practical. Perhaps he is an Econ Major, with a poli sci minor. He, too, has a mac book, but like the rest of his appearance, it is minimalistic- the 13" one that you can get for under $1000 and comes with the iTouch (which he most likely gave to his younger sister for Christmas or sold it). He's not trying to fit a look or make a look fit him- he just is the look, which in this place of pure pretension, is refreshing.

7. Woman in red/black crocheted hat, large white scarf, short black hair, and dark jeans. She has moved tables several times since I've been here. Clearly a regular, she isn't even drinking anything- just using the free internet and doing work. She probably hates it when new people come and find her place (like me). Not necessarily afraid of change, but certainly content with letting well enough alone, I'm sure I'll see her again next week.

8. Boy in black shirt with black mesh undershirt and black spikey arm warmers. Now this is Gothic pretension at its most...er...pretentious? Even his cup is black. His skull candy earbuds are red and while he is on a PC, he secretly wishes it was a Mac. He should probably upgrade to Windows 7 because it is very Mac-like. Short, conservative hair which suggests that out in the real world, he makes a sincere attempt at being a productive member of society. This is clearly an escape from a reality of North Face fleeces and leggings under Nike running shorts. Aww...he's drumming along to his music. Rock on, Goth Boy. Rock on.