the lying of the which in the wardrobe

unlike hippy philosophers who wander thru life in jeans and huarache sandals - most of us have several wardrobes in the closet. the summer clothes and the winter clothes of course, and looking at things from another direction, the work clothes and the play clothes. in the set of work clothes, we have everything from supernice work clothes for those superimportant meetings on down to casual work clothes for fridays. between the high work and the casual work is the array of daily work wear. the play clothes category ranges from athletic gear to stuff to wear to the movies to stuff for a cocktail party. there's an overlap between the work and play wardrobes at the casual-work/dressy-play section which includes the blue jeans, skorts, capris, polo shirts, and non-athletic tee shirts. you know what i am talking about so stop making me explain this and no, i am not going to draw a venn diagram.

okay.

so here's the thing - i am getting rid of some of these clothes. this time, it's for real because i have thought of a gold standard: the jason's deli test. it's simple - all i do is ask, «is this something i'd wear to jason's deli?»

most all the casual stuff i'd wear it just about anywhere. i'm generally cazhe-cazhe - sweatpants, shorts, sweatshirts, tees. some folks wear khakis and a sweater to the high school soccer game, but i'll be the one in shorts and a sweatshirt emblazoned with the school logo. speaking of khakis - i do like these ACG khakis and i am wearing them a lot, but i don't like them b/c they are khakis - i like them b/c they are comfy and especially b/c there is this one zipper pocket right in my reach that i can mess with the zipper all the time. zip! zupp! zip! zupp! i noticed the last time beavis was here that he's got a similar pair of britches with a similarly placed zipper pocket and he was busy zip-zupping just like i do with mine, and so there's another thing i have in common with 2 yr olds.

the work stuff is a bit more tricky. i have a lot of clothes that i do like to wear to work, but would not wear to jason's. yeah, okay - not like i would put ANY of my work clothes on, on purpose, to wear to jason's. that's not the situation. the sitch is that immediately after work i am meeting friends or family at jason's. there are times that i am like - «nooooo! nooooo! i have to change clothes first!!» i have always thrown this off on my work clothes not being comfortable, but here's the thing - why am i wearing uncomfortable things to work? and, here's the further thing - i am lying. the clothes are perfectly comfortable, but they are... [admit it!] [say it!] ...embarrasing.

wait. what?

you heard me. i am embarrassed to wear some of my work clothes to jason's deli where my family & friends will see me. this is what has got to stop. as far as clothes make the man, i have created a work self and a play self. i have dichotomized my soul. no más!

the new gold standard is: would i wear it to jason's? everything else - goes!