As I have already stated, I went through my school life as an outsider. I would even go so far as to say for some time I was a loner.And I was invited to be friends with people. Now to be clear, I do not say this from some pedestal thinking I was "all that", in fact quite the opposite. And I found these interactions kind of surprising and quite odd.
The fact that I didn't belong to any one clique, I believe, allowed me a unique perspective. I found that in every clique there were cool people who didn't care what you dressed like, how you wore your hair or what music you listened to. And getting to know these people usually happened purely by chance and circumstances and usually involved alcohol (God forbid) or other mind altering substances. But all it took was one to cross the line, then others from other cliques would follow. Especially if the first one to cross was well respected and liked by all.
I should remind you that my friend and I took the New Wave look (a la Duran Duran) very seriously. Head to toe, hair style to shoes. As we attended Cow Pie High, well you can imagine how that went over. Fags, Queers, Gays, and Homos were only a few of the taunts thrown at us. But we soldiered on. You know why? I liked the look and didn't care. Oh yeah, and the chicks dug it. Now I did not benefit from this because as I stated I was painfully shy. The fact that any female would be interested in me was beyond my comprehension. Unfortunately, save one shocking event at a prom (which I will get into in a later post) I did not find out that anyone was interested in me until well after high school was finished. Oh well.
Ironically, I believed we opened the door the very people hurling the taunts to wear pink dress shirts to school with jeans, hair parted down the middle and their barely there peach fuzz moustaches. Now I ask you.......in whose mind was that look EVER cool??????Not to mention these people also listened to Queen, totally oblivious. Enough said. Well maybe not. We will see.
As well, I cannot forget to include the Canadian band Platinum Blonde as strong fashion influences as well.
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