Geek vs Life

From Jon’s previous discussions with me regarding this GVL business, I’ve basically come to the conclusion that, well, fashion isn’t on the “important to learn about” list. Totally understandable, completely expected. From reading the several very informative categories on the right side of the screen, it would appear that the idea of “fashion” may exist in more RPGs (Fable had some good outfits) than in real life.

HOWEVER, let’s pretend you’re single… And if you are single, well, let’s pretend you wish you weren’t, y’know, alone all the time. You want to attract a (insert your gender preference here, because in my world, it doesn’t matter which you prefer in this scenario). Your Blizzard shirt, Decepticon-logo’d hoodie and your ever-present cargo pants may not be the perfect armor to go into battle with. Luckily, I’ve come up with a few easy (and CHEAP!) ways to improve your social status without looking like (prepare to cringe) Ryan Seacrest. “Seacrest OUT!” was a catch-phrase that should have caught on… literally.

So I’ve finally come to accept that men are going to live in cotton t-shirts before they’d even consider wearing a Prada dress shirt every day, and I’ve recovered from this great shock rather well. In fact, since about 2002, it seems the rest of the world got used to the idea as well, because the graphic t-shirt industry has boomed heavily since then. Clever phrases, political cartoons, intricate graphic designs and super heros are just some of the stylized winners in the graphic t-shirt department. Here are some massively affordable, massively cool shirts that will send the ladies runnin’… into your Wii-controlling arms, that is. *chicka WOW…* And some of them might even appeal to your geeky-intellectual side - I’ve tagged them as appropriate.

FILM GEEK

No, you DON’T have to wear your “Kubrick BLOWS” shirt any longer. Oh, and toss your “I Left my Heart on the Titanic” shirt away, too. (That one’s just inappropriate.) Take your massive movie-buff-ness and buy this instead. Find it online at Forever21 (I’d hate to make you enter that store alone…) for $17.00.

COMPUTER NERD

I’ll admit… I used to be a HUGE computer nerd. I actually used to wear shirts that said things in binary, I built my own computer(s), and, my worst offense, wore this (which I made):

Yes, it’s a processor… necklace.

So I can’t completely relate to, and appreciate, a good shirt with HTML and PHP commands on it. BUT! Times have changed, and so has my fashion sense (thank god).

Online@Forever21 for $17

Online@Forever21 for $17.

THE PRO-NERD NERD

There IS a way to fashionably shout your love of all things nerdy from the rooftops… while still getting people to at least look at you without wondering what IT dept. you’re from.

And we all know… They do. Online@Forever21 for $14.

xoxo!