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I really don’t think there is an outfit I love more than a long sleeve t-shirt coupled with a pair of shorts. It’s just chilly enough outside that you really need the long sleeve tee, but warm enough that your legs aren’t going to freeze if you’re rocking some Patagonia baggies or all-cotton khaki numbers with a five-inch inseam.
The outfit lends itself to leisure activities. Lazing around your house or sitting on some wicker furniture on the back porch reading a book. You can do lots of things in this outfit, but unlike the activities you can do, which are miscellaneous and boundless, it does have to be a very specific type of weather for it to work.
Overcast is fine I guess, but ideally, you want rain. Light, moderate, or heavy rain, but there’s got to be a little bit of it happening to really pull off the vibe that a long sleeve t-shirt and shorts combo requires.
There is comfort in hearing the pitter patter of rain on your bedroom window in the morning. In the spring, it is far less harsh than when the sun opens its floodgates at 5:30 in the morning, a time so ungodly that I can’t believe it even exists sometimes.
Where most people see an inconvenience I see pure, unadulterated joy. I’m not going to give you a list of ten reasons à la Buzzfeed for why rain is bae — but it was a straight up pissing this morning in Chicago and I thought it’d be a good time to let all of you know that I didn’t care one teeny tiny bit about it.
Rain of any sort is the perfect excuse to wear my LL Bean duck boots, some white socks and the aforementioned long sleeve tee and khaki shorts. That outfit makes me feel like makes me feel like Ellie Sattler (AKA Laura Dern) in Jurassic Park, tending to a sick triceratops and mixing it up with park officials. I mean Jeff Goldblum isn’t hitting on me inside of a tricked out Ford Explorer —
but let’s face facts here — who among us is really worthy of getting hit on by Jeff Goldblum? Nobody, that’s who.
I love when it rains outside, so much so that I might even say that I like rainy days more than I do sunny days just because it’s a break from the monotony of uncomfortable humidity and sweat leaking from every pore in my overheated body. Heavy rainfall does not happen very often anymore, so when it comes there is just something about it that feels nice to me. I can promise you that I’m not depressed and I’m not a vampire.
I don’t mind taking an umbrella with me to work, although I will admit that there are few things on Earth worse than jockeying for position with one whilst walking on the sidewalk. I like rain days during the work week because I know that I am not missing out on anything by being stuck in a cubicle.
I like a rain day every now and again on the weekend because the pressure is off of me entirely to do anything productive outside or otherwise. I can stay indoors watching the Netflix or HBO show of my choosing all goddamn day without fear of backlash from friends or loved ones because, well, it’s raining outside – what the hell do you want me to do about it?.
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Long sleeve tee and shorts are the official uniform for the skinny-fat tribe. It makes me look more buff, since it hides my embarrassingly skinny arms and spare tire. Also, as a man of Polish and Irish decent, I burn like a motherfucker. So, those long sleeves keep me protected from the dreadful sun.
I feel like you can kinda wear long sleeves and shorts every day without anyone thinking twice about it
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Pretty much all we get in Ireland is rain, doesnt get too cold or too hot… Just rain. It sucks JD, please don’t complain about hot weather
I’m going to live and say that about 3wks ago I sported the Muldoon minus the compression socks, add a pair of Sperry lug boots. And yes, an unbuttoned blouse with a light tee under. That ‘fit was flames and we got a free round at brunch bc of it. I want to hate you so bad
Switch the Bean boots for Chacos and we’re vibin
Twenty years from now I’ll be watching Jurassic Park with my kids and I’ll think about this column. A real Duda deep cut.
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This fit- It’s gonna be a no from me dawg.