3.2.09

I ♥ Tokyo?

So little to do with the city and so much more to do with a shirt. I can't say that I don't ♥ Tokyo, since I've never been, but that only means Tokyo's got a clean slate in my books, so wearing a shirt that has I ♥ Tokyo, is okay by me. Truth be told, in my wildest idealistic dreams, I'd love to "heart" all major cities of the world, as ridiculous as that may sound. I'm a city girl and part-time island girl, I adore both, but busy cities can and do quench my inquisitive thirst. In conclusion, purchasing this shirt has little to do with me visiting Tokyo, or having a boyfriend from Tokyo, an obsession with Tokyo, or anything you may think of. I'm just showing city love, and I can reluctantly admit, that I still have that sort of school girl fixation with heart shapes. It's something I'm trying to get over, bare with me please....

This being said,I see these I ♥ {insert city here} shirts around, and online, and most of the time I'm certain that $30+ is too much for a shirt professing your love for a place you've never set foot in. But Tokyo was on sale...so I grab the $10 shirt and head to the cash, really proud of myself for waiting it out all this time and finally finding the reasonably priced "trendy" shirt. So I'm on a high! And then this happens...

Cashier: Did you find everything ok?
Me: Yes I did thank you:)
Cashier: omg isn't this shirt soooo cute?
Me: uh, yea it is!.....?
Cashier: Are you gonna wear it on Valentine's Day?
Me:.......what?....
Cashier: You're not gonna wear it for Valentine's day?!? I bought one so I can wear it on Valentine's Day!! You should too
Me: oh..ummm...i dunno...i never thought of it...i'm not really sure why I would do that..but who knows what i'll wear on Valentine's Day right? you never know!!!

And then she looked at me...confused. As if I was the confusing one? I mean, I try not to stereotype, Urban Outfitters is a store I enjoy frequenting, not too often but I stay au courant. And the stuff is for the "hipster trendsters" as my brother likes to call 'em.
Almost like nouveau hippies running around "matching" the kind of colors that should hate each other, while they assure their fellow trendsters that they're going against the grain and not afraid to change the world, as individuals ..together. While they dress the same, hang out in the same circles and have the same things to say..to each other. But I don't like to stereotype, not for the sake of everyone liking me, but rather because i'm never convinced that anything is truly what it seems so it's actually hard for me to stereotype. But this cashier, with the peacock feathers in her hair, the leggings in the midst of a snowstorm warning, the purple ultra large shirt covered with a strange green/orange vest, who has mastered the high pitched finish in her sentences and is an ace at the glassy doll eyed look..she wants me to stereotype. And she wants us all to wear I ♥ Tokyo shirts on Valentine's Day. Cause maybe..Tokyo is our lover? Stillllll a bit confused on this end.

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