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Tartan pattern on one of my favorite shirts

A friend reminded me of my comfy-wear today. Here’s a short description of what I call comfy-wear.

• Tartan long sleeve shirt (pattern shown in the picture), preferably in full cotton or similar soft cloths, with the sleeves rolled up to just above the elbows and not tucked in, with a white full cotton t-shirt under it, and normally one pen and a permanent marker on the pocket.
• Thick and semi-loose cotton pants with big pockets, or soft loose jeans.
• Brown thick leather two-strap sandals with a back strap, these had a very comfortable-like-a-sneaker-shoe feeling to the straps, not the usual leather-to-your-skin sandals.
• All these in dark colors, wine-red, green, blue, brown, black.
• No rings, watches, bracelets, or other jewelry-type thingies.
• My backpack with all my stuff. I have, over the years learnt to consider it part of my clothing.

So this is how I used to go to school, and I loved it. I have had to stop using it because now I have a job with a big business/corporate atmosphere and go to school from work.

So, I was this guy, going around on those clothes, long hair worn loose and beard, with glasses, and on bad-hair days a simple loose ponytail, and/or a baseball hat without any logos in the same tartan pattern or plain, same dark colors mentioned before.

Yes, I’m a geek, and that’s how I like to dress since it is as comfortable as it gets, and no crummy/crufty/untidy aura that might be related to such loosely worn garments, needless to say I always remain clean good smelling.

And yes, I like tartan/plaid/checked-patterns on clothes.

Note: took the liberty of highlighting some stuff by putting them in bold. I apologize for any mistakes in the lyrics transcription, since I didn’t find any reliable source for them.

“Short Skirt/Long Jacket” by Cake:

I want a girl with a mind like a diamond.
I want a girl who knows what’s best.
I want a girl with shoes that cut,
And eyes that burn like cigarettes.

I want a girl with the right allocations,
Who’s fast and thorough,
And sharp as a tack.
She’s playing with her jewelry.
She’s putting up her hair.
She’s touring the facility,
And picking up slack.

I want a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket…

I want a girl who gets up early.
I want a girl who stays up late.
I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperity,
Who uses a machete to cut through red tape;
With fingernails that shine like justice,
And a voice that is dark like tinted glass.

She is fast, thorough,
And sharp as a tack,
She’s touring the facility,
And picking up slack.

I want a girl with a short skirt and a long… long jacket.

I want a girl with a smooth liquidation.
I want a girl with good dividends.
At Citibank we will meet accidentally,
We’ll start to talk when she borrows my pen.

She wants a car with a cupholder arm rest,
She wants a car that will get her there,
She’s changing her name from Kitty to Karen,
She’s trading her MG for a white Chrysler La Baron.

I want a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket…

Read more at Wikipedia:Short Skirt/Long Jacket.