end of the hawaiin shirts?!?

[dlavery]

Great, now they are talking about my wardrobe...

Yes, it's true. I just found out yesterday that I was within about a week or so of being ambushed and forced to clean up my act on national television. My "friends" had worked it with the NASA powers-that-be, and they were all set to go when the production company waved off on thier trip to DC. Whew! Coming between me and my Hawaiian shirts would be like trying to get between Dean and denim.

But just to show they haven't got to me yet, I am wearing one of my favorites to work today (which can be verified on the Amazing DaveCam!). Just in case this is one of the last times I can get away with it, I figured I would make all my co-workers enjoy (suffer through?) the shirts as well!

-dave

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally Posted by dlavery

But just to show they haven't got to me yet, I am wearing one of my favorites to work today (which can be verified on the Amazing DaveCam!). Just in case this is one of the last times I can get away with it, I figured I would make all my co-workers enjoy (suffer through?) the shirts as well!

-dave

[Greg Needel]

interesting story.....i was also soposed to be on a similar show, mine was "a make-over story" but the resason i was soposed to be slected was because they wanted to do a robotics themed show and found RIT's mdrc site...they sent an e-mail out to all the members and i replyed...i ended up not doing it because it conflicted with my finals schedule but just imagine "a robotics themed make over story"


i'm kinda glad i didn't do it

[MissInformation]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Great, now they are talking about my wardrobe...

Yes, it's true. I just found out yesterday that I was within about a week or so of being ambushed and forced to clean up my act on national television. My "friends" had worked it with the NASA powers-that-be, and they were all set to go when the production company waved off on thier trip to DC. Whew! Coming between me and my Hawaiian shirts would be like trying to get between Dean and denim.

-dave

If you don't mind a serious question on this, well, even if you do mind, since I'm going to ask it anyhow... Does it bother you at all that your "friends" (yes, the quote marks are noted) tried to organize this? Or do you see it as a big joke? Are you laid back and thinking, "heck, hair grows back, and Hawaiian shirts can be re-bought." or more like "$5,000 worth of new clothes, woot!" Would you have fought for your Hawaiian shirts? Put your foot down and held onto them? Or would you have been to embarrassed to go against them (which is what I believe happens to most people on that show).

The whole thing does sound rather funny, but for some reason it's disturbing too. I don't know why people want to change other people so much, it's something I don't think I'll ever understand. There's that saying, "The clothes make the man." but I think there are a lot of mean, greedy, narrow-minded people running around in designer labels and if that's what makes, them, I'm rather glad I'm unmade. Eeep, didn't mean to get preachy...

Oh well, answer if you want to, I've now got to go have lunch with a bunch of co-workers who are always harassing me about my style (or lack thereof).

Heidi

[Billfred]

See, this is my thing with the surprise genre of reality television.

Stuff like Big Brother, Survivor, Trading Spaces, and The Bachelor is fine with me (well, as fine as some of those shows can get--never was a dating show fan). The people sign up, and they know (more or less) what they're getting into.

But then we've got all of these new shows, such as Punk'd, Boiling Points, What Not to Wear (although I'm sure they've been shot down in the past), and the related genre where the contestants/stars/victims are picked without them knowing it. And you know, when you're surprised by something like that and not expecting it, you get really screwed up in the head.

I was going to get overly preachy (a la Heidi), but I'm going to hold off.