Ok Damien, lets go over the list again so we don’t miss anything.
The soft launch of my boutique “Rooftop Basement Clothiers of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA” has to be perfect.
Fedoras? Check.
Blazers? Check.
Naked lady on plywood taking off her undies? Check.
Work Boots? Check Mate.
what’s in my leather attaché you ask? it’s completely filled with mumford & sons rarities… and artisan breads…and stone ground mustards…and every apple product ever created.
“From gel to boots, my look is a well oiled machine.” I just tweeted that. Also I don’t even smoke.
I stayed up all night working on this poem describing my life. I hope you enjoy it.
The smell of diesel
on my knee
in my skin
in my skinny jeans.
Bring me the nine - eighths wrench.
I hope you are watching
cause there is a bolt that probably needs tightening.
Righty tighty,
lefty loosey
I think as i sip my kombucha.
As I sit and contemplate the idea of Guy Fieri, I start to get worried. I like dive bars. He likes Dive Bars… I should just stop now before it’s too late.
When the denim enters the work boot, a holy union is made. With the flames as my witness, this ironic love affair will last at least until Monday.
Do you know how much work it is to walk through this neighborhood looking for great back drops for my instagrams? i’ll give you a hint: it requires boots.
Do you know how hard it is not to hold yourself responsible for your art career not exploding on to the scene?
I recently saw an independent film about miners and learned that fashion is not a huge part of their hard working day. Though my intrest in that career has dwindled I saved the day by adding a “minor” in Geology.
Tough day at the job site today. The radiator on the dozer blew out and the foreman told me to repair it myself. I couldn’t seem to use my iPhone to fix the hoses and pumps. My Twitter followers weren’t helpful at all. I didn’t remember taking a diesel mechanics class in my film studies program at Hampshire. I called the guys in the band but they were super high and couldn’t help either. Luckily, mom came down with a new radiator hose and some hose clamps. So, she took care of it.
Objects in the mirror work harder than they appear.
A HiWB CAUGHT by Lake Minnetonka Correspondent Uncle Charlie of Deephaven, MN.
See a hipster in work boots? Take a pic and send it to: hipstersinworkboots@gmail.com
“Mom, why won’t the other kids at welding school talk to me?”
For your FYI: the rap game is very, very hard work. (see both boots and neck vein.)
Photo © Erik Hess
Mom’s love to take pictures of their kids on the first day of school. Even when they are 28 and it’s their 3rd attempt at a typography degree. Luckily you have those boots cause the last 64 credits are always the hardest.
Mom always says “Take off those darn work boots!” assuming they are dirty. When will she learn that all my hard work is done making my spotify mixes?
