watching expired appliances align

everything gets a label

i'm not sure if i've mentioned this before or not, but i'm a huge fan of a website called cheap stingy bastard. on a daily basis, the guy behind it lists at least a dozen shopping deals on the web. the deals range from cutlery to discounted recordable dvd's to free magazines.

one of the deals today lists a sale of reaction kenneth cole jackets at nordstrom. when i scrolled past the link polybonded hipster coat, i knew i had to click it. when did it become acceptable to label a coat as a "hipster" coat? yes, i'm too old now to be talking about "cool" and the idea of cool and the right words to use for things. those sorts of discussions begin to become less interesting as you escape from your mid-20's. i can't help it in this case. "hipster." that's one of those words that only works when you toss it around semi-derisively. and now it's being used to label a coat? a coat that almost looks like a jacket i own (except that mine is made from a totally different material and lacks the "soft, luxurious feel")? perhaps my mock indignation here comes from almost being called a hipster? or, perhaps i'm jealous that i don't have this exact coat, and thus i'm not quite a hipster?

we'll never know.