Friday, April 17, 2009

an ode to a backpack

Any NYU girl worth her double-digit weight in style savvy knows that carrying a backpack is a one-way ticket for total social ostracization. Why not just wear a giant sign around your neck that says "I'M A BIG LAME STUDENT." Burdens should be carried under the arm in a big, slouchy purse, not on the back like you're some kind of urban sherpa.

I reject this reasoning, because 1) I do not like being assymetrically weighed down and 2) I have the world's greatest backpack. It's a JanSport brown corduoroy backpack I bought in approximately 2005. I adore you, crappy old backpack, you and the rainbow patch I sewed on you in 10th grade.

Sadly, it's not waterproof.

1 comments:

Bill Hart said...

Using phrases like "asymetrically weighted down" seems to indicate some sort of engineering influence in your background.