THE GREAT DEBATE!

The best way I can think to describe it is if you were to compare zebra print with paisley print. 

I like paisley. There is absolutely nothing wrong with paisley - I myself have a lot of paisley things. Bags, shirts, headbands, tights - I like it, I really do. Paisley is comfortable, as shocking as a loaf of bread, and consistent. Paisley is muted pastels that make you feel relaxed and at ease- you have probably been friends with Paisley for ten years. You can't really ever go wrong with Paisley - but then again, you can't really go anywhere else with Paisley, either. Paisley is good about doing what you always know it will, in kind of the same way that a dog is. Paisley is beige walls and accent pillows, Saturday nights spent on the sofa watching Matlock. Paisley is loyal and the same forever, no matter which way you look at it.  Paisley is pretty from a distance, but doesn't really care about that kind of thing - and paisley can be molded to suit and fit any person because paisley requires nothing special. Paisley is anything you want it to be, because, after all, when all you are is amoeba like shapes and curlicues, you must be trying to make up for a lack of something.  Paisley is best with khakis and golf shorts, sweet tea in the summertime on the front porch in a town with a name that isn't worth remembering. 
Paisley probably wears patchouli and thinks it is a suitable perfume. 

Now zebra print - there is something special about the zebra print. You have to be a certain kind of person to get away with the zebra print . Zebra print can more often than not be found on the road - but make no mistake, zebra print is not for the faint of heart. The zebra has an extensive collection of music and sunglasses, and a very messy bedroom. Zebra print can stay in for a night watching old movies, or hold your hand while you walk through rainy city streets after too many drinks - or, in a scenario that is more likely, zebra print can be all you see as it stalks off after losing its temper, or as it gives you the silent treatment all six hours of the car ride home. Zebra print can tell exquisite lies and has a wild imagination. Zebra print has problems with money management and being on time, but most people don't seem to mind. 
Zebra print likes to laugh, and likes to make other people laugh - but mostly, zebra print is just worried about having the last laugh. Zebra print has tattoos, wild red hair and cat eyes, and wants to be a Disney princess. 
Zebra print gets along best with gay men and has probably had a few run ins with the law. Zebra print loves to dance (badly) and loves to sing (badly), but takes it all in stride. Zebra print believes in the healing power of a mix tape and cries over 60 something British musicians. 
Zebra print swears like a sailor, but smiles like a saint - and, nine times out of ten, zebra print doesn't think anal sex or blow jobs are gross. 

If you want a print that will wake you up in the middle of the night crying for no reason, that loves 12 hour drives and considers gas station cheeseburgers a delicacy, pick the zebra. 
If you want a print that will mimic every word that you say, is as spineless as a jellyfish, has chipped fingernails and will be your forever and ever Stepford sweetheart, pick paisley. 
After all, It's about a choice. 
It's about the rest of your life.

RUN JOEY RUN

summer is getting the best of us .... or are we getting the best of summer?