@Randem

I’m glad the cold season is finally over. Not because I dislike the cold weather — I actually prefer it. But I’m glad it’s over, because I think if I had to walk behind one more frumpy chick wearing a North Face jacket and Uggs on my way to the train, I might have to stop and give her a piece of my mind.

This has got to be one of the lamest fashion trends I’ve ever witnessed. Ugg makes some nice boots, but you’d never know it by looking at what people buy! Why does every female between the ages of 18-35 find it so important to buy the ugg-liest boots ever made, and then wear them with everything? Is it me, or do these look like something you would expect a primitive tribal people to wear in the winter while hunting elk?

Even worse than the ugly boots, though, are the ridiculous North Face jackets, with their front logos on the back. News flash, people: it doesn’t look trendy, it looks like a screen printing mistake! The jackets really aren’t even nice — they’re cut in a generic, unflattering square shape that make skinny people look frumpy and frumpy people look fat.

What blows my mind is that North Face phenomenon isn’t restricted to the 18-35 crowd. Everyone under 50 is wearing this retarded camping gear on their grueling, arduous drive through the suburbs and into the wild, untamed concrete jungles where they brave the elements behind a desk. What is happening to America?

North Face jackets are actually so popular that they are a motivation for crime in and around the metropolitan DC area, and according to Silver Chips Online, a high school newspaper in Maryland, high school kids would actually throw bleach in people’s faces in order to conceal their identity and rob the wearer of their North Face jacket

So now that the warm weather has finally arrived, I can expect a sixth-month break from this unimaginative fashion trend, and welcome back the equally ridiculous flip-flops and surfer shirts with popped collars.

Here’s a great way to deal with that cable clutter at home, and do a little bit to help the environment, too: charge your phone or iPod on the go with a solar-powered messenger bag. Not only are they cool and gadgety, but they’re also rather stylish, not to mention green.

The only catch is this little bit on their product page that says “6 volt boost required for some cell phones“. It sure would be nice if they gave more information about what that means. If you have to carry additional hardware, or worse, a battery pack, it would just be defeating the whole purpose of buying this rather expensive bag.

Maybe I’ll have to pay a visit to Noon Solar and find out.