ITS A SATCHEL!

When I see how far we've come I have to stop and look at how far we still have to go. Although I thought we had progressed beyond the point of making fun of a man for wearing a satchel. Anytime I wear a satchel I can't go fifteen minutes without someone making a "Heh, nice purse." joke.

Now I would like to say that I am comfortable enough in my masculinity/ sexuality, whatever you wanna call it, to say that I have no problem with the idea of a man wearing a purse. Sometimes I got a lot of crap to carry around and it would be nice to have more than a wallet to put it all in. What I have a problem with is that other people aren't cool with the idea. A satchel is functional people. Of the two I own neither were a fashionable purchases, hell I didn't even purchase them. I stole one from the lost and found from my work a few years ago. In my defense the bag was there for a week and if you don't care enough to claim it after that it never "really" belonged to you. That bag is an unfashionable black and dark green nylon affair. No one in there right mind would even mistake it for a purse, but since its a bag with a shoulder strap people gotta give shit. Even tough it not much to look at its comfortable as hell. The strap was the perfect length when I took it. Its got a ton of pockets to put crap and since I left a unwrapped cigar in one of the pouches it smells like delicious tobacco.

The other satchel I own is used. It was given to me by my brother and is made of really worn nice leather. Its like the kind of satchel the Indiana Jones would have used; Indiana Jones one of the toughest dudes around. When Indy wears a satchel no one gives him shit but when I've got to walk somewhere and I've got some books I need to carry and I use a satchel because a backpack is a little too big, people ask me, "Hey that's a nice purse, does it come in men's styles?"

I can't win.

Laters,

Dan "The Man"

P.S. I'm not a dude that knows fashion and what not. In fact I couldn't give less of a shit about what's in style. Its a waste of time and money, and the fashionistas are the some of the most shallow empty people on the planet. My feeling on clothes is as long as there's something is covering my three piece collectors set I'm happy.