Remind me not to wear that color again
any time soon.
Yesterday was dress-up day at work,
where everyone's who's in the office does their best to look
professional. I instituted the policy after the pandemic hit, just
to make sure that everyone here remembers what being an adult is
like. So far, I've had 100% compliance with the directive from
everyone who's at the station each and every day.
You know—me.
As usual during dress-up day I wore a
shirt, tie, and jacket, garnering strange looks not only from the one
listener to whom I slipped a prize under the front door, but also
from me as well. I was wearing something I've worn before, a charcoal
gray jacket with an almost neon blue shirt. It's a great example of
contrast, and when I wear it on TV it really stands out. But you
knew what really stood out when I looked in the mirror yesterday?
The gray hair on my head matching the
charcoal gray of the jacket.
When I was talking about my
increasingly-wavy and feathering hair last week I also mentioned how
the longer it gets, the more gray you can see. And it's true. But
the combination of the gray hair on my head and the gray of the
jacket I was wearing did something I didn't even think was possible.
It made me looked washed out.
Now, those of you who know me know that
for a white guy I have kind of dark skin. I don't get washed out.
In fact, in the middle of January I have people ask me if I just got
back from Florida. So I don't look pale. But through some strange
trick of coloring or optical phase cancellation or something, the mix
of my increasingly long gray hair and the charcoal gray jacket I was
wearing just washed my face out. When I took the jacket off? My
face looked normal (or as normal as I can ever look). When I put the
jacket back on?
Pale. It was the strangest thing.
So, I now know to wear something else
on the next station dress-up day. I'm thinking black. After all,
you can't go wrong with basic black, right? I'm pretty sure it won't
wash my face out like gray did. If nothing else, it'll probably just
make the gray in my hair stand out even more.
We'll find out Tuesday.
On that note, have a great weekend. If
you're so inclined, RB Leipzig is playing SC Freiburg on Fox Sports 2
Saturday morning. Even if we didn't get over to Germany to see a
game live in person earlier this month, it'll still be a big day in
the Koski household!
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