the things you notice.

so there's a guy who lives in my neighborhood. well, i assume he lives in my neighborhood, because i repeatedly see him walking past the gym when i'm there. he's a pretty average guy - probably early 30s, asian, shy of 6' with a pretty stocky build - just painting you a basic picture here. this guy would not be remarkable at all amidst the flotsam and jetsam of the city, except that he is always wearing a hawaiian shirt. and i mean always. i've probably seen the guy 35 or 40 times, and every time he is wearing a hawaiian shirt.

so tonight i spun circles on the elliptical machine and i wondered, what sort of pathology leads one to only wear hawaiian shirts? something more basic, like a black t-shirt or a white button-down, would be a bit more understandable. still strange, but not beyond the realm of normalcy. but hawaiian shirts? every day? in chicago??

i apologize for the over abundance of italics in this post, but i am truly at a loss here.

i wonder what his apartment looks like.