White Shirt, Black Shirt

      T-shirts are something I wear every single day. Now, while I mostly don shirts from rock bands, mixed martial arts clothing companies, childhood shows/movies and the likes, I love wearing plain t-shirts a lot. I mostly wear these plain shirts when hanging out with my friends, under a sweater or dress shirt, and sometimes when I workout or work construction. I was only accustomed to white t-shirts for the high majority of my life, however, until roughly 2 years ago when I was introduced to black t-shirts. Then the debate began: which colored shirt do I prefer?

       The original white shirts have some nice features. First off, I can wear them with black jeans and look like quite the badass in the process, while I can’t really do that with the black shirt (it’s too dark of a look for some people, though I actually still tend to enjoy it). When I work construction, I most often work in the warmer weather, and a lighter colored shirt keeps me slightly cooler. Sweat and dirt are more obvious with the white shirt, but when working construction, I used that to my advantage as it showed just how hard I was working. Ladies found me quite sexy when they walked by our construction site as I wiped the sweat from my forehead and smiled at them with a nod (with my helmet in hand when the jobsite required it). Sometimes I even took a deep chug of my Pepsi while the sweat dripped from my brow, dirty yet manly, with the sun blazing down on my hardworking body (it drove the women CRAZY for some reason... I surely belong in a Pepsi commercial).

       The black shirts bring out my hypnotic, blue eyes more so than the white shirts, which the ladies seem to enjoy. Obviously dirt doesn’t show up on them as much, nor does sweat, which is more convenient when I’m just hangin’ out with friends or going out. When wearing blue jeans with the black shirt I come off almost as a greaser from back in the day (or could at least), which is somewhat humorous to me. The best part of the black shirt is that, when I wear it with my jeans and am in my relaxed mood, I look like a Calvin Klein model (minus the good looks and muscles... so maybe I don’t look like one at all, only in my own mind?). On top of that, black is my favorite color, so that’s obviously a big plus in my book.

       So, which shirt color do I prefer? While I’d like to say it’s a push, I have to admit that I tend to lean towards wearing black t-shirts over white ones. I don’t mind wearing all black, I like to use my one strength (my big, blue eyes) to my advantage (which black apparently brings out more), and I just feel a bit more comfortable in black for some reason. While most people only see the crazy, goofy side of me, I have a very serious, relaxed side as well, and when I wear black I feel as if I allow that part of me out more. I continue to wear both shirt colors, but when I need to make a choice, I say black shirts all the way... that’s just how I roll.

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