I carry all that stuff, pretty much, and except for the Nook it all goes in the cargo pockets. The Nook goes in the backpack with the laptop and various music books/clipboards/tuners/metronomes/cables. But I don't always carry the backpack.

I need to buy new pants, and I think I'm going to go with the Duluth firehose cargos, but if I'm not giving up cargo pants, then I don't know how much I can do with the top half of my style to be anything other than what it is now. I guess more fitted tops rather than t-shirts? I can't see myself really starting to accessorize.

huh, so I thought I fixed it because the wireless connection status icon gave me the green connected sign, but it still will not connect to the VPN or internet. poop.

Hey, I get a discount consult for that, right?

Hell yes, you do.

Yes, but which kind of chaotic evil? Southwestern (I'm grooving on cowboy hats and aged silver-and-amethyst jewelry right now

Ooooh. I can see that working really well for you. Black jeans or straight skirts with a high slit, tailored dress shirts worn open at the collar, and with cufflinks, cowboy hat. And cowboy boots or stompy boots.

How is a backpack different from a purse? Because it doesn't look like a purse? What I call my purse is a messenger bag. A bag of some sort is okay, where a purse is not?

Black jeans or straight skirts with a high slit, tailored dress shirts worn open at the collar, and with cufflinks, cowboy hat. And cowboy boots or stompy boots.

Need the skirts, have the shirts, need less formal cufflinks (mine are a hair off tuxedo-formal), (always) need more boots. When are you coming down so we can go shop?

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Beautiful.

When are you coming down so we can go shop?

AAAAUUGH I WANT TO. We would have so much fun. Pete would shake his head a lot at us, but that's part of the fun.

Pete would shake his head a lot at us, but that's part of the fun.

M & Pete can go bond over their wacky spouses and the state of the Commonwealth.

I guess I just use it differently? Almost more like a briefcase than a purse?

I wouldn't have my backpack in a restaurant with me, hanging off my chair, for instance. Or I wouldn't be going shopping with a backpack on. I think I dislike what I perceive as limitation of mobility based on having to keep track of a purse during most social situations. Like at a party or whatnot.

So what I have in my backpack is stuff that I need for a particular function, like instructional materials for class, or my laptop and paper files for a meeting. And then I would carry it into the workplace and out, but I wouldn't carry it around during the day. Does that distinction make sense?

I'm grooving on cowboy hats and aged silver-and-amethyst jewelry right now, or everything these guys have [

LIKE! That bat in the link is beautiful.

I just went ahead and bought this to try to increase my don't-have-to-carry-a-bag time. Not sure if I will be able to wear it in the summertime, but the rest of the year it'll come in handy.