{"id":1,"date":"2008-12-10T10:56:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T18:56:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-01-15T22:51:17","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T06:51:17","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wetsocks\/2008\/12\/10\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Guys Wear’en Rainboots = social suicide??"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first term is almost over, and I have one more final in a few days, so naturally, the most pressing\u00a0thought on my mind is: can I pull off rainboots without committing social suicide??<\/p>\n

Lets face it people, it rains a lot here. Puddles are a constant fixture on the walkways. As a person who is not from Vancouver, I’m finding ways to tweak my life to adapt to the rain. How unaccustomed to the rain I am, you ask? When that new “pond” formed on University Boulevard a few weeks back, I squealed\/stared\/pointed in amazement….while bystanders were\u00a0shocked only by my reaction.<\/p>\n

So, I ask: are rubber rainboots socially accepted for guys. I ask, ofcourse, because I’ve never outgrown the pimply\/socially awkward kid I was in highschool. I’ve seen a lot of girls wear’em, but I have yet to come across any guys wearing’em. Everytime I accidentally step into a puddle with my converse, I dream about how dry and toasty my feet would be if I had been wearing rubber rainboots. And where would one go to get men’s rubber rainboots? I mean, I don’t want to spend close to a hundred bucks at MEC for a top-of-the-line fisherman rainboots.<\/p>\n