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Characters 5/24/25  – Is it just me or does everyone do this? Based on what I am wearing and where I am it puts me into a certain character mode. For example, when I am in a suit and have my Army officer’s overcoat on it makes me feel like a hit man (but if I have my military black beret on with the overcoat, I am Special Forces). I just got new sunglasses and when I wear them, I feel like the villain in a movie. When I wear my black suit with the thin black tie (at weddings in particular) and I am on the dance floor, I get a little Blues Brotherish in my step. When I wear my Chicago police leather jacket (yep you guessed it) I feel like an off-duty police officer, and I stare at people in stores to keep them from shoplifting. When I approach an expressway entrance ramp, I put my car into sport mode, and I am instantly a race car driver (the title of the movie I am in is Honda versus the other car – unless it is a Tesla – I don’t race those). Lastly, in the Fall and Winter when doing outside work I usually wear fatigue pants with my M-65 field jacket (and yes, I am retired military doing yard work). My motto - why waste a vivid imagination and the world of make believe sometimes is much more interesting than reality. I think I simply like to dress up more than just once a year on Halloween. I basically sense a certain look and naturally come up with a character (and act accordingly)!