My name is Novan. 21.
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Wellp, it got chilly today in Sydney. And if you know me, you know I love the cold. One reason is because I prefer winter / autumn wear. I haven’t quite perfected the art of dressing well in summer! Not that I have in winter either, but, I like it better anyhow :P
I like / prefer darker colours, especially navy. If I want to break it up, I’ll usually do it with an accessory like socks. Rarely ever gets cold enough for gloves, and I don’t own a pocket square although I’ll be getting one soon for my blazer.
I like to dress nice, but obv on a student budget there’s only so much you can get away with. I buy pieces that are conservative and hold up with time, for cheap if possible, knowing that I can wear it season after season.
I am wearing..
*contrast button shirt by river island, which is kind of ill fitting. the price you pay for being a lifter! Got these on ASOS for around $30 I think.
* duffle jacket by saba , which I got 3 years ago on sale (hence the fade), but it’s simple enough that I can wear it over. I’m not usually into Saba’s range, but these caught my eye. Also, military styles never seem to go out IMO.
* Levis 520s, which I also got on sale last year. I bought these cos they’re tapered nicely, I love the colour, and accommodate well to lifter’s legs. As the only pair of jeans I wear right now, these go through hell, but have held up real nice!
* Desert boots by rodd and gunn. I really like r&g’s range. Oh yeah I got these on sale too. Even though it’s geared towards middle aged-old white guys who like to hunt and fish, they have a limited range that is a bit more geared towards younger folk. Also a bit cheaper too. As you can see, these are really worn, but the wear has given them a bit of character.
*Socks by vanishing elephant. As I said before, I like to usually add colour with accessories. Because I cuff, I get my socks in contrast and because I cuff they’re quite visible. Unfortunately the pic doesn’t really show it, but they’re yellow. It has a navy panel with white pattern just above the cuff too.
P.S: oh yeah. I like fashion/menswear. I just don’t blog about it often :P
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✂ Have you ever self-harmed? Why?
I’ve never self harmed myself in the sense that I’ve felt the need to inflict pain on myself for reasons of anguish, pain, suffering, expiation or mental health causes. I’ve once punched myself in the jaw pretty hard when I was 13 because I figured that I’d maybe get into at least 1 fight in high school, and may as well prepare myself for a merciless bare knuckle slog to the face. Felt like a punch should have.
But in all seriousness, define self harm? We’ve all put ourselves in harm’s way, whether we know it or not; whether it is self inflicted or externally inflicted. Where do you draw the line, how do you distinguish it? These aren’t rhetorical questions, I’m interested to know.
♥ Have you ever fallen in love?
See previous J
✌ Share a secret?
I’ve never been in a relationship. I don’t think that’s a secret though lol
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squinteastwood asked: ✞ ❄ ♥ ✌ (go son)
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✞ Your religious Views?
In very short: spiritual agnostic, if not completely undefinable.
Context/background/tl;dr version/lifestory: Well… shit. My whole family are Muslim. A bit more on the eclectic/syncretic side, and some more or less devout than others, but Muslim nonetheless. This was me up until, well, let’s say December last year. In terms of all the criteria that you need to fulfil in order to be considered a Muslim without being a total joke or disrespectful unworthy hypocrite about it, I barely cut the cake. Not because I don’t give a shit, but because I legit don’t have those beliefs in my head or heart anymore. Without getting into too deep a list of personal grievances, or divulging into my once theological crisis (more than happy to to anyone who asks though), I agree with the very general non-specific core of Islam, as the same very general non-specific core of most if not all spiritual/religious streams, as one way of developing or improving the quality of your being. For everything else pertaining to jurisprudence, dogma, social control I disagree with or reject. Having said that, I still have a deep respect and interest in Islam, which you might expect seeing as it was and maybe still is a part of my identity. I still identify as a “Muslim” in certain situations, depending on the question, and I try not to trivialise that despite how trivial I just made it sound.
I still believe in a lot of stuff that Islam deems as heretical, and that exact same stuff might also be what contemporary science grounded on the objective reality-causality-deterministic (which I perceive to be Western reductionist/scientific dogma) deems as irrational or “delusional” according to one Mr. Dawkins, and I’m not speaking of the belief in a personal god or deity. But that is a different discussion for a different or more specific question.❄ What calms you down when you’re upset?
Contemplation, sometimes over a pot or many pots of tea. Talking to, or surrounding myself with my people. Sleep. Music that matches my mood and then gradually brings me down to earth. Weightlifting. Reading and writing. Hitting shit, or martial arts. Meditation. Time.
♥ Have you ever fallen in love?
I consider myself to be madly in long term platonic love with a handful of people in my life. Otherwise I reserve a good portion of my heart for most, if not all people I come across. As for whether I’ve ever fallen in love in ‘that way’: I don’t think I have. Not in any meaningful or lasting sense. Don’t know if that means I’m a shallow prick or not. I’d like to think not :)
✌ Share a secret?
No >:) … But honestly, most of what I have divulged is more or less intimate detail. Consider those secrets.
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