Day 4 of the Blackout

Not much new to report on the colour social experiment so far. Still wearing (mostly) all black, although I have no idea what I will wear for tomorrow's black-a-thon. I really need to go shopping. I guess this experiment is a good excuse for that. Watch out credit card, you are getting used and abused this weekend! You have been warned.

Life has pretty much been normal life for me. I have been fairly productive at work, although I moved offices (again) this week, so that slowed me down a little, but all in all, still getting stuff done. Life at home has been going well, everybody is getting along swell.

Maybe Black doesn't hold as much power as people thinks it does.

Day 2 of the Blackout

So here we are. Day 2 of the colour social experiment.

Another black day, which is harder than I thought it would be to find all black clothes for work. I mean, most of my work clothes have a bit of colour on them and finding both top and bottoms that are black is proving to be harder than I thought. Most of my black clothes are either fancy fancy or yoga pants. So guess which of the two I am wearing today? I am wearing a black sequence tunic top, black leggings, a blazer and my shiny black pumps. I must say I am looking good, but it is a little fancier than I normally go for the office. That's ok too.

Ok, so results of yesterday's black-thon. I changed my profile and cover on my facebook account to solid black and I posed a question to my fb peps: "How does the colour black make you feel?" The responses were:

• " (:( "...(which is kinda an inside joke between one of my friends and I. Its really supposed to be :(: which is the symbol for bipolar)
• "its my current hair colour"
• "Relaxed and sleepy"
• "Cool"
• "Skinny" 
• "Quiet and then sometimes scared, depends on my frame of mind!"

All really great answers! I added that it makes me feel powerful. 

OK I will update more later. 

If anyone has anything to add, I would love to hear what you have to say about the colour black.

Cheers

The Meaning of Black

Black is often a misunderstood colour, or at least, a conflicted colour. It has both negative and positive connotations in today's world, so let's explore some of the meanings and uses of black.

The Good:

• It goes with everything!  Black is one of the shades that complements other colours very well. It makes other colours pop and can pretty much go with anything. Even black on black is fine.
• Its slimming for the figure. Anybody can wear black and it is often used to hide little flaws that people are self concious about. Don't like that flat tire around your waist? Wear black! Because its dark in nature, those little bumps and humps are concealed by the shadows of black. 
• A Black-tie Affair. Often used to reference a formal affair in which men wear tux's and women wear their "little black dress", black is the colour of choice to represent formality. 
• The Black-Belt Expert. Someone who is an expert in the sport of karate is called a black-belt. This term is sometimes used to reference an expert in any field. "She's got a black-belt in driving!" (That's me!)

The Bad:

• You've been Black-Listed. Oh no! You pissed someone off. You just made their black-list. This is a list that you don't want to be on. Akin to a shit-list, a black list is a list, imaginary or real, of people who you would just love to punch in the face if given the chance or if you could really get away with it. (There are a couple names on my black-list...) POW!
• Did I just Blackout? That's never a good thing, unless you don't want to remember the night before. I have a few good friends who just get a little too drunky-poo and woke up not remembering what went on the night before. My job is to fill in the missing pieces and let them know who they have to call and apologize to.
• Oh, me black eye! Did you just get punched in the face by a black-belt because you were on their black-list? Well hopefully you blacked-out.  
• Saucy as the Black. This is a common saying here in Newfoundland, and it doesn't mean what you think it means either. Back in the day, when English and Irish settlers were populating the island, there was often tension between the Catholics and the Protestants. Protestants were sometimes referred to as "Bible-Black". So if someone says you were "saucy as the Black" it means your defiant as a Protestant. So they say. 
• The Black Sheep of the Family. Every family has one, or two or a half dozen. They are the outcast of the family, not following in step with everyone else. Maybe not such a bad thing in some families.
• Shopping on the Black Market. Where would you go to find tiger testicles if not for the black market? The informal illegal black market is where you find stuff that you can't buy anywhere else. 

Black Monday

So today is the first day of my colour social experiment. This weeks colour is black (maybe I should have chose green as it close to St. Paddy's day, but oh well). So I dressed completely in black this morning, right down to my bra and underwear. Even my necklace and earrings are black.

Do I feel any different? Not really so far. I was bit ticked off this morning dealing with a cranky child and a truck that wouldn't start, but I don't think that had anything to do with my clothes colour. Maybe it did though...

Got to work this morning and I already received a complement on how I look today. That was nice.

I am now going to change my facebook profile picture to a black box. Lets see if anyone will comment on it.

And I am going to throw a question out there...How does black make you feel? Feel free to comment below.

Update to come later today.