22. American Midwest Outfit - If you're a true cowboy, be quick on the draw!
Sunglasses used to be something that was only used to show off. If you wear a wide-brimmed hat, what you hear is, in all likelihood, a sarcastic comment asking if you've been on a trip abroad.
In a cowboy movie set in the American Midwest, when people appear wearing sunglasses ‘Americans are all so fashionable.’ It was probably natural to think this way.
But when we got to the Midwest of America, my body first told me that that wasn't the case. By the time we reached Missouri, we saw drivers wearing cowboy hats one by one. My skin and eyes started talking to me.
‘I’m burning to death. 'I'm going to turn red.'
‘I can’t see. My pupils feel like they're going to explode.'
Sunglasses and a hat are basic, I ended up wearing an arm sleeve. If you can cover anything, it's best to cover it. The Cowboys' scarves weren't stylish either. My red, ripe throat is burning. If you don't want to groan all night, you need to wrap it around.
In the Midwest, cowboy hats, sunglasses, and scarves were not a fashion item but a survival tool.
When you stop at a gas station to fill up the tank, if someone walks around without a hat or sunglasses, people in the Midwest, in all likelihood, might think this way.
"Are you a foreign tourist?"
"Foreigners are all so fashionable."
At present time in 2014, to become a true cowboy running through the American Midwest, you should be quick to draw your sunscreen from your pocket at any time.
Jingoogk's Sketch Trip America is written originally in Korean.
