You know you're a Neo when......

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

I also had those huge and gaudy pins. The huge wooden Greek symbols one and a big plastic Fortitude one. I was instructed early on NOT to wear those but to use them as keepsakes. After I had already worn both of them.

I wore my APO wood pin on a blazer like twice and once on my winter coat while traveling to convention.

For some reason, I have a big mirror Alpha pin..... I don't know where it came from, but it is finna get regifted.

[mccoyred]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

I had a paddle in the rearview window, a license plate cover, and a magnet on the back of my car. I was forced to remove the magnet because it was too much.

We didn't have crossing jackets but I wore my line shirt too much. The red bled on the letters because I eventually had to wash it.

I also had those huge and gaudy pins. The huge wooden Greek symbols one and a big plastic Fortitude one. I was instructed early on NOT to wear those but to use them as keepsakes. After I had already worn both of them.

On my car, I have a rear license plate holder, a front license plate (the holder on that is my car model), and a sticker on my rear panel. I also carry TWO umbrellas (I switch back and forth) and a keychain.

However, I rarely WEAR 'nalia unless it is a sorority or Greek function but I wear our colors and/or unofficial mascot almost everyday.

When I was a NEO, I wore more 'nalia and didn't have all the other stuff. I am afraid that I was guilty of double and triple 'nalia, though.

[L.O.C.K.]

When you want to do the call ALL the time....

I'll agree on handsign, letters, etc.

O yea and wanting to roadtrip like a mofo.


I crossed 2.5 yrs ago and people still call me a Neo b/c I wear letters ALL the time.

[BlueNYC2]

only Neos double para...

i.e., Line Shirt & Dog tags/Tiki HANGING OUT!!!

i was a semi-super neo...
i went and got some para, had a few shirts airbrused, Put my letters on my bookbag, got a bookbag that had the crest and everything on there, mad tikis/dog tags(i got like 3 different ones), the wristbands, and got a tattoo(my shit is fiyah by the way!!!)

[tld221]

Originally Posted by BlueNYC2

only Neos double para...

i.e., Line Shirt & Dog tags/Tiki HANGING OUT!!!

i was a semi-super neo...
i went and got some para, had a few shirts airbrused, Put my letters on my bookbag, got a bookbag that had the crest and everything on there, mad tikis/dog tags(i got like 3 different ones), the wristbands, and got a tattoo(my shit is fiyah by the way!!!)

you did a whole lot for being a "semi-super neo."

and though i know better than to double para, i think there's different ways in wearing para that determines "tacky double para" to "ok, that's not so bad..." examples:

--a jacket and a t-shirt, thats RIDICULOUS.
--a jacket and a tiki, still RIDICULOUS.
--a pin and a tiki, not only RIDICULOUS, but that would just clash.
--a pin and a tote bag, i wouldnt make a big deal over.
--a t-shirt and something over the top (ie a rhinestone beltbuckle - which i think is played out like a mofo but this Alpha neo i knew just HAD to bust it out), i'd just let the bigger/flashier piece of para stand out.

would anyone be mad over a neo who just went overboard with colors versus letters? ie, a neo who, for example, gets blue highlights? or someone who wore their colors EVERYDAY, on purpose?

[DSTKellie]

I've worn a jacket and a t-shirt before. The letters on the t-shirt weren't extremely big so I don't if it was too much or not. It was also at a Delta function...

Anyway when I crossed I was definitely a super-neo. Went to almost every program and party hosted by BGLO. Hung out at the Black Cultural center in 'naila. Decked my car out...took random photos of me throwing up the pyramid...LOL! It was great

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by tld221

(ie a rhinestone beltbuckle - which i think is played out like a mofo but this Alpha neo i knew just HAD to bust it out)

I had to quote this because I've seen more of this with the Spring 08 undergrad and grad lines.

Rhinestones are annoying, anyway. Grown arse men with rhinestone buckles or even REAL diamonds on huge organizational buckles or necklaces/chains? Annoying. Gaudy. Too much. Yikes.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by BlueNYC2

only Neos double para...

Not true. LOL.

[Elephant Walk]

When you don't know what Neo means?