In my closet there is a stack of T-shirts 3 feet high. I have T-shirts that are gifts from my daughter, my sons, my friends, my relatives, vendors, from a game show, from work, from kayak races and from paintball tournaments. All of these shirts have someone else’s logo or pithy saying I have identified myself with many of these shirts from time to time and some of these shirts have been my favorites at different points in my life.
I realized something recently and it’s become a road block to getting dressed in the morning. I was amazed to discover there is not one T-shirt that I own which was picked out by me. Now most people who know me are used to seeing me in T-shirts and blue jeans, but it’s strange to think that some people may have been trying to understand who I am by decoding my T-shirt collection, which technically isn’t mine.
Now when I come to the simple task of choosing a T-shirt, I’m dumbfounded, I can’t choose a shirt that is me, because none of these shirts were ever really me. So like a totally overwhelmed traveler standing in shampoo isle at the local drug store , I feel paralyzed and I can’t make a simple decision; seconds seem like minutes, minutes like hours. This simple process has broken down for me because I’ve been a passive player in my wardrobe collection. Now its’ time to become active in choosing my wardrobe without crossing that most feared line of MetroSexuality.
Picking your own clothes does not a metrosexual make!!!
Personally, don't know how I would have survived all these years without black t-shirts...what does that say about my taste?!? or lack therof...
Posted by: deannie | January 08, 2009 at 12:50 PM
There's nothing wrong with basic black - in fact it's my favorite. I think I must be reaching a mid-life crisis or something and I want to be known for who I am.... next week I might not care again :-)
Posted by: Ed Buford | January 08, 2009 at 01:57 PM
At home this bit about t-shirts that weren't personally chosen is being referenced again and again. But I know why it is that Ed Buford's t-shirts are mostly, well, you know, chosen by default or randomness.
I found out today. It was an email in my inbox from Syncsort with a FREE T-SHIRT offer. I don't even use syncsort, but the form I filled out (hey, a free t-shirt is a free t-shirt) stated this, "Valid only to qualified IT professionals in the USA and Canada while supplies last."
Ed Buford... it's your profession. THAT's why you have all those t-shirts. The greatest free t-shirt profession on the planet!
Posted by: LauraG | January 30, 2009 at 12:23 PM