#183 Pa-pa--paparazzi

I've come to regret the decision to include my face in these picture posts.

Anywho, I got this shirt from Stacy. I believe it was part of some skit she had to do for German class in high school. Apparently that's all they did in her German class because one of the other big stories I've gotten from her also involves a skit in German class (if you haven't heard it before, the punchline is that Stacy had to play the ugly one). Kind of a meh shirt. I pretty much just wore it as a black undershirt.

Instead of talking about the shirt, I'll relate how I spent last Monday. I perhaps foolishly spent the day at Disneyland in the rain. However, unlike last year I was infinitely more prepared this time around (and the rain actually let up in the late afternoon). Highlights included singing along to "Part of Your World" with Nuno for no apparent reason and going with it anyway, riding on the swinging ferris wheel cars with people that are terrified of it, and riding the roller coaster twice with the rain whipping us in the face (I'm pretty sure it was also raining the hardest while we were on it too).

#139 Trailer Trash

It's too bad I already used up my Modest Mouse music post otherwise I'd feel obligated to also link their song Trailer Trash to this post.

This is a shirt that I got at one of the tourist trap-y shops that they have at Belmont Park in San Diego. I got a red one as well but for the life of me I can't remember what was on it and I haven't seen it for several years. All I know is that it was in this same sort of retro 5os style. Bowling perhaps.

Belmont Park is a boardwalk-y area complete with rickety wooden roller coaster and carnival rides. It's one of my favorite places in San Diego. This particular trip might have been for one of my birthdays but I'm not sure. If it was that was the day we had giant slices of pizza followed by giant ice cream cones followed by about 7 rides on the roller coaster. ALL GOOD DECISIONS. This is also the place where the indoor waterpark had an outdoor surf machine/wave fountain thing. My friend Kyle (who is built like a spider monkey) tried it one day and pretty much immediately crashed each time, each fall more spectacular than the last (most likely due to his previously mentioned spider monkey proportions).

If you were to stroll along the shore in the evening, you're likely to trip on boogie boards and sand toys that had been purchased earlier at the souvenir shops. I used to have quite the collection of abandoned shovels that I picked up on trips there.

#117 It's like a security blanket that I can wear

This shirt is like an old friend to me. It's soft, it fits nicely, it's a nice color; I've worn it quite often (as one can tell by the crackling screen print, discoloration around the collar, and the tiny holes worn into various places). It's well loved and by that I mean it's been treated like shit. It's just one of those go to shirts that I'll throw on when I don't really care about what I'm wearing. It's a lazy time shirt. I do have a bit of affection for this one, for no real reason. It's dependable. Can a shirt be dependable?

I've had it for quite a while. I got it sometime in high school when I was out shopping with my mom at Marshalls and spotted it in the clearance section. Baby blue was my favorite color at the time (now it's either green or purple or turquoise, I can never remember which) and I had a Quiksilver backpack at the time so I figured it was kismet.

I have a bit of a weird brand loyalty to Quiksilver merchandise. I've got hats, bags, belts, wallets, sweatshirts, button downs; I just love their stuff. I almost feel bad when I spot something by a competing brand (that also sells surf/skate/California slacker wear) that I also like. Like right now, I'm a bit chilly and I'm going to throw on my Billabong pullover and I'm going to feel like I'm cheating on my shirt somehow.

Alright, I've now passed the funny/crazy barrier for this post. Fin.

And he's watching us all with the eeeeeeeeye....

No exciting stories here people. It was $5 Old Navy so I snatched it up. It fits nicely and it's a neutral color so I probably have worn it a lot. It's good for days when I don't care about what shirt I have on. It's one of my "meh" shirts I guess for meh days. My shirt is probably a pretty good indicator of my mood. If I'm in a nice threadless tee that means I'm hoping to go out and have a fun and special day. If I'm in a meh shirt that I got for cheap then the nicest place I plan on going to that day is probably Target.

P.S. In other shirt news, Threadless has some sort of 30 hour $9 shirt sale going on today.

P.P.S. If you end up buying something from Threadless, do me a favor and use this link http://www.threadless.com?streetteam=allisonrocks to get there since having a profile means I get credit for referrals. It's pretty cool.