simpler threads i recently bought a lacoste sweater. i wanted this $80 baseball shirt with the huge gator upfront and center for the world to see, but i looked at my friend's old buttoned polo shirt and went, "i want something more lasting." well, the sweater is a queen sitting in my top drawer where she will stay for at least the next two years. i can't bear to wear it.

i've only recently remembered where i used to see that type stripes and color combinations - in my elder ate cousins, the ones who got it made with the beautiful long hair and the glizy jobs overseas.

eww. it made me feel so old - there is a reason why threads from lacoste cost so much. you purchase them coz you belong to a certain economic strata, a strata i totally refuse to belong to, and until i find justice in shelling out $125 for a sweater on sale, i shouldn't.

eh. i bought the sweater anyways, i liked its feel, the colors, and it reminded me of simpler times. maybe someday when things aren't so dire, i'll wear it.

other people keep jewelry boxes - i collect things. my media, my clothes, the silly paris balloon cup from las vegas. it stands out like a lost blue pimple atop the clothes chest where rests my lacoste thread. all reminders of now, when things aren't yet so dire.   ¶ 12/11/2004 05:38:00 AM