1. What's your favorite piece of clothing that you currently own? A t-shirt with the prototypical caricature of Shakespeare. The word balloon says, "I ventured forth to Stratford, and lo, my meagre recompense was this mere tunic."

2. What piece of clothing do you most want to acquire? A Match Game windbreaker that actually fits. They pop up on eBay all the time, but all seem to be medium.

3. What piece of clothing can you not bring yourself to get rid of? Why? My Acacia fraternity t-shirt and 3/4-sleeve baseball shirt from college. The letters (sewn on) are falling off and the shirts are faded, plus I never wear them any more, but I can't throw them out. Plus my Boned Zone shirt from college, which is pretty much in the same shape.

4. What piece of clothing do you look your best in? Karen would say my black polo shirt and a very old pair of faded jeans. I don't think I can wear the jeans in public anymore; they have too many rips. I couldn't fit into them again until earlier this year.

5. What has been your biggest fashion accident? This is a vivid memory. The last school day before Christmas vacation, 1974: my mom, busy with other things, hadn't had the time to do laundry. So, with very few school clothes to wear, she made what she thought was a match: a black-and-gold hockey shirt (Boston Bruins, with no logo) and a yellow-and-white plaid pair of polyester pants. I protested I looked ridiculous, but she said I was wrong and sent me on my way. The teasing at school was merciless; even the teachers snickered. After I got home and told her loud and long about what happened (she said they didn't know what they were talking about, to which I responded, "Every single person I saw today was wrong?", I wrested all clothing choices out of my mother's hands. To this day, my choices are pretty conservative, but they work.

And this is just from birth through high school (if I can get this link to work right, that is:)

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Karen, who was originally dubious about this post, proofread the list above and heartily approved. We'll see if she feels the same about the next 100, when she enters the picture.

Relatively uneventful day. Bought my fifth CD Walkman in the last two years:

#1: Panasonic
Reason for Purchase: I wanted a Walkman that played CDs
Price: $89.99
Radio Included?: Yes
Quality: outstanding
Reason I'm No Longer Using It: Got caught in an unbelievable rainstorm with it. It was in my briefcase, but that didn't protect it enough from getting soaked.
Current Status: in a landfill, after waiting for eight months for it to get better

#2: GPX
Reason for Purchase: to listen to CDs in the Escort
Price: $39.99
Radio Included?: no
Quality: awful
Reason I'm No Longer Using It: Didn't work in the car, didn't fit in the pouch when I was power walking, batteries would run out before one CD could be completed
Current Status: in a landfill, and good riddance

#3: Sony
Reason for Purchase: to replace #1
Price: gift, but probably $89.99
Radio Included: yes
Quality: varies
Reason I'm No Longer Using It: volume stays constant (about 2) no matter how much you dial around, sound quality fuzzy. It did work better for about two weeks, but has since reverted
Current Status: alive, but not using it

#4: Memorex
Reason for Purchase: to supplement/replace #4
Price: $49.99
Radio Included: yes
Quality: pretty mediocre
Reason I'm No Longer Using It: works fine if you're standing still or listening to the radio, but it skips after 10-20 minutes of power walking
Status: maybe Karen will use it to listen to NPR

#5: Aiwa
Reason for Purchase: to replace #3 and #4
Price: $69.99
Radio Included: no
Quality: so far, so good
Status: full-time use for the Superhits CDs

Anyone else have opinions on good/bad Walkmen?