I'll try this jacket on for size...
I recently spent a lot of time with the Providence Metal Ponies and the Ocean Hate Moped Rally. The Rally turned my three-day weekend into a fuzzy memory of excitement. But writing about that would seem too journalistic.
The issue that weighs heaviest on my mind right now is my jacket. I bought, lost, found, used it as a pillow, lost again, found again, and eventually broke the zipper of this beloved jacket. Because I bought it at REI, I thought I had a chance at getting it fixed (I know they fix tent zippers so it just made sense), but I was wrong.
REI offered to let me return the Jacket, so I took the store credit because it would be dumb of me not to. But I regret returning it. I’ve replaced zippers on jackets before, it costs too much and never looks/works the same again. But I still regret returning the jacket.
So, like a bitter break up, I went looking for a rebound. I found a nice new comfortable jacket at the mall and I bought it even thought it cost more than the one I returned. I wore it proud that night but I was extra careful not to get it dirty (just in case I overlooked a horrible flaw that would warrant another return –as you may suspect, I was skeptical). The jacket's debut was a success; no one gave it, or me, a suspectful look.
I put my jacket back to work the following night –if it was going to be a choice piece of autumn clothing it would have to earn it. How could I have known that this would be the test to end all tests. This was the last night of the moped rally and the party went off the hook, smashed it with a bat, drenched it in beer, and did a burn-out on top of it. I just looked through some pictures from that party and found that by the end of the night every photos was taken of people who had freshly fallen, dragged around on the floor, and had a beer poured on them.
The new jacket rests in the dirty laundry now, but I don’t blame it –I’m just impressed it found it’s way home.
-RIP
-Long Live the new Jacket. (I didn't get permission to use this photo, but I couldn't help stealing it).
The issue that weighs heaviest on my mind right now is my jacket. I bought, lost, found, used it as a pillow, lost again, found again, and eventually broke the zipper of this beloved jacket. Because I bought it at REI, I thought I had a chance at getting it fixed (I know they fix tent zippers so it just made sense), but I was wrong.
REI offered to let me return the Jacket, so I took the store credit because it would be dumb of me not to. But I regret returning it. I’ve replaced zippers on jackets before, it costs too much and never looks/works the same again. But I still regret returning the jacket.
So, like a bitter break up, I went looking for a rebound. I found a nice new comfortable jacket at the mall and I bought it even thought it cost more than the one I returned. I wore it proud that night but I was extra careful not to get it dirty (just in case I overlooked a horrible flaw that would warrant another return –as you may suspect, I was skeptical). The jacket's debut was a success; no one gave it, or me, a suspectful look.
I put my jacket back to work the following night –if it was going to be a choice piece of autumn clothing it would have to earn it. How could I have known that this would be the test to end all tests. This was the last night of the moped rally and the party went off the hook, smashed it with a bat, drenched it in beer, and did a burn-out on top of it. I just looked through some pictures from that party and found that by the end of the night every photos was taken of people who had freshly fallen, dragged around on the floor, and had a beer poured on them.
The new jacket rests in the dirty laundry now, but I don’t blame it –I’m just impressed it found it’s way home.
-RIP
-Long Live the new Jacket. (I didn't get permission to use this photo, but I couldn't help stealing it).
posted by spitzer at 11:45 PM
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Well done. New is always better, except for Weezer albums and the new Star Wars trilogy.
Wow that jacket must be amazing to get through all of that!
where do you live and what do you do?
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