clothing...

"So i was assigned to a K-Mart today, while I was there I bought two pairs of black jeans and a new wallet. Was startled to discover that I could get name-brand jeans for under $20/pair. I also finally replaced my tattered and falling-apart wallet.
This shopping trip made me realize something, I have a tendancy to hang onto clothes and such even when I shouldn't or don't need to. I keep wearing clothing that is worn-out or stained/ripped/etc just because I'm too lazy to replace it or throw it out and it's simpler to just keep washing it and wearing it. I also tend to hang onto clothing that I don't much like, or that I feel no longer suits me simply because it'sv still in useable shape so replacing it seems irrational. My wallet was a case-in-point fopr this, it was a brown wallet that was given as a gift. I disliked the color and wasn't hugely fond of the style but I kept using it for 2-3 years because it was there and it was in decent shape.

I've decided today to start getting rid of clothing that is too worn out, or I don't like and replacing it with items I actually enjoy wearing. I can't afford to do this all at once, but a constant slow cycling out of old and in of new shouldn't be too expensive.
In that vein I threw out a couple pairs of holy jeans (including the damn pair with the zipper that always falls down), and while I didn't tos any t-shirts I cycled several over into the 'wear as work clothes' catergory (cuz work shirts get covered in grease and stains so I don't want to ruin shirts I care about).
I think sometime in the not-to-distant future I shall buy several motre black t-shirts and try painting further designs on them, since I love my silver-flames shirt so much."

Personals

"So I love filling out personals ads, almost as much as I love browsing them. Searching personals ads is a ton of fun for me. I do it online, and I love going through the 'back page' ones in the alternative papaers.

That being said, I never had the guts to answer anyones ads. I am horible at intorducing myself cold to someone. I'm always very worried that they are goign to find me boring or annoying or whatever. So even if I find people who seem incredibly interesting or whatever I never actually manage to respond to their ads.

On the flipside, I almost never get replies. I think I've gotten two over the years I've done this. One I hung out with the person a few times and we drifted off, the other was someone who couldn't manage to write one comoplete sentence in their email so I never bothered replying.

Except recently I found an interesting site, Gothic Sex Exchange. The advertised premise of hte site is that you post an ad because you want sex, and other ppl post ads becaus they want sex and if you find someone you find interesting you click the 'nice boots' link. If they and you both like hte other the system lets you both know.
While I'm not goign to decide to have sex with someone based solely on a personals ad it does have something going for it that other sites don't. It lets you know if there is a mutual interest ahead of time. This way if you hear from someone it is because there is at least a passing interest in each other already there.
It's oddly liberating. BUt atill damn weird when you do hear from someone and have to then talk to them."