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Spring Cleaning
Written By: Gary on Saturday, January 19, 2008
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I’ve been trying to filter out some of the “stuff” at my house that I don’t use any more, today was the clothes closet. Some stuff will be bound for Goodwill / Salvation Army, some for the trash and a few things for the vacation pile (clothes that I take on vacation but don’t bring back).
What I really hate getting rid of is shirts with stuff printed on them for several reasons. One, I probably paid more for them. Two, I didn’t pay anything for them but they’re pretty unique. (But) Three, I rarely wear them. Some of it’s a mish-mash but today I noticed a bit of what I had in odd quantities:
Apple Computer T-Shirts (5): Most of these I got as promos or won at a conference but they’re all to small, it’s either all they had or it shrunk the first time I washed it. I keep hoping they’ll magically it some day, but…
Tori Amos (5): A few from concerts or that I found at a music store. I’ve got one that I got autographed at a concert.
Indigo Girls (6): Mostly from concerts, something from an on-line group and an autographed one that a friend bought for me at an fund raising auction.
Domestic Violence (7): I either purchased these at an event, they were given to me for volunteering at an event or came in a ‘thanks for donating’ package.
Costa Rica (1): I’ve been there 4 times and only ended up with one shirt from my first trip (from one of the Zip Line through the Cloud Forest adventures).
Blogography (3): Cool shirts that Dave from Blogography created.
Sandman related (6): Shirts inspired from the Neil Gaiman Sandman series (I think they all have Dream, Death or Delerium or some combination of them).
Tech Shirts (10+): Other tech shirts from vendors, tech conferences (part of registration or gift for presenting), organizations or something or another.
My job (6+): Shirts that one of the departments printed up for work or some kind of fund raiser event.
I so rarely wear them out (in both interpretations), I usually just wear plain (colored) shirts. If I’m changing into something to wear after I come home and shower I’ll throw one on but wearing one out and about just doesn’t happen so often. Actually, other that wearing a music one to a concert I think the only ones I’ve worn outside in the last year is probably wearing a few of the shirts that Dave made.FYI, the counts are just estimates, I didn’t actually make a tally sheet.
i’ve a gr8 idea for t.shirts you don’t want to give away. Have someone make a blanket or quilt out of them. If it’s really nice you could hang it on your wall, or maybe use it on the bed in a guest room to spice up the room and it won’t get 2 much use there so it won’t get 2 messed up. jsyk – I have never – ever – read someone’s personal web site (when I didn’t know the person)…but I found you at walletnook.com (while watching big bang – which I find dorky, but pretty darn funny) and saw your pix – you’re very cute.