T-shirt insanity
After a mind-numbing night of sorting and entering 98 T-shirts into eBay, the auctions are now online. There were many themes to the shirts that ended up in the sell pile. The breakdown of the ones in the sell pile fell across: I really saw this band?, faces, black T-shirts, white T-shirts, and age-appropriateness.
Yet another mystery of where my money used to go has been revealed. Bands I recalled seeing, who weren’t my favorite bands and were not bands I was in love with, still managed to score two shirts in some instances (for one concert). Bands like Blur and Sugar Ray.
Other bands style of T-shirts just don’t fit the trajectory of where my personal fashion is heading, because as much as I love Natalie Merchant, I just really don’t need to her face on my chest. Bono and Trent Reznor were the only ones who managed to avoid this rule.
Black and white T-shirts were a large part of the pile, but I’ve just become so bored with those colors. I rather have something lively and interesting on: blues, purples, oranges, reds, greens, etc. Nine Inch Nails were the rare exception who managed to have a lot of black T-shirts that also ended up in the small pile of shirts that get to stay.
Age appropriateness was a harder thing to come to terms with, and the biggest victim of this theme was, hands down, Marilyn Manson. A lot of his shirts also violated the face rule. But, a lot of his shirts seemed like they should be worn by younger people. A big evil grinning Manson on the front, with a slogan of "This is your world in which we grow, and we will grow to hate you" on the back just didn’t seem like a message for a 36-year-old. One Manson shirt also had a policeman holding a gun to his head as though he was about to kill himself on the back and, again, it just didn’t seem like the vibe I’m going for these days. I love Tori Amos, but a black shirt (violation #1) and big letters saying "RECOVERING CHRISTIAN" across the chest (age appropriateness violation), end up on the pile, despite my really liking the shirt on its own merit. Along those lines, I even tossed the Wil Wheaton shirt into the pile. I can’t see another occassion where that is the shirt I would need to wear.
So, I ordered 100 Priority Mail boxes from the post office, and charged everyone enough postage to cover up to 2 pounds, although next week will still suck as far as all the shipping. Now we’ll see if any of these shirts sell for a lot of money. I started all the auctions at 99 cents with no reserve.
If you want them, get over to eBay and shop!"
