Day: 825
Shirt: Pet Shop Boys - Electric Live World Tour 2013

Color:  white
Brand: Tultex
Source: What?  like i wasnt going to wear this shirt the day after the show? C'mon you should know be better by this point.

Last night was wifeys first time seeing Pet Shop Boys this apparently was really more exciting to me than her.  I suggested getting her a shirt cause they had this nice one that was a womens only design (the one on bottom rt).

Her response was I have enough shirts.  I have two responses to this statement.  A: She is Preaching to the Choir her.  B: I know she has enough shirts cause it is spillover from me getting awesome shirts that don’t fit me that i gift on to her.  she is quite lucky that way.  

She was not picking up what my point was…that or she was but just refuses to get anymore shirts.  but i tired to tell her.  

It’s not about the shirt.  its about your first time seeing one of your favorite bands that have been around since 1986  almost 30 years.  you wanna commemorate the moment.  If i had bought a Pat Benatar shirt from the time i saw her at the US Davis Rec Hall in 1982 i would be fucking floored to wear that now, doesn’t matter who the band is, it was my first concert ever.  at that point it is not a shirt anymore it is a manifestation of a piece of my life.  It ceases to be made of cotton  polyester sticking and ink, and becomes more a moment of my life that sparked a whole lifetime of music culture and love for me.  Clearly that shirt would not fit me anymore considering that i was 9 years old, maybe 10 and ive grown a bit since then.

But my point is like this shirt above everyone of these shirts is comparable to a photograph to me.  Ill look at this PSB shirt above and think about the time i saw them on this Electronic Tour at the Shrine in La.  The time when my wife refused a gift of a shirt and i explained to her why and she still refused.  then the next day i woke up took a shower, and posted an image of this shirt, and wrote this post.  see what i mean?  

Yeah the shirt is cool looking.  and Im stoked to be wearing it, but more importantly i get to wear a reminder of one night of my life in an exact point in time.  I will wear it all day long.  people will come up and say cool shirt, or I Love that band and a conversation will ensue.  then i will go home, fall asleep and repeat.  There is that part of me that says he doesn’t enjoy talking to people that much, i keep to myself most of the time, internalize my dialogue and conversation. More of ten that not nowadays i may not want to talk but i am always down to share. Share these moments, common interests, and experiences.  

Sure we may not say anything.  i look at you, you look at my shirt and give me the nod, i get it.  we move on.  we shared.