Requiem: 3 shirts

A coworker at Bread and Circus gave this to me for my birthday one year.  At the time, I was wearing army pants with inserts of plaid down the side seams (it was the late 90s.) She thought this shirt would go nicely with those pants.  I disagreed (too much army in one place for an unenlisted person) but I wore the heck out of this shirt. It’s pretty threadbare.  I also used to often wear it without a bra.  (See above about late 90s)
 
When I lived in Somerville, a thrift store opened and I found this shirt there.  I loved it because the 1984 games were the first Olympics I remembered.  I probably would have had memories of the 1980 games, but there was that pesky boycott.  I think the thrift store was supporting a charity that turned out not to be so charitable and that’s why I can’t find the thrift store in the quick internet search I did.  I used to exercise in this, pairing it with men’s boxer briefs.  Again, it was the late 90s.
 
I believe this was my first eBay purchase.  At the time, I was really interested in bicycle touring and I bought this shirt for something like $4.00.  It was a great deal and a great biking shirt.  However, I haven’t worn it in years.  So it’s off to the Goodwill to make someone else happy.  Knowing the Goodwill’s pricing structure, the happy recipient will most likely pay more than $4.00.
 

Three sentence movie reviews: Tom, Dick and Harry

A “zany comedy” recommended by the library’s blog, this was a bit slow (as befitting a movie made 70 years ago) and I enjoyed Ginger Roger’s slightly dingy main character.  Having only seen her with Fred Astaire, I was intrigued to see her on her own.  I wasn’t happy with the ending, but a movie that is about three generations out of my own expereince isn’t probably going to have the same idea of “happy ending” as I do.

p.s.  Warner Archive.  It’s nice that you’ve re-released this and all, but could you at the very least fix the wild fluctuation in sound?  And maybe those of our hearing-impaired friends would like the movie. If only there was some closed captioning.  How much would that have cost, really?

Three sentence movie reviews: The Incredible Hulk

I liked Edward Norton as Bruce Banner, it worked for me though I know others were not so happy with his performance.  I can never decide if Liv Tyler is a good actress or if I just like her so much I’m happy to watch her no matter her acting ability.  Overall, not a bad way to spend an evening.

Nice poster.