The daily shirt blog

Day 110

2006-07-06T21:35:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: June 2006
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $2
Reason: Irony

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 9
Design: 2
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 7
Comments: I just wanted to make the ironic statement of wearing this shirt in the mosh pit at a hardcore show

Day 109

2006-07-05T21:36:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2002
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $1.50
Reason: I liked the colors and the style

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 9
Price: 9
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9
Comments: The texture is weird but good

Day 108

2006-07-04T21:36:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2005
Acquired At: American Eagle
Cost: $10
Reason: Wanted an overshirt for something, I don't remember what

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 10
Price: 7
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 8
Comments: It has a nice feel to it, a good overshirt.

Day 107

2006-07-03T21:36:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: June 2006
Acquired At: Unwanted shirts from my aunt
Cost: $0
Reason: Never look a gift shirt in the mouth

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 10
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 9
Comments: Ray Bradbury is a native of my old hometown of Waukegan, IL

Day 106

2006-07-02T21:35:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: June 2006
Acquired At: Bunch of shirts my aunt didn't want
Cost:$0
Reason: It was free and I like the ren faire

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 8
Price: 10
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9
Comments: It would be awesome to actually work there, only in costume and not just this shirt.

Day 105

2006-07-01T21:35:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: June 2006
Acquired At: One of many shirts from my aunt that she didn't want
Cost:$0
Reason: It is important to promote literacy

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 8
Price: 10
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 8
Comments: I'm a sucker for books with limbs

Day 104

2006-06-30T21:20:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 2004
Acquired At: Goodwill
Cost: Hard to determine as it was part of a bag sale
Reason: I wanted a shirt for the hobo convention

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 10
Price: 9
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 9
Comments: This shirt will always remind me of my first hobo convention.

Day 103

2006-06-29T21:20:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Winter 2004
Acquired At: Hot Topic
Cost: $16
Reason: It was suggested that I would look good in this shirt

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 7
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 10
Comments: Price is not enough to drag this shirt below the 10 it deserves. I am constantly told how good I look in this shirt.

Day 102

2006-06-28T21:18:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: June 2006
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $0.99
Reason: I needed more pink shirts, and wanted to promote literacy

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 8
Price: 9
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 8
Comments: You might notice that the town of crsytal lake appears on more than one of my shirts. The Salvation Army I frequent always has crystal lake stuff.

Day 101

2006-06-27T21:18:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 1999-2000
Acquired At: Gift from my mother
Cost: $0
Reason: One of two US postal service uniforms I got from my mom

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 10
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 10
Comments: I love this shirt. It has always been one of my favorite button-up shirts.

Day 100

2006-06-26T21:18:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: June 2006
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $1
Reason: I like orange shirts and this one is begging for a screen printed design

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 9
Price: 9
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 9
Comments: I hope to have a screen printed design thrown on this at some point.

Day 99

2006-06-25T21:07:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: June 2006
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $3
Reason: I wanted another red shirt

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 8
Price: 9
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 6
Overall: 8
Comments: I like this shirt mostly for the color. The rest is immaterial really.

Day 98

2006-06-24T20:56:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2004
Acquired At: Wal-Mart
Cost: $9
Reason: Kinda liked the design

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 10
Price: 8
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 8.5
Comments: Yes, I know it's wrinkled in the picture

Day 97

2006-06-23T20:56:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2003
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $2
Reason: Wanted a snapple shirt for some reason

Ratings
Size: 7
Texture: 7
Price: 9
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 7.5
Comments: It's pretty big on me so I don't wear it all too often

Day 96

2006-06-22T20:56:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2004
Acquired At: Wal-Mart
Cost: $9
Reason: Wanted another good button-up shirt

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 10
Price: 8
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 8.5
Comments: Just a regular button-up shirt for casual dress stuff.

Day 95

2006-06-21T20:56:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2003
Acquired At: Kohls
Cost: $15
Reason: Once I again I find myself shelling out money in support of classic gaming

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 9
Price: 7
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9
Comments: I do like to rock this one quite a bit. I haven't seen anyone else wearing it so that makes it a little better than my other nintendo shirts already.

Day 94

2006-06-20T23:56:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2004
Acquired At: Kohls
Cost: $10
Reason: I'm ashamed to admit that even I sometimes feel nostalgic about a few select things from the 80s

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 10
Price: 8
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 8.5
Comments: This shirt would be a 9, but an incident when both myself and someone I knew both wore this shirt on the same day permanently lowered the shirt's coolness in my eyes.

Day 93

2006-06-19T23:56:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2000-01
Acquired At: Gift from my brother
Cost: $0
Reason: The last of a series of shirts my brother gave me when he quit dunkin donuts

Ratings
Size: 7
Texture: 8
Price: 10
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 7
Comments: Out of all the dunkin donuts shirts I have, this one is the least favorite.

Sunday bonus!

2006-06-18T23:39:00.000-05:00

Todays bonus: Misc. jewelry
From left to right we have

Skull Ring. Gift from Amanda. No longer worn
Grim Reaper Ring. Purchased to replace skull ring. Now worn every day in place of the skull ring
Wristwatch. Christmas gift from parents. Worn most days of the week
(not pictured) Bone Bracelet. Purchased at American Science & Surplus. Destroyed in a mosh pit at warped tour just yesterday. It was worn with certain outfits and in certain situations where I wanted to wear it.

Day 92

2006-06-18T00:15:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2003-4
Acquired At: Community Thrift Store
Cost: $4
Reason: I like the circus, and crazy color shirts that promote it.

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 10
Price: 9
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 10
Comments: The colors and the old-timey look to the design put this one over the top.

Day 91

2006-06-17T22:09:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2004
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $2.00
Reason: Green is my favorite color. Well, maybe tied with black.

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 9
Price: 9
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9.5
Comments: Almost a 10, I like it a lot.

Day 90

2006-06-16T23:14:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2002-3
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $1.50
Reason: Crazy pez clown

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 8
Price: 9
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 8
Comments: I don't wear it all too often, but I do like it and couldn't bear to part with it.

Day 89

2006-06-15T23:14:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: August 2005
Acquired At: National Hobo Convention
Cost: $10
Reason: Wanted more hobo memorabilia

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 8
Price: 8
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 9
Comments: I love the convention and the shirts I bring back.

Day 88

2006-06-14T20:39:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2005
Acquired At: Kohl's
Cost: $15
Reason: Gave in to the nintendo nostalgia marketing

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 7
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 8.5
Comments: Some of my other friends have this shirt too. Otherwise it would likely be a 9.

Day 87

2006-06-13T20:39:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Winter 2002
Acquired At: Savers
Cost: $2
Reason: Love of KFC

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 9
Price: 9
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9
Comments: I have nearly ruined this shirt by spilling on it twice. But it has survived.

Day 86

2006-06-12T20:39:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 2004
Acquired At: Viktor/Viktoria
Cost: $18
Reason: Love of the old school TMNT

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 7
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9
Comments: Not much else to say

Sunday bonus!

2006-06-11T22:55:00.000-05:00

Today's sunday bonus: Neckwear
Going clockwise, we have

Spiky necklace- Acquired At: Hot Topic. Comments: This is the one I usually wear
Somewhat less spiky necklace- Acquired At: Jewelry store at the mall, name forgotten. Comments: I wear this when I feel less angry
Skull and barbed wire necklace- Acquired At: Hot Topic. Comments: I wear this with any skull or death-related shirts, or on days I feel particularly evil
Native beads necklace- Acquired At: Gift from friend on vacation. Comments: I wear this if I want something more tame than spikes
Quarter on a string- Acquired At: Made at work after finding a quarter with a hole in it. Comments: I wear this when the whimsy strikes me.

Day 85

2006-06-11T22:36:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2002-3
Acquired At: Goodwill
Cost: $2
Reason: I seem to have a thing with small town baseball team shirts.

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 9
Price: 9
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 8
Comments: This is usually an undershirt, but it occasionally flies solo.

Day 84

2006-06-10T23:31:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 2005
Acquired At: Hot Topic
Cost: $10
Reason: Fan of star wars

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 7
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 8
Comments: A good shirt, but advertising that you are a star wars fan should be used sparingly

Day 83

2006-06-09T21:31:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Winter 2004
Acquired At: RussianLegacy.com
Cost: $20
Reason: Russian history fascinates me

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 10
Price: 6
Design: 8
Nostaliga: 9
Overall: 8.5
Comments: The stalin shirt is not as cool as my Lenin shirts

Day 82

2006-06-08T22:31:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2000
Acquired At: Gift from brother
Cost: $0
Reason: My brother quit dunkin donuts and gave me this plus other shirts

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 7
Price: 10
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 9
Comments: Basically a color inverted version of this one

Day 81

2006-06-07T23:04:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2002-3
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: About $1
Reason: Wanted a kid's pokemon shirt.

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 9
Price: 9
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 9
Comments: I love this shirt. Its size makes it a useful undershirt. Fun fact! I wore this shirt backwards for almost a year before someone finally pointed it out to me.

Day 80

2006-06-06T14:55:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2000
Acquired At: Gift from my brother
Cost: $0
Reason: Can't refuse a gift

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 7
Price: 10
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 9
Comments: I like every dunkin donuts shirt I got from my brother when he quit there.

Day 79

2006-06-05T22:55:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 2004
Acquired At: T-Shirt Express
Cost: $20
Reason: I always wanted a shirt with the neighborhood watch mascot on it.

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 6
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 8
Comments: I had this done before I had access to silk screening equipment. If I was to make this myself it would be better and cheaper.

Sunday bonus! cancelled this Sunday

2006-06-04T23:31:00.000-05:00

Sorry, but the weekend has been way too full of overtime at work for me to put together a decent(or even half-assed) bonus this week. Hell, I just now got time to catch up on the weekend's worth of daily pictures.

Day 78

2006-06-04T23:06:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 2004
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $1.50
Reason: The lettering was just so offbeat I had to have it

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 9
Price: 9
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 9
Comments: Another black baseball shirt. I actually started calling a friend T-Dog for a while after he saw this shirt.

Day 77

2006-06-03T23:04:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2002-3
Acquired At:Salvation Army
Cost: $1
Reason: I thought the design was witty

Ratings
Size: 6
Texture: 8
Price: 9
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 7
Comments: It doesn't fit me too well. I keep it for the design, and since it doesn't usually stay in my rotation it's a good shirt to surprise people who think they have seen them all.

Day 76

2006-06-02T08:06:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Between 1999-2000
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: Around $1.00
Reason: Not sure, probably part of my early "work shirt" period.

Ratings
Size: 7
Texture: 9
Price: 9
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 7
Comments: This shirt just doesn't stand out anymore. Back in the day it had some pizazz, but compared to some newer shirts I have it just seems blah.

Day 75

2006-06-01T17:20:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2000-1
Acquired At: Gift from Liz
Cost: $0
Reason: She thought I would like it

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 10
Price: 10
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 10
Comments: This shirt has history to spare, and is made of a silk-like material that feels great, but the design is kinda wacky.

Day 74

2006-05-31T23:14:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2004-5
Acquired At: Kohls
Cost: $10
Reason: Love for a video game that I have already shown in one shirt

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 8
Price: 8
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 8.5
Comments: Not quite a 9, mainly because like the 1-up shirt, so many other people have this shirt as well.

Day 73

2006-05-30T23:47:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2004-5
Acquired At: Rock America T-shirts at Regency Mall
Cost: $15
Reason: Fan of nine inch nails, and the color grey

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 8
Price: 7
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 8
Comments: I like how the design has a texture to it, but otherwise you can barely see it.

Day 72

2006-05-29T11:47:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Winter 2004
Acquired At: RussianLegacy.com
Cost: $20
Reason: My love of Russian culture and history goes way back. You might remember this site from before as well.

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 10
Price: 6
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9
Comments: I love all my Russian shirts. The text reads "Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live forever." or something like that.

Sunday bonus!

2006-05-28T15:20:00.000-05:00

Tonight's Sunday bonus is a special post. This is the "Tomb of the unknown shirt." Tonight I honor the shirt I was wearing when I was pulled out of this car.
I don't remember what shirt it was, but it is no more. This is to be a memorial to all the shirts that have disappeared from my collection. And now, a moment of silence.

Day 71

2006-05-28T15:14:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 1999-2000
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $1.50 or less
Reason: Ultraman is a hero that will save us all

Ratings
Size: 6
Texture: 9
Price: 9
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 7
Comments: The size just throws everything off, though I love the design. Another of the ones that barely makes it past my thinning of the herds every time.

Day 70

2006-05-27T23:45:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2002-3
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $0.75
Reason: I liked the color and the way it fit

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 10
Price: 9
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 9
Comments: It's an awesome shirt, but it has so many competitors it just doesn't see as much action as it could.

Day 69

2006-05-26T22:47:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2000
Acquired At: Gift from my mother
Cost: $0.00
Reason: It's a postal service uniform! Do I need any other reason?

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 9
Price: 10
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 10
Comments: I love wearing this shirt. I even found a good tie to go with it. I've been told that wearing this uniform may be a crime. Oh well.

Day 68

2006-05-25T22:47:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2001
Acquired At: Gift from either Meg or Brandon
Cost: $0.00
Reason: So I can go into blockbuster stores and pretend like I work there

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 9
Price: 10
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 9
Comments: One of my favorites to wear to work. Confuses many people

Day 67

2006-05-24T23:26:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2004-5
Acquired At: Kohls
Cost: $8
Reason: I wanted a shirt with Kool-Aid Man on it, but I kinda had to settle for this.

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 8
Price: 8
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 8
Comments: Oh Yeahhhh!!

Day 66

2006-05-23T23:26:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Fall 2005
Acquired At: ShopKo
Cost: $9.95
Reason: I needed a long sleeve black shirt to go with an awesome black sweater I bought.

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 7
Price: 7
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 8
Comments: Your basic black shirt. It looks much better with a tie, and when I am not half asleep at the time the photo is taken.

Day 65

2006-05-22T23:22:00.000-05:00

Vital Stastitics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2003-4
Acquired At: Wal-Mart
Cost: About $10.00
Reason: The default reason: I thought it looked cool

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 7
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 9
Comments: I really like how angry spongebob is coming at you in this shirt. Very "in your face"

Sunday Bonus!

2006-05-21T23:28:00.000-05:00

Today's bonus: Shoes

The top row are all of my converse all-stars, 8 pairs. The bottom row are my dress shoes, etc. It would be too exhaustive to backlink each pair to the days they were worn. Suffice it to say that I follow basic fashion rules as far as what color to where, with the exception that the dress shoes and combat boots get thrown in whenever I feel like it.......

Day 64

2006-05-21T23:16:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Winter 2003
Acquired At: George Webb
Cost: $16
Reason: I like George Webb

Ratings
Size: 7
Texture: 8
Price: 7
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 7
Comments: I don't wear it as often as I used to. The front of the shirt refers to this promotion, and just in case you don't know, these are the Milwaukee Brewers.

Day 63

2006-05-20T13:33:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2000
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $2.00
Reason: I like a shirt with a cryptic question nobody knows the answer to. Then I realized the answer is on the back.

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 9
Price: 9
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9
Comments: A funny shirt, of all the shirts I own I think this one gets the most feedback from observers.

Day 62

2006-05-19T23:05:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 2004
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $1.00
Reason: I really liked the writing on it

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 9
Price: 9
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 10
Comments: A hole in the shirt threatened to lower this to a 9 overall, but it is being fixed. Otherwise it is one of my favorite shirts.

Day 61

2006-05-18T22:48:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2000(maybe earlier)
Acquired At: Gift from my brother
Cost: $0.00
Reason: He no longer worked at Dunkin Donuts, and had some spare uniforms.

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 10
Price: 10
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 10
Comments: This shirts crazy design, combined with its unique history, place it among one of the rare 10s.

Day 60

2006-05-17T15:40:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: January 2006
Acquired At: Wal-Mart
Cost: $10
Reason: Had to pay homage to Pac-Man

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 8
Price: 7
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 8
Comments: If the background of the shirt wasn't brown I probably wouldn't have bought it. I like brown shirts.

Day 59

2006-05-16T23:58:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: May 15th, 2006
Acquired At: Created by me
Cost: Base shirt cost $2.50
Reason: I love Simon's Quest. I had this shirt idea for many years

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 10
Price: 8
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 10
Comments: I hate to seem cocky and give the shirt I made a 10, but I really love it. I may make a companion shirt to it at some point.

Day 58

2006-05-15T23:43:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 2005
Acquired At: Old Navy
Cost: $15
Reason: I wanted a brown collared shirt.

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 7
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 9
Comments: It goes well with my brown shoes, which are one of my favorite pairs of shoes.

Sunday Bonus!

2006-05-14T23:18:00.000-05:00

Today's Sunday bonus is part 1 of Accessories: Hats.
From left to right we have

Stovepipe Top Hat. Worn as part of my Halloween costume of Abe Lincoln, and every day on his birthday. Not yet pictured.
Old Man Cap/Irish-Type Cap. First seen in Day 19
Trucker Hat/Baseball Cap. I have two but both are the same color and just about interchangeable. First seen in Day 20
Camouflage Army Cap. First seen in Day 18
Black Army Cap. First seen in Day 43
Fedora. Adorned with hobo paraphernalia and worn to hobo conventions. Not yet pictured.

Day 57

2006-05-14T23:06:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2004
Acquired At: Kohls
Cost: $15
Reason: I wanted this shirt ever since I saw Shigeru Miyamoto wear one like it at E3

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 9
Price: 7
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 10
Comments: I really love this shirt. It's too bad that about a million people own it now so I don't wear it as often.

Day 56

2006-05-13T22:37:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Winter 2004
Acquired At: Hot Topic
Cost: $13.00
Reason: David Bowie looks extra scary on this shirt.

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 7
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9
Comments: I was the only one who bought this shirt when it was for sale, but I love it. Ziggy Stardust is terrifying.

Day 55

2006-05-12T22:37:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2003
Acquired At: Gift(Unsure from who)
Cost: $0.00
Reason: It was a gift, and I liked it enough to keep it

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 8
Price: 10
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 8
Comments: This shirt has an important use that justifies an otherwise unusually high rating, which will become apparent in a later post.

Day 54

2006-05-11T23:12:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 2005
Acquired At: Kenosha Military Surplus Store
Cost: $5.00
Reason: Military uniforms are a type of dress shirt I particularly enjoy wearing.

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 9
Price: 8
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 9
Comments: I'm told that the stripes on the arm represent the rank of staff sergeant.

Day 53

2006-05-10T13:42:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 1999(?)
Acquired At: Gift from stepdad
Cost: $0.00
Reason: I said I liked work shirts, so I got some for free.

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 7
Price: 10
Design: 5
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 7
Comments: This one has narrowly avoided several purges of my shirt collection, but it may not survive another one. It just isn't that interesting. Still, it has utility as an undershirt, and if I get really lazy, it's one more day without doing laundry.

Day 52

2006-05-09T22:39:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Winter 2004
Acquired At: T-Shirt Express
Cost: $20
Reason: I saw the kiwi on a box at work, and I wanted to make a shirt of it

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 9
Price: 6
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 9
Comments: This came before I discovered how to screen print my own shirts. I found a kiwi on an apple box that I thought would look cool on a shirt, so I went to a t-shirt making place. Now of course I would just make it myself if I wanted it.

Day 51

2006-05-08T22:36:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2002-3
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: <$1.00
Reason: No thrift store shirt collection is complete without the youth sports shirt or two

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 8
Price: 9
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 7
Comments: A good undershirt, as a solo shirt it rarely appears

Sunday Bonus!

2006-05-07T23:27:00.000-05:00

It's a new section that I call the Sunday Bonus. Each week something extra will be thrown into the mix. This week, my old work uniform. This is the outfit I wear over the shirts I wear every day. We are changing to a new uniform so this guy here is retired now

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: June 2001
Acquired At: Issued by my employer
Cost: $0.00(my dignity)
Reason: I had no choice

Ratings
Size: 5
Texture: 4
Price: 10
Design: 2
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 4
Comments: I dislike wearing it, but I have had some memorable moments in it.

Day 50

2006-05-07T23:24:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Winter 2004
Acquired At: Hot Topic
Cost: $13
Reason: Interpol is an awesome band

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 7
Price: 7
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 8
Comments: One of a scant few band shirts that I have. I'm really not much for band shirts.

Day 49

2006-05-06T23:19:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 2003
Acquired At: Goodwill
Cost: $1.99
Reason: What can I say? I support our founding fathers, and Jefferson especially

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 7
Price: 8
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 7
Comments: I washed this with something bright red once, and it has a faint pinkish hue now. It has narrowly escaped removal from my collection twice before. I can't seem to part with it.

Day 48

2006-05-05T23:23:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Spring 2005
Acquired At: Steve and Barry's
Cost: $7.50
Reason: Charlie Brown was the original lovable loser. He was the first to make depression cool.

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 8
Price: 7
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 7
Comments: Much like Charlie Brown, the shirt is unimpressive and underappreciated. Many people who see it don't even understand the reference. But also like him, it has a place in my heart

Day 47

2006-05-04T23:18:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2003
Acquired At: Wal-Mart
Cost: About $10
Reason: Wanted a casual dressy type shirt

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 9
Price: 7
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 8
Comments: I wear this shirt to parties. It's a good "neutral" shirt. Believe it or not there are times I DON'T want to offend.

Day 46

2006-05-03T23:52:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: May 2nd, 2006
Acquired At: Hot Topic
Cost: $18
Reason: It has skeletons on it. Beautiful skeletons. The band is cool too

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 8
Price: 6
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 9
Comments: A skeleton in a horse-drawn hearse pulled by skeletal horses. I consider that high art.

FAQ

2006-05-03T03:39:00.000-05:00

Some questions might be in the mind of readers of this blog.

1: Why did you stop posting for a long long time? Did you give up?
A: No, my computer was broke. It is fixed now. I have kept the faith and am in the process of a month's worth of retroactive updates.

2: I noticed none of your shirts are rated lower than a 7. Why is that?
A: If they were rated lower than that I wouldn't keep them or wear them. Duh.

3: How can we be sure you aren't just taking all of these pictures at once, and just claiming to wear a different shirt every day?
A: Two reasons: 1) What would I gain lying to total strangers I will never meet?
and 2) I'm lazy, why do all that at once when I can just do it in the process of changing my shirt daily and not put in extra effort? In addition, if you still don't believe me, I could have my own mother post on this blog and confirm that I haven't worn the same shirt twice in a row.

4: Why even do this blog?
A: Because I am both proud of and ashamed of the sheer number of shirts I own. By not wearing the same shirt twice for as long as I can, it gives every shirt in my collection equal time(obviously I prefer some to others normally.) Plus, my shirts are an addiction, and like all addictions they should be shared with the world.

Day 45

2006-05-02T23:52:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 2005
Acquired At: Hot Topic
Cost: $4 on Clearance
Reason: I like Legend of Zelda. Who doesn't?

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 9
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9
Comments: I like this shirt a lot. I'm not sure what it's supposed to mean and that is part of the appeal.

Day 44

2006-05-01T23:32:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2003-4
Acquired At: Wal-Mart
Cost: About $10
Reason: I wanted a nice black dressy type shirt

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 10
Price: 7
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 9
Comments: I like to wear a nice shirt and tie. This looks good with an all black outfit.

Day 43

2006-04-30T23:32:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Spring 2004
Acquired At: Abercrombie & Fitch
Cost: $20
Reason: I like the tarsier. World's smallest primate

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 10
Price: 6
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 8
Comments: The color is good, good size. But I sometimes feel dirty wearing clothing from the big designer stores.

Day 42

2006-04-29T23:23:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: April 2006
Acquired At: Made
Cost: $3
Reason: I had a good design in my head that I had wanted to do for some time

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 8
Price: 8
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 9
Comments: Clever design I think.

Day 41

2006-04-28T23:23:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2001
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $1.00
Reason: I wanted to piss off my older brother, since I am nearly a foot taller than him

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 9
Price: 9
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 9
Comments: Would have gotten a 10, but it is a little too small

Day 40

2006-04-27T23:15:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Fall 2000
Acquired At: Goodwill
Cost: $3.00
Reason: Everyone needs a swarthy hawaiian shirt

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 10
Price: 9
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 11
Overall: 10
Comments: The nostalgia of this shirt is amazing. It is historic. I wore it on my first date ever.

Day 39

2006-04-26T23:15:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2002
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $0.75
Reason: Wanted a kid's soccer shirt

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 9
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9
Comments: It gets a higher rating because of it's dual utility as an undershirt

Day 38

2006-04-25T23:04:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Winter 2004
Acquired At: RussianLegacy.com. A great place to get soviet shirts
Cost: $20
Reason: I love Russia and Russian history. See the first post.

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 10
Price: 6
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 9
Comments: Were it not for the price this would probably be a 10

Day 37

2006-04-24T23:04:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Fall 2004(Design added April 2006)
Acquired At: Goodwill
Cost: $2.00
Reason: I liked the colors, but thought it needed a design

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 10
Price: 9
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 10
Comments: This one gets a 10. It's a nice, comfy shirt, and the design turned out just as awesome as I thought it would

Day 36

2006-04-23T22:48:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 2004
Acquired At: Community Thrift Store
Cost: $5
Reason: Huge fan of Ren&Stimpy

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 7
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 9
Comments: I am debating whether it should be a 10 or not

Day 35

2006-04-22T22:48:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 2005
Acquired At: Through my store, you can order one here(if the link isn't broken)
Cost: $9.50
Reason: Why not?

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 8
Price: 7
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 8
Comments: Mostly bought it for the color

Day 34

2006-04-21T22:31:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: April 2006
Acquired At: Made
Cost: $0
Reason: I wanted to put a design on my last a-shirt

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 7
Price: 8
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 9
Comments: I like the primitive, fucked-up look of this design

Day 33

2006-04-20T22:31:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday Andy!
Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Spring 2005
Acquired At: The Buckle
Cost: $15
Reason: Mullet watching at work has always been a hobby of mine

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 9
Price: 7
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 8
Comments: A little pricey, but it goes with my brown shoes

Day 32

2006-04-19T22:24:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2002-3
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $1.00
Reason: Wanted a yellow shirt

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 8
Price: 9
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 8
Comments: I like the simplicity of the design and the color.

Day 31

2006-04-18T22:24:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: April 2005
Acquired At: Goodwill
Cost: $1.99
Reason: I liked the wording

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 9
Price: 8
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 10
Overall: 9
Comments: The "him" was crossed out and replaced by "me" in permanent marker after I was dumped.

Day 30

2006-04-17T22:22:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: April 2006
Acquired At: Value Village
Cost: $1.50
Reason: This shirt looks very old, like back in the days before mtv sucked

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 10
Price: 9
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 8
Comments: Not a huge mtv fan, but this shirt had a good, "old shirt" feel to it

Day 29

2006-04-16T22:21:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: January 2006
Acquired At: Gift from Mom's trip to Vegas
Cost: $0
Reason: I got a gift for watching the house while she was gone

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 8
Price: 10
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 8
Comments: Looks like I should be golfing when I wear this. If you look carefully you can see in the 1st pic that I am not wearing pants.

Day 28

2006-04-15T19:19:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: April 2006
Acquired At: Made myself
Cost: $5(cost of base shirt)
Reason: The shirt says it all

Ratings
Size: 10
Texture: 8
Price: 8
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 9
Comments: I had this design in my head for so long......

Day 27

2006-04-14T19:19:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Sometime 2001
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $0.99
Reason: I wanted to have the power to extend time

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 9
Price: 9
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9
Comments: The older it gets, the more I like it.

Day 26

2006-04-13T19:02:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: March 2006
Acquired At: Made by a friend
Cost: $0.00
Reason: The second shirt acquired in honor of Vonnegut

Ratings
Size: 8
Texture: 9
Price: 10
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 8
Comments: Yeah, I'm a fan of Vonnegut

Day 25

2006-04-12T19:02:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: Summer 2005
Acquired At: Hot Topic
Cost: $18
Reason: Huge fan of the postal service

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 8
Price: 6
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9
Comments: Best. Band. Ever.

Day 24

2006-04-11T18:29:00.000-05:00

A new category has been added to the ratings system: "Texture." Anyone who really loves their shirts knows that some shirts have a certain "feel" to them, the way the fabric touches your skin.
Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: June 2005
Acquired At: The Spam Museum
Cost: $10
Reason: I like Spam

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 10
Price: 7
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 9
Overall: 9
Comments: This shirt feels amazing to the touch.

Day 23

2006-04-10T18:29:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: April 2006
Acquired At: Wal-Mart
Cost: Same as Day 20
Reason: See Day 17

Ratings
Size: 9
Texture: 7
Price: 8
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 6
Overall: 7
Comments: Design pending....

Day 22

2006-04-09T18:17:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: April 2006
Acquired At: Wal-Mart
Cost: Same as Day 20
Reason: See Day 17

Ratings
Size: 9
Price: 8
Design: 10
Nostalgia: 7
Overall: 9
Comments: I like this design. It combines two essentially conflicting elements. Who ever heard of pink hearts on a wife beater?

Day 21

2006-04-08T18:17:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: April 2006
Acquired At: Wal-Mart
Cost: Same as Day 20
Reason: See Day 17

Ratings
Size: 9
Price: 8
Design: 9
Nostalgia: 8
Overall: 9
Comments: Batman rules.

Day 20

2006-04-07T18:05:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: April 2006
Acquired At: Wal-Mart
Cost: $1.25(4 for $5)
Reason: See Day 17

Ratings
Size: 9
Price: 8
Design: 8
Nostalgia: 6
Overall: 7
Comments: It was about this time that I realized that in addition to sleeveless shirts, I had an obligation to get more muscles now that I had a tattoo on my arms.

Day 19

2006-04-06T18:05:00.000-05:00

Vital Statistics
Date Acquired: April 2006
Acquired At: Salvation Army
Cost: $0.50
Reason: See Day 17

Ratings
Size: 9
Price: 9
Design: 7
Nostalgia: 6
Overall: 7
Comments: This one lacks an original design so far. I will put one on at a later date.