A Black Shirt

I went to Canada three times last year. The first two trips really kicked ass, and since they were made while I still had a steady income, I ended up doing a bit of clothes shopping while I was up there during each of those trips.

(Maybe it's part of the "48% gay" component I have, according to All-Star.)

I made some odd acquisitions, in keeping with the oddness of the country. A pair of stretch-tight green pants (that I have only worn in public three times in more than a year. Giddyup.). And a couple of shirts that are different than any I'd previously purchased.

Which, I suppose, is kind of the point of shopping: to replace what you have or to expand your wardrobe.

The black shirt that is the motivation for this blog is short-sleeved. It's a slight v-neck with flattering cut and, if I have been doing my cardio, fits me pretty well. It's slightly ribbed (hehe) with subtle horizontal stripes.

The difficulty is that it is remarkably willing to absorb cat hair. I think, in fact, that it might generate cat hair. I understand (after years of experience) that black fabric often shows cat hair... but this is on another level. It's 100% cotton but I think it's been infused with some sort of magic that makes it grab light-colored cat hair.

Maybe Truman likes to snuggle it when I'm out of the house. Of course

1. I rarely leave my apartment, and
2. The shirt is usually on a hanger, and
3. Truman can barely jump up on my bed, let alone scale the walls of my closet to snuggle a single shirt.

Last night I wore the shirt after spending about 15 minutes de-hairing it. Before going out, I noticed that somehow deodorant had been smeared all over the bottom of the shirt.

It's like a really, really irrelevant episode of the Twilight Zone. Where a guy puts on a shirt and it keeps getting sullied by everyday household items. And then he blogs about it. It's like a nightmare, I know.

Maybe I should get rid of the shirt. Or shave Truman and Houdini and buy black deodorant.

Or maybe I'll just continue to wear the shirt once every couple of months and invest the 15 minutes it takes to prepare it for public viewing.