Brrrrrrrr! Today, we’ve got incessant gusts (yes, gusts) of fine rain that make an umbrella absolutely futile and looking good absolutely impossible. Yes, that’s right, I’m moaning about the weather again. Nothing new there. Unlike this! This, right here, this is new! What a snazzy blog format. Thanks to the boy for sorting it all out for me. He’s a bit of clever sod, isn’t he? I, on the other hand, am still trying to get the hang of how to log in. If I go missing for a while, it’s probably because I can’t find the login page.
In other news, you know the American Apparel alphabet tshirts? They have been playing on my mind for some time now. Finally decided I need one in my life. So, with this decision having been made, off I pop to my local branch, downstairs to the ever-so-trendy unisex bit, all excited about the fact that I’m finally taking the alphabet-tshirt plunge, hugely pleased to discover they are only £18, which was less than I had prepared myself for (I mean, have you seen their prices?! It’s like £20 for a tshirt, and then about £60 for the same tshirt with an extra tassle on it).
I’m pleased to find the tshirts are being displayed in alphabetical order (you never know what you’re gonna get these days) and I’m like GIMME AN L! My name begins with an L, in case you hadn’t guessed. And then. Then! I can’t find any Ls! So, I say to the man, “Excuse me, am I just being silly, or are there no Ls here?” He comes over and we mutually agree that there are no Ls. He radios Sally in the back (she takes ages to reply) and asks if there’s any Ls in the back and she eventually decides there are no Ls in the back. So I just laugh it off and I’m like “What are the chances of there being no Ls!” and he shrugs his shoulders and mutters something mildly unhelpful. I leave the shop slightly disgruntled about this absurd lack of Ls, assuming that the Ls must’ve sold out, what with it being such a common letter.
I walk away and out comes the iPhone (it provides such instantaneous relief at moments like this). Straight onto the website to see if I can order one. I’m absolutely mortified to discover that it seems like they DON’T DO Ls. Not being funny but, they don’t do Ls? Who decided it would be a good idea not to do Ls? Let me put this into some context: they also don’t do Hs or Qs. Every other letter in the alphabet is catered for. So presumably someone has decided that there wouldn’t be enough of market to make the production of alphabet tshirts in H, L and Q worthwhile. I can get my head round Q. Even H is arguably a tiny-little-bit understandable (although I’m sure Harry, Henry, Harriet, Holly, Hannah, Hugh, Hayley and Harvey would have something to say about that (and those are just the ones off the top of my head, there must be loads more)). But L? Forgive me if I was of the understanding that L is quite a common letter in first name terms (I’m right though, right? I don’t even need to do a list. I know I’m right.). And they don’t do Ls!
Obviously I wondered if they’d just sold out of Ls across the whole entrie American Apparel world, because L is like so common. But there is no sign of Ls anywhere on the website, which suggests this is not the case. I probably would’ve been happier if there’d been an L with a big fat SOLD OUT next to it. At least then I wouldn’t have to worry about the fate of the letter L. I mean, has some trendy American Apparel decision-maker decided that L is not aesthetically pleasing enough as a letter? If so, who are they to judge that? Perhaps I’m taking this too personally. Essentially I’m just totally miffed (god, I hate that word) that I can’t get the tshirt in my chosen letter.
What now, I hear you ask. Well, I still want the bloody tshirt. Even after all of the above. Firstly I need to get over the fact that I can’t have the L (I’m working on this). Then I need to get started on deciding what letter I’m going to get. I could go for M (that’s my surname) but I feel like that’s a bit boy-like? I mean, boys often call their mates by their surname, don’t they? (Excuse that sweeping statement, but I do feel like boys have the monopoly on the whole surname-as-nickname-thingy.) I don’t know, I just think there would be something slightly pseudo-macho about choosing M. I’ve also thought I could choose J (in honour of my boy! Oh, and my Dad! Sorry, brother, you’re an L too, so I can’t do anything in honour of you) but is that not massively pyschophantic? I could go for A (it’s the first letter of the alphabet and my Mum’s an A, so that seems logical). You see where I’m going with this? It’s a decision in the making. I still want the tshirt, but I’m a self-confessed narcissist and I want an L. Apparently that’s too much to ask. I’ll be sure to let you know which one I choose.
