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I have actually worn out my gym bag.

It isn't a piece of shit or anything. It is a black canvas thing. The canvas is intact but the pockets are nylon and have given way to the day to day stress of holding my wallet and keys, earplugs and i.d. bracelet.

My Kindle of course. It is smaller than whatever book I used to take but still, it hardly fits in the side pocket. In and out. In and out.

My one liter water bottle. Filled.

There is a lot of stuff in that little bag.

Some fabrics just wear out. Get tired.

I can't believe how long it took me to find something that was OK on Amazon.

Do you have any idea how many gym bags there are for sale in the world? Unbelievable.

It took awhile for me to narrow the field with size. There aren't a lot of bags that are only 12-14 inches long.

I want a small bag because I carry my shit around with me. The phone is in there. The Kindle, I read on the stationary bike. The water bottle. Are you sure you don't want a swig?

So I finally narrowed it down to this one.

Then the color. It used to be that black covered it all. No longer. At first I thought it would be easy to just pick the black but, not so.

Availability of options creates a dissonance. Choice means decision. Decision requires deliberation.

I thought it through. On all days, I have on a white tee, either collared or not, and a pair of nylon shorts. Yes the big baggy ones like everyone else. The only thing one can by at Lands End without it being called a bathing suit. Not the baggy baggy kind. No one in my gym wears that shit.

I have four colors of course. When I find something I like I buy all the colors. Three sets too. I have black (not really a color), navy blue, royal blue and red. Bright red. A narrow white stripe up the sides.

So. Bag color. A lot of colors. No suspense here. You have already seen the picture. I chose yellow.

Why? I don't know. It is not rational. Probably because I don't think that a lot of people carry a yellow (canary) gym bag around with them. Actually not many people carry a bag around with them at all. So if I am in the bare minority why bother about colors. Get something that might elicit comment. "Look at that old queen with the yellow hand bag". Something like that.

I suppose the yellow will not really "go" with the red or royal blue shorts. Certainly OK with the black and navy blue. But what the hell. If I am to be a minority of one. I don't have to traipse over to the fountain where there is barely a trickle of water. I have it right with me. In my "fuckin' canary yellow faggot bag".

Labels: accessories, clothing, gym