Shoring Fragments

returning to being a Record Collecting Guy

A couple of months ago, around my birthday, I yielded to lust and bought a record player. I had been wanting to do so for years, and had not allowed myself to in part because I fear being a cliche, and in part because I thought that owning a record player might end up opening the door to spending more money on myself than I ought to. It finally dawned on me that worrying about being a cliche is far less dignified than just allowing yourself to have some traits in common with similarly constituted people. Yes, I’m a middle aged music nerd with a record player. Occasionally I purchase Moleskins and don’t write in them. In 2008 I was very excited about Obama. I enjoy ice cream on a hot summer day. Bite me.

The second concern was obviously more substantial.