errantember

My Freescale backback recently gave up the ghost due to its general shittyness and its brief but exciting career as an extra brake pad for my scooter when I wiped out on Lamar. I fixed one of the small holes in the outside, caused by the crash, only to discover a much bigger hole on the inside, caused by the shittyness. And since I'm not particularly interested in continuing to advertise for a company that laid me off after 9 years, I decided it was Time for a New Pack. I started prowling the local thrift stores, and I found a really nice Samsonite one. It had probably the most solid construction of any backpack I've owned, lots of the right kind of pockets, and was just the right size. There was only one problem.

The color.

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