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CHASING_THE_MIRAGE

                                           January 1991

I'd searched through many places in California and New
York, and I'd found many close things but I'd rejected them
all for one reason or another.  After a while, everything
started to seem the same, because a lot of it really was.

The same jacket kept catching my eye.  It looked good,
it looked functional...  but it had features I'd been
avoiding (like the odd little elastic panel at the base
of the spine) and lacked features I wanted (like a
removable lining).  Each place I found it listed the
price a little cheaper.  Canal Jeans (which is now on
Broadway in SoHo and no where near Canal Street) had it
for $150.  I was in despair at ever finding The Ideal
Leather Jacket, so I decided to buy the Mirage instead:

   like a traditional biker jacket, but with
   tarnished black zips and snaps (not chrome) and
   a set of small adjustment straps on each side
   (no long waist belt).

           My housemates seem to like it, at least.

Damn thing sets off airport metal detectors, though.
Next time I get one with non-magnetic hardware.


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