I've learned something about myself this month. Without goals to achieve, I opt to do absolutely nothing. Without stars to reach for, I shoot my own foot rather than the moon.

My original goal of the Ultimate T-Shirt Challenge was to reach July 4th. (Step 1: Wear a different shirt every day until July 4th. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit!) In my defense, July included an unusually high number of days when I wasn't able to wear a t-shirt, and also a large incidence of not-my-normal-schedule days that really threw me off. Mostly, though, I'm lazy, and without any motivation I defaulted to absolute 0. It’s the laws of physics, really; an object at rest tends to stay at rest unless something prods it sufficently.

Anyway, here’s a catch-up of some of the more interesting shirts I've worn in July. Look forward to more shirts in August, while I try and develop a new goal…

Day 57:

This is a Threadless original titled “Sticks of Shame." I thought it was funny, although I can actually use chopsticks pretty well for a white guy.

Day 58:

From Costa Azul surf shop in Todos Santos, Baja Mexico - on our family vaca to Cabo last October.

Day 59:

Sweet Transformers shirt that John K bought me at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square. He was in NYC for work during the movie release this summer otherwise we would have gone to the sneak preview show together.

Day 60:

I actually haven't been to New Mexico, but I'm pretty sure you can at least drink the tap water there.

Day 61:

We all know I love the EFF. I sent them some money and they sent me this most excellent shirt.

Day 62:

Love this movie!

Day 63:

Strictly speaking, I'm really not. But it’s fun to wear.

Day 64:

Chris K gave me this shirt. He didn't have the guts to wear it (or else, it’s a medium and he had too much guts to wear it, I forget his reason) but we all know I'll wear just about anything printed on a t-shirt. ;)

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Just in case anyone wants to buy me a super present, one of my dream cars has come down significantly in price lately.

I've always loved the 2000-2001 S4, in this exact color, with this exact interior. I don't need a third car, but if it was a gift, well, I couldn't refuse it, now could I? :)

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Ugly Car of the Week: why yes, i did spot this in everett. How did you know?

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I chose today’s shirt in honor of this week’s All Star Game, in which two of Seattle’s Mariners - Ichiro Suzuki and J.J. Putz - are playing for the American League team. Not only did Ichiro hit the first inside-the-park home run in All Star Game history, but he was unanimously voted All Star Game MVP.

I'm such a huge baseball fan that I didn't even know any of these details until *after* I starting collecting links to write this post… and yet I have this totally authentic autographed picture with Ichiro! Go figure.

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They have a point.

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You may think I already wore this shirt but you would be sadly, woefully mistaken! Notice the subtle differences between that, my 2004 Child’s Play shirt, and this, my 2006 Child’s Play shirt. Hint: look just to the left of Waldo.

In all seriousness, I love this charity because 1) it’s based in Seattle, 2) they're video game buffs who are proving gamers grow up to be functioning members of society, too, 3) it helps out sick kids (can't go wrong there) and 4) I get to shop for toys and video games on Amazon guilt-free! They start up every year around November-time… so check back.

Here’s me wearing this shirt to iPhone release day at the Apple flagship store in NYC. I was at the front of the line, but I decided not to buy one…

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I'm back on the T-Shirt Challenge bandwagon after a week off, and while my collection is indeed winding down there are still some great ones left to wear. If I included all the shirts from college activities and K2 factory sales that I only really wear around the house or to the gym anymore I could easily stretch this out until Halloween, but I think I'll skip most of those unless they're particularly original and try to keep the quality level up. I'm all about quality.

Today’s shirt has so many potential interpretations. Am I a big fan of meat who is simply spreading the message for my cause? Am I silently promoting America’s beef ranchers by identifying myself with their signature product? Am I simply proud of my warm-blooded mammalian heritage and the shirt is a means by which to tease and annoy the reptilian and crustacean constituencies? Or perhaps I am the meat, just another warm body in the cold, calculating tabulations of our robot overlords? Am I protesting the physical objectification of my appearance as I navigate my way through the dating meat market? Perhaps I'm making a blanket statement about now the news media treats celebrities and anyone else they can throw to the dogs in the name of ratings?

What does meat mean to you?

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I'm taking my first crack at Jon’s Finetune Friday, although I'm already half a day late as it’s nearly noon. His theme this time is the vintage 80’s Mr Men series - I picked “Mr Snow".

My intention was to handpick hundreds of tracks with the appropriate bpm and the perfect balance of hard beats and motivating vocals to blend into the soundtrack of an ultimate downhill skiing (or snowboarding - I'm not judging anyone) powder day experience. Instead, due to time constraints, I basically pulled the 50 most-played songs off my iPod Shuffle (my defacto ski buddy) and, well, there you go. May it motivate you to huck those jumps, grind those rails and bomb those cliffs like never before… despite that it’s July and it was 84 here yesterday. ;)

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