And the word is watch.
The award for stating the obvious? I haz earned it.
My mom was kind enough to save the watches I had as a teenager. It looks like someone was overcompensating in the accessory department. Apparently this is an unfortunate sided-effect of never having your ears pierced. I’m not sure if I qualified as a geek or a nerd, but classification is rarely so simplistic.
There were other more vanilla watches during that time, two Fossils, a
Bulova, and countless throw away digitals, all too scratched up to justify a second life. Looking back, I’m not sure if the obsession was related to fashion or existentialism. Now, I tend to wish time would go ahead and pass already.
In the spirit of the Hemingway Challenge.
Broken watch.
Time stands
Still indefinitely.



Excellent watch collection. Gumby is my favorite. My MIL is a watch collector – then again, she’s a shopaholic.
de, that is Gumby 2.0. I wore out the original.
Gumby! Oh the memories. Thanks to your mother for keeping all those great watches.
meno, my mother saves everything.