Word: striped
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...orchestra could perform. Beethoven's Symphony Number Nine is everyone's favorite symphony, number one on the top classical music hits of all time, the symphony with the tune everyone hums walking down the street. The Symphony remains a universal favorite for building dedications and celebrations of every stripe. It is said that it is not only Beethoven's best work, but the height of the genre--a piece that simultaneously refined and redefined the symphony...
When I was a kid, I'd always squirm when I thought I saw an adult trying to dress in the style of his children. There is a fine line between wanna-be fashion and no-clue fashion. Right now, that line is the stripe. Many people my age and older seem to pull off the racing stripe, but even they appear uncomfortable at times. The most conspicuous example of stripe-discomfort is found in the person who just can't quite believe that the black and white stripes lining his or her blue jeans are really supposed...
...young don't create fashion, but they confirm and legitimize it. Older people must work harder to inhabit the fashion of the young, and in a deliberate manner. My transition to the stripe will come, for it must, but only in good time...
...shot was a little bigger, you'd see that in the picture I'm actually wearing a striped sweater, my first true item of clothing in the new genre. It is an appropriate, conservative entry into the world of the racing stripe, because: a) the sweater was a gift, and b) the sweater is from The Gap. Still, it is a first step in the struggle to get back in tune with the times, a struggle I will fight with varying degrees of intensity for the rest of my adult life...
...avoid facing up to fashion trends, no matter how hard we try. Soon enough we'll be entering the working world, and most of us will sport corporate fashions during most of our waking hours. Then we won't need to take refuge from the plaid or stripe; rather, we will begin to take refuge in them...