Sometimes, I wonder if I’m too anti-trendiness. After years without wearing a watch, I finally caved in and bought one over the Christmas holidays. I had gotten used to using my cell phone or the computer or any of the other five thousand places around me (car radios, VCRs, microwaves, cable news channels) to find the time. But I missed the ease of always having that one place to look at the time. No matter where you are, there’s a clock right on your wrist. I wanted a nice one, though, and not another Timex special from the local pharmacy that would break after six months.

I thought I was being anti-trendy by sporting a watch until I read an article this weekend which said that nobody is wearing a watch anymore unless it’s a fashion statement. The article specifically cites Fossil watches. Those were the first I looked at. I passed them up because they were just too bulky for me. I wound up with a nice silver Swatch one (the “Twirl” from their “Core Collection”) that actually tells time without bright colors, and looks like an adult’s watch. But, it seems to be a “fashionable” watch, too.

Now I’m left to wonder if I am being trendy, after all. It’s tough being me.

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