My new pants...

Jewel-T. I hated it. Jewel T was a brand of low budget clothing that was best described as an early ancestor to "Fingerhut". This company allowed families to buy clothes on credit and pay horrible prices for things that in my mind were very ugly. I didn't want Jewel T shirts and I most certainly did not want Jewel T pants. What I wanted was a pair of Levis. I wanted to be like everyone else. I didn't get them. Until one day. I decided to join the drama team at Fred Moore Junior High in beautiful Anoka. The drama team allowed me to get in a few plays and get up in front of an audience. It was great. One day I was cast as sort of a hippie charachter. Mr. Varner, the instructor, asked me to wear my Levis. When I told him I didn't have any, he brought me to the costume department and found a pair. It was like a dream. They fit perfectly. The play soon came. I don't remember anything about the performance except I had a cool pair of pants and not a soul in the audience knew they were not mine. The production came to an end and we were all required to turn in our costumes. When I went to the costume department, I still had on the pants. The lady who was checking things in took what I had in my hand and told me to leave. I had my pants. And they were Levis. I think I wore them the rest of the year...

Joe