Sunglasses and other Essentials

That's a shot of me, my nephew K, and our homie D at the baby shower the other weekend in Novato.

If I could time-travel, I'd skip the usual visits with dinosaurs, Abe Lincoln, or even Sherilyn Fenn c. 1990 and instead go back to visit younger me and tell him to get a few essentials sorted out early. Only now, at 31, do I really understand that you can't get through life without a few things:

1. A good pair of shades.
2. A cool leather jacket.
3. At least two good hats.
4. A laptop.
5. A decent watch.
   
6. Slip-on Vans.

Also, you've got to know, definitively, what size jeans you wear and what colors you look good in (32/32, browns and grays, definitely not red.) After you've got that figured out, you can proceed with the rest of your life.