I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.
I loved every second of Catholic church. I loved the sickly sweet rotting-pomegranate smells of the incense. I loved the overwrought altar, the birdbath of holy water, the votive candles; I loved that there was a poor box, the stations of the cross rendered in stained glass on the windows.
A jacket commemorating the Germans as champions of the 1990 World Cup is out of date two weeks after the event has passed.