My new jacket

I bought a lightweight jacket last week for running. It wasn't a fancy jacket, but I didn't need a fancy jacket. I just needed something for when it's a little cold and it's raining.

I got a bit of a chuckle when I looked at the tag on the jacket, however. It showed people doing adventuresome things like roller-blading, dirt-biking, and running. None of those people, however, were wearing the company's clothing.

The label also showed a diagram of the jacket. It was designed to highlight the features of the jacket, such as repelling wind and resisting water. But if you look at the diagram, the bottom layer is your skin. I don't think your skin counts as part of the garment. Moreover, if you have to include the person's skin in the diagram, the garment probably isn't complicated enough to necessitate an explanatory visual aide.

To top it all off, the last portion of the tag declares that the jacket "guarantees that you stay dry with keeping a perfect body climate." That kind of diction and sentence structure is the sure-fire mark of a non-English speaker.

None of these comments, however, are meant to criticize the actual jacket. I used it over the weekend and it performed admirably. I stayed dry along with keeping a good body climate, and my skin functioned well with the shell material, just as the diagram indicated. Truly amazing.