Awesome.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
I've hit another all time low...
From time to time Yahoo snoops in on what I'm searching for or browsing on the internet and tailors the ads that appear in my mail screen to my "interests"... today I searched 'Geek' and here is what just appeared today (right side banner of image below):
Awesome.
Awesome.
Friday, October 8, 2010
He's a Shoe In
There are two type of people in this world: ones that keep their 
converse clean and ones that trudge through the mud in them at Coachella and wear them again the next day.
The way I see it people with dirty Converse take pride in their own practicality and their liking of shoes as shoes rather than a fashion trend (or they're like me and just too lazy to clean shoes). People who keep their Chucks clean use their shoes as a message to the world that they can color coordinate their clothes and shoes (or maybe they're new) (or maybe they never do anything fun). Or so it seems.
So then I assert, the old talk about how a person's shoes are telling of details about them, holds true.
Case in Point (A): The girl with heels on - all the time. I'm not talking the nice dinner out with modest sling backs or stillettos for for a night on the town. I'm talking the girl who wears pumps and platforms to baseball games, the grocery store, and places like the zoo. The girl who doesn't even own sneakers, flip flops, or (the unspeakable) ballet flats. Chances are this girl is a girly girl, is really short, or is just purely impractical. I might even go as far as to say high maintenance...[insert objection here]. On the positive side, at least you get to watch her fall more often than the average person. And everyone agrees, falling = funny.
Case in Point (B): The guy who wears house shoes, slippers, Vans, Toms, or flip flops to places other than the beach or inside his house. The guy with a shirt on that looks like he's slept in it for 2 weeks and a mustard stain on his left knee. He's sloppy, doesn't think shoes matter, or is too lazy to shop for "real shoes." Ok, yes, they're probably more comfortable and the slip on saves you 113 minutes a year the average person spends tying shoe laces... but don't you care that people are judging you? Unless you're Hugh Hefner, put a proper sneaker on son.
Case in Point (C): Crocs. These abominations of the shoe race are acceptable in 2 (read: 2 only) situations - kids under 6 and people that are gardening. One step above jelly sandals of the 1990s, Crocs are the hippie love child of Teva "active" shoes and neon foam tourist shop flip flops. I cringe when I see these things out in public and can't imagine how a shoe so distasteful could become such an epidemic (channeling Malcom Gladwell's The Tipping Point).
Anyway, it all makes no difference to me what shoes you're wearing. The point is, people notice and make assumptions about you by your shoes. So take the time to ponder what your shoes say about you...
Old lady velcro sneaks out.
converse clean and ones that trudge through the mud in them at Coachella and wear them again the next day.The way I see it people with dirty Converse take pride in their own practicality and their liking of shoes as shoes rather than a fashion trend (or they're like me and just too lazy to clean shoes). People who keep their Chucks clean use their shoes as a message to the world that they can color coordinate their clothes and shoes (or maybe they're new) (or maybe they never do anything fun). Or so it seems.
So then I assert, the old talk about how a person's shoes are telling of details about them, holds true.
Case in Point (A): The girl with heels on - all the time. I'm not talking the nice dinner out with modest sling backs or stillettos for for a night on the town. I'm talking the girl who wears pumps and platforms to baseball games, the grocery store, and places like the zoo. The girl who doesn't even own sneakers, flip flops, or (the unspeakable) ballet flats. Chances are this girl is a girly girl, is really short, or is just purely impractical. I might even go as far as to say high maintenance...[insert objection here]. On the positive side, at least you get to watch her fall more often than the average person. And everyone agrees, falling = funny.
Case in Point (B): The guy who wears house shoes, slippers, Vans, Toms, or flip flops to places other than the beach or inside his house. The guy with a shirt on that looks like he's slept in it for 2 weeks and a mustard stain on his left knee. He's sloppy, doesn't think shoes matter, or is too lazy to shop for "real shoes." Ok, yes, they're probably more comfortable and the slip on saves you 113 minutes a year the average person spends tying shoe laces... but don't you care that people are judging you? Unless you're Hugh Hefner, put a proper sneaker on son.
Case in Point (C): Crocs. These abominations of the shoe race are acceptable in 2 (read: 2 only) situations - kids under 6 and people that are gardening. One step above jelly sandals of the 1990s, Crocs are the hippie love child of Teva "active" shoes and neon foam tourist shop flip flops. I cringe when I see these things out in public and can't imagine how a shoe so distasteful could become such an epidemic (channeling Malcom Gladwell's The Tipping Point).Anyway, it all makes no difference to me what shoes you're wearing. The point is, people notice and make assumptions about you by your shoes. So take the time to ponder what your shoes say about you...Old lady velcro sneaks out.
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