Chuck Taylor

So for Christmas I got a pair of Converse. They were the wrong size, so I returned them and got myself a pair of Chuck Taylor hi-tops. I've never actually owned a pair of hi-tops, so this is very much a new experience for me.

My senior year of high school, I had a friend who absolutely adored shoes. She wrote a research paper on the subject, actually. I never read the paper, I'm not sure exactly what her thesis was. BUT, it got me to thinking about... shoes. She had a video or a website or something that gave a bunch of different ways to lace your shoes. So, I thought, COOL! Let's do that.

Of course, until now, I haven't had the right kind of shoes for real actual fun lacing. AND NOW I DO. So I did some research, trying to find the best way to lace these new shoes. For the first few days, I kept them as they were, laced (as in the picture above) as they came out of the box.

Then, over the course of the next few days, I tried out different lacing techniques. The first was the ladder (because it was really the only one I could remember from my high school friend's research.

But it looks kind of messy on lo-tops, let alone hi-tops.

So I went back to the original lacing. Because it looked messy and I didn't like it.

One of my things about my shoes was that I didn't like tying them at the top. It's so much higher than all my other shoes... So I found this one:

This design seemed to work perfectly for my purposes. Only... I have wide feet and skinny legs. In consequence, the top of the shoe was held too tight, and I couldn't get my foot in the dumb thing. So I had to undo that one.

I finally settled on this, as is modeled on my own foot (please, no comments on size. I KNOW THEY'RE HUGE). It still takes me a few minutes to put the dang shoe on because of my feet, but the shoes are comfortable enough when they're on.

So yeah. Shoes. I have quite a few pairs of shoes, some I wear all the time, some I never wear. Anyone else like that? Let me know. Maybe I'll do a bigger feature on my shoes again later. Bwahaha

Just take it with a grain of salt, okay?

~Sarah

The Human Condition and How it Relates to This Blog

Yeah... Just what we need in the blogosphere: another hipster, too-trendy-for-their-own-good, twenty-something who thinks that the Internet cares about their opinion.

LUCKY FOR YOU, fearless readers, I am none of those things. I bathe in the mainstream, but I can't seem to catch on to trends. I like music and stuff, but I don't feel like I have any kind of exceptional taste or anything. Oh, and I'm not twenty yet. Still a young'un. And as for the Internet and them caring about my opinion? That would be a negatory. You don't care. Not really.

No one cares about anyone but themselves. THAT'S HOW THE HUMAN MIND WORKS. Don't try to deny it. I have worked tirelessly for nearly three years to be less self-centered. We do it without thinking. Our natural way is self-preservation, so it makes sense for the human being to be self-centered. You may care about a few others, but honestly, when it comes down to it, you're the same as everyone else.

Now, now, don't get so offended. Think about it. When's the last time you asked someone how their day went? Wait, think about it. Are you sure? Okay, now I want you to think to when you asked someone how their day went and wanted an answer besides "good" or "okay", followed by the obligatory "how was yours?" Yeah. That's what I thought. You, my dear reader, don't care. Okay, maybe one or two friends, maybe a significant other, children or parents. But really, honestly, I do it too. You aren't alone. It's normal.

My goal in this blog is to look out in to the world and find things that interest me. But not only me, but others, too. Because (as previously stated) I have worked hard to think of others before myself.

But, since it's my blog, maybe I should do an introduction post? Nah, I'll write a bio elsewhere...

So, this blog: pictures, articles, opinions, movies, games, stories, experiences, drama, writing, poems, and all sorts of randomness. Most won't be personal. Well, probably. I'll be sure to mark the personal ones,  so you don't have to read them if you don't want to.

The deal is, though, that I don't want your wrath, alright? I'm going to give you my opinions. You're entitled to your own, as am I. Just remember: just because the opinion isn't yours doesn't mean it isn't right. You need to have a little bit of an open mind. Feel free to comment on anything I post, telling me how wrong I am, how terrible of a person I must be, whatever. Let me know what your opinions are. I love hearing about other people's opinions, and what you all think.

So, readers, what do you think? I want to be the variety show of blogs. Do you think I can do it?


Sarah, signing off. Don't forget to take it all with a Grain of Salt. :)