Shoes

I decided to break the cycle of purchasing only skate shoes. For the last five years I have only been purchasing shoes of the skating variety. This was not a big deal to me, infact it greatly simplified my shoe purchasing, or so I thought. Skate shoes have certain qualities that some would deam unflattering, they are built to withstand the erosion of constant skating, and they do this by having super thick souls and lots of padding. All of the reinforcement of the shoe causes the shoe to look more like a moon boot. I was comfortable with that and for a while I embraced the huge shoe convention. Well now that shit is over. Just last week, I purchased my first pair of non-skate shoes and after a brief adjustment period I realized that I must have looked rediculous. In fact my skate shoe preferance did cause redicule and such ridicule was the impetus for the regular shoe purchase. I love the regular shoe, its so nice and small. I still have skate shoes in my closet but my preference has clearly changed. This is a big deal for me, my fashion sense is kinda wack and actually moving on to a more flattering shoe is quite an acomplishment. On numerous occasions I have fallen into a fashon rut or habbit that I was reluctant to break. The skate shoe preference was an excelent example of this phenomena. I have a feeling I can run faster.