**note** This post is dedicated to Kristina Wilson. And if she ever reads this blog entry she’ll know exactly why!**
There is a man who rides the same train in to Boston that I do. Frequently he wears a pair of bright red Converse All*Star sneakers. I’ve noticed them because of their redness, the fact that I love wearing my Converse sneaks, and because they are a sharp contrast to his otherwise “corporate casual” attire. He seems pretty comfortable with looking a bit different.
Today, I was in for a shock as I noticed that on his left foot he was wearing his usual red sneaker and on his right foot…an identical sneaker, only in BRIGHT BLUE!
This has led me to wonder, “Did he do that on purpose?” Well, his feet did look very patriotic, so it could have been a concious choice. Or, “Did he put his shoes on in the dark?” A logical answer to the mis-matched shoe phenomena.
As neither shoe particularly “coordinated” wtih his outfit, I am led to believe that either choice above could be considered the ‘right’ choice. This will probably continue to baffle me until something more interesting comes along 🙂
I actually had two pair in high school – one black, one pink. I occasionally would wear them in this fashion (one of one pair, one of the other). Guess I was a little ahead of my time, eh? 🙂
Chad, I totally understand that this is a fashon among high school students. In fact, I may have done it myself (yellow and red). The trend usually tapers out during college, however. This gentleman, wearing red and blue, is old enough to be my father! 🙂
And here I thought I had started a trend, while you mention that you yourself have done it too. Now I know it was on the opposite coast, or nearly so, and a mere -ahem- two decades later, but couldn’t you let me believe for just a little while that I had made some sort of mark on this world? 🙂