Stains

Look! Blue stain on my shoes from my jeans. The laces are definitely
getting dirtier now too (with the ends of the laces started to fray already).

My Old Chucks

The following is a gchat conversation I just had with a good friend:

Kieran: you gotta post a picture of the old ones

me: haha

i was thinking aobut htat

Kieran: so people know you aren't a total poser

who just got into emo yesterday

So here are three pictures of my old Chucks:

This is a picture of my shoes that I took in a plane
on my way to China. If you look closely, there is a
rip in the left heel. The black line on the front of
the right shoe has also been rubbed off.



















This picture shows off the discoloration best.
Once again, the rubbed off black line is present,
but as you can also see, the rigged pattern on the
front of the shoe has also been rubbed down.



















This is a side profile of the shoe. If you look
closely, the rubber heel part of the shoe is coming
unglued from the canvas part of the shoe. The
laces are also ripped and blackened.

All three of these pictures were taken during my trip to China. While in China, I got them totally soaked so I tried to dry them with a hair dryer. I actually ended up melting an indent in the rubber insert of both of the shoes (Yeah, I know...not too smart of me).

God, I really miss those shoes.

After One Weekend

This is how my shoes look after a weekend.

Like most of my shoes, I went with straight laces. It doesn't have the tightest tie (i.e. my gym shoes are not tied that way), but I really like how it looks.

Notice the scuff mark on the right shoe. My right foot is actually a
1/2 shoe size smaller than my left (11 versus 10.5). I end up scuffing
my right shoe a lot due to the size difference (I usually end up
tripping or dragging the tip of the shoe at one point or another).

Actually all of my right shoes have a scuff mark because my right shoe
is too big (and you can't buy two different sized shoes).

The white parts of the shoes are mostly still white, but I definitely see more coloration that when I first put them on. Not too shabby after just one weekend.

The Beginning

Brand new size 10.5 Hi Black Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars.

Purchased on April 18, 2009 from Bob's Stores in Framingham, MA for $45.

After purchasing the shoes, I spent the next 20 minutes sitting in my car at a parking lot re-lacing the shoes (the pattern of the lacing I will show in the next update). I naturally put them on after lacing them up.

The shoe was pristine, but is borderline uncomfortable to walk in. The canvas is definitely much stiffer than my old pair (one night walking around in the rain will take care of that). I need to start forming a fold where my toes bend and need to start creating a groove inside the soles to fit my feet.

I feel so dirty wearing clean Chucks.