Thursday, November 20, 2008

Shoes and feet

In a past life (or a past blog as it may seem) I have a sneaking suspicion that I had touched on this subject before. Regardless, such an important theme doesn’t need justification to be repeated so we shan’t hold this against anyone… So WHAT is the theme, what is causing all this commotion??? In short it’s shoes.

Due to a touch of vanity (I’m not as vein as others, but more vein than others), I tend to assess people on what shoes they’re wearing. I find that shoes tend to suggest much about an individual, above and beyond what their clothing demonstrates. Why? Well clothing is relatively straight forward to a degree – people can buy nice shirts and the like and have terrible footwear, which would suggest someone investing in their appearance yet not fully pulling it off. Shoes tend to say a lot more – comfort or style, clean or dirty, expensive or cheap. My observation and assessment is not necessarily all about their personality, but it does help understand at what stage people are up to in their life.

If I were to apply this assessment mechanism to myself, I think I would obviously be more impressed (after all, I did pick them all) but I would think that I was a bit of a wanker. Isn’t that a fair assessment!

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