Boots II

[aggienaut]

These are my current shoes:

See Also, this entry and these pictures.

   Anyway, unfortunately I got blue paint on them while painting beehives, and they've developed a large gash on one side (yet as evidenced when I accidentally stepped in a pool of brine at Searles Lake, are still remarkably waterproof!). Though they are still a fully functional set of shoes, they look kind of shitty, and I prefer to have boots that I can polish up and wear around (personally, I think I think it looks awesome to wear polished boots with a suit, all office oriented from head to foot and then -- boots. My mother however informs me its a war-crime for me to do so). So its time to relegate my trusty 8761 series docs to tromping about brine pools and roofs.

[Poll #1088683]



   In other news, the eternal problem in Orange County is that everyone lives with their parents here, since housing costs are outragious, so one can never hang out at anyone's place. Literally I think my friend Mark is the only one I know who doesn't, because he landed himself a sweet job as an executive at Del Taco. So one is usually stuck with the bars, which suck.
   But on Friday night I hung out with my friend Janice and her friend Becky in the jacuzzi of their commmunity pool. I drank both the imperial Russian stout and the barleywine by Stone Brewery and they were both extremely excellent. Altogether, good times.
   On Saturday Veronica Borrowdale had a birthday party.. at her/ her parents house.

Comments

[neugotik.livejournal.com]

no speed laces? ?? bah. all my taller boots have speed laces, so I voted 7 as that's all I have time to actually lace up.

Girls inviting u to birthday parties can never be too bad! I think I've given up on asking guys out - they have to ask me out from now on.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Speed laces? Yeah I was tempted to go up to 14 holes but it certainly takes long enough to lace/unlace my boots as is. However, NOTE that paratrooper boots have zippers on the side (so if you paradrop right into a swamp you can take them off before they pull you under!)! (Actually as far as I can tell the 1500 model doesn't have a zipper but damn does it look dashing) (=


And re the party, being invited TO her party is of course not the same as being invited to A party by a girl (as their date or such). Although, rather humorously, when Janice and I were talking about hanging out this weekend she said she'd prefer Sat but I said I had a party, and then said "well maybe you could be my date I guess" which I MEANT to mean "if we can't otherwise hang out" but she apparently took it to mean I was asking her directly and said "Maybe, I'll get back to you on that."
   So in effect I accidentally asked a girl to be my date (= ...and she said maybe d= ...and later said no she had a family thing to deal with )= ...and then invited me to come jacuzzi it up (=?

[neugotik.livejournal.com]

I have a pair like that w/the zipper & snap over top - but they're girly w/chunky high heels - I love them they're super fast on& off but adjustable for dif.socks so I can wear them w/tights or low socks or anything. They wear out faster then reg boots but I think they're worth it! :)

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Yeah, like's been noted a bunch in other comments, it sure is a hassle to lace up/down 10 eyes every time. People hwo don't wear shoes in their houses are the bane of my existence. So despite how lovely some of those other boots like I'm definitely going w/ the zipper!

[ashael.livejournal.com]

the one that is the least Nazi.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Haha I suppose that would be the seven-eye? But the boot most associated with Nazis is the jackboot of course, which doesn't have any laces at all.

[y0ur-c0nscience.livejournal.com]

Didn't anyone ever tell you not to listen to JEWS? (Haha kidding Ashael.)

I think the seven eye is a better idea mostly because I hated lacing combat boots as it was, but more eyes made it more annoying.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

But paratrooper boots! Have a zipper! O=

[y0ur-c0nscience.livejournal.com]

A zipper is not combat friendly. =P

Bates all the way

[shid.livejournal.com]

Bates make some really, really great boots.