It's Not the Length, It's the Girth

[strange_aeons]

I meant to do the Friday Five last week, because it was so obviously and so hilariously not written with people like me in mind, but time got away from me. This week's I find ... alien, so I'll do last week's now.

1. What size shoe do you wear?

In theory, something like men's ten, double E wide. Yes, double E. Which means I'd need my shoes custom-made if I wanted to wear my actual size, because nobody makes them in that width. In practice, I wind up wearing size twelve or so and having a lot of extra space around the toe.

2. How many pairs of shoes do you own?

Two. My boots, and my house shoes.

3. What type of shoe do you prefer (boots, sneakers, pumps, etc.)?

I prefer to go barefoot. (Of course, that leads to incidents like a couple I've had recently that involved me stepping on broken glass and then tracking blood all over the goddamn carpet.) I got the boots I have because I can wear them all year round without getting snow on my socks, and I'm going roast anyway because of my moral objection to clothing that doesn't cover me from ankle to wrist.

4. Describe your favorite pair of shoes. Why are they your favorite?

Well, the house shoes (which I actually use only when I need to leave the house briefly and don't feel like picking gravel off the soles of my feet) still smell unpleasantly of rubber, so I suppose that leaves the boots. Which are ... boots. They're all, you know ... boots. Er.

5. What's the most you've spent on one pair of shoes?

You mean I'm expected to remember a number? I really have no idea. My shoes have been known to run toward the expensive, though, because of their tendency to be orthopedic and to weigh twenty pounds each.

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It's 1:49 on October 12th as I edit this entry, so I've missed National Coming Out Day. Which is okay, because I came out months ago. Rather clumsily, actually, so I'm considering doing it again anyway.

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Wearing them, usually.

Occasionally clobbering housemates.