Boots Made For Walking by N Mutans
January 30th, 2011 7:34 PM
Once I'd made my selections, I found a place nearby to sit and construct my shoes.
First, these made up the main structure of my shoes: plastic bins for home organization, with convenient holes in the sides.
I was a little worried, though, that these seemed not to be things intended for putting on feet. Therefore, to balance out my shoes, I purchased these, which are clearly intended for putting on feet. You can tell by the picture, see?
However, these shoes would be too plain. In order to spruce them up a bit...
That should make them perfect specialized walking shoes: now, with the power of MORE FEET! It also put me in mind of Baba Yaga, so I have added a pestle, her preferred mode of transportation. I'll get where I'm going SO FAST!
Now to put my socks on (wearing socks with shoes is only proper, especially when you have Tofu Robot tabi socks) and lace up my shoes...
I went south from Jackson on 4th Ave S, then turned southeast when 4th ended at Marginal Way, then cut over on Corson into Georgetown. Google tells me that's 5 miles. I'm in these necks of the woods frequently, but almost never on foot, so it was fun to see some industrial areas in more detail.
Really, really terrible shoes.
plaza between office buildings, guarded by daleks
I didn't think anyone would be using the office buildings on a Sunday. I was very wrong! People kept walking by me, including a security guard, but no one seemed to care what I was doing.
foot things
There was no English whatsoever on the package, but the picture tells you all you need to know, right?
chicken feet!
tofu robot?
tofu robot.
Lacing required a lot of string.
One foot fell off before I made it more than a block or two, but I didn't realize it until I heard these fellows behind me. They were kicking it around, speculating on whether it could really be a chicken's foot.
They caught up with me as I waited to cross the street, and had many confused questions, but passed me before long- my shoes were slowing me down some.
broken heel
The heel of one shoe broke not long after that. I think I may have lost another foot or two by that point.
Before I'd even gotten a mile, the plastic bins had broken and started stabbing me with each step, then broken further and become impossible to keep on properly. I abandoned them.
I kept the pestle, of course.
pennants and razor wire
downtown's back there
It's an enormous orange cowboy hat.
No, I don't know why.
Eww!
Why was I supposed to put those on my feet, again? After five miles, they're really disgusting! And slimy!
Maisie enjoyed the pestle.
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Thank you! I was a little disappointed at how brittle the bins turned out to be, but overall it was a suitably amusing adventure.
(Parts of) these boots were made for walking (through the process of natural selection, over many years)!
There's a lot of tasking in this tasking.
I like it.
I'm finding it an interesting challenge to strike the right balance between thoroughness and getting things done. Thorough tasking is definitely more satisfying, but I do want to limit how long I spend wibbling about with overly involved prerequisites-to-tasking.
That's pretty awesome! good work!