Design and Create

I consider myself a relatively creative person.  I enjoy writing, and when I get the chance, I love to design and conceptualize different articles of clothing and sneakers.  That being said, when I can step out of the mass-production box and create my own colorway of a sneaker (usually via Nike ID), I do so with aplomb.

I've created hundreds of different designs with 10s of different styles of shoes, but I rarely ever go through and purchase my creations.  Often I find it more satisfying (read: easier on my pockets) to simply create the shoe and acknowledge its fresh than to actually purchase the sneaker.  When I do make the plunge, I painstakingly make sure every detail is exactly how I wanted it.

My process is to pick an initial color scheme, tweak it till its balanced in all the right ways and when it finally speaks to me as a finished product... STOP.  Nothing is worse than a piece of sneaker art that's been ruined by one too many "improvements".

That being said, this entire piece was an excuse for me to show off my latest design.  I give you, my Nike Air Max 95 ID:

In & Out

For my loyal 3-person readership, I apologize. Every couple months or so, I re-enter the blogosphere to pledge my undying loyalty to "Nothing of Interest", write for around 4-5 days then disappear into the not-so-wild, not-so-blue yonder.

So what makes this different?

To be honest... Nothing. I can come back and say I'll try to be more consistent with my posts, and it'll be true. I will try. Kind of. By try I mean I'll click the link on my browser that says "Blog", sit in front of my blank screen for 3 minutes and then decide that no-one wants to hear my thoughts, and they're too complicated/ridiculous to write anyway. Then I'll go on Twitter and send a 140-character message that sums it up completely.

So here I am blogging again. About what, you ask? Nothing!

I'm blogging to tell you that I'm probably going to start blogging again. But no promises.

Now that that's out of the way, I can blog. The next topic? Probably sneakers. Or soccer. The one after that? Maybe sneakers. Or soccer. Or some crazy combination of both. For now, however, I leave you. Hopefully I'll be back soon.

But don't hold your breath.

Sneaker What?

I don't consider myself a normal sneakerhead. I don't display typical
sneakerhead tendencies such as triple digit footwear count, ability to
spot fake "send help" dunks from across a campus, willingness to camp
out for sneakers, etc. However, I do consider myself a sneaker
aficionado. A "sneaker h" if you will. As such, I find myself perusing
sneaker websites throughout the day and late into the night. I
frequent eBay in search of killer deals, and I pine over the newest
releases, knowing I can't afford them. Why? I love sneakers.

As a sneaker h, the news that Nike is planning to remove the fat tongue from their low top SBs
sent me scrambling to eBay looking for some affordable heat with which
to stock my closet. The notification struck a solid blow to my
sneakerheart, making me cry out in anguish. The main reason I began liking low top SBs was because of the way the oh-so-comfortable fat tongue lends itself to jean-wearing, and for the fresh colorways that poured from Nike's factories. Now I'll have to confine myself to eBay searching and my normal hi-top SBs.

As I said before, I don't consider myself a sneaker head. I feel that's an insult to the real
sneaker heads out there who've devoted their time, energy and money to
copping dope kicks and understanding the game. I respect those people, and as such, I cannot count myself in their number. Sneaker h it is.

Critical response

I had to put this in because it probably sums up the heart of this blog completely. I told one of my friends I had begun to write a blog, and his immediate response was as follows: "Lmao. Wat u blog about? Juve or sneakers. One of them."

Yes.

I blog about Juve, sneakers, and basically anything that strikes my fancy.

But often, that's Juve and sneakers.