- Will Schuester
Glee
(Season 3 Episode 16)

Fun Game (for “nerds”).

(and since Season 4 just started as I was playing tonight, I lucked into the Top 100)

Ticket Booth Lady hands me some cards and the movie tickets.

Me: “What are these?” *points at cards*

Ticket Booth Lady: “Those are the tickets.”

Me: “Uh… ok… what’s this then?” *points at the paper I previously thought were the tickets*

Ticket Booth Lady: “That’s the receipt.”

I can no longer count how many times I’ve heard this kind of remark before.

True, with the quality of the imitations nowadays, and since nobody will actually scrutinize them while you’re wearing them, nobody will notice it’s not original.

But ‘looks’ is not the only reason for buying shoes. And for the kind of shoes I was looking at – sports shoes – aside from the ‘wear and tear’ definition of quality, there’s also the shoes’ performance.

I admit that I know almost nothing with regards to the technology used in sports shoes. What I do know though is that it’s more than just the looks. The technology in these shoes actually helps an athlete perform better and/or reduce the risk of injury. This is what the imitation items can’t copy, or at least not yet.

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This applies to other things as well, including those which cannot be found in that mall.

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I ended up buying a pair of basketball shoes. The original costs around $180, I got mine for less than $32. I won’t claim they’re close to originals though, and I don’t plan to use them in a game.

Instead, they’re sneakers I can use when going out – not as sturdy and comfortable as the originals, but just like the other shoes I can buy for $30.

Oh, except they look a lot more expensive than they actually are.

That’s at least a 9-game losing streak for our team, counting from the loss in the 2010 semi-finals (I’m no longer sure what happened to the game before that).

Hopefully things start picking-up soon.

Site I use for shortening links.

The project’s basically taking a picture for each day of the year, ideally of something that can best represent the highlights of that day.

[While making this post, I found a good description, what to do, plus some tips here.]

We later realized that 2012 is a leap year so we started referring to it instead as “Project 366″ instead. Before the day ended, she gave up on starting hers while I was very excited (and optimistic) to push through with mine.

I remember trying to do this two years ago (after a similar conversation with another cousin), and I lasted until day… 13. :/

This time though, I’m hoping to last way longer than “13″. 100 would be good and 200 better, but even 300 would not be enough because the goal is 366.

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TheBadZ | Project366

2012 | 366 days | 366 Photos

I now start 2012 full of hope that things will turn around. The year starts with me thinking that this one won’t just be better than the last, it’s going to be one of the best!

#2012HereWeGo