Punctuated totalitarian junkies

What an odd title. "Punctuated" is from punctuated equilibrium, which is a concept we cover in my Biology & Humanity class. I definitely take too many bio/philosophy classes.

Totalitarian...well. My political science seminar is about neoconservatives and foreign policy and I've been drowning in Kristol's anti-totalitarian stuff for the past two days or so for my paper.

Junkie is the title of a book from William S. Burroughs, one of my favorite writers of all time.[Marcel Proust and James Baldwin are also up there...obviously. Go gay men.]

So, anyway.

My boss has had me running back and forth for the past three hours. Now I can finally sit and chill for a bit. So what do I do with this free time?

Work on my paper would be the answer you'd make if you knew nothing about me at all. Instead, I've been looking at shoes.

I think I want people's opinions...so don't be shy.
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I like these but I can't tell if they're too much/cartoon-ish/whatever.



Same for these.





And then there are these, which are relatively cheap, I guess($70):





These are my favorite-- I love bent-toe shoes.



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I figured I would go about changing my wardrobe in parts-- first shirts, then pants, then blazers. And then everything else-- belts, shoes, socks, cuff links. You know.

Well, I've got about six dress shirts. Maybe four sweaters that I'd actually wear. About two-three pairs of pants that I like. Two blazers. One belt but...it'll manage.

Anyway, not exactly where I want to be on the first front, but getting there!

So next is definitely shoes. And considering the only things I have are...this rundown pair from back in HS? I think that's my new project.

I don't even have sneakers that aren't at least two years old or so. A sad state of affairs, this is!

Since I don't see myself replacing my phone any time soon[well, unless I get that second job at MOCAA...since that would more than double my income], I might as well divide my earnings between shoes and my credit card bill.

Cheers.