{"id":240,"date":"2006-09-20T21:03:23","date_gmt":"2006-09-21T01:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fanless.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/20\/lqqk-me-im-almost-famous\/"},"modified":"2020-06-11T04:23:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T12:23:32","slug":"lqqk-me-im-almost-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torianus.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/20\/lqqk-me-im-almost-famous\/","title":{"rendered":"LQQK @ me! I’M (almost) FAMOUS!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the illustrious words of Ron Burgundy, “I don’t know how to put this… but… I’m kind of a big deal<\/a>!”
\nI mean, if a person designs<\/i> a shoe and then it is on the shoe manufacturer’s website, that kind of makes it a signature shoe, right? So this is my Air Jordan, yes? Or to show a little more fealty to Etnies, my signature shoe<\/a> is liken to Taj’s Roscoe<\/a> (or even the Trauma from back in the day). Rooftop’s… uh… Rooftop! Joe Rich’s uh… dang, the name of his shoe just slipped my mind. What the hell was it called?? Maybe that’s why they don’t sell it now… Um… It was somewhat close to the Trauma… Like it started with a T… C’mon brain! Don’t fail me now!! I know… I’ll see if it’s on that cool timeline<\/a> thing on etnies’ site. OH YEAH! The Throttle! I’m sure you get my point: I’M AWESOME! Does Travis Pastrana have a signature DC shoe? I don’t think so! He may have one-off Thor Lumber Jack gear, but is he going to wear it to the mall? Not very likely. (I guess it’s about as likely as Travas Pastrana hanging out at a mall, but… semantics, ya know? Oh, and beyond that, didn’t Travis donate his Lumber Jack jersey to the David Bailey Extravaganza auction or something?)
\nI’m actually not done typing yet. I’m going to divulge into the not-so-deep history I have with wearing Etnies.
\nWay back in July of 2001, Kim and I were in NYC and I was dying to get a pair of Taj’s zOMG BRAND NEW Traumas! We hit pretty much every shop between Grand and Broadway all the way up to Central Park. I’m serious! Ask Kim!! All I wanted was a size 10.5 pair of Etnies so I could be cool like Taj. I ended up getting a pair of Etnies Tremors* at YRB<\/a> instead. That was my very first pair of Etnies. They’re pretty beat up by now, but they fit so well. I still wear them when we hit the trails<\/a>.
\nI never got a pair of Traumas, but after a couple of years and a couple of pairs of Vans\/Orchids\/Fluevogs\/whatever passed, Taj got a new signature pair of Etnies in the afore mentioned Roscoe. Well, once I saw them I knew there was no way I was going to not get a pair! And I finally did, in the spring of 2005. I think this is the only picture I have of those<\/a>. And not too long after that, I got a pair of Rune Glifberg’s signature Etnies, The Tip<\/a>. Then in December of 2005 I got another pair of Roscos, this time in Green\/Yellow. (I guess I don’t have a picture of them) I’ve worn those shoes almost exclusively all year. They’re a little dirty, but really not showing any wear.
\nIt seems kind of amazing that I was able to go 9+ months without buying new shoes. I LOVE SHOES! I mean, I just pointed out that I bought 3 pairs of Etnies in 2005. I guess it just goes to show how broke I’ve been this year.
\nMy recent raise should alleviate that some.
\nSo, go buy a pair of Etnies, but before you do, be sure to play a little Braap Braap!<\/a> and if you don’t totally suck at it, you’ll get a discount on your purchase.<\/p>\n

Oh, P.S.: I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everybody that helped me get to where I’m at today. Self; thank you, self. I owe it all to you!<\/p>\n

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*Ok, what is the proper grammar for this? The shoe name is “Tremor”, but I bought a pair… as in two shoes, not one. So do I just change the name to “Tremors” or do I say “I bought a pair of Etnies Tremor” because I’m talking about one pair??? This is why I need a r1lly smrt girlfriend; so I could ask her questions like this all of the time.<\/p>\n

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