Bad Sneakers? Not Anymore

Posted by C.J.

I have no comfortable places to sit and have little to do because of the aforementioned flooring project, so I spent tonight sitting in my jury box chair, feet up on a kitchen stool, blogging and reading blogs. I came across a Foo Fighters’ blog post in which Dave Grohl mentions that a companion bought a cool pair of plastic shoes in Tokyo. The post made me sit back and consider words I use to describe athletic shoes.

 As a kid, I’d never use the word “sneakers.” I considered it too geeky. I always referred to my shoes as “tennis shoes.” Now, I’ve reconsidered. I believe that ”sneakers” has an element of cool to it–geeky cool, but still cool. Old-school Elvis Costello cool. Tennis shoes? Not so much.

Sneakers are in. Tennis shoes are out.