Nike iD

I just learned about Nike iD!  This is super cool!  So here is how it works:  You pay a flat fee and you pick every section of the specified shoe style and you choose the color and material.  You basically get a custom Nike for about a month and $200.  I have a running joke with my people telling them that I sponsored a Chinese girl!  For $200 she gets food and medicine for a year.  Plus she makes my shoes!

Plain looking box.

 

Not a whole lot going on with the box. 

Unfortunately they do not let you choose anything about the box. 

That would be pretty neat if they did though.

 

And here is what I got!  This particular pair came with an extra set of laces.

 

So these pair are basically an Air Force 1.  I wanted everything to be reflective so I chose the 3 colors that were available and mixed it up.

 

I even chose the sole.  You can choose the color and if is "solid".  I went with clear.

Side View. You choose the color of the strap, laces, stitching also.

 

Rear view.

 

Here is what the shoe is all about.  The front, sides, back, and even tounge are all made out of reflective material.  In this picture, the flash was on!

The middle part is the reflective black part.

 

Here is the back of the shoe.  Compare how it looks without the flash above.

 

 



 

 

So the entire process took a month.  Perhaps you could eek about a couple less days if you cough up some $$ for a higher priority shipping.  Keep in mind this stuff comes from China!  All things considered this is actually a pretty remarkable deal for a highly customizable shoe.

 

 

 

 

Fred In His Condo

This post is about Fred and his Condo.  He has a Condo and a "Tree"  The condo has 4 levels and typically he is on the 3rd or 4th floor.  He does not hang out on the 2nd Floor.  Today he was on the 3rd. 

Fred zoomed in

 

The bottom floor is where Fred scratches his claws on.  He likes to "tear it up!"

 

Slow Stop or Go!

So I was on the 210 Freeway going Eastbound and I noticed this on an onramp.  Unfortunately I was already on the freeway and didn't have enough time to take the picture.  So I exited the next exit and went back on the 210 to take this photo.

I apolgize for the quality of the photo first off.  My piece of shit Motorola's camer takes shitty photos when the light isn't ideal.  That said, all the lights are on and I have never seen this before.  I have to remember to take my good camer when it rains.  You always get good pictures!

5 Dollar Make You Holla

Whoa.

Where In The World Has Robert Ate At Lately?

Recent reviews by Rob Y.

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Hoarders!

I would like to take a moment to talk about one of my favorite shows!  HOARDERS!  I specifically am fascinated with the one on A&E.  I watch this show enough to know the names of the Doctor's names and the other people that help out in the show. 

I am going to take a moment to tell you all why exactly I like this show. I find it is very curious that the casual observer woud think these people's problems are simple to solve yet in reality the problem is deciptively complex.  To most people, to solve the problem the guy just has to clean up after him/herself.  That is not the case.  The hoard itself is a physical manifestation of someone having a disorder(s).  You can clean it up but the people will immediately hoard it up if they don't get the mental help they need. 

The episodes are all different and each case have different challenges.  One thing that makes it even more fascinating is that not all of the people can clean their house which reflects reality.  Not everyone has a happy ending.  Sometimes, the house is so fucked up they can't go back!

Each episode has common thread:  taumatic event(s) causing the person to hoard.  It may be a divorce, problem marriage, death(s), drug addiction(s), and depression or a combination.  After these events, apparently if you don't get help, your brain makes an alternative reality.  The other common thread is that their families are severely dysfunctional to the point where they are clueless how bad a member of the family is living.

What makes me sad is when these people involve children and pets.  There was this episode where this guy loves rats.  So his pets got out of their cages and then OVERTOOK the house.  There were rats EVERYWHERE.  In the walls, attic, all over the place.  There was another episide where the owner's house was overrun by rabbits. 

Some people are attached to every single item.  For some reason they associate the item with someone or some event and relive that event by touching that object.  They are scared to throw out that possession because they don't want to forget that memory. 

Some people can't distinguish garbage.  Some people find self identity with their possessions.  In their logic the more stuff they have the "richer" they are.  Some people get a high off purchasing good deals and they keep on buying to keep that high.  Some people grow up very poor and never want to end up like that again, so they save everything "just in case". 

Lots of times, the people are just depressed and don't take care of themselves, or their house.  They just give up on life.  They just throw their trash anywhere and forget about it.

What blows my mind is the fact that most of these people are cool with sleeping with feces nearby.  Their noses get used to smelling shit all the time that they don't notice it!  That is just a testament of the human body adapting to the surrounding. 

Space Shuttle Endeavour visits Pasadena!

The Space Shuttle is taking a tour of Pasadena!  It was pretty chaotic in Los Angeles.  Everyone was outdoors with their cameras waiting patiently to get a glimpse of the Space Shuttle.  People were puling over on the freeway and I pulled over the bridge on the freeway to get some pics.  There were 3 passes over Pasadena so lots of people had great opportunities to get some pictures.

210 Freeway looking West

Bye Bye Space Shuttle Endeavour