going to see Sir Lucious Left Foot tonight / now we're Gnarly like Barkley

Dries Van Noten heels from SS11. very exciting.
+ about 1/3 as shiny in actuality..but i used a flash to show the fantastic metallic sheen on the ankle strap + heel.
being a size 6.5 they are a little toe-crunching as my feet are unfortunately a little more wide than usual but still small in size.. regardless, i'm still very happy with the pristine 2nd-hand condition that they are in + for the price i managed to get them for.

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'i'm inspired by my kids who keep forgiving me for all my frailties. next week my parents celebrate 65 years of marriage. how much I learn from watching them. my brother is a teacher and has been for years. he loves what he does and cares about his students. i wish all teachers were like him. i hope i can touch young lives like he does. my mother-in-law is like the sunshine. i've never met anyone else like her in my life. she's one of those petite women with the majesty of a lion. Esther Jungreiss is also a petite woman who carries herself with majesty and grace. she survived a concentration camp as a child. now she lives a life of giving. her light is brilliant. her stories are profound. i know people who have adopted downs syndrome babies and are raising them up in a loving family environment. their strength inspires me. i'm inspired by the people who send in secrets to the PostSecret project and the people who respond to them.'

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'on September 3, 1973 6:28 pm and 32 sec, a blue fly of the Calliphorides species, whose wings can flutter 14670 times per minute landed in Saint-Vincent Street, Montmartre. at the exact same second, outside a restaurant, the wind was sweeping in under a tablecloth, causing the glasses to dance without anybody noticing it.
at the same time, on the fifth floor of avenue Trudaine, Eugène Koler, erased the name of his best friend, Émile Maginot, in his address-book after coming home from his funeral. still at the same second, a spermatozoon containing an x-chromosome and belonging to M. Raphaël Poulain was reaching the ovum of Mrs Poulain, born Amandine Fouet. months later a girl was born: Amélie Poulain.
Raphaël Poulain doesn't like peeing next to somebody else. he doesn't like noticing people laughing at his sandals, or coming out of the water with his swimming suit sticking to his body. Raphaël Poulain likes to tear big pieces of wallpaper off the walls,
to line up his shoes and polish them with great care, to empty his toolbox, clean it thoroughly, and, finally, put everything away carefully. Amélie's mother, Amandine Fouet, doesn't like to have her fingers all wrinkled by hot water. she doesn't like it when somebody she doesn't like touches her, to have the marks of the sheets on her cheek in the morning. she likes the outfits of the ice-skaters on TV, to shine the flooring, to empty her handbag, clean it thoroughly, and, finally, putting everything away carefully. Amélie would like her father to hold her in his arms from time to time. but the only contact they have is during the monthly medical check-up. moved by this intimacy, the little girl can't stop her heart from beating wildly. as a result, her father believes she suffers from a heart disease.'
- Amelie film transcript


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