October 21, 2005

Tying One On

Ah, shoe tying. I have bad memories of learning to tie my shoes. I remember sitting on the floor in kindergarden staring at my gym shoes trying to figure out how to make a knot. I ended up just tucking them into the shoes and hoped nothing flew off during a wild game of color tag. The "bunny running around the tree" metaphor didn't work. I watched adults demonstrate for what seemed like hours in 5-year-old time. Thank god for velcro. I'm not sure how I ended up learning to tie my laces. My method ended up making a knot with two loops, "bunny ears." They're not the tightest loops, but they've gotten me this far. Even today, if someone is watching me they give me a weird look at how I do it.

"Another Childhood Milestone Reached"