Chucktober: Day 6

(In 2012 I posted a pair of my converse daily. I posted memories associated or why I loved them. We are selling my converse collection for adoption fundraising. Our eBay seller ID is annamonsteranna)

Chucktober Day 6: (The last few days has been a bit more than I anticipated in the feeling department. Todays post is much lighter). Somehow I had managed to love Converse for half my life and had never bought a plain black pair. most people start here, but my love affair has always been with red. I finally bought these during the buy 1, get 2 free frenzy sale at the outlet. They go with everything and the laces are permanently stained from my son throwing spaghetti noodles at the dog. My chucks are tangible history.

Chucktober: Day 5

(In 2012 I posted a pair of my converse daily. I posted memories associated or why I loved them. We are selling my converse collection for adoption fundraising. Our eBay seller ID is annamonsteranna)

Chucktober Day 5: It's weird that in the 5 years I spent back in SoCal, I still purchased almost all of my Chucks in Las Vegas (or on the way). These chucks are a souvenir of Thanksgiving 2008 when some McCann newleyweds came out to spend the long weekend with friends. I bought them at my lucky chuck spot, the Converse Outlet at stateline.

That Thanksgiving weekend I realized that nostalgia is not a good reason to continue a friendship and that sharing a hometown with someone doesn't mean you have anything in common. That person is long gone from my life, but gifted me with a much better friend (and person) in Charity Morgan. These chucks get to be a souvenir of realization, friendship, and happily cutting ties that shouldn't bind.

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Chucktober: Day 4

(In 2012 I posted a pair of my converse daily. I posted memories associated or why I loved them. We are selling my converse collection for adoption fundraising. Our eBay seller ID is annamonsteranna)

Chucktober Day 4: In early 2008 I was in love. I was scared, confused and having strange thoughts. I was thinking about forever rather than plotting my exit strategy. I would feel my heart speed up when I thought about him and when he wasn't there I missed him instead of being relieved he was gone. I was one of those nauseating people with little birdies and hearts swirling around their head in animation, you know them, we all want to punch them. In early 2008 I was also about to go to Hawaii.

Do you know how you find out how amazing your friends are? Trap them in a box for 7 days with someone smitten and if they don't kill them by the end, they love the twitterpated idiot. I have proof that Jennifer Young and Michael Baer both love me very much, as they endured a week of hearing me talk about a boy. And sighing about a boy. And constantly saying I missed a boy. And bringing him up unnecessarily roughly every 30 seconds. I probably even mumbled poetry in my sleep. I had an amazing time with my friends in Hawaii, having adventures and enjoying a lot of voluntary slowness. I also did not stop thinking about Ben for more than 90 seconds at a time. By the 3rd day of that trip I knew I was all in. By the 5th day I thought I was going to die. By the 8th day I was so happy to land back at LAX that I almost cried. Of course, I had to act cool about it, but I wanted to tell him I'd be happy to never spend a night apart again.

A few months later Ben told me I was going to marry him. I didn't have much of a response. I tried to negotiate getting everything without scary marriage, but he wouldn't have it. Every time I lobbied for an alternate he calmly informed me that I was going to marry him. Two weeks later I bought my blue hawaiian converse. It memorialized my memories of the Hawaii trip and my realization of the depth of my love. It also gave me the stones to finally tell Benjamin McCann he was right. I was going to marry him.

I said that not all of my Chucks have stories. I think I might be wrong.

Chucktober: Day 3

(In October of 2012, I posted one pair of my Converse collection per day, and included memories associated with those shoes, if any. My Chuck collection is a part of my soul. We are selling my collection as part of our adoption fundraising. Our eBay seller ID is annamonsteranna. Thanks for reading our story and helping us finish our family.) 

Chucktober Day 3: I was a late bloomer. I made poor personal decisions and was inconsiderate of a lot of people. I never stepped on other people maliciously, I didn't realize that there were other options. I had managed to make it through life with very little consequence for bad decisions and it helped create an artificial feeling of invincibility. When I turned 26 I had a get my crap together crisis. I was miserable, I was hateful, and I had finally realized that everything that was wrong with my life was of my own making. I worked very hard at making better choices and becoming a real adult. I wanted to make mistakes and I wanted there to be consequences so I could finally learn how to be an adult. I decided that it was time to make changes and one of those changes was moving back to SoCal.

Things were rough around then. I had about $150 bucks to my name and a Great Dane to take care of. I was walking her in Belmont Shore trying to figure out what the hell I was going to do next, when I saw these in the window. My first thought was that they'd never be big enough for me, but that the blooming was nice for the time. I ducked my head in the door to ask how much since I had Tessa and not only were those pink girl chucks in my size, they were also $4. The next day I was offered a great job and things started to fall into place. So, in the end, all it took was $4 and the love of a dog for me to finally bloom.

Chucktober: Day 2

Chucktober Day 2.

Some of my Chucks have great stories. Some of my Chucks have no stories. Some of my Chucks have stories only interesting to me. These are my Moby Dick Chucks. I refuse to pay retail for these shoes and I never saw the dark purple Chucks for less than $45. I kept my eyes open chasing them for years. Last fall, just after we moved to Las Vegas, I harpooned my whale at the Converse Outlet in Primm (stateline). I walked into a buy 1 get 2 free sale on everything in the store and walked out with 3 pairs of Converse I'd been wanting for years. Dreams do come true kids.

Chucktober: Day 1

 

In 2012 I posted my Converse collection and the memories or joy associated with them. We called it Chucktober and it was a cathartic experience after another second trimester miscarriage. Now, we are selling my collection as part of our adoption fundraising efforts. Thanks for reading our journey.

Anna McCann

October 1, 2012 · ·

Since I decided to do "Chucktober" I have been thinking about what pair I should start with. Should I start it off with a brand new pair for symbolism? Should I pick my favorites to start it on a great note? Should I pick a pair that mean something to me? I actually ended up choosing none of those things and picked a pair that corresponds with someone I love very much.

Today begins my month of wearing my favorite shoes, Converse All Stars, every day for 31 days. However, more importantly, today begins my brother in law's new chapter of life dedicated to service of his country. Today Joey reports to the intake center in San Diego to become a member of the United States Navy. We're proud of you Joseph, and today I wear my stars and stripes collection chucks for you!


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