Last night I wore my red Dorothy shoes - which probably don't need any further descriptors. I wore these as part of my devil Halloween costume on Friday and Saturday night - they were the perfect accent to my red dress and devil horns. Sparkly things get attention, and I'll admit, sometimes I like attention.
Although last night was actually Halloween, I wore my sparkly shoes not as part of a third opportunity to dress up, rather because I was wearing a red shirt, and my sparkly red shoes matched. I had sort of forgotten about these shoes until I dug them out for my Halloween costume, but make no mistake I did not buy them for Halloween; I bought them years ago when I was out shopping somewhere, and they got my attention because... they're sparkly.
Last year one of my students informed me that glitter and sparkles were tacky. Naturally I pulled the boss card and told him he was wrong. Last night, two girls at Karaoke approached me (um, what better place to wear sparkly things then when you're on stage singing?) and told me they were laughing and making fun of my shoes. I didn't take this too personally, as they clearly appreciated my shoes and were not seriously making fun of them, plus I can't really blame them for being jealous of my sense of style. Rather, I said something witty and clicked my heels three times before migrating back to talk to my friends.
Sparkly things also inspire creativity. TJ, in a moment of genius, suggested we make an independent, social-justice oriented film in which I, an enlightened white girl, wear my sparkly shoes while working to end racism. Don't like something some racist said? Click, click, click the heels. They're gone. I'm not sure if TJ realized how easy it is for me to latch onto fun ideas like this when he made the suggestion, but there's no way I'm letting it go. My next project will be writing a screenplay. Sure, the Wizard of Oz is great and all, but how about the Wizard of Justice? Okay, okay. Still working on the title. Suggestions welcomed.
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