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== Personal Sneaker Preferences ==


'''Myke:''' There is a pair of sneakers that I have been wearing daily for years, like years. And I adore them. And Adina found some for me because it's a particular design. Mm-hmm. And it was like a one-off. And Adina gifted me some for Christmas. And so it's now got another life from them. But I'll probably get another couple of years out of them. It is the Adidas Pharrell Williams collaboration.

'''Brad:''' Sure.

'''Myke:''' They make a shoe called the Who, H-U. I think it's meant to be a human nature. Human. Yep. Yeah. But these ones are just Hugh. And they're a very soft sneaker, like on the top. They're really, really good. I love them. It's very hard for me to find images of the ones that I have. But I'll put a link in the show notes to the product that exists. Because it's still a product that they make, but they just don't make it in the color way that I have. So eventually, I may switch over to these. Outside of that, these are my everyday trainers, as we call them here in the UK. Okay. I'm also a fan of the Vans. Like the traditional Vans. I don't even know what they're called. Like the traditional one. Not the slip-on. Laces. Laces. With laces. Yeah. And I like... They make a model now, like a bunch of their shoes, that's called Comfy Cush, which they're more cushioned. Because I love Vans, but boy howdy, do they rip my feet apart. Right?

'''Brad:''' They are not an all-day walking around shoe. Traditionally.

'''Myke:''' These ones will do it. Yeah. The Comfy Cush ones will make it work for you. Like they make it work for me. I'm a big fan of this particular one. And then... But the shoes that I wear, I think, the most are actually the shoes I wear in the studio. And I am a Mojave's slipper guy. Okay. For the studio. I find them to be just the right amount of comfort. But then also they've got the little thing you can pull up on the back and you can walk around with them like they're a regular shoe. Yeah. Because I don't like to wear my outside shoes in the studio. So when I get here, I change into these. It's a fancy studio, man. We have carpet in here. And I just don't like the idea of just treading around my outside shoes on the carpet.

'''Brad:''' Yeah. That makes sense. That makes sense. So today I'm wearing some Adidas 4Ds, Myke. So I don't know if you're familiar with those. But they're the ones with like that kind of weird lattice works. Oh, yeah. Lattice work sole. That is shockingly good.

'''Myke:''' They're the 3D printed ones, right? Yep. Which they call it 4D, which is funny. You know what I also want? And I've been, I've had my eye on them for a while and I am going to do it. The Nike Flygo. The Flyease. They're the ones you can just step in and out of. Yep.

'''Myke:''' That's it. The Nike Go Flyease. That's the one that they make. Yeah, those are cool. I think these look really sweet. John Voorhees got some because he injured his leg again and he bought some and he's like, these things are incredible.

'''Brad:''' Yeah. They're a really cool design. That's something I've read a lot about the design of those. It's a very technologically advanced design and I appreciate that.

'''Myke:''' And I think they've done something really smart with like the Flyease. There's a bunch of different ones now, but like where they have, you know, they've basically designed a shoe for people with mobility issues. But have then like subsidized the design work in making versions of the shoe that anyone would want. Right. Right. So like I don't have mobility issues, but I like the idea of a shoe that I could just slip in and off when I'm here at the studio. Right. Like this could actually replace my Mojave slippers for me. Gotcha. Because I change in and out of them frequently. Like if I'm going out to get a coffee or whatever, I won't wear my slippers out there because it's the whole point of wearing them. Yeah. Anyway.

'''Brad:''' Sneaker cast. We could do a whole like I am just biting my tongue on like all the things I could talk about. But like I'm kind of mostly out of that game now because, again, it's like pens. Like I will preach, you know, if you're going to buy it, you need to use it. And I stopped using like I don't have the opportunity to wear all the sneakers that I was buying. So I stopped. Like just cold turkey. I haven't bought a pair of like the sneaker heady type sneakers in probably we're probably about two years now.

'''Myke:''' All right. Okay. Next one comes from Brian. And it's a longer one. All right.

'''Brad:''' I think this one we tried to cut down a lot of these. I think this one is one of the good context ones. Needs it. This one gets us there. And I think it's kind of a universal question that I think is worth answering.

'''Myke:''' Okay. I just took a sip of water. Let's do this. From Brian. I am a fairly new pen addict. Right now I'm in the Lamy Safari world and pen and ink part of my fountain pen journey. Originally, I found the pen addict after being a Cortex listener. Hi, Brian. This year, my theme is reflection, specifically writing more stuff down to remember things now. I've been more aware of my mental growth over the next year. Love it. Love it. In the past, you posed a question for what the next steps after your Lamy Safari should be. And I thought I could offer a unique perspective from a newly forged pen addict. Back in August of 2021, I was going back to work as a teacher and I found myself asking for a pen from a colleague and realized that I didn't want to touch anyone's pen. And while still in the midst of the pandemic. My co-workers laughed it off, but that's 100% serious. So, after finding your podcast in the top five list on the blog, I found a space pen to fit my then current needs and your podcast to be my new addiction. Since then, I now have a knocked matte black space pen. I don't know that one.

'''Brad:''' Yeah, there's a space pen that has a knock. It's kind of a squishy knock. Oh, okay.

'''Myke:''' A bullet matte black space pen, a Lamy Safari Terrafine with Lamy Blue Black ink, and a Schaefer Star Wars Yoda fountain pen medium with diamine aurora borealis. To follow up with the Lamy Safari then what conversation, I found buying a novel fountain pen like the Schaefer Star Wars series was the perfect follow up for me after my Safari. But I agree with Myke that going into the converter is probably the way to go. This was the next step I took after I finished my initial Lamy Blue refill. I think the next step for me will be buying a new nib for the Safari to test if I really like the fine nib or would prefer something different. I found that I like the ink flow on the page from the Schaefer medium nib, but admit it does write a little wet. So, I'm curious as to how the Lamy medium will write for me. I would just jump in and say here, Lamy medium is not a wet pen. So, I don't know if that's a Schaefer thing. I think you'll have a better experience with a Lamy medium nib. My other reason for wanting to explore the Lamy nibs is that I'm also beginning to look at the Lamy 2000 as my first gold nib pen eventually. And I want to make sure that I do not invest in a pen like that with too small of a nib that cannot be ground down by someone like Myke Masayama at the LA Pen Show. Sorry for my pen life story, but I just wanted to share and thank you too for opening up this awesome new world to me and also let you know that I am following your recommendation from your early podcast to listen in order. Oh boy, I'm currently on episode 68. Honestly, by the time this episode goes out, Brian might have caught up for how long we've had this in a document. And I'm loving every second of the show. You two make my commute in LA traffic far more bearable. And also, okay, if you're listening in LA traffic, you may complete the entire show in the afternoon. It's by the understanding I have of LA traffic. I do have a couple of questions for you. One, do you think many people like me have found this new pen obsession comforting during the pandemic?