Ideal Bite

There's nothing in the world that doesn't get somebody excited, sneakers included. I've been obsessed with some pretty weird stuff (witness my delirious love for the band Ace of Base like eleven years after they were popular), but I wouldn't consider myself sneaker-obsessed.

I have seven pairs of sneakers in my closet, which some think is a lot for a guy. But that's not even close to an obsession when you compare it to the people in this Washington Post article. Basically, some "sneakerheads" are willing to wait in lines in the same way Harry Potter maniacs waited outside bookstores in droves last month. Lucky for the earth, with shoe brands as big as Nike jumping on the eco-bandwagon, soon this'll be one obsession that doesn't have to hurt the earth as much as my Ace of Base obsession hurts people's ears. What's your weird obsession?

-Toshio...off to listen to an imported, deluxe remix album of previously unreleased Ace of Base B-sides in Swedish...