a few years ago i started noticing strange things about kids in public. i would see their torso staying still, yet they somehow magically "rolled" along. then one day i actually saw their feet - they had on what appeared to be sneakers, but they were fitted with wheels to allow for them to roll down the street - basically rolling sneakers.

"what a great idea!" i once mused. my friend nancy and i even talked about how great they would be in the office; how we would be able to glide by a person's cubicle to say hi without stopping.

since the first time i saw this strange phenomenon, i've seen more and more kids rolling around stores and restaurants. "look cavin! another one!" i even saw adult sizes when cavin and i went to a street festival in vancouver, bc, last summer.

but about a week or two ago, i started noticing something else. i started seeing signs at stores: "no rolling sneakers allowed". why would stores want to ban kids from wearing the sneakers? while i might not know the answer to this question, i do know that parents are denying their kids of the beloved sneakers, or 'heelys', which is the popular brand that kids go for these days.

cavin sent me an article about heelys on msn. apparently kids are fracturing wrists, arms and ankles, and even crackin' skulls! the article says that one kid required "surgery and pins, and he was size weeks without using his hand right at the beginning of school."

cavin informed me that heely's run up to size 10, so i could get a pair. but knowing my bad luck, my clumsiness, and my lack of balance, i'd better just stick with plain ol' regular sneakers. and since the injuries of the rolling sneakers are on the rise, instead of watching out for "those cool kids with the rolly sneakers", i'm now gonna look for "those idiot kids falling while wearing the rolling sneaker death traps." it's kind of like cheering when the contestants land on bankrupt on wheel (yes, i'm a wheel watcher).

ah, fun times.

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