Tennis Shoes

By now we're all familiar with the cliche, that once we've struck it rich there will be something that we immediately buy, for whatever reason. Sometimes athletes will look to take care of their mother and buy them a mansion or maybe an actor will reward a family member with a Mercedes Benz. It's all so cliche, but I have one particularly special item that I will purchase upon "making" it. When I make my fortunes in the world I will skip the Bentley, skip the beach house in the Hamptons, skip hiring a personal chef and head directly to the nearest FootLocker. There I will buy the sneakers that I have wanted since 1997 - The Nike Air Max '97s. When they initially came out I was an eighth grader in middle school and tried to convince my parents that $160 was a small price to pay for my happiness, but they all of a sudden became selectively hard of hearing. Then in May of 2007, I was traveling throughout Europe and saw all of these filthy Italian kids with their D&G jeans and my favorite shoes. I walked into a shoe store and they were 160 Euros (x the $1.50 exchange rate), and I passed on them. Now I walk by shoe stores on a daily basis and see them calling for me, whispering in my ear, and begging me to stink them up, but I can't do it because I've committed my money elsewhere (namely rent and Ryan's). So when I finally make it to the PBA, the first thing I'm going to buy with all of that sweet moolah is a pair of Air Max '97s, because that's what I've always wanted.