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Yeezy Boost Names

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I never really thought much about the colorway names of recent Yeezy Boost releases, but really their names are interesting. Take the upcoming Tephra 700 model releasing this week. What’s a tephra?

When a volcano erupts it will sometimes eject material such as rock fragments into the atmosphere. This material is known as tephra. Source.

And the Tephra coud be representative of volcanic tephra with it rocky color palette.

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Previously, the last 700 release was the Vanta. Did you know that the color, Vanta black, supposedly is the darkest black ever? A special Vanta black compound absorbs 99% of the light shining on it making painted objects nearly impossible to determine its shape.

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Yes, these Vanta 700 are comparatively dark compared to other Yeezy 700 colorways. Who knew you could be scientifically educated by Yeezy kicks?

Warning: May Contain Adult Content

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That’s right. According to Tumblr’s Community Guidelines, some of my posts may contain “adult content” and is therefore blocked. Oddly, these posts are simply cross posts from Instagram. So watch the video below depicting potential adult content.

I guess that Bruce Lee figurine is a little too correct and those Nike Manoa boots are too fleshy in color. And my Supreme fruit shirt must be damn too sexy to trigger the adult content flag!

ResExp: Coppingkicks Notes

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Just some notes about #coppingkicks before I forget:

  • The rush before a drop.
  • The frustration of site issues, crashes, lag, etc.
  • The hope of a successful checkout.
  • The devastation of getting the L.
  • Hope renewed during a restock.
  • Devastated one or two more times or perhaps, salvation.
  • The disappointment when the price of that W starts tanking.
  • JJJJ_REEBOK_01_da03a2c9-375c-42a0-96ad-fede295f99e5_1024x1024The confusion when this is an in-demand item. Really? No, really?
  • The abysmal dismay when seeing the success of others.
  • The pangs when you keep seeing TS1 appearing on social media channels.
  • The promise of doing this yet again.

Donut Denied

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Let’s just say this day has been a rough one. All in all, it’s just another Saturday but from a copping kicks standpoint, I got donuts. Nada. Zilch. So what better way to commemorate this than by eating some donuts. But you know what kind of day this has been right?

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Of course, there were no donuts left. OF COURSE!

A Morning of Stress

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Bottom line: I didn’t get a pair of the Travis Scott Air Jordan 1 that released on Nike SNKRS. I was there, and I was ready with three phones and three accounts. But I got hit with error after error just trying to navigate the purchasing process. Apple Pay didn’t register. I think I mistyped my credit card CVV which I think really messed me up. I was asked to re-enter passwords. I couldn’t pick sizes and this was the worst – getting denied access.

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I think this was triggered when I switched my phone from wifi to LTE. I think Nike really clamped down for this release and any change or any out of the ordinary activities triggered a ban. After I changed my phone back to wifi, I could access SNKRS but the damage was already done. SOLD OUT.

So after that, I put this on and went for a run.

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I will not be getting any Jordan 1 collaboration with Travis Scott.

 

Shipping Is How Much?!?

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Living in Hawaii, you have to accept a few things. One of these is the higher cost of shipping items to the aina. Take, for example, this Funko Pop of his Airness, Michael Jordan. Although now reduced in price from $12.50 to $9.00, the shipping cost is truly cost prohibitive.

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Yes, you’re seeing that right. It’ll cost about $24 to ship a $9 item (that weighs less than one pound) to Hawaii. Luckily, Hot Topic allows you to ship to a local store that’s at a more reasonable cost.

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