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    “There’s an awful lot you can tell about a person by their shoes.” Where they’re going. Where they’ve been. I’ve worn lots of shoes. I bet if I think about it real hard I could remember my first pair of shoes. Mama said they would take me anywhere. She said they were my magic shoes.”  Shoes can play many roles in a girl’s life.  Different shoes can be worn for certain occasions and have different memories associated with them.  For example, a girl’s prom shoes would mean less to her than the shoes that she wore on her wedding day.  The shoes that as a child she wore until the soles were worn down so much that they had to be thrown away.  Shoes have a sentimental value.  Shoes are also a privilege.  Not everyone can buy 1200 dollar Christian Louboutin red soled stilettos. Some people in the world have never owned their own pair.  Although some take their shoe obsession more seriously than others, they are still important nonetheless. Shoes are statement pieces that can make or break an outfit in everyday life and in the fashion world.  Fashion designers choose the perfect shoes to enhance and accentuate their line. In another aspect, shoes are made for animals and used for random and funny things that have nothing to do with the conventional use for them. My tumblr consists of everything that has to do with shoes and highlights all of the quirks and random things that are found in the present day of shoes.  Quotes by famous people are shown as well as essays written on basic shoe subjects like how to tie your shoes.  The title of my blog is Oh my God, Shoes.  Based on a youtube video in which a boy dresses up like a girl and says “oh my God, shoes” and “these shoes rock, these shoes suck”  It went viral a few years ago and I feel it is still relevant in this day in age.  I want people to be constantly surprised and just enjoy everything that is posted on my tumblr blog. Tumblr is all about finding random things from all corners of the internet and I feel like my tumblr highlights these moments.  For some odd reason people are OBSESSED with animals doing funny things. Some of my reblogs are animals in shoes to reflect the trend that is currently happening in today's society of the internet.

The Art of Google Books

The concept of the Art of Google books was extremely interesting to discover, as I had no idea that so many human mistakes were made while scanning.  I appreciate the human qualities that occur in such a digital age.  This just comes to show that not EVERYTHING can be done digitally.  Some human processes need to happen in order for the digital world to be successful.  I found the random hands found while scanning as well as the stains and other human accidents just as interesting because it shows the journey that publishing has made over the years and that someone once owned the book and spilled coffee or whatever they were drinking while enjoying the experience of reading a hard copy book.