Head to toe... strike that, reverse it.

[shadesong]

I'm going to chronicle the weirdness of my body, and I am starting with my feet.

Yes, the feet in that icon are really my feet. The condition is called brachymetatarsia; the fourth toe is lifted up and back, and the second and third are webbed.

I can't wear heels, because I don't have enough of a toe-spread to support my feet in that position.

I leave four-toed footprints, as the fourth toe doesn't reach the ground. A friend in Vegas had a Zen garden as his front yard, and used to rake it, then have me walk across it to make "fairy goddess footprints".

I'm also mildly flatfooted, and I'm supposed to wear orthotics at all times. I don't. I'm stubborn.

Despite all of this, I was quite a decent ballet dancer as a child.

And, going up a little to my ankles... my left ankle was in a cast through much of tenth grade, because my abusive ex used to rebreak it to teach me a lesson. It was broken the first time when I was 13, and it's been weak ever since; to this day, it sprains easily.

And that is the story of my feet. And ankles. *curtsey*


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Comments

[desu.livejournal.com]

I say this from a purely curious standpoint: Fascinating! I'm doing a websearch to learn more about it.

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Very interesting. I always find it a neat exercise to write a bit about various parts of my body. Purges things, sometimes, and sometimes it's just fun.

[mightywombat.livejournal.com]

Golly, I hope I wasn't staring last night... It's just... they're so... curious. And since I'm so curious too (*meow*) I just had to check them out. Don't mind me, I'm distractable...

*wanders off*

...Elipsis...Man...strikes...again...!...

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Were you checking them out? I honestly didn't notice... I'm so accustomed to them that I don't realize that people are looking unless they're pointing and saying, "Dear lord, what happened to your feet?!?" Seriously. :)



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[mightywombat.livejournal.com]

Good. I hate to be a dork.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Don't worry. You're *so* not a dork. :)

[gladstone.livejournal.com]

I noticed them, too. I really wanted to ask you if you had trouble finding shoes that fit and weren't painful, but I said nothing because I did not want to offend. I've never seen toes like that, but I knew a girl in middle school who had stumpy little fingers.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I do have trouble... the main thing is that I need more room in the toe box. Need it to have more space at the top. And my shoes have to be soft leather, not rigid, or I get terrible blisters on the fourth toe.


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[manifestress.livejournal.com]

Fascinating Feet!

[bibble.livejournal.com]

did i ever mention <http://crazicreek.livejournal.com>my girlie has the same condition?

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

You did not. Wow. What are the odds? Cool. :)



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[bibble.livejournal.com]

when i saw the picture for the first time i did a triple-take.

[galateadia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what are the odds on that one!

You have very weird feet, I like em!
Please keep in mind that I frequently call myself weird.
My family has a saying - "You don't have to be weird to be a part of our family, but it sure does help!".
So wierd, to me, is not a bad thing.
:)

An aside...
Even though I try not to be a violent vindictive person, I think you know what I feel like doing to your ex.
You are a fairy goddess, and you don't deserve anything like that.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Oh, weird is a *very* good thing to me. And to my family. When we tell Elayna she's a weird kid, her response is always, "Thank you!"

The ex died two years ago next month... that's over. But *hugs*... I'm okay, no worries. :)

Magic toes... </forest gump>

[jenkitty.livejournal.com]

Cool funky fairy feet! You should wear glittery toenail polish. With a different color just on the fourth toe. :)

Re: Magic toes... </forest gump>

[elynne.livejournal.com]

Ooooo, I like that idea. :) And I'm sorry to hear about your ex, and I'm glad that he's no longer able to hurt anybody. Your toes are very cool. I wish I had cool toes. ;)

Re: Magic toes... </forest gump>

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I hated them when I was a kid, but I love them now! They're a weirdness barometer of sorts. If someone's grossed out by them, I don't tend to hang around them, but the people that say, "Oh, cool!" tend to be Good People. :)

Re: Magic toes... </forest gump>

[elynne.livejournal.com]

Hee! We have a polydactile calico in the house - she has, um... I counted a week or so ago; 22 or 24 toes, I think. So now I won't be able to quite prevent myself from thinking of you as a polydactile calico. ;)

We have a similar weirdness-meter in my household, though we don't do it deliberately. I call it "The Gauntlet" sometimes. When a new person comes into the house for the first time, they're subjected to The Gauntlet - and you can usually tell who's going to stick around and who will run screaming into the night. Everybody in my household is weird, so we give off a lot of strange particles which build up in the environment. Some people just can't stand being subjected to such a high bombardment of weirdons. ;)

Re: Magic toes... </forest gump>

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Shadesong: Polydactile Calico. I *like* it. I like the weirdons, too. :)

Re: Magic toes... </forest gump>

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I *should* do that!

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[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

So, do we get pictures and stories about each part of your body as you work your way upwards?

Uh. Was that my outside voice?

Re: this post is a fnord, you can't see it.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Heh. Maybe. Hadn't thought of that...

Re: weird feet.

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

I know about weird feet.

I once had someone tell me, "Ya know Torin, I have to say that you have the ugliest feet I've ever seen."

I've had a woman tell me that she has sexual fantasies about my toes.

And I've had reactions between these two as well. My toes are compressed together and I have a size 14EEEE foot. If the joke involves boats and feet, I'm sure i've heard it...

Re: weird feet.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Pictures, please!

I've never had fantasies about toes; I don't tend to pay much attention to them. But if you catch me staring at your hands... ;)



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[iroshi.livejournal.com]

Mine is eyes, and hair. Which, you know, allows my fantasies to run wild without letting the other person know, because HEY, just being a good listener if you stare into someone's really pretty eyes, right? And *lots* of women love playing with other women's hair... ;)

Re: weird feet.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I play with everyone's hair, as mightywombat discovered on Friday. :)

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[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

Okay. How's this? The ruler in the picture is six inches long to give a sense of proportion.

Can you tell that I wear Tevas most of the time I have to wear shoes?

Re: weird feet.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Hee! Teva Tan! :)

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[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

Yep. BTW, you do realize that that is just a thumbnail, right? If you click on it, it will take you to the fullsized picture.

[eilonwy.livejournal.com]

A close friend of mine has a toe like that-- just on one foot though. She calls it her "Peter Pan Toe" because it never grew up.

[astelspirals.livejournal.com]

until i read the post, i truthfully didn't see anything strange about your feet. ^^; how's that for observant *g*

that's kinda cool. would suck finding shoes, but hey. we all have articles of clothing we have trouble finding, right?

[stevenglassman.livejournal.com]

I leave four-toed footprints, as the fourth toe doesn't reach the ground.

You know, that's really frelling cool. I never even gave thought to the type of footprints you'd leave.

::grin::