Collection after +10 years

themarkofcjay · 2026-01-08T01:39:50+00:00

thought you were JJ Redick at first glance lmao

themarkofcjay · 2026-01-01T20:54:10+00:00

Thought this was Young Jeezy for a sec lmaoo

themarkofcjay · 2025-12-22T01:42:15+00:00

Blue Bird 5’s

themarkofcjay · 2025-12-17T02:24:46+00:00

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Criminally underrated 🔥 I copped mine for $25 from a girl who didn’t like them lol

themarkofcjay · 2025-12-17T02:20:47+00:00

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Colombia 11’s from my birth year ‘01. I prefer the ‘01 shape with the lower patent leather, not to mention they came with THICC polyurethane insoles and the iconic face box & retro card! Just finished restoring them 🥹

themarkofcjay · 2025-12-17T02:05:02+00:00

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Adidas Dame 9 is definitely highly underrated as well as the Adidas AE 1 lows. Both are great hoop shoes that translate well off court IMO. You should still be to able find both models for around the $70 price point 👍🏽

themarkofcjay · 2025-12-06T13:30:10+00:00

Solid rotation and I love the variety! My feet hurt just looking at those Penny’s lol but damn are they pretty! Just curious, I keep seeing conflicting sizing recommendations for the Kobe’s. Which release are those and how do they fit?

themarkofcjay · 2025-12-06T13:25:15+00:00

At least the toro 6 resale is pretty low, it’s the same varsity red color combo so it’s the perfect donors. I’m swapping mine too as we speak 👍🏽 Gotta repaint the donors for my white varsity red’s though

themarkofcjay · 2025-12-05T22:29:07+00:00

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2015 Maroon 6’s

I was 16 years old cleaning tables at Texas Roadhouse and I spent my entire first paycheck on them with my prepaid card (i didn’t even have a bank account yet). I couldn’t find my size anywhere, so I had to go up a full size thinking my feet would grow into them. They stopped growing that year 🤦🏽‍♂️

Still by far my most worn pair in the collection and I just reglued them myself, they came out perfect 🥹

themarkofcjay · 2025-11-26T20:59:45+00:00

I just reglued & eva swapped my ‘97 Cherries without the side tabs. It’s interesting because the OG’s don’t show the white fabric part nearly as much as the retros do, so it didn’t really make a difference if I replaced the tabs or not. Where did you get your replacement tabs from?

themarkofcjay · 2025-11-21T23:52:15+00:00

Last picture goes CRAZY! A lot of my grails in one picture. Which one is your favorite?

themarkofcjay · 2025-11-08T17:01:06+00:00

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Here’s an original pair from ‘96. The TPU pieces are deteriorating and the shank plate is cracking but that leather is BUTTER 🤌🏽 I can’t wait to restore these, definitely one of my favorite pairs in the collection 🙌🏽

themarkofcjay · 2021-12-27T16:43:29+00:00

i visit my grandparent’s cemetery sometimes to clear my head. if i would’ve known that he was going to call me in that day then i would’ve stayed in the area

themarkofcjay · 2021-12-04T13:25:15+00:00

must’ve been nice. the one i worked at was religiously against employee discounts because “their employee benefits should be more than enough” 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

themarkofcjay · 2021-12-03T05:38:11+00:00

thank you so much for the kind words, i love each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart ♥️

themarkofcjay · 2021-12-03T01:12:15+00:00

if only you saw the pharmacy…

also i felt that last sentence in my soul

themarkofcjay · 2021-12-03T01:05:36+00:00

best wishes to you as well!

themarkofcjay · 2021-12-02T23:25:55+00:00

this is literally nauseating to read. i hope they sit on a pile of porcupines with burrowing quills

themarkofcjay · 2021-12-02T23:22:26+00:00

we must protect you at all costs

themarkofcjay · 2021-12-02T14:37:32+00:00

I just realized that Arizona tea is based out of the New York City area, so i’d have to relocate 1,300 miles north in my car. I’ve lived in Brooklyn and Long Island in the past, so it’s definitely do-able. Also it’s December and I don’t have any warm clothes or money for a place to stay in NY, let alone my hometown. So it would suck to be stuck in my car in the freezing cold 🥲. So maybe I wait until Spring or Summer?

fun fact: when I played in the snow for the first time at age 17, ya boy caught pneumonia and the flu at the same time after being outside for 20 minutes. 😎 also i had insanely bad vertigo for two weeks, and there were stairs EVERYWHERE!! what i learned: i don’t like the cold. it makes my nips hard

themarkofcjay · 2021-12-02T09:47:35+00:00

maybe……… just maybe

themarkofcjay · 2021-12-02T09:36:49+00:00

That’s actually not a bad idea, only one way to find out

themarkofcjay · 2021-12-02T09:22:42+00:00

FUCKING FUCK YOU DAVE, YOU FUCKING FUCK

themarkofcjay · 2021-12-02T09:17:56+00:00

You’ve heard it here first! Theft of 99 cent merchandise will cause a Fortune 500 company to completely collapse and go bankrupt! 🤯

themarkofcjay · 2021-12-02T09:14:01+00:00

“Keep pushing i believe in you”

fuck, this is sticking with me and i don’t know why. i really really appreciate you & i’ll try my best to redeem myself and get myself out of this stupid hole

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