Squeaking for 600, please

I squeak when I walk. Not intentionally. If my shoes are too loose, the squeak comes from the shoe, if it's too tight, it comes from my orthotics. Sometimes they happen at the same time, causing a cacophony of squeakage.

After several stints in PT I know my pelvis is slightly rotated, which probably accounts for the slightly higher pitch squeak when I step with my right foot than with my left. And the orthotics give off more of a squelching sound. So any given day you can have 3 tones as I walk down the hall.

I have been a little more paranoid of it lately. I mean, really, my coworkers must know me by the sounds I make walking by now. These new Keens (I heart keens) are particularly squeaky and I'm a little concerned that I'm frightening my neighbors. So I'm a little more cognizant of it than usual - and paranoid - so perhaps that's why I noticed today that just walking on a flat surface basically takes you through an entire refrain of the Jeapordy song. squeak, SQUEAK, squeak, SQUEAK, squeak, SQUEAK, squeak... squeak, SQUEAK, squeak, SQUEAK, SQUELCH, squeak-squeak, squeak-squeak, squeak. (I tend to do a little skip dance after every 12 or so steps (heck, why not?!?), hence the faster part at the end...)

I suppose there could be worse things to be associated with. I mean, my squeaks could sound like some horrid kill-your-*(&$! rap song, or a deeply twangy country song, or a 6th grade beginners' concert band, or Barry Manilow's Mandy.