You all are making me want a makeover.
Good luck. Try not to kill people. Hands! Hands!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - May 10, 2005 11:39:49 am PDT #2892 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Steph L. - May 10, 2005 11:40:03 am PDT #2893 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And I am sorry to add to the cultural pressure.
You don't. I mean, I know that you like me no matter how slobby I am, so I have no real pressure to be attractive *for you.* You'll still be around even when I forget to wear lipstick. It's cool.
But the rest of society, who doesn't know what a joy I am, what a geeky, demented sweetheart I am -- they don't know that Teppy in khakis is just as delectable as Teppy in cherries. Their loss.
Calli - May 10, 2005 11:41:12 am PDT #2894 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Most activities, for me, get weighed against "Would I rather be reading?" Most activities lose.
Yep. I once broke up with a fella because I realized I'd rather be reading a book than doing much of anything with him.
And now I wonder why I'm NGA. Oh well. My library is fabulous.
Betsy HP - May 10, 2005 11:42:18 am PDT #2895 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Someday I am going to cough up the bucks to get a makeover done by this woman: [link]
Her book, "The Triumph of Individual Style", is amazing.
Allyson - May 10, 2005 11:45:03 am PDT #2896 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Someday I am going to cough up the bucks to get a makeover done by this woman: [link]
She advises looking at your wardrobe and then looking at how you decorate your home as an indicator of personal style.
I always dress in black. My apartment looks like a box of crayolas exploded.
§ ita § - May 10, 2005 11:45:43 am PDT #2897 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I weigh clothing/presentation using a kick ass principle. If I can't kick ass in it - it'd better be kickass.
Atropa - May 10, 2005 11:47:04 am PDT #2898 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
But mostly of Jilli - I just couldn't do something so difficult - to shop for, explain, and just put together.
Yes, this. Being Jilli is a vocation; I'm pleased to be part of the audience, and I could never, ever do it.
It's my hobby. It's What I Do. I am just as in awe of ita and her devotion to krav, or other people's devotion to what makes them happy.
(And, completely randomly, my Annoying!Writer just walked into my office and asked how much someone would have to pay me not to wear any black for one day. I blinked at him, and said "Probably around two or three hundred dollars. Enough for me to buy a new corset, and I'd wear red velvet for a day. No big deal.)
Her book, "The Triumph of Individual Style", is amazing.
I really need to read that.
Vortex - May 10, 2005 11:48:05 am PDT #2899 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
She advises looking at your wardrobe and then looking at how you decorate your home as an indicator of personal style.
Hmm, my wardrobe tends toward dark colors -- black, grey, navy, hunter green. My decorating tends toward muted pastels-- slate, ice blue, sage green. What does that say about me, I wonder.
Aims - May 10, 2005 11:48:29 am PDT #2900 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Dark base, light/bold accents.
Jessica - May 10, 2005 11:48:55 am PDT #2901 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think I would have to smack anyone who tried to analyze my personal style and then told me how to dress. (Obviously excluding comments like, "Hey, this would look really good on you.")
But I realized long ago that I could never, ever be on QEftSG, because they'd want me to dye my hair back to natural and wear colors.