I think I spent $40 on a shirt once. It was made of hemp, so it will last forever. (I have many dress shirts with holes worn in the elbows.) If only I could find hemp jeans, as a pare of Levis tends to last me about a year.
Early: So is it still her room when it's empty? Does the room, the thing, have purpose? Or do we -- what's the word? Simon: I really can't help you. Early: The plan is to take your sister. Get the reward, which is substantial. 'Imbue.' That's the word.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Feb 27, 2006 5:05:16 am PST #9786 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Burrell - Feb 27, 2006 5:06:21 am PST #9787 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
a year? what do you do in them? my jeans can last a good decade.
erikaj - Feb 27, 2006 5:08:48 am PST #9788 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I wear my stuff all too long and have sense of style like a thing that's not. No wonder I've got no $100 shirts. Although some of my gothy shirts did actually cost some money.
Jesse - Feb 27, 2006 5:18:24 am PST #9789 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just had a neighbor ask if he could go out my window to get back in his apartment via the fire escape. SO random! I'm hoping he really was the neighbor and not a really well camoflaged burglar, with his mail and coffee.
tommyrot - Feb 27, 2006 5:21:02 am PST #9790 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
a year? what do you do in them? my jeans can last a good decade.
Walk around, do stuff.
Usually I get a hole in the knee or the crotch or in the denim outside of where my keys and change collect in my front pocket.
Usually I have two or three pairs of jeans that I wear all the time.
Theodosia - Feb 27, 2006 5:21:17 am PST #9791 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I think I bought a $65 or $75 shirt once or twice -- silk, made very very well. Or maybe those were ones that I got in Filene's basement, so they were originally priced like that. Do sales count?
I used to sew all my own clothes when I was much younger, poorer, and had a lot more free time. Which makes me a bit of a snob about clothing construction....
Strix - Feb 27, 2006 5:22:16 am PST #9792 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I spent $98 on a dress a couple of months ago. Worth every penny. I usually bargain shop, but lately, I've been willing to spend a little more on something that fits better, and looks good on me.
That said, I have plenty of $10 shirts that do me just fine.
tommyrot - Feb 27, 2006 5:24:57 am PST #9793 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I spent $120 on a pair of dress pants last year. I think that's the most I've ever spent on non-footwear, non-jacket attire.
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2006 5:26:34 am PST #9794 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My jeans get the front pocket holes, sometimes back pocket holes, random snags, and holes where the legs are too long and get stepped on.
But those are my GAP jeans. I don't want my Lucky jeans to ever get holey.
Went denim skirt shopping again yesterday. The words "Short denim skirt, not micro short, not distressed" were met every time with a politely regretful no.
Jamaica's about to have a female prime minister. We're a weird lot.
TomW - Feb 27, 2006 5:27:03 am PST #9795 of 10002
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
We have daffodil shoots coming up. I'm assuming they're way early, since they keep getting covered in snow.
I'm torn between pride that something I planted is actually growing and worry that something I planted is going to die because New England weather makes no sense.