Again, I turn to the Buffistas with WTF? moment in modern fashion trends. The woman I just saw wearing a white fitted blouse, mini skirt in a geometric print in turquoise and teal, and brown high-heeled boots of a pirate/RenFaire style was 1) very stylish; 2) dressing in anticipation of the Next Big Thing; or 3) got dressed in a hurry?
Dawn: I thought you were adequate. Giles: And the accolades keep pouring in. I'd best take my leave before my head swells any larger. Good night.
'First Date'
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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.
Atropa - Apr 11, 2006 1:24:10 pm PDT #408 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jesse - Apr 11, 2006 1:24:14 pm PDT #409 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't want to work. And, I don't mean just today. I don't want to work. I want about a month where I can lay about, read, watch tv, and not work. I am so burned out right now, it's just not even funny. I need a sabbatical.
Go to grad school!
Seriously, "don't want to work anymore" was in my top five reasons why I went. Maybe top three.
msbelle - Apr 11, 2006 1:30:00 pm PDT #410 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jilli, you forgot 4) a horror that should be run from.
aurelia - Apr 11, 2006 1:30:37 pm PDT #411 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I used to work in an auditorium where the exit interviews were held. Two days of boredom at the end of each semester. Too bad I didn't have the internet to entertain me back then.
Or, more accurately, everything smelled, and that was really bad.
I've had to bail on shopping a few times for this reason. Even people who were clean and not overly perfumed made me recoil.
BLT lovers must heart me since I don't do raw tomatoes or bacon. I always figured that tomatoes tasted metallic to me as a defense mechanism (I'm allergic to them in raw form).
Vortex - Apr 11, 2006 1:31:52 pm PDT #412 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
or 5) to be pitied for her extreme lack of fashion sense.
Atropa - Apr 11, 2006 1:31:54 pm PDT #413 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, you forgot 4) a horror that should be run from.
Well, yes. But it was much more fun to hold her eye as she walked past me, because she was obviously just as baffled by my black skirt, petticoats, jacket, and stripy tights as I was of her outfit. However, I'm pretty sure I managed a more neutral facial expression as I walked past.
§ ita § - Apr 11, 2006 1:35:38 pm PDT #414 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Seriously, "don't want to work anymore" was in my top five reasons why I went. Maybe top three.
There must be a way to avoid work, avoid papers and exams, and have a steady income comparable to what I have now.
No?
Why the hell not?
Pfft.
Allyson - Apr 11, 2006 1:37:13 pm PDT #415 of 10002
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
Hm. In LA, wearing shit that makes no sense is the fashion, always.
In fact, it's made me much more ridiculously dressed, I think. Last week I wore a pink halter with pink sequins on it and a big sparkly orange flower in my purple hair to work. No one cared. And I probably looked like a clown. Somewhere, I'm sure someone ran to a message board to describe my lack of fashion sense.
aurelia - Apr 11, 2006 1:39:23 pm PDT #416 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Well, yes. But it was much more fun to hold her eye as she walked past me, because she was obviously just as baffled by my black skirt, petticoats, jacket, and stripy tights as I was of her outfit. However, I'm pretty sure I managed a more neutral facial expression as I walked past.
This scene needed to be captured on film.
I just followed a prime example of the muffin top for several blocks as I walked to the post office. I think the cinched tight low rise makes skinny people look soft and makes everyone else look slovenly. But I am usually baffled by popular clothing trends.
Atropa - Apr 11, 2006 1:39:56 pm PDT #417 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
. Last week I wore a pink halter with pink sequins on it and a big sparkly orange flower in my purple hair to work. No one cared. And I probably looked like a clown.
No, see, I can make that work in my head. It sounds fun. Not the colors I would probably wear, but fun. This woman's outfit did not look like she chose to wear it because she liked it, but because she thought she *should* wear it.