sara, I think that's why the size 6 clothes.
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Steph L. - Oct 18, 2009 2:15:50 pm PDT #14279 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
sarameg - Oct 18, 2009 2:37:50 pm PDT #14280 of 30001
I still think ON sizing is whack. I have a size 8 pencil skirt from 1993 that I can't quite zip up yet.
Hil R. - Oct 18, 2009 2:39:18 pm PDT #14281 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Old Navy sizing keeps changing, every few years it seems. I almost always wear a smaller size in new clothes from there than I wear in the clothes from a few years ago that still fit.
brenda m - Oct 18, 2009 2:44:19 pm PDT #14282 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Aw, man. My birthday is only a few days after the October 21 Rapture and I was planning to be all raunchy and blasphemous and shit. I guess I can probably still do that. But where is the shock value going to come from if all the righteous folk are gone? UNFAIR!!!1!
flea - Oct 18, 2009 3:03:16 pm PDT #14283 of 30001
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sarameg, I can't speak for Old Navy, but you cannot judge by sizing in vintage-1993 clothes. In college I generally fell between an 8 and 10. Now I wear a 6 in most brands. I am the same size (my old college clothes that I still have still fit - if anything are snug; I still wear men's Levi's 32 waist.) Sizing is continually shrinking. When I'm 60 I expect to be in a 2.
tommyrot - Oct 18, 2009 3:04:27 pm PDT #14284 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So the Raptured just float on up to to Heaven, right? I wonder if they can send text messages on the way.
"Hey Bob - I can see your house from up here!"
Theodosia - Oct 18, 2009 3:19:38 pm PDT #14285 of 30001
'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've mentioned here that I've been reading the Slacktivist's most excellent critique and commentary on the Left Behind books, where he really gets into the crappy theology these Christianists use. I highly recommend his blog!
brenda m - Oct 18, 2009 3:23:08 pm PDT #14286 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
JZ's talked about it before too. I have the first book but have never made myself read it. I'd like to read that one and then dive in to the Slactivist takedown.
sarameg - Oct 18, 2009 3:25:36 pm PDT #14287 of 30001
Yeah, well I unearthed another similar skirt from that time, a 9, and that one definitely won't zip up! So those skirts are equally oddly sized. (I had no idea I still had these. Found them in a rubber tub. Just wished I'd saved all the silk sleeveless blouses from back then, they were just lovely!)
But I did find out the faux suede plum sheath dress & jacket fit again.
I'm giving everything to a friend of mine to go through and take what she wants, then I'll figure out what to do with the rest. I've got 3 suits I'll probably consign, they're in good shape and rarely worn.
amych - Oct 18, 2009 3:26:48 pm PDT #14288 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The books aren't worth the indigestion -- and the Slacktivist critique is detailed enough that you can follow along without them.