I got stupid. The money was too good.

Jayne ,'Objects In Space'


Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Zenkitty - Feb 26, 2016 6:12:47 pm PST #23417 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Okay, I'm watching Love, Lust, or Run, and here's a woman who apparently actually walks around in public in one of the most outre outfits I've ever seen. I mean, you do you, for sure, but she's wearing a corset and fishnets, and jeans with so many cutouts there's barely any denim left. As everyday wear. To pick up her kids from school. And she's here asking Ms. London to help her figure out how to dress to get people to respect her. I don't get it. Fashion makeovers are great if you want one, getting someone to help you refine your look, absolutely. But really, you can't look at the other people around you to figure at least a starting point? Like, how about, put on a shirt and pants? Go to a stylist to help you figure out WHICH shirt and pants, not THAT YOU NEED TO WEAR THEM.

Or skirt. Or dress. You know. Actual outerwear. I'm all for pushing the envelope, but if you show up to the PTA meeting looking like Delirium of The Endless, you have pushed that envelope right into the abyss.


Zenkitty - Feb 26, 2016 6:19:37 pm PST #23418 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

The pillow is a Zyllion

aaaand I just bought it. Thanks!


Connie Neil - Feb 26, 2016 6:37:45 pm PST #23419 of 30002
brillig

There was a woman in Vegas whose jeans had the front of the thighs and down to the mid shin cut out. Many other jeans had random ragged holes. And lots of yoga pants. I am content being unfashionable.


Strix - Feb 26, 2016 6:46:54 pm PST #23420 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Woo! I get a massager toaster! It says to strap it to a straight backed chair, but IDGAF, and just move it up and down my back at intervals while I'm sitting in my grandma recliner.

I worked at an after care program for an elementary school in AmeriCorps, and hoo boy, did I see some truly godawful outfits on parents.


askye - Feb 26, 2016 7:20:11 pm PST #23421 of 30002
Thrive to spite them

Zen I watched that, I got the feeling that she couldn't figure out how to feel comfortable without having all the things that made her feel good when she was a club kid. I got the feeling she thought either she looked like that or she looked boring and lost her "identity". What Stacy did was make her look edgy but respectable.


Zenkitty - Feb 26, 2016 7:26:37 pm PST #23422 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I got the feeling that she couldn't figure out how to feel comfortable without having all the things that made her feel good when she was a club kid.

Yeah, I get that. What I don't get is not being able to bring a look any closer to appropriate for the places she wanted to be appropriate in. Isn't it equally uncomfortable to be outrageously dressed? It is for me, anyway. I guess other people prefer the discomfort they know!


meara - Feb 26, 2016 7:42:15 pm PST #23423 of 30002

Ooh. I have a massager like that but it's not heated. Heated sounds nice


Strix - Feb 26, 2016 8:10:39 pm PST #23424 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

The heated part is great! I wish I'd had this thing when I still had periods!

But I have to say that when I have hot flashes -- after 8 years, I booted the HRT, so now I'm down to only my Celexa -- my massager flies outta by back area tout de suite.

Hot flashes are disgusting, btw. Holy Jesus. Dan and I were snuggling and I was, "Hot flash! Lemme go!" And he was all,"Holy shit! I COULD FEEL IT HAPPENING!"


WindSparrow - Feb 26, 2016 8:54:06 pm PST #23425 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Yeah, I get that. What I don't get is not being able to bring a look any closer to appropriate for the places she wanted to be appropriate in. Isn't it equally uncomfortable to be outrageously dressed? It is for me, anyway. I guess other people prefer the discomfort they know!

Some people simply do not know how to put the pieces together. It's like me trying to dance. I can see the movements that good dancers do. I can see the movements that my body does. I know they are very much not the same movements, but I flat out cannot figure out how to make my body move in the ways that good dancers move.


askye - Feb 26, 2016 10:59:46 pm PST #23426 of 30002
Thrive to spite them

It seemed like it was kind of an armor for her. She took a lot of time doing her hair and make up and that seemed like she was getting battle ready. She felt... protected - yes she's wearing thigns that are out there but it seemed like she started doing that to protect herself and she didn't know how to change. A copingm echanism that stopped working and became a hinderance

I should be in bed.