Burrell, have you tried thrift stores? They're lousy with boot cuts right now. What I'd like is some pants that have a decent rise on them. I feel like most of the ones I own are an inch or two too short and I kept trying to hike them up. Not a good look.

I have a fashion question: How much does a given "look" for a season affect what you buy and wear?

When Victorian/ "romantic" styles are in fashion, I take advantage of sales and wait for post-season clearances. All the velvet skirts and lace blouses will be MINE!

Do you find it so difficult to find the stuff you like that you don't shop or you give up and buy what's in stores?

I hit thrift stores. And I buy items from places like Fan + Friend and ChicStar, which are specialty places that cater to fans of eccentric clothing.

Oo, that reminds me that I want to buy this jacket.

Purty!

I have been looking for a decent pair of boot cut jeans that fit well and flatter and don't cost $200 for 3 years now

Yeah, I was just going to say: thrift stores. The Good Will a quarter-mile from my house has a ton of jeans, almost all boot-cut, for about $10. Some of them are over $100 new.

Yes, you do want that jacket!

I keep hoping I'll find a specific dress from Newport News/ShapeFX while thrift shopping, but no such luck. Of course, the dress was originally from 2004-ish, so I'm not entirely surprised I haven't found one.

This is the dress. Such a good layering piece! [link]

I'm watching a docu on an ER in Oakland that is a a primary care facility for 250,000 individuals . We NEED to fix healthcare in this country.

Nawww.... we've got the best healthcare in the world.

I have a fashion question: How much does a given "look" for a season affect what you buy and wear? Do you find it so difficult to find the stuff you like that you don't shop or you give up and buy what's in stores?

Twice in my life. Once in the mid-eighties I wore several pair of socks when I went out to dinner with a cute boy (now my gay bestie. d'oh) and felt so stupid by the time we got to the restaurant that I left two pair in the car.

The second time was when, after my foot surgery, jeans tucked into boots were once again "in". I was thrilled. I hadn't been able to wear my boots in years and I was getting to wear them my favorite way. Why don't I just wear them that way all the time? Because I have pudgy little hobbit legs and its not particularly flattering. I felt I could get away with riding a trend so I cheerfully did, but I'm not going to be a lone wolf wearing them that way badly.

Belated catching up. Hope the neuro appointment with the douchebag goes well. And Burell, all sympathy. You are not cursed, and we love you. I'm so so sorry that you sister's illness has taken the turn it has.

Black Fish was alternately chilling (the parts about Tilikum) and heartbreaking (the stories of the captures and separating parents and children). Regarding the former, we made a six ton serial killer.