Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 34: Freak With No Name  

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.


sarameg - Apr 15, 2005 3:33:15 pm PDT #6162 of 10001

Does Lily have stripey tights yet? Cause she should.

Do you have one of those super-wide black elastic belts that were so popular in the late 80s? They were 6-9" wide, and usually had some sort of odd metal clasps in the front.

I remember those worn with HUGE enamelled buckles. Some cloisonne. One I remember in particular was a huge butterfly. It looked like you'd puncture organs if you bent over.


§ ita § - Apr 15, 2005 3:33:50 pm PDT #6163 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Do you have one of those super-wide black elastic belts that were so popular in the late 80s?

Oh, god. I had a mini with one of these attached, but it was a teeny skirt, and as soon as I was over a size 2, it no longer fit. But I kept it forever because I loved the belting so.

Perkins, of course you miss us. It's weird that you're not waiting until you've left, but still.


P.M. Marc - Apr 15, 2005 3:35:23 pm PDT #6164 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Does Lily have stripey tights yet? Cause she should.

Not yet, but she will when she's a little bigger.

Sigh. Must sign off--I booted the machine that's making weird sounds to post in Beep Me, and don't feel comfortable leaving it running until we figure out what's up with it.

Later, peeps.


Atropa - Apr 15, 2005 3:35:30 pm PDT #6165 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I miss those! I had a friend who had one that laced up the front, and was closer to a foot wide. It was so effin' cool.

Yep. If I could find that elastic, I'd make my own damn versions of them.

Does Lily have stripey tights yet? Cause she should.

Some of us are working on that.


sarameg - Apr 15, 2005 3:37:21 pm PDT #6166 of 10001

Oooh good!


Topic!Cindy - Apr 15, 2005 3:44:38 pm PDT #6167 of 10001
What is even happening?

Ooh! Do you have one of those super-wide black elastic belts that were so popular in the late 80s? They were 6-9" wide, and usually had some sort of odd metal clasps in the front. I've been searching *ages* for one.
I will check through the boxes o' crap I have from my mother's house. I know I had one.


libkitty - Apr 15, 2005 3:56:55 pm PDT #6168 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

Ooh! Do you have one of those super-wide black elastic belts that were so popular in the late 80s?

I may have used the teensiest bit of hyperbole. I have thrown away one or two things like, say, a really wide, stretchy belt. I don't remember what color it was. I think, perhaps, tan.

hides in shame


Lee - Apr 15, 2005 4:11:46 pm PDT #6169 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Hivemind question: Does anyone know if Martinelli's sparkiling apple cider has a limited shelf life? I have 2 unopened bottles in my refrigerator that are probably about a year old. Should I just toss them, or see if I can give them away?


Hil R. - Apr 15, 2005 4:18:21 pm PDT #6170 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Most of my clothes in the eighties were hand-me-downs from my sister. So just about everything I wore was three years out of date super-trendy. One outfit I remember loving in third grade was neon green and white striped leggings and a t-shirt with a neon pink, orange, and green picture of a bicyclist, with "Tour de France" written in glitter. Worn with a neon pink hair bow, one pair each white and green socks (one foot had white then green, other foot had green then white), scrunched down, with purple high-top sneakers.

Just describing that is making me shudder.

And I just remembered hypercolor. I think I had two hypercolor shirts. One pink/purple and one orange/yellow.


Eddie - Apr 15, 2005 4:22:40 pm PDT #6171 of 10001
Your tag here.

And I just remembered hypercolor. I think I had two hypercolor shirts. One pink/purple and one orange/yellow.

Were those the shirts that changed color when body heat was applied?