Bev, I am in awe of your patience with pin tucks. I won't even attempt them. The fact that the Infamous BlueJay did pin tucks on a blouse for my Evangeline Ghastly doll blows me away.
Lydia: Its removal from Burma is a felony and when triggered it has the power to melt human eyeballs.
Giles: In that case I've severely underpriced it.
'Potential'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Atropa - Aug 10, 2010 1:20:18 pm PDT #17178 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
shrift - Aug 10, 2010 1:20:29 pm PDT #17179 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
ita, Perkins, and Plei: it may be relevant to your interests to know that I have just returned from the post office.
Dana - Aug 10, 2010 1:23:20 pm PDT #17180 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Which reminds me that Bev, I need to e-mail you.
Ginger - Aug 10, 2010 1:33:53 pm PDT #17181 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Peter Beagle has excellent taste.
Spidra Webster - Aug 10, 2010 1:36:58 pm PDT #17182 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Looking forward to the Festival of Fruit this week. It'll be a (expensive, mostly due to having to rent a car) respite from the stress I've been under for months now. Thursday am I get up hella early to get to USC by pubtrans and pick up the Zipcar, then it's off to the UC South Coast Field Station where they have large citrus and avocado collections (among other fruits). Friday is a tour of Huntington Gardens and possibly a tour of John T. Lyle Center For Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona if I'm still energetic enough. Saturday is a day at Cal Poly Pomona full of lectures, plant sales, fruit tastings, etc. and Sunday is a tour of the Fullerton Arboretum. I hope Julie Frink is leading the South Coast Field Station tour. She's a foremost expert on avocados and they can be a pretty hard subject for the lay person.
§ ita § - Aug 10, 2010 1:38:10 pm PDT #17183 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oops. I committed Modcloth.
Sheeit.
In unrelated news, I hate being fingerprinted. But apparently I'm good at it. Yay??
it may be relevant to your interests to know that I have just returned from the post office.
Whoot! Thank you so much, lady.
Anne W. - Aug 10, 2010 1:38:59 pm PDT #17184 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Is AIM acting up for anyone else?
Amy - Aug 10, 2010 1:40:42 pm PDT #17185 of 30001
Because books.
I committed Modcloth.
Are YOU the ModCloth fairy?!
I hate being fingerprinted. But apparently I'm good at it.
That's so odd, because my mother just told me she has to get hers redone for the school year, and they have a horrible time with her. Apparently some guy last time asked her, very honestly, if her fingers had been badly burned.
Lee - Aug 10, 2010 1:46:14 pm PDT #17186 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
What did you buy, ita.
ita, Perkins, and Plei: it may be relevant to your interests to know that I have just returned from the post office.
WHOOHOOO
Zenkitty - Aug 10, 2010 1:46:16 pm PDT #17187 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
For those living in major urban metroplexes who've tried to sell clothing to used and vintage places, are you finding those places are super super picky now compared to 10 years ago?
Holy carp, yes. I took a buttload of nice shoes and boots that I'd worn maybe once each to a consignment store here, and the girl *turned up her nose* and said they only wanted *current* styles. Nothing like having the shoes you thought were really nice dissed by a college girl.
I'm also finding that second-hand stores are asking a lot more for stuff than they did ten years ago. Back then, when I was making peanuts - *styrofoam* peanuts - I would buy lots of good stuff secondhand. Now? I can't find hardly anything I consider a good bargain. A secondhand shirt should not sell for more than $5, dammit. Seems like, with the economy in the dumpster, secondhand should be a more affordable option, not less. Mayne there's just more demand for it now? Hell, even garage sales aren't the source of great bargains and finds like they used to be.