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By donatella on June 4, 2010 4:04 PM
Re frumpy frump women, I think a lot of woman play a little game on the subway. You look at a woman who looks bad somehow (naturally bad looks, too fat, bad makeup, wrong clothes, bad haircolor, do etc) and figure out how to make her presentable. So you look and decide that the colors are wrong, she should be wearing more tailored clothes, or the hairstyle doesn’t work, or something. Or glasses wrong, too much jewelry, clothes too tight. Some women think tight clothes, a priori, are sexy. NOT. Clothes that fit like sausage skins do NOT look good. I always did this mental game and once talking to my cousin, she does the exact same thing. Completely breaking down the act. Men see the final product, a la Venus on the halfshell with flowing locks (or Benson’s summer woman with the flowing dress and floppy hat) – Women see the technology of beauty, it’s a puzzle.
I play a not too dissimilar game. I look at guys (mostly Asian & Latin) and wonder what they look like undressed.
“Re frumpy frump women, I think a lot of woman play a little game on the subway. You look at a woman who looks bad somehow (naturally bad looks, too fat, bad makeup, wrong clothes, bad haircolor, do etc) and figure out how to make her presentable. So you look and decide that the colors are wrong, she should be wearing more tailored clothes, or the hairstyle doesn’t work, or something. Or glasses wrong, too much jewelry, clothes too tight. Some women think tight clothes, a priori, are sexy. NOT. Clothes that fit like sausage skins do NOT look good. I always did this mental game and once talking to my cousin, she does the exact same thing. Completely breaking down the act. Men see the final product, a la Venus on the halfshell with flowing locks (or Benson’s summer woman with the flowing dress and floppy hat) – Women see the technology of beauty, it’s a puzzle.”
“grrrrr. im beginning to think you live off an enormous trust fund!”
Rob, Get off the pipe. There is no trust fund. There was a nice savings account, at one point, however. And yet, diminished as it is, somehow, I can still manage to afford a single scoop of ice cream in a cup when I’m working like a pack mule gathering groceries without a car.
“Well, la di da for you.”
And what the effing hell is so “la di da” for me about an appt in the Heights?
Denton, yeah, you are a typical man for sure. That is nice that you see something good first. Woman do too, and you analyze that too. Is that good look reproduceable?
Sometimes I see a very good looking and/or put together woman and I think “I approve”. But it is a kind of game to look at somebody and think how they can play up their assets or play down something else and make it work. So many people who look bad could look so much better. I discussed this with a male friend of mine – this woman and the technology of beauty thing — and he told me how horrified he was to go into a beauty parlor once. ha. couldn’t take it.
went out for a smoke break before and down into the subway cuz it’s not rush hour yet to buy a metrocard and of course one machine was broken, and the other one wasn’t excepting change and of course no one in the booth. (i wanted to get my card early instead of getting it at 530 during rush hour and have to hear clucking and sighing as i buy a metrocard with nickels and dimes from my coin purse hahaahaha. i know what it’s like being behind someone like that..
By donatella on June 4, 2010 4:04 PM
Re frumpy frump women, I think a lot of woman play a little game on the subway. You look at a woman who looks bad somehow (naturally bad looks, too fat, bad makeup, wrong clothes, bad haircolor, do etc) and figure out how to make her presentable. So you look and decide that the colors are wrong, she should be wearing more tailored clothes, or the hairstyle doesn’t work, or something. Or glasses wrong, too much jewelry, clothes too tight. Some women think tight clothes, a priori, are sexy. NOT. Clothes that fit like sausage skins do NOT look good. I always did this mental game and once talking to my cousin, she does the exact same thing. Completely breaking down the act. Men see the final product, a la Venus on the halfshell with flowing locks (or Benson’s summer woman with the flowing dress and floppy hat) – Women see the technology of beauty, it’s a puzzle.
I play a not too dissimilar game. I look at guys (mostly Asian & Latin) and wonder what they look like undressed.
Finally got around to reading the early posts today, and re BP I find myself with the ‘conservatives’ more so than my usual liberal friends.
I also agree w ringo, tax the shit outta it.
DCB, I own Chesapeake, big believer in CHK, another is Range Resources, ditto, RRC.
CSCO should definitely be a long term holding in any portfolio.
“Re frumpy frump women, I think a lot of woman play a little game on the subway. You look at a woman who looks bad somehow (naturally bad looks, too fat, bad makeup, wrong clothes, bad haircolor, do etc) and figure out how to make her presentable. So you look and decide that the colors are wrong, she should be wearing more tailored clothes, or the hairstyle doesn’t work, or something. Or glasses wrong, too much jewelry, clothes too tight. Some women think tight clothes, a priori, are sexy. NOT. Clothes that fit like sausage skins do NOT look good. I always did this mental game and once talking to my cousin, she does the exact same thing. Completely breaking down the act. Men see the final product, a la Venus on the halfshell with flowing locks (or Benson’s summer woman with the flowing dress and floppy hat) – Women see the technology of beauty, it’s a puzzle.”
Meow.
“grrrrr. im beginning to think you live off an enormous trust fund!”
Rob, Get off the pipe. There is no trust fund. There was a nice savings account, at one point, however. And yet, diminished as it is, somehow, I can still manage to afford a single scoop of ice cream in a cup when I’m working like a pack mule gathering groceries without a car.
“Well, la di da for you.”
And what the effing hell is so “la di da” for me about an appt in the Heights?
denton, That’s very generous of you.
Legion, what if she lives in Ohio?
Denton, yeah, you are a typical man for sure. That is nice that you see something good first. Woman do too, and you analyze that too. Is that good look reproduceable?
Sometimes I see a very good looking and/or put together woman and I think “I approve”. But it is a kind of game to look at somebody and think how they can play up their assets or play down something else and make it work. So many people who look bad could look so much better. I discussed this with a male friend of mine – this woman and the technology of beauty thing — and he told me how horrified he was to go into a beauty parlor once. ha. couldn’t take it.
“But I disagree with the too tight clothes thing. It depends on the sausage.”
GOTD
quote:
I think almost all women under 200 lbs or so have something nice about them
not the legless wonder in my bodega last night.
*rob*
went out for a smoke break before and down into the subway cuz it’s not rush hour yet to buy a metrocard and of course one machine was broken, and the other one wasn’t excepting change and of course no one in the booth. (i wanted to get my card early instead of getting it at 530 during rush hour and have to hear clucking and sighing as i buy a metrocard with nickels and dimes from my coin purse hahaahaha. i know what it’s like being behind someone like that..
*rob*
donatella,
theory # 2865
The Theory of Outer Borough Elasticity:
A woman’s dress size is inversely proportional to
her distance from 7th Avenue.
so if a woman is a size 6 in Manhattan
she would wear a size 4 in Queens
and a size 2 on the Jersey Shore
curiously enough, the phenomenon is reversed for men.