New Fashion Board 10-3-2003 - 11-7-2003

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
He tried that move with you too?

Both you bitches had skirts on, so why not?

TM

[baltassoc]

Part 2 of 2

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Also in the "worst nightmare" file.... The reason I'm posting this is that I'm absolutely haunted by the fact that one set of parents only called the cops after others reported similar crimes by a similar perpetrator. WTF? If a hooded stranger tried to remove my 12-year-old daughter's pajama bottoms in her bedroom in the middle of the night YOU'D BEST BELIEVE there would be cops all over my goddamn house and every other house in my neighborhood.

Yes, mine too. Looking for me after ripping the person's head off. I've found myself much more interested in physical protection since having daughters.

[idle acts]

Originally posted by barely_legal
Fair enough, but that's an issue with crowds, not theaters. The movie I wanted to see will have been out a couple of weeks by the time we would be able to see it.

Does anyone here just refuse to go to movie theaters for any reason?

Not yet, but I am on the verge. Between people talking nd answering their cell phones, it's just not as much fun as it used to be. VCRs, DVD players, crappy multiplexes (and maybe TIVO, too) have trained an entire generation that the movie theater is really just an extension of their own living room.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by TexLex
Trend - Babies named after products

How much anesthesia do they have to give you before you write "Pepsi" on the birth certificate? -TL

Apparently, this isn't a new trend.

My SIL is a secretary at a public High School. A couple of years ago, twin boys started ninth grade there. Their names were Lemonjello and Orangejello, I believe pronounced Lemahn-gelo and Orahn-gelo. She tells me she's seen some interesting ones over the last several years.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Speaking of which, Season 2, Episode 1 of "The Office" was somehow even more painful than anything in Season 1... I had to pause it and come back to it later b/c I can only take so much human degradation at a time.

AG:

You just described the scene at my house last night--the wife and I had to stop the playback of that episode because it was so excruciatingly awkward. I literally had to leave the room during the Swindon introductory speech. I must have a low threshold for social awkwardness...just watching it made me feel uncomfortable.

flinty

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Yeah, I'm posting the whole thing and it's by a Bosox fan. Skip if you're sick of baseball talk.
....
[article quote]Sure, I got some cross looks. And I got some comments. But they were all in the "Hey, there's a Red Sox fan. Let's have some fun with him because we know we're going to win this series anyway'' variety. Red Sox fans may hate Yankees fans, but not vice-versa. It's like Bogie says in "Casablanca" when Peter Lorre asks whether he despises him. "I suppose I would if I gave you any thought whatsoever."[/article quote]

I think this is a common phenomena. I attended a high school with an amazing football team with a Yankees-like record. In college, I met dozens of people from around the state who would always say "You went to _______? You guys were our big rival! We hated you guys!" And then they'd tell me what there school was and I'd have to hide the fact I had no idea were that was, and we'd have to make up over our silly high school prejudices. My school was everyone's rival, and most of the time we didn't even notice.

Since then, of course, I've only rooted for teams that suck.

-balt(Go Os!)assoc
edited to make it more clear that TM was quoting an article an not saying the stuff himself

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Apparently, this isn't a new trend.

My SIL is a secretary at a public High School. A couple of years ago, twin boys started ninth grade there. Their names were Lemonjello and Orangejello, I believe pronounced Lemahn-gelo and Orahn-gelo. She tells me she's seen some interesting ones over the last several years.

No, your SIL is a lying secretary at a public high school. Urban legend. See, e.g., http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/urbanlegends.html

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Yeah. We tried, though.

So, no religious persecution, no race war, no gay bashing ... wanna try phonics vs. whole language?

That sounds like less fun than baseball. I think I'll just go back to working for a few days. Sorry, Toots. I appreciate the effort.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by baltassoc
I think this is a common phenomena.

Yeah, my HS had that, too - 8 or 10 consecutive state championships and suddenly everyone wants your ears (I guess the "we are [____], we're so cool, you know we could buy your school; it's all right, it's OK, you'll all work for us some day" cheers didn't help). My undergrad college had it going in both directions - we never noticed most of the colleges that considered themselves our competition, and were in turn ignored by some of our great nemises.

My grad school, however, had a pretty even rivalry with a, er, rival. No one else really bothered with either us.

BR(same thing as the partners here telling AmLaw they consider Cravath one of our "peer" firms - edited to add: I mean that in the supposed peer firm saying "um, who?" way)C

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
You just described the scene at my house last night--the wife and I had to stop the playback of that episode because it was so excruciatingly awkward. I literally had to leave the room during the Swindon introductory speech. I must have a low threshold for social awkwardness...just watching it made me feel uncomfortable.

It's a testament to the brilliant acting on that show. I've seen every Guest mockumentary since Spinal Tap, and the profoundly awkward moments (the "But this one goes to eleven" argument or the argument about the two tick marks next to 18 on the napkin with the Stonehenge set sketch) made me laugh but none ever made me squirm in my seat like Gervais does, because it's on to the next joke for Guest. Gervais won't give you the satisfaction of moving on to the next joke.

Gervais has mastered the filmic philosophy at which the Farelly Bros. aimed and missed --- to take a horrible moment in a person's life, and to keep ratcheting up the horror despite your brain screaming "no, turn away!" Jon Favreau got this with the infamous answering machine scene in Swingers. But the Farelly Bros. started copping out on this philosophy by making sure you absolutely had to laugh at the end of the horror with a gross-out. Gervais has no dedication to ensuring belly laughs. He wants you to stay with the horror and laugh in spite of it --- to laugh in order to ease the horror.

Also, there's not a movement wasted in the acting. If you see the episode again, watch how Brent discards the copy of "Inside Paper" in the wastebasket. Or the way Tim carries himself until the moment he relents with Dawn. It's fucking genius, all of it.

[NotFromHere]

Oct. 14 — What do Britney Spears, Meryl Streep, Jerry Seinfeld, and Julia Roberts have in common? They’re all on the National Rifle Association’s enemies list.
THE LIST — WHICH is buried deep inside the NRA’s web site — includes more than usual lefty celebs such as Michael Moore and Barbra Streisand. It goes on for a whopping 19 pages and in addition to celebs, it also includes groups — many seemingly non-political, such as the Kansas City Royals.
One source says some celebs consider being on the list a badge of courage — but none of the stars contacted by the Scoop wanted to discuss it. “I don’t know what he thinks and I’m not going to ask him,” one star’s rep told the Scoop.
But it turns out some people are signing up to get on the list. An anti-NRA group has created a web site inviting people to join the NRA enemies’ list, and a spokesman for the group says that more than a thousand people signed up in one day. “It’s a list everyone should be proud to be on,” says the rep.
article here
So, should we sign up, or are there NRAers out there?

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Also, there's not a movement wasted in the acting. If you see the episode again, watch how Brent discards the copy of "Inside Paper" in the wastebasket. Or the way Tim carries himself until the moment he relents with Dawn. It's fucking genius, all of it.

You are spot on. It's so uncomfortable to watch. He just gets it. The sly glances at the camera. Everything about it is flawless. I nearly turned it off three or four times when I watched it last night -- the same way I feel about the Swingers phone call.

Speaking of awful bosses, I just learned that my former boss-from-hell has been demoted twice since I left. Is it wrong for me to feel happy that her complete managerial incompetence has finally driven her down and almost out?

[NotFromHere]

Colin Farrell lifts his skirt.

From the same article above...
Hollywood hell raiser Colin Farrell isn’t letting a little thing like the conservative Muslim world slow him. The Irish bad boy — currently filming “Alexander” in Morocco — has reportedly been upsetting locals with his late-night drinking and by exposing himself in public. Farrell’s spokeswoman, however, says reports of his bad behavior are greatly exaggerated.
Farrell’s antics, particularly his tendency to drop his trousers, are said to be causing quite a commotion. “He was always getting his bits out when he’d had a few, so much so that we nicknamed him ‘C*** Out Colin,’ ” one crew member told the London Evening Standard.
“The truth about that dropping trousers incident is that he was with the whole cast in a private room and they were not drinking and were in costume, which were skirts, and he lifted his up and everyone laughed,” Farrell’s rep told the Scoop. “Listen, one doesn’t keep a schedule like that and do a role like this and be incapacitated all the time. (Colin) is exactly what he is: is a 27 year old guy living his life — and it’s a good one.”

[The Daintiest Petunia]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I've seen every Guest mockumentary since Spinal Tap, and the profoundly awkward moments (the "But this one goes to eleven" argument or the argument about the two tick marks next to 18 on the napkin with the Stonehenge set sketch) made me laugh but none ever made me squirm in my seat like Gervais does, because it's on to the next joke for Guest. Gervais won't give you the satisfaction of moving on to the next joke.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE that line!!!! But this one goes to 11!!!!! Like it matters! They just changed the numbering on the outside. It is still the same on the inside!!! LOL! What a great movie. Sometimes, when I go to concerts, I have a friend who will go up and ask the band if their amplifiers go up to 11! Everyone always knows what he is talking about. He is pretty nuts, though. I'll share some more stories about him later. A complete kook AND a darn good lawyer too. For now, I was chided by Private Message (my first ever!!) to not post so much, so I am going go back into cocktail party mode! Oh, and thanks to you-know-who for the advice! Muchos Gracias! hahaha I don't speak Spanish. ha! See you guys tomorrow!

The Daintiest Petunia

[pretermitted_child]

Originally posted by The Daintiest Petunia
. . . For now, I was chided by Private Message (my first ever!!) to not post so much, so I am going go back into cocktail party mode! Oh, and thanks to you-know-who for the advice! . . .

Methinks you-know-who has not yet discovered the divine wonders of the IGNORE function.