Fashion Board 12-09-03 through 1-08-04

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by dtb
The other gift fiasco of my youth was when I wanted the "bust" of Barbie (no, you pervs, not that) that you could put makeup on, and do her hair, etc.

My parents knew I really wanted it, but either (i) my parents were late to the store and they didn't have the one I wanted, or (ii) my parents were just PC way ahead of their time (or a combination thereof), and I got the black Barbie bust. I confess, I was rather disappointed. None of the makeup showed up on the black Barbie! I felt totally ripped off!

None if it showed up on the white Barbie either, if it makes you feel better. The makeup was waxen garbage. The only way it worked was to rip off the real stuff from your mom.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
leagl, if you can't sit through one feature-length LOTR, you need to not only give up your geek card but also wear a hair shirt for a few days in penance for having retained said card way too long.

Only if the hair shirt looks good.

Come to think of it, I wonder what happened to the migrating penguins. I'll have to look.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
But that would be like Jennifer Grey with the new nose. No one would recognize me.

After a night of drinking the stuff, having no one recognize you can be a good thing.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by purse junkie
None if it showed up on the white Barbie either, if it makes you feel better. The makeup was waxen garbage. The only way it worked was to rip off the real stuff from your mom.

Why did this post make me think of Silence of the Lambs?

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by dtb
This so reminds me of one gift-giving occasion (birthday?) when I wanted this game called (I think) Concentration --

I was racking my brain about this. I think the game you are thinking about is called Perfection.




No wonder it was so traumatic. You almost had Perfection in your grasp, and then. . .

Edited to add: The more I think about it, this says soooo much about you.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by bilmore
Why did this post make me think of Silence of the Lambs?

Not "off her face"--"off her nightstand" or "out of her handbag."

But thanks for the incredibly disgusting mental image, you goon.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Edited to add: The more I think about it, this says soooo much about you.

But this is why we all love dtb.

I'm just disappointed that not getting this game has been haunting her for the last three years, yet she got the name wrong. That's a pretty mediocre haunting if you ask me.

[leagleaze]

Ok so I found the penguin story, but alas, no update.


Taken from a random cbs story back from January of 2003

Circling Penguins Boggle Zookeepers

SAN FRANCISCO - A few penguins swimming leisurely at the San Francisco Zoo is nothing new. But dozens of them doing laps in unison for hours has zookeepers perplexed.

"We've lost complete control," said Jane Tollini, the zoos penguin keeper. "It's a free-for-all in here. After 18 years of doing this job, these birds are making mincemeat of me."

It all started in November when six newcomer Magellannic penguins, formerly of Sea World in Aurora, Ohio, were brought in.

The penguins start swimming in circles early in the day and rarely stop until they stagger out of the pool at dusk.

"I can't figure out how the Aurora penguins communicated and changed the minds of the other 46," Tollini said.

Some penguin experts point to the highly social animals as being open to new ideas fostered by newcomers in to the zoo's so-called Penguin Island.

"And they're very, very inquisitive. If you combine those facts and put in a new stimulus, like the six new penguins, they have to check it out."

"Genetically, they're designed to swim," Aquatic biologist Pam Schaller said. "I'd be more amazed if the six had learned to do something not in penguin nature and showed the other 46 how to do it — like if the birds were trained to jump through a hoop."

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by spookyfish
I was racking my brain about this. I think the game you are thinking about is called Perfection.

[photo omitted]
No wonder it was so traumatic. You almost had Perfection in your grasp, and then. . .

That IS funny. dtb's story of super [perfection] reminds me of the year that I asked for Simon and received Super Simon instead. The bummer of the change was that I was one of those kids who ended up playing stuff by myself b/c my sister was a lot older and I was not in a neighborhood with other kids. Everything that was better about Super Simon had to do with the ability to play head to head with other people. So the switch just left me feeling like a big loser. Merry freaking Christmas.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by leagleaze
"I'd be more amazed if the six had learned to do something not in penguin nature and showed the other 46 how to do it — like if the birds were trained to jump through a hoop."

Hey, Bilmore can do this!

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
That's a pretty mediocre haunting if you ask me.

It's no Black Thing, that's for sure.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
That IS funny. dtb's story of super [perfection] reminds me of the year that I asked for Simon and received Super Simon instead. The bummer of the change was that I was one of those kids who ended up playing stuff by myself b/c my sister was a lot older and I was not in a neighborhood with other kids. Everything that was better about Super Simon had to do with the ability to play head to head with other people. So the switch just left me feeling like a big loser. Merry freaking Christmas.

Aw, sweetie, I'll play Super Simon with you next time I'm in town.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Ok so I found the penguin story, but alas, no update.


Taken from a random cbs story back from January of 2003

Circling Penguins Boggle Zookeepers

SAN FRANCISCO - A few penguins swimming leisurely at the San Francisco Zoo is nothing new. But dozens of them doing laps in unison for hours has zookeepers perplexed.

"We've lost complete control," said Jane Tollini, the zoos penguin keeper. "It's a free-for-all in here. After 18 years of doing this job, these birds are making mincemeat of me."

It all started in November when six newcomer Magellannic penguins, formerly of Sea World in Aurora, Ohio, were brought in.

The penguins start swimming in circles early in the day and rarely stop until they stagger out of the pool at dusk.

"I can't figure out how the Aurora penguins communicated and changed the minds of the other 46," Tollini said.

Some penguin experts point to the highly social animals as being open to new ideas fostered by newcomers in to the zoo's so-called Penguin Island.

"And they're very, very inquisitive. If you combine those facts and put in a new stimulus, like the six new penguins, they have to check it out."

"Genetically, they're designed to swim," Aquatic biologist Pam Schaller said. "I'd be more amazed if the six had learned to do something not in penguin nature and showed the other 46 how to do it — like if the birds were trained to jump through a hoop."

that's migrating? sounds more like mass penguin OCD.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Hey, Bilmore can do this!

You would have been more clear had you included this line:

The penguins start swimming in circles early in the day and rarely stop until they stagger out of the pool at dusk.

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
That IS funny. dtb's story of super [perfection] reminds me of the year that I asked for Simon and received Super Simon instead. The bummer of the change was that I was one of those kids who ended up playing stuff by myself b/c my sister was a lot older and I was not in a neighborhood with other kids. Everything that was better about Super Simon had to do with the ability to play head to head with other people. So the switch just left me feeling like a big loser. Merry freaking Christmas.

that is that retarded thing with the really large color buttons thta lit up and you had to press them hen they lit up? Thats like a test that should be administred for DUIs or something. how was that fun?

i vaguely remmber Merlin was kind of the same thing but a little red gizmo.

and I remmeber that game DTB spoke of. It made me completely neurotic and paranoid that if I didnt finsih someting I would die. Heartpounding type shit. Probaby why I got an A plus on the Bar exam.