Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Anne Elk]

I'm cringing at the thought. Yes, according to CNN Grease 3 is in the works.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movi...eut/index.html

In developing "Grease 3," [...] by bringing back the old gang from the first installment while also introducing new characters.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by c2ed
C(just like men to run away ... hmph!)deuced

"He who fight and run away
live to fight another day."

Bob Marley, circa. 1983.

(My hero, who ran away from his wife for fifteen years, lived with his girlfriends du jour, but sent wife flowers regularly, which kept her happy.)

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Prominent bulge. Indeed.

Who said you're the only one with a robust puppy?

What/who is the most overrated:

1. Food? I would say caviar - but I've never actually eaten it - i just can't bring myself to do it. Ewww. Down here? crawfish - so much work for so little payoff - why???? (And also - I am utterly repulsed by Krispy Kremes, even though I love regular donuts, but I think that's just me so it doesn't count).

2. Actor? Melanie Griffeth - has she ever had any talent? (Not sure she's exactly "overrated" but why why why won't she fade away into oblivion with the rest of the has-beens?)

3. Band or Singer? Madonna - especially the more recent stuff that can barely even be called "music."

4. Law firm? Oh, so, so many. Like someone else said - any firm that thinks it can intimidate by the use of its name alone.

5. Occupation? Gotta go with financial planner - "Here buy my stuff so I can get a commission and then harass you on a regular basis to buy more." Fabulous.

6. Movie? I saw Legends of the Fall recently and was very disappointed - nice scenery, but that was about it. I will also add the English Patient - I fell asleep, so I really don't know how good it was other than not good enough to hold my attention. For commercial hype - Star Wars 4 - I know the first 3 weren't critical masterpieces either, but damn.

7. Song? That Titanic song and the I will Always Love You song - someone bought all those copies, but thank god I don't know them.

8. TV Show (Reality or otherwise)? Pretty much all reality TV after the first season gets old. I've tried CSI, but just can't do it.

9. Article of clothing? I'll second stilettos for women - they make you walk funny and look like a whore - unless that's what you are going for, of course. Men - cufflinks - they just seem like you're trying too hard.

10. Sexual position or activity? In the shower/bath - for two reasons - 1) unless you have a nonslip mat, you can both end up with cracked kneecaps, and 2) there is such think as being "too clean" - ouch. Oh, and on the beach - I'm just guessing at this one, but sand in your pants doesn't sound terribly appealing - god forbid you also used some sticky food product on the beach.

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Overrated! So many things. From actors to food. I want to know what you find overrated. I've selected a few categories to which you can respond, but welcome others as well.

What/who is the most overrated:

1. Food?
2. Actor?
3. Band or Singer?
4. Law firm?
5. Occupation?
6. Movie?
7. Song?
8. TV Show (Reality or otherwise)?
9. Article of clothing?
10. Sexual position or activity?

1. Food? Caviar. Blech! It's fish eggs people. Who cares whether it's sturgeon from the Black Sea or Bass from the Potomac River.

2. Actor? Colin Farrell. I've had enough of his Edge-wannabe skull cap on the morning talk shows. Oh what a bad boy. Get in line girls to be the 15th woman he's fucked this week. Oh he's so dreamy.

Woman Gwyneth Paltrow Right down there with Julia Roberts in terms of lack of acting ability. Gwyneth has 'em fooled though, because she can nearly fake an English accent.

3. Band or Singer? Rolling Stones. I always thought they sucked. Sucked sucked sucked. Mick can't sing, and the best they can muster is a simple blues progression. They got famous because they were the first white guys to do it. They shamelessly stole their music and now Mick os worth something like $200 million. he should be required to fork 75% of it over to a Home for Retired Blues Musicians in New Orleans.


4. Law firm? Kirklandl. I'd like to smack about 50% of the K&E litigation department in the mouth. More process and less thought goes into every case than just about any shop I know. That, and you get a barrelful of attitude about how they think they are the best.

5. Occupation? Pro athlete. Any of us would probably love to be one, but Jesus, let's dial down the worship, shall we?

6. Movie? Titanic. The only three things worth seeing about the film were Kate Winslet naked, the boat sinking, and Leo dying.

7. Song? Crash into Me. So help me God, if I hear this song one more time on DC radio, I am going to go postal.

8. TV Show (Reality or otherwise)? West Wing. It has deteriorated pretty dramatically. It was interesting for a while, before they started launching into extended left wing riffs that are so naive as to make even Greenpeace ashamed.

9. Article of clothing or accessory? Women: Shoes. What is the deal with women owning like 50 pairs of shoes? I just don't understand it. I have to grab Mrs. 8Track and pull her past a shoe store, lest she be sucked in. Women are just constutionally incapable of passing a shoe store without either going in or gazing longingly inside. Purse Sorry Purse junkie, but I think purses look dumb when women clutch them all night long. They look particularly dumb when you are dancing. .

10. Sexual position or activity? Hot tubbing. If it's really hot, and you get going, it's sort of uncomfortable really. It's hard to get traction in the hot tub, and you really tend to get overheated. And who wants to float in someone else jizz? Yuck.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by TexLex
What/who is the most overrated:

1. Food? I would say caviar - but I've never actually eaten it - i just can't bring myself to do it. Ewww. Down here? crawfish - so much work for so little payoff - why???? (And also - I am utterly repulsed by Krispy Kremes, even though I love regular donuts, but I think that's just me so it doesn't count).

I was at a crawfish boil this weekend, and I have to totally disagree with that comment. Oh, those mudbugs were delicious.

[LessinSF]

overrated, not sucks:

1. Food? Uni. I love almost all kinds of sushi, but can't put this shit in my mouth, let alone pay $7.00 for the privilege.

2. Actor? Gene Hackman. He's played the same role 50 times. How hard can that be?

3. Band or Singer? U2. Since Boy and War I haven't seen it. It all sounds the same, and that sound is no great shakes, combined with Bono's petulant whining makes for a big "Huh?"

4. Law firm? Wilson Sonsini three years ago. They had hired so many warm bodies, lost many of their senior associates, and had so much work, that they were charging dot.bomb companies exorbitant rates to have a 2nd year fuck up the docs, while openly admitting that they knew it was going on and would fix any problems when that company had an equity event. Not to mention the conflicts of interest they regularly engaged in. But the local dot/bombs had to have the "prestige" of having the so-called "best."

5. Occupation? Male Porn Star. Most of the women are skanky. It has to be damn difficult to do with the people on the set, multiple takes, multiple scenes in a day, tough positions, no real connection with your "co-stars," and some activities that aren't what floats your boat. Plus, I suspect it affects your ability to have satisfying regular sex with a non-paid partner.

6. Movie? Star Wars. It is a glorified fairy tale/space western with wooden dialogue, outdated effects, an unbelievable plot and Carrie Fisher is not hot, yet her brother wants to fuck her.

7. Song? Anything by Marvin Gaye. Sure, he did some good stuff, but not the stark, raving, he was so wonderful crap that everybody feels they have to say now that he's dead.

8. TV Show (Reality or otherwise)? Anything some critic raves about on PBS There's a reason nobody will make the shit without a grant, no other station will air the shit, and why very few people watch it. More than likely the show is bad, stilted, condescending, or involves crappy music.

9. Article of clothing? Lingerie It is just in my way. Good looking stuff is better than granny panties or a stained bra, but still mostly irrelevant to me.

10. Sexual position or activity? Kissing It's like salad. It's fine and has its place, but its prefatory to the main course and is not a meal in itself. The time spent kissing before moving on to more satisfying acts should be no longer than it takes to eat a salad.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by LessinSF
overrated, not sucks:

1. Food? Uni. I love almost all kinds of sushi, but can't put this shit in my mouth, let alone pay $7.00 for the privilege.

I had an incredibly pretentious friend who ordered uni every time when we went for sushi, as if that could finally prove em was cool . . .

[Atticus Grinch]

To avoid the "you can't criticize the classics" argument, I've stuck to things with some modern currency.

1. Food? Bagels. When I was a kid we would spread things on toast. We didn't complain about how the toast really should be made chewier. Runner up: organ meats. The lower classes used to eat this shit when it was a sin not to use the whole animal. Since nobody believes in sin anymore, I'm done with it.

2. Actor? Nick Nolte. The record will note that I was kicking this dog long before he was down. Runner up: Geoffrey Rush. Hey, I liked "Shine." But he owes me a fucking apology for "Quills."

3. Music act? Avril Lavigne. You'd have to be a twelve year old girl to think that she's really rebelling against the music industry. Lifetime achievement award goes to Madonna. Ditto.

4. Law firm? The U.S. Attorney's Office. Sure, you get to try a lot of cases. I mean, take a lot of pleas. But try living on $68K. And here's a hint: everybody else in the office is planning to run for Congress, too, so don't go out drinking and whoring with them, because they will fuck you in the primary.

5. Occupation? Musician. Yeah, there's a more obvious answer, but musician has a much higher misery-to-success ratio than attorney. On the other hand, you usually don't wind up paying retail for weed.

6. Movie? Spider-Man. The only things with any hint of real humanity in that movie were Kirsten Dunst's nipples. And they were probably CGI, too. So why was this a blockbuster, again?

7. Song? "Melt With You." Who the fuck decided that was the song from the '80s repeatedly to put on radio in 2003? 'Cause I must have lost the ballot sheet. Runner up: A Sorta Fairytale. I am sick to fucking death of that song.

8. TV show? Sex and the City. Ran out of ideas midway through season three. People were still talking about it only because they wanted to feel good about having gotten HBO to see it.

9. Clothing? Hats. Hey, I miss them, too. I also miss my grandmother, but I'm not going to go dig her up to see if I still like her fried chicken.

10. Sex? None. If you press me on it, I'll say stripping. It only works if you've never seen the person naked before, and if you're at that stage, you'd really rather be sweaty and in an alley and behind a dumpster in bad light, which isn't conducive to the stripping to begin with.

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I was at a crawfish boil this weekend, and I have to totally disagree with that comment. Oh, those mudbugs were delicious.

They're not horrible, just work intensive - give me a nice fat peeled shrimp anyday. BTW - were you at the Crawfish Fest in Old Town Spring? (That there is a whole Festival dedicated to the things proves my point - they should really just call it Beerfest, but then people would think it was October.) That was this weekend, was it not? If so, I hope you had a (couple) beer(s) for me.

-TL

[bilmore]

Originally posted by TexLex
They're not horrible, just work intensive - give me a nice fat peeled shrimp anyday.

The fact that you have to work a little harder than with shrimp to achieve Nirvana isn't the most horrible of curses. I'd eat the shrimp first, of course, but if the craws were next, I'd gladly take them.

[leagleaze]

1. Food? Lobster. I never could stand it. Don't get the fuss.

2. Actor? Keanu Reeves. I don't know that he is actually over rated. But he annoys me.

3. Music act? Britney Spears. Or any of the other pop brats.

4. Law firm? Oh lord knows. Brobeck is a good choice.

5. Occupation? Actor. Couple hit it big, most don't and live miserable, poor lives.

6. Movie? Most anything by Quentin Tarantino.

7. Song? Bye bye bye. Too bad they weren't singing about their careers. Buh bye.

8. TV show? Most of the reality shows. Especially survivor since that one started it all.

9. Clothing? Shoes. Why do we need so many shoes?

10. Sex? I don't think there is such a thing as a bad sexual position. If it is a bad sexual postion, one should simply move and resume in a more pleasing sexual position


Oh, I saw x-men 2. Enjoyed it very much. We aren't talking high art here, but it sure was fun. Well actually, a naked woman painted blue with some strategically placed scaley looking things might be considered high art, by some.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
To avoid the "you can't criticize the classics" argument, I've stuck to things with some modern currency.

Passive-aggressive wimpy west coastie milquetoast. "Sin" is the costless line.

[c2ed]

Originally posted by leagleaze

2. Actor? Keanu Reeves. I don't know that he is actually over rated. But he annoys me.

This reminds me. Does anyone else here regularly watch Inside the Actor's Studio? I'm not sure why I'm drawn to this show (perhaps because there is nothing else on when it's showing here at 8 pm on Sundays), as it royally annoys me.

From this show, I've learned that actors must think no one else ever considers life. They all seem to love "getting into their emotions," as if no one else feels anything. They love to pretend to be other people. Um, haven't we all sorta taken on a persona (like here or in a bar)? However, they do it because it's "so real." And their bosses are "geniuses" and so "in touch with the human spirit and perspective." Ok, so the partners I've worked with can't always fit in that description. But really, they make their jobs sound like it's just psychotherapy in front of a lot of people. No, thanks.

9. Clothing? Shoes. Why do we need so many shoes?

Sigh. Hanging my head in my hands, I'm not sure I can respond to this. If you don't get the pure beauty of shoes and how they can make an outfit, I'm not sure I can adequately describe their power.

C(have been known to choose my outfit purely by the shoes I want to wear)deuced

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by leagleaze

8. TV show? Most of the reality shows. Especially survivor since that one started it all.

Sigh. Dear Leagl, Survivor didn't start it all. It just brought it to the unwashed masses.

n(the blasphemy)cs