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

[bridge of love]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/15/op...d%2fColumnists

spree: they are remaking Stepford Wives, set in New Canaan and Norwalk (!). I thought successful men who dumped their wives and married trophys gave wife number one the CT manor and moved to the city with the trophy?

I think Stepford-ization happened to the original wives. It wasn't about new trophy wives. The Stepford men wanted to keep the CT house, so they got robots of the first wife. Of course, a Stepford wife wouldn't object to the husband dating the girl that would otherwise have become the second trophy wife.

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Funny. I'll probably get shit for this, and I know that the guy is an ass, but I kind of felt for the guy when his law firm (affiliation, whatever) dumped him within a day of his JAG dirty laundry being aired and his boot removal/hot tub debacle show. Bet he had a bad week last week! Here the guy thought he was Bachelor cool and now he is coming across as the biggest heel since Darva Conger's ex. Just goes to show that reality tv has the ability to bite people in the ass. And if you have a big secret, like having been dishonorably removed from the JAG corps, don't do a reality show.

Fame. Ain't it a bitch.

The guy was a freaking office temp. doesnt get more fungible than that. I am sure he will pose for Playgirl or something and the women hating queens will be digging it. He is obviously one of life's losers if, at 33, he is still an office temp in his chosen profession. ( Assuming of course, he didnt get laid off from a dot bomb, in which case, I take it back.) Also, at 33, no relationshipa dn an inability to commit or whatever and the lack of brains to try and pull and elevensome on tv, like that would work. If you are 22 and just out of college, fine, I get it, but at 33 and without a career? HE is fucking stupid. He oughta cash in his chips while he still has his hair and can get a decent looking woman who doesnt mind the fact that he has no career. SHe might have to be dumber than whaleshit though. You know, the type who hears "lawyer" and thinks "$$$".

He is truly a waste of a hot guy.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
spree: they are remaking Stepford Wives, set in New Canaan and Norwalk (!). I thought successful men who dumped their wives and married trophys gave wife number one the CT manor and moved to the city with the trophy?

You'd think they'd turn their mistresses into robots--a Fairfield County wife who already waits on you and takes care of your kids is a hell of a lot easier to deal with than a whiny bimbo mistress who constantly threatens to tell the wife about you if you don't get her another rock from Tiffany's and start taking out to more places.

Speaking of topless, I haev noticed men in my neighborhood walking the streets topless. More often that not, they are pale, pasty, middleaged with gray armpit hair. I have also seen a couple of superbuff guys with shaven chests. I dont really want to see that either. Isnt this against the law or something? It should be. ITs a crime against my eyeballs. I have never seen such a public display on the sidewalks before and I will take off my shirt in protest if it keeps up.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I also saw the While You Were Out show from Memphis when the husband busted to camera person who was following him and they had to turn it around into a surprise on the wife.

Did you see the Trading Spaces where Hildy painted the walls and ceiling of a dining room black, then painted the oval table and chairs bumblebee yellow, so the room looked exactly like the inside of a rotten egg? The wife complained during the credits, "I stayed up to 2 am painting frickin' zinnias on the walls (of Lauri's little girls' room) and I come home to THIS?"

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Speaking of topless, I haev noticed men in my neighborhood walking the streets topless. More often that not, they are pale, pasty, middleaged with gray armpit hair. I have also seen a couple of superbuff guys with shaven chests. I dont really want to see that either. Isnt this against the law or something? It should be. ITs a crime against my eyeballs. I have never seen such a public display on the sidewalks before and I will take off my shirt in protest if it keeps up.

So, the protest-move to Monte Carlo is off?

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
So, the protest-move to Monte Carlo is off?

I was only moving there in an Alec Baldwin kinda way. Why was I moving there again? Taxes? Its gotta be better than where I live, wher ethe men apparently think they are in a deadshow parking lot in Sacramento in August. Cover it up, man.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Did you see the Trading Spaces where Hildy painted the walls and ceiling of a dining room black, then painted the oval table and chairs bumblebee yellow, so the room looked exactly like the inside of a rotten egg? The wife complained during the credits, "I stayed up to 2 am painting frickin' zinnias on the walls (of Lauri's little girls' room) and I come home to THIS?"

I missed that one. I did see a preview of a Hildi room (it might be this week's new episode) where there is a big mosiac or other design on the wall that looks like Hildi's face. How weird to go into someone's house and put your picture on their wall?

Another TLC show that I've been watching is For Better or for Worse, where people let their families/friends plan their weddings in a week for $5000. Another invitation to watch people squabble.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Another TLC show that I've been watching is For Better or for Worse, where people let their families/friends plan their weddings in a week for $5000. Another invitation to watch people squabble.

I watched one of those (the groom started faux-crying during the vows - it was ghastly. Looked like a bit of a train wreck. I think that was the first one. I didn't see the one with the girl with multi-colored hair and the fuschia dress - did you? That one looked like a disaster waiting to happen.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Speaking of topless, I haev noticed men in my neighborhood walking the streets topless. More often that not, they are pale, pasty, middleaged with gray armpit hair. I have also seen a couple of superbuff guys with shaven chests. I dont really want to see that either. Isnt this against the law or something? It should be. ITs a crime against my eyeballs. I have never seen such a public display on the sidewalks before and I will take off my shirt in protest if it keeps up.

I've got rules for shirtlessness (for guys):

Yes: Anywhere in the burbs. Who cares? Your life is over anyway; you might as well take your shirt off. Especially when mowing the lawn.

Yes: Running when it's EXTREMELY hot.

Yes: On the beach or NEAR the beach. In Chicago, that means your shirt goes back on once you cross LSD. NO walking the streets of Chicago shirtless.

Yes: Any golf course with no dress code. Jean shorts are mandatory too. If they wanted you to wear a shirt, they would have said so.


And for girls:

No toplessness when you're dead.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Its gotta be better than where I live, wher ethe men apparently think they are in a deadshow parking lot in Sacramento in August. Cover it up, man.

Once you've seen a number of senior German and Italian men in speedos, you'll run, not walk, for that Dead parking lot. And their topless wives ain't no treat either. ¡Ay Caramba!

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I watched one of those (the groom started faux-crying during the vows - it was ghastly. Looked like a bit of a train wreck. I think that was the first one. I didn't see the one with the girl with multi-colored hair and the fuschia dress - did you? That one looked like a disaster waiting to happen.

I saw it. She was really appalled at first, but it actually looked alright to me. And she was non-traditional enough to pull it off. Much better than the episode where they put the cute little hippy chick in a dress that looked like a potato sack. The scary thing about that show is the wedding planners always put the budget for the dress really low, so the families end up needing to hire someone to make a dress in a week (or, in the case of the fuschia dress, the aunt was going to make a dress from the equivalent of a McCalls pattern before they decided on the fuschia bridesmaids dress).

[purse junkie]

And guys, if you have major monkey thatch, especially on your back, for God's sake cover up. Innocent people shouldn't have to see that. It's just cruel.

[Sparklehorse]

I'm surprised that no one ever posts article from Nerve here. Like this one, about a guy who does different drugs, has sex and writes a lab report about it.

"We settled on ecstasy, cocaine, marijuana, mushrooms and Viagra. Each would be evaluated by six criteria: immediate physical effect, tactile response, duration of sex, mental images produced, lab assistant's reaction, and comparison to usage outside the sexual realm."

Anyone have any good stories they want to share?

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Once you've seen a number of senior German and Italian men in speedos, you'll run, not walk, for that Dead parking lot. And their topless wives ain't no treat either. ¡Ay Caramba!

What pool do you hang out at? THe Washington Hilton? Is there a good hotel pool scene that isnt speedo city? OR shaved buff guy city (not that they arent the same thing)?