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

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by lookingformarket
Use a straw.

Yes, like this:



Classy!

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan

Best accent ever:

Miranda Richardson in Evening Star. Had I not known that she was British, I would have assumed her to be a native of River Oaks.

Robert Duvall, generally, and especially in Tender Mercies.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch

I don't think it's really fair to include Peter Postlewaite for "The Usual Suspects," in light of what happened in that movie. What accent was he supposed to have, given the ending?

Ok, now we're on to something really important, and I think it's something I can safely discuss without leaving Spoiiler Space. But if you haven't yet seen Usual Suspects and plan to, you can stop reading now. Ok. Are you suggesting that Kobayashi, and not Verbal, is the real Kaiser (Keyser?) Sose? Although a case can be made either way, I think that the film more readily lends itself to the interpretation that it's Verbal who is the Kaiser, because he's such a great and entertaining liar/actor/faker, and that Kobayashi is just his trusted right hand man. Or maybe it's a Dread Pirate Roberts kind of thing?

God I love that movie. I went to that movie with a gf planning on doing the sex in the movie theater, and we soon ditched that plan because the movie was so good.

stratu

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by tax_hottie
Needy people suck. I also hate people who wear sunglasses indoors. If he ends up with her, I will die! I wonder though, if he does pick Erin, whether she'd pick the money. Were you surprised he booted Kelly off? She wasn't that bad, esp. compared to Paige. I liked when she was making fun of how Paige wanted to buy a Hermes scarf with the money.

Goddammit, I can't even believe I'm watching this garbage. I hate reality TV! I'm so disappointed in myself!

Yeah, Paige is bad, but I just think it is immaturity. Kind of sad that she'll have to look at how stupid she was on the show at some point. I think that if it wasn't for the money thing, Rob would totally pick Erin. All I was saying before was that his only chance of getting someone to pick him over the money was to pick Paige. No way Kelly or Erin would take him over the cash...

Rob with Paige is a pretty creepy thing to watch anyway because of the age/experience level gap. She acts like a high school kid. Not that we need to rehash that discussion here...

[str8outavannuys]

Do you think you might like artsy pop music, but don't know how to start listening to it? I'd recommend going out and buying The Flaming Lips' "Transmissions from the Satellite Heart." I finally got around to getting this (Jack Manfred is probably laughing at me right now for this admission) and DAMN is this a great album. I can't believe they were doing this stuff 10 years ago. It sounds fresh as all hell.

Another good place to start would be Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, or Radiohead's Kid A/Amnesiac, or either New Pornographers' album, but that drum has been well-beaten here. But the Lips are kick ass. Their "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" album is also genius.

S(slow)t(work)r(day)8

[evenodds]

I wonder if it's a bigger turn-on for a man to have a woman who is not yet damaged by other men or a woman who is more of an equal in terms of age and experience, but whose age and experience come with issues from past relationships.

[fufu]

Originally posted by tax_hottie
Needy people suck. I also hate people who wear sunglasses indoors. If he ends up with her, I will die! I wonder though, if he does pick Erin, whether she'd pick the money. Were you surprised he booted Kelly off? She wasn't that bad, esp. compared to Paige. I liked when she was making fun of how Paige wanted to buy a Hermes scarf with the money.

Goddammit, I can't even believe I'm watching this garbage. I hate reality TV! I'm so disappointed in myself!

I agree with you about Kelly. I liked her and thought that both she and Erin came off looking good last night. I also have to remember that that Paige is a young 20 and Mr. Charisma is 33. If he choses Paige what on earth will they talk about? She wants everything to be like it is in a fairytale. And that just ain't real.

Does anyone know what Mr. Charisma is doing now besides collecting unemployment?

I also agree with you about reality TV. It's insidious how it sucks you in. Now I have to watch (or at least TiVo) the two-hour finale.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Ok, now we're on to something really important, and I think it's something I can safely discuss without leaving Spoiiler Space. But if you haven't yet seen Usual Suspects and plan to, you can stop reading now. Ok. Are you suggesting that Kobayashi, and not Verbal, is the real Kaiser (Keyser?) Sose?

[WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS of "The Usual Suspects," a movie you have no excuse for not having seen.]

I don't think Kobayashi was Soze --- or, more accurately, that the guy who played Kobayashi in the narrative was Soze in "real" life. I agree that it's Verbal. However, there is no such person as Kobayashi. It's a word Verbal got off the label on the bottom of a coffee cup in the interview room. Since he's telling the story and adding elaboration as Kujan pushes him for more (notice he doesn't start talking about Soze until Kujan asks him, based on the tip from the dying burn victim at the pier, and involuntarily explodes with "Shit!" when Kujan suddenly asks "Who is Kayser Soze?"). He completely made up the Kobayashi character in the narrative in order to get out of Kujan's office. The movie depicts him as being played by the same guy who picks up Verbal in the car on the street as he limps away from the interview room. But it's natural that the visual depiction would use images of people Verbal actually knew. The movie is just the tapestry of Verbal's story, which he's making up as he goes along, getting himself out of jams that his narrative put him in.

So, no, Kobayashi is not Soze, but in the visual story he's "played" by the guy who's Soze's real assistant in "real" life.

[fufu]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
[WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS of "The Usual Suspects," a movie you have no excuse for not having seen.]

Kevin Costner in Robin Hood.

[fufu]

Originally posted by evenodds
I wonder if it's a bigger turn-on for a man to have a woman who is not yet damaged by other men or a woman who is more of an equal in terms of age and experience, but whose age and experience come with issues from past relationships.

If I was a man (and I can assure you I'm not. NTTAWWT) I'd go for the latter but I think I'd be in the minority. It seems to me that a big turn-on for men is to have a young virgin so that they can be the one to de-flower her and teach her how to get them off without the encumbrances of knowing another man's likes and dislikes. This also gives them bragging rights in the locker room.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by fufu
Kevin Costner in Robin Hood.

Also Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October. Sure, most Russians I know have thick Scottish brogues.

In relationship news, scientists have just confirmed opposites actually do not attract--or if they do, their relationships will go down in flames. Poll: is this true for you?

Forgot to copy the link, but it's at cnn.com.

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
..... and Bill Macy are Actors. Harrison Ford, Clint Eastwood and De Niro are Stars. One is not better than the other; the world needs Stars more than it needs Actors, and no one would have infinite patience to watch Bill Macy be himself in 110 minute stretches for his entire career.

Why is it that I always get Bill Macy and David Caruso confused? Look the same, seem to act in similar movies and similar roles. Caruso seemed 1100000000 times dumber in snubbing NYPD Blue.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
What would animal testing of a Nalgene bottle entail? "Let's see how many hamsters we can fit inside it." "The bottle completed its passage through the elephant's digestive system without causing apparent discomfort." "Day 47. The polar bear continues to ignore the Nalgene bottle."

My brain was pondering similar scenarios, but I was thinking along the lines of the Verizon commercial, "Is it leaking now?"

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Also Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October. Sure, most Russians I know have thick Scottish brogues.

In relationship news, scientists have just confirmed opposites actually do not attract--or if they do, their relationships will go down in flames. Poll: is this true for you?

Forgot to copy the link, but it's at cnn.com.

I've always wondered why it is that Jack Ryan could never be portrayed by one character - Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck. I actually think that Baldwin was the right guy. Youngish and smart. Ford seemed too old for the role and just didn't seem to be the right fit - although his two appearances would seemingly outdo Baldwin's single appearance.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by fufu
If I was a man (and I can assure you I'm not. NTTAWWT) I'd go for the latter but I think I'd be in the minority. It seems to me that a big turn-on for men is to have a young virgin so that they can be the one to de-flower her and teach her how to get them off without the encumbrances of knowing another man's likes and dislikes. This also gives them bragging rights in the locker room.

Having added to my bag of tricks but never forever changed my "act" based on any man's likes or dislikes (eg, if your man doesn't like his balls sucked you stop doing it to him but that doesn't mean that you don't give the next guy a chance to object), if I were a man (and I am not) I would agree with fufu. Sometimes it is hard enough getting across your likes and dislikes without having to teach someone how to fuck from the ground up. Besides, you may find that you enjoy something that a man from my past showed me how to do but that you otherwise might have never experienced if I had never brought it along with me into our relationship.