I do like the riff on 26-year-old Matt Damon's smouldering skills.
I'd rather watch Channing Tatum dance than Matt Damon do sums, or either of them doing some mopping or locking doors or whatever.
(Admission: I have seen both Magic Mike films at the cinema. With kid A. No wonder she's so awful now.)
If you name people after Radiohead albums....
I like goodwill hunting less now that it is full of clothes I could have bought new the first time round.
They acquired those labels because Kid C was born very shortly after that album came out.
And then very shortly *after* kid C was born, the film "Unbreakable" came out, and he turned out to share a first and last name with the SLJ character. Bit weird.
Men's clothing hasn't changed since the release of Good Will Hunting.
4 is exactly right. Recently I went to some thrift stores and they were full of floral print rayon slipdresses. Like, the kind I wore with a choker and combat boots and matte oxblood lipstick when I was in high school. I felt really old.
Apparently jms is one of the women on whose style I imprinted when I was a lad.
I won't rest until I learn what House and J-Bug have to say about this.*
* Stupid Bill Simmons joke TM the comments at Deadspin.
4, 8 I just gave a 19-year-old cousin a bunch of old dELiA*s catelogues I had (why did I have these??) for fashion inspiration and now she's the most popular girl in her dorm. Does this double as advice for kid A? Maybe. She basically teared up with gratitude.
She did not like it when handing them over I said "welcome to the Delian League," callow dummy.
The OP is funny and reminds me of spending a while spent mind-filming a movie about a prima ballerina who at night nourished her secret passion for welding. This may have originally been someone else's joke. Maybe even someone here.
12.2: A Lesbian would not be too wild about the prospect.
She did not like it when handing them over I said "welcome to the Delian League," callow dummy.
Hahaha, good one.
Also, re 12.1: \boggle
12.1 is amazing. You kept dELiA catalogs for twenty years!!
15 I know! I'm really puzzled by this. Old stuff generally stresses me out and I am an almost violent declutterer, but somehow these survived. Probably because I was subconsciously waiting to make the joke in 12.2.
Also 13 made me snort-laugh, even if, unfortunately for the sake of the joke therein, my cousin currently has a boyfriend.
I'm pretty sure I imprinted on those very catalogs.
THAT"S NOT IMPRINTING, THAT'S JUST PRINTS.
Item 21 from the link in 20 is v poignant, I didn't talk to my mom for most of eighth grade because she threw out basically that exact sweatervest crop top. (Mine was tan argyle not neon fairisle. Joke's on you mom, guess who has a drawer full of crop tops now just bc she can.)
I don't wear them except to gym because they're not Mean Old Dance Teacher but I could, that's the point.
Actually, I'm pretty sure it was the '97 catalog... but... it'll do, pig. It'll do.
My high school girlfriend had that exact catalog. Why do I still remember those bottle cap necklaces?
I only got rid of my Delia's boots with flames on the sides a shamefully small number of years ago.
And OT but we don't have any Denver types, do we? I'm stuck in the airport all night and will presumably just hope I can find something to sit on, but am open to suggestions for more interesting misadventures.
Actually we slept under the benches mostly, when we had to.
I remember Megan had a dear old friend in Denver for a time.
It seems weird that we wouldn't have any Denver-based commenters, but I can't think of any.
Hi Thorn, I'm in an airport too but will hopefully be boarding soon.
Benches still seem aspirational, but surely flights will leave in the night and I can choose my moment.
I'm pretty far from Denver though.
I wouldn't actually bother a commenter. I have relatives here and I'm not bothering them. Kicking myself for not bringing the Tooze to finish, but oh well.
Under the benches? Was there a lot of dried up ABC gum underneath them?
I have books to read but mostly find myself refreshing Unfogged and looking at Twitter.
10: waffle-knit longjohns in colder climes. With the tiny pink flower print if very grrl.
Mayhap. But we were all pretty well done with everything by then . We'd left dca at almost 11pm EDt (3 hr delay) and so were pretty tired.
But honestly... I'd like to hear more about various catalog patrons from the late 90s...
floral print rayon slipdresses. Like, the kind I wore with a choker and combat boots and matte oxblood lipstick when I was in high school
Oh, so you were every female friend of mine, and a couple of the males? (I only knew one transgender person back then -- sometime lover of one of my collective-mates.) Sigh. It was a simpler time. Remember George H.W. Bush? By god, he looks like Khruschev pounding his shoe at this point! So many idiots. Like, who reads the DOJ Baltimore report and attributes it to just a few bad apples or some shit? I mean, I basically give other whites the benefit of the doubt that they're (mostly) unconscious about the level of their own racism, but damn if it isn't hard to maintain that pretense at this juncture. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Yay, my gate has emptied as I hoped! Now I can get a drink and not worry. Probably need an intervention about how much Deliaswear is too much. If I never really gave up the look, I don't have to abide by the rules about not picking it back up again, right?
You know, I'm not sure I feel comfortable taking fashion advice from two. That's probably personal growth or something!
And I too have fond memories of the dELiA*s catalog, which hopefully sounds less creepy given that I was approximately the same age as the models at the time.
I'm a bit too old to have imprinted on it but I do remember liking it.
Probably would have been a good idea for Chani to have mentioned that her sister was due this weekend when I asked what would be a good weekend to visit.
You'll get to witness the miracle of life!
46 is basically what I'm talking about. I'm wearing an era-appropriate stretchy not-quite-maxi dress. It's already pulling along the bust where my bag strap hits, but it cost 6 bucks or something.
47 Way to make me feel creepy teo.
49 I don't think she's told her family about us yet. Maybe her brother whom I've met a few times.
46 (plus, like, a dress, obviously, or a blouse and skirt, I dunno, but anyway, other clothing) is more or less what jms was wearing the last time I saw her (but that isn't what prompted the tweet!), so I don't know what she's talking about in 8.
Some things age better than others. Rayon (swoon!) babydoll dresses were not as readily available as stompy boots and army surplus stuff.
Dating update: sometime over the weekend I will acquire the bag made for me by the woman whose bag-making business I discovered through her bumble profile. So, that's some kind of success, right?
The only thing I noticed about female fashion as a teen in the late 90s was that all girls wore either chunky heels or shoes that were simply platform shoes. We were not allowed to wear sneakers so it was a laboratory for this sort of fashion choice. One girl in my high school wore flats. She was very mousy, fascinated by English literature and came from a religious Catholic family. I wondered why she seemed so different and noticed that literally every other girl never wore flats, except the European exchange students. I thought it was an eternal phenomenon that stylish European women wore flats and stylish American women did not. But I guess it was specific to circa 1999.
I bet rayon dresses are pretty comfortable.
Edit: We were not allowed to wear sneakers OR sandals OR flip-flops
59: the ex before my most recent ex gave voice more than once to extreme disdain to ballet flats and women who wear them, one of her many very strongly held and somewhat baffling opinions.
Dating update: I've advised yet another woman about which foster agency would fit best with what she has to offer. But this time I think we're also going to meet in a datelike way. She's a YA librarian, so we should at least have plenty to talk about.
Can you give more details on the bag, nosflow? Sounds nice!
I really have no intention of upstaging neb's bag-acquisition skillz, but if we're sharing dating updates I suppose I should mention that over the weekend I did my part to ensure that two millennials bucked the alleged trend of generational celibacy, with great success in the moment though it will sadly not continue.
Or Thorn's librarian-meeting skillz, I guess.
65 I'm sure she's a very nice lady, Thorn.
Rolltop messenger bag like this one (including the rough edge) except all black (except for the hardware), somewhat different dimensions, handles as well as a shoulder strap, and body made from a single pattern piece.
We haven't actually met! But I am pretty good at meeting librarians. You just show up at the library and they're there. I'm definitely better at that than at sex with Snake People.
So by "all black" I guess what I meant is "black leather rather than brown leather".
I heartily approve of the sexing up of librarians.
It can be tricky to find the cloaca, it's true.
It can be tricky to find the cloaca, it's true.
It's too bad Gary Farber isn't here.
Lovely, nosflow! (Im deliberately deviating from comment-number mentions to avoid floor-level fruit.)
I was going to have another date tonight, actually, with a different girl, but she got called away to deal with an archaeological emergency.
She will likely post a picture of the finished product to her Instagram sometime tomorrow or Saturday.
I thought I was making great progress in setting up a date with a Finn in Sweden, but sadly communication dropped off right after we'd agreed to get together but before we'd actually specified where.
Tinder, man. Best thing that's ever happened to my dating life.
I'd try Bumble, which sounds even more well-suited to me, but I suspect its user-base here is very small.
I did get stood up yesterday by yet another girl, so there's that.
I want to amend 70 to make it clear that I blame the Snake People and think that I am of course excellent and they are missing out.
Nosflow, are you all caught up on your Moomintroll trip prep?
Nosflow, are you all caught up on your Moomintroll trip prep?
Well, see 77.2.
77.2 is why I asked!
I'm guessing tinder for Alaskan straight people isn't all 420-friendly couples looking for a unicorn? (It isn't entirely that here either. That's why I'm talking to the librarian rather than just telling myself for the millionth time that her okcupid photo is compelling like I've been doing for the past year.)
I thought I was making great progress in setting up a date with a Finn in Sweden, but sadly communication dropped off right after we'd agreed to get together but before we'd actually specified where.
A date between YOU and a Finn in Sweden? Are you in Sweden now?
I'm guessing tinder for Alaskan straight people isn't all 420-friendly couples looking for a unicorn
No, but there's plenty of 420 stuff. But then it's legal here, so. Lots of people with kids, though.
I am not in Sweden now, but I will be in Sweden in a little over a week (so, obviously, there exists time, but, somewhat hilariously, there is only one day when both I and the Finn in question will be in Stockholm).
I have nothing against legalization or threesomes. It's just the bandwagon but that gets old.
What about kids? I know you've expressed your thoughts on dogs before.
Did you know (you probably all know) that the line to which teo alludes was not said by WC Fields, but rather of him?
87: My real-life friend who is most similar to you has been in Stuttgart for 3 years, so it was a possibility.
For the record, I was not knowingly alluding to any line, but I'm not at all surprised that I was unknowingly alluding to one attributed to W. C. Fields.
I have kids, yes. Also a dog.
I don't know about dating people with kids. I have to do the kind of mental gymnastics of how-would-coparenting-work while simultaneously having a casual relationship. The really hot young mom made me rethink things (only partly by means of hotness, but definitely that) because my knee jerk response is that I don't want anyone in a parental role with my kids and (to a lesser extent, because I'm a control freak) don't want to take on other people's. But there's a hypothetical future in which that could have worked, which was eye-opening in its way. People who put their kids in their dating profile pics still get automatically rejected, though.
Wow, really? The line I was thinking of is right in line with your question.
I suppose given the tenor of the line the idea that teo was alluding to it doesn't make a whole lot of sense but it seemed too similar not to be so.
Communication is rife with difficulty.
94: Ha, yes, I had never heard of that quote before. Just reacting to the general discussion of kids and dogs being mentioned on Tinder.
Have you guys actually somehow PLANNED the threesome Tinder threads for when I'm getting IV Dilaudid and unable to hold forth coherently? It's ok if you have. (I'm ok, except insofar as bodies generally are an affliction, shun them.)
People who put their kids in their dating profile pics still get automatically rejected, though.
Why? I see this a lot and don't automatically use it as a reason for rejection. Maybe I should, though.
Bodies are the worst. Is IV Dilaudid nice? Rye in the airport is not bad by any means and doing ok as a muscle relaxant, but there must be better versions.
98: How many threesome Tinder threads have there been? I blame sampling error.
Unlike Thorn, who is apparently all about the drugs.
Maybe some of us just don't put our whole sexual lives on the blog, dude.
Anyway, I personally believe it's tacky and showing poor judgement to show off your kids in a dating profile because I'm critical and hate everyone. I say I have kids but not that they're black or adopted from foster care because that's their story. (I do say I have kids who require a lot of time and attention and on okc I say something about spending Fridays doing hair that may explain why a disproportionately high number of black women have messaged me, but I don't know for sure.)
It's also possible our Stabby friend just means that teo, nosflow, and I are talking dating apps again, nothing more salacious. But most likely she has some good Millennial-free stories.
IV Dilaudid is a great painkiller but my scientific understanding of this is that so much is going to shut the pain receptors up that there's none leftover to activate the fun receptors. Might be different if you were taking it for the spiritual pain of being stuck in an airport tho.
Maybe some of us just don't put our whole sexual lives on the blog, dude.
And some of us do! No judgment either way, though.
Anyway, I personally believe it's tacky and showing poor judgement to show off your kids in a dating profile because I'm critical and hate everyone.
Fair enough, and obviously it's much less tacky to mention them in the profile than show their pictures. And probably I should just be swiping left on all of these people anyway (also the people who mention Jesus). But damn, it's hard to find women my age up here who don't have kids, and even with much younger women it's a challenge.
Oh, I'm more concerned about excruciating spine pain now that the guy who wanted to sit next to me and chat has moved on. I have successfully consoled myself by saying it works hurt just as much in a hotel bed, just I works by realize because I'd be asleep. Drinking does help.
I swiped right on one of the Jesus people recently and sent her a message asking if my being Jewish was a problem; no response. So yeah, swiping left is probably the best approach.
106.1: Sorry. Teasing, not judging. And I'm still having a hard time physically managing the swiping. I guess if I can't sleep I could practice here with people il never see again.
There is an actual Tinder for group sex app (called 3ndr) on which some people incredibly actually post pictures of themselves hanging out with their kids. I have seen this. (Friends' account, I'm not that interesting (or boring?)). There were also a few pictures of the 9-11 memorial light beams.
I think you can tap the icons at the bottom of the screen rather than swiping, but I can't test that right now since I appear to have run out of people to swipe on.
(Which happens frequently, since I'm at the ends of the earth here.)
And in re threesome Tinder I could swear y'all already discussed how women who indicate interest in women get relentlessly approached by couples but it's entirely possible it was a Dilaudid dream or I read an article or something.
No, I'm sure I've complained about it eleventy billion times. And I haven't even had a particularly hard time with it; all the couples have been polite and respectful. I'm just being selfish too. But yeah, I guess I think the more sexual detail people expose about themselves, the less they should highlight their children. Possible I'm just being prudish.
Hm, yeah, I mostly see the kid pictures with people who don't mention anything explicitly sexual in their profiles, or don't have any text there at all.
I mooned over Delia's catalogs when I was a teenager but was never cool enough to wear their clothes.
Not to mention, I've been surrounded by kids and dogs in Alaska all week, but no online dating or threesomes.
Ballet flats are excruciatingly painful for my ridiculously high arches, so no. But on general aesthetic grounds I don't see the problem. Assuming otherwise pleasing or at least congruent attire. I find wedge soles more aesthetically off-putting, frankly.
Firmly endorse Thorn's child-filters re: dating/dalliancing sites.
119: So do you count as a kid or a dog?
More a kid than a dog, I guess, but I was thinking I would fit more into the online dating or threesome categories.
119: Hey back. Planning to set my alarm for one am to see the meteor showers tonight. Hope the sky stays clear.
Well, I do know you online, and there will be three of us at the event on Sunday....
Completely clouded over here. Good luck!
I think I threw my back out picking up and carrying the kids. And I have a newfound respect for Heebie's ability to get through each day without strangling anyone. I love these kids to death, but the four of them together can get a little overwhelming.
Aw. I think I pulled a muscle in my back yesterday or the day before, but I feel better now.
WHATEVER. I carry kids all the time and my back is a wreck and I'm unlikely to have a threesome this weekend, but you go on bonding all you like!
Well if you would just fly to Alaska we could all bond together!
129: Aww, but you're the only commenter I've slept (in the same bed) with twice! Our bond can never be broken.
Seriously, though, and at the risk of VTSOOBC, JR and I are going to see a US Supreme Court justice on Sunday. We're probably not going to have sex with her, though.
I'll be tempted, though. She's pretty amazing.
131: So great! But better than that or drugs or threesomes, I scored a spot that is two seats without an armrest divider! I think all these people will leave in half an hour or so and I'll be golden.
I mean, sleeping with you is great and all. I don't want to scare teo or RBG off. I was just ready for some selfish indulgence.
Wait, who's planning a threesome? What did I miss when I was.flying over the Gulf?
Nothing wrong with selfish indulgence (as long as it's not at the expense of other people)!
And it's Sotomayor who is speaking. Apparently she was headed to Alaska for vacation and a local university got her to agree to give a talk.
Two talks, actually. She's giving another one on Wednesday in Anchorage, which was newly announced since we decided to got to this one.
I don't think I'm excessively selfish. There are four of us in six long rows of seats and I left this spot to go to the bathroom, so I think they had their chance.
You could have told me before, Barry!
I wouldn't have a problem dating a woman with kids but never a Jesus freak.
140 That's awesome but RBG would be hotter.
Well if can figure out a way to convince her to travel to Alaska feel free.
I don't really recognize that Delia's stuff and it seems kind of meh to me, to be honest. There are some 90s styles that you could say "imprinted" on me, but I associate them with SF/East Bay or Pacific Northwest.
Let her know somehow that you can just stick your head in the rivers and the salmon leap into your jaws. You could file an amicus, but then you might get Thomas.
I'm critical and hate everyone.
A lot of people say things like this in comments here, but few appear to be living up to it.
UNRELATEDLY: I'm getting ready to take a vacation that will be basically me camping alone, probably with books and little internet access.
152: A kindle is great for that, as long as you remember to load it up before.
Don't forget to hang your food from a tree so you don't get eaten by a bear.
Anyway, camping sounds better than spending a night in an airport.
154. True, but if you're really camping in the wilds it might be tricky to charge up when the battery gets low. FA should bring a dynamo.
Batteries on the basic Kindles last a long time. Out for a week, I wouldn't worry about it unless you were planning on reading ten hours a day. Also, you can carry a portable extra battery pretty easily.
I've been thinking of getting one of these.
The threesome part of the thread was already dead before I ran with the camping thing, right?
Anyway, I have a little solar charger/external battery pack. It would be more than enough to keep a Kindle running, but I'm coming to the conclusion that it won't keep my phone running if I were hiking. Setting the solar panel straight into the sun seems to charge it O.K., but moving through a forest isn't going to work nearly so well.
So that was weird: last night, in Innsbruck, Iberian Fury and I were walking around when a girl ran after a guy on a bike, shouting that he had stolen it. I tried to chase, but he was on a bike, so gave up after a bit and we kept walking. But our route took us where the thief was going, and he'd slowed down to be inconspicuous, so I caught up with him as he was dismounting and he threw it away and ran off, so I was able to get it back to the girl after all. Exciting, but also depressing.
So, you're basically Batman, junior grade.
so I was able to get it back to the girl after all.
Had she followed you, or did you go look for her?
So, you're basically Batman, junior grade.
Robin, in other words.
I was trying to make him feel good about himself.
I feel that x trapnel should support his superhero identity with pictures of himself in a speedskating unitard.
I assume those unitards have a trap door, like a union suit. Otherwise, it seems like too much trouble.
What on earth are you thinking being a superhero entails?
Whenever I run, it makes things go through my system much faster. Speedskating is probably the same in that way.
But, that's for speedskating. Based on facial expression, I assume superheros just hold it in.
The girl I should have been dating instead of BOGF in the late '90s got the Delia's catalogue even though she was flagrantly too old for it. So I get a double-hit of nostalgia, from general lost youth, and from her specifically.
Oh hey, AB has a version of item G from #29, although I think she got it in Alaska, not from Delia's (also I think it's just a notebook, not a "road journal". But still).
I never heard of the catalog before this thread.
151 can fuck right off. I do to hate everyone.
I can't believe no one has suggested comparing David James Elliott and Tom Cruise in a JAG-off.
