This quote perfectly describes my relationship to clothing every single damned day of my life. It's part of a larger piece on why the author (a woman) no longer attends tech events.

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A nice little reposted essay on pockets. Note: I highly recommend White House Black Market for mid/up-scale dresses for women: every single one I tried on this past weekend actually had pockets! They rock!

Originally posted by hitchhiker at What we talk about when we talk about pockets
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CNN's outdone itself in a headline that reads the exact opposite of reality ( Read more... )

I went sight-seeing thru Midtown yesterday. Man, am I tired! I'm not used to walking that much. Most of my photos came out slightly blurry b/c I didn't bother with a tripod, but here's a couple anyway.

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I finished grading last night. today I emailed those students of mine who asked for their grades ahead. at 4pm I was done with everything, and didn't know what to do. My colleague L*** wandered into my office, with the same dilemma. we chatted for a hafl hour about how we really didn't know what to do with ourselves now that we didn't have to ( Read more... )

I bought the most adorable little plaid dress from New York & Company, but there's two unfortunates to it: it's gonna stay cool and rainy for at least another week, and I can't find an image of it on their webpage. I really like the company, their clothing is built for my body type, and it's the professional look I want - in blouses, little ( Read more... )

My well-manicured nails from Friday are starting to scuff today. Even chipping at the ends. They're bright orange, to match the skirt I wore at the wedding: flowers of bright orange, pink, and white, shirt was light pink and bright pink, and jacket was flowers in dark blue, light blue, and white - I was the most garish thing present, and I'm ( Read more... )