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dexterjerome

What Would Jackie Collins Drink?

Feb 18, 2005 16:32

This morning I was meditating on cocktails, thinking about how nice a Tom Collins sounded after a long week. Then I started wondering, if there's a cocktail called Tom Collins (gin + sour mix + soda) and another called John Collins (bourbon + sour mix + soda), wouldn't it stand to reason that Jackie Collins would stand among the line-up ( Read more... )

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phyllisgabor February 18 2005, 23:00:06 UTC

You have to get up close n' personal when doing reference work with folks, so I'm always biting my tongue to keep from saying "You smell incredible." I'm a regular Francine Fishpaw, so one of my big work regrets at that I've never gotten close enough to Harry to get a good whiff.

Your grandparents are very cute! Oh, and I'd like a complete book report when you finish Wifey.

dexterjerome February 21 2005, 17:09:04 UTC

One of the great frustrations of life is that one can never really know for sure how one smells to others. One of my favorite smells, for the record, is the smell of new plastic. I wish I could smell just like that.

So far, I like how well Judy Blume captures the heartache of 1960s/70s housewifedom! I like how she throws out fakey product names like Frosted Sherbet nail polish, and how Sandy nicknames those ladies Brown, Luscious, and Funky. It's funny how she tries so hard to be shocking -- which is what makes it even more scandalous, because it IS JUDY BLUME! Anyway, I don't think this book could be written/published today. If it were, it would have to be a lot more subtle.

I like your new icons!

phyllisgabor February 21 2005, 20:07:53 UTC

I impulsively paid the scratch for extra icons because I found some pictures of French Canadian pop stars that were the perfect size of LJ icon use. Now that I've done it I kind of feel foolish about the whole thing--fifty icons is a whole lotta icons--I probably could have done with six extras.

At least now I can bring back all the retired icons like Wanda Jackson and Yma Sumac.

I must read Wifey--I wonder if we have it in our library system?

dexterjerome February 21 2005, 20:43:22 UTC

Whoa! My golly, you do have a lot of icons. I think it's worth it, though, since all your icons deserve to be in active circulation.

If you've never read Wifey, prepare yourself -- it's pretty goofy but a lot of fun. I've been reading some more and she keeps on name-dropping, like SARA LEE CAKE and WELCH'S GRAPE JUICE. It's like watching a Joan Crawford movie, waiting for the next bottle of Pepsi to appear.

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madge_pastiche February 19 2005, 00:02:17 UTC

What excellent pictures! AND you are super cool because of being related to Clyde Barrow! How could you resist putting that all over every livejournal post you have? I would print it on my business cards, under the heading "Professional Badass."

Must try to get Jackie Collins drink into general circulation. Maybe it should have a cherry in it? Crushed? Several broken ones? A cherry stabbed by an umbrella? Oh, there are soo many places to go from here.

dexterjerome February 21 2005, 17:13:53 UTC

Yes! And my great-great-something-grandmother (on my mom's side -- these are my dad's folks, pictured above) was a gypsy fortune-teller from Portugal. I tend to think that's pretty fantastic.

I love the idea of the crushed cherry! Maybe it could be ground up in the bottom of the glass, mojito-style. And then the drink could be garnished with a wedge of grapefruit! (Stabbed by an umbrella, yes, absolutely!) The possibilities are endless. We should recommend this for the next LUPEC meeting.

dexterjerome February 21 2005, 20:26:21 UTC

PS, did I mention that the fortune-teller fell in love with an English sea captain and ran away to America with him?

Gypsies, tramps and thieves, we'd hear it from the people of the town.

you have genetic coolness! madge_pastiche February 23 2005, 01:09:26 UTC

Oh MAN them's good genes! You are soooooo lucky to have such an incredible history! That's so cool you never have to think about coolness ever again! You are so naturally cool, from generations of coolness, that you could never be dorky enough to outdo your historical coolness! You could stand in line for three days to see the new Star Wars! You could dress like cap'n Kirk and address people as "My good fellow!" You could pull your pants up to your nipples and not wash! It wouldn't matter. You are like a monarch of cool, king cool at 12, ruling the school because your relatives always have.

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annaclaire February 19 2005, 03:54:59 UTC

your grandparents look so young!

dexterjerome February 21 2005, 17:16:56 UTC

I think they got married right out of high school -- the grandfather (pictured above) died in 1961, so this is the first time I've ever seen him.

I love your new icon -- very, very sweet.

annaclaire February 21 2005, 17:34:24 UTC

yeah. mama. <3

the best thing is that her hair is so big that i had to cut out some of her sweater to make it small enough to work on LJ.

dexterjerome February 21 2005, 17:54:55 UTC

Best picture ever. <3 adorable <3

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rossboss February 19 2005, 10:03:23 UTC

If you have the Clyde genes, who's the Bonnie?

dexterjerome February 21 2005, 17:19:21 UTC

He's a distant cousin to me -- I think he's my great-grandmother's first cousin or nephew, something like that? So, hardly related to me at all, hardly enough to count. Also, therefore, no Bonnie.

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dexterjerome February 21 2005, 17:23:59 UTC

haha, NO WAY! It'd be neat if I could be related to Bonnie instead of Clyde, but I guess I'll take what I can get. (And anyway, since he's such a distant relation anyway, I don't even know if it counts.)

Clyde Barrow was pretty notorious for his bisexual affairs. I like that. Rumor has it that he and Bonnie hooked up together with dudes from time to time.

Your psychic ability blows me away! And also, glad you liked the valentine. :)