Yesterday turned out to be a weird day during which I wandered almost aimlessly in search of lemons. Consequently, the pictures are weird as well. Weirdness ( under the cut )
I kind of suspect an art project by the Loyola students there. And, I must admit, I was wondering if the trip to The Nameless Department Store would end with the theft of a fake lemon! Somehow, that strikes me as a very Douglas-y thing to do.
Mazel tov to you on your newly acquired bag of fake lemons, though. Pier 1 is just the sort of deeply weird place to have them. Every time I go into a Pier 1, the same thoughts pop into my head:
1) What the hell is that smell? Did a potpourri plant just die in here?
2) How can such basically inoffensive household items be arranged so as to look so astonishingly ugly?
Yeah, I was in and out pretty quickly. It really is a store that stocks not one single thing that anyone actually needs - except when you need a fake lemon.
My palms were itching the entire time and I was thinking, 'can I get arrested for stealing something that doesn't have a price tag on it?'
Your lemon-inspired ramblings look like so much fun! I wish I could have accompanied you! :-)
Also, I sent something about the Dorothy pinup Barbie to a friend of mine who's doing a series on her blog about weird and disturbing toys. Because that is SERIOUSLY weird and disturbing.
And sidewalk slogans that say things like "Be the person who supports a cause!" bring out the devil in me. I want to scrawl some really obnoxious cause under it -- "Club baby seals!" -- just to teach 'em not to be so generic. ;-)
On the shelf next to the Dorothy barbie was a dancing with the stars barbie which was offensive in a whole different way.
Ha, yes, I need to start traveling with a piece of chalk as well as a lemon so I will be ready to tack 'club baby seals!' at the end of all these interesting signs I keep finding. I could just have stickers made up.
There was another that read, 'Hello, is it you I'm searching for?' but it was half-shaded by a lamp post and virtually un-pictureable. Random song lyrics = awesome.
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Mazel tov to you on your newly acquired bag of fake lemons, though. Pier 1 is just the sort of deeply weird place to have them. Every time I go into a Pier 1, the same thoughts pop into my head:
1) What the hell is that smell? Did a potpourri plant just die in here?
2) How can such basically inoffensive household items be arranged so as to look so astonishingly ugly?
3) What the hell is that smell?
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My palms were itching the entire time and I was thinking, 'can I get arrested for stealing something that doesn't have a price tag on it?'
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Also, I sent something about the Dorothy pinup Barbie to a friend of mine who's doing a series on her blog about weird and disturbing toys. Because that is SERIOUSLY weird and disturbing.
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On the shelf next to the Dorothy barbie was a dancing with the stars barbie which was offensive in a whole different way.
Ha, yes, I need to start traveling with a piece of chalk as well as a lemon so I will be ready to tack 'club baby seals!' at the end of all these interesting signs I keep finding. I could just have stickers made up.
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