Aprons Are Officially Cool

Mar 14, 2007 09:05

Bollocks. Alastair contacted me last night to inform me that our Friday shindig, the U of T Saints & Sinners Club 1940s-themed Comic Book Villains Ball, has been canceled due to lack of interest! Fucking tragic. As always, I have tried to find the silver lining in this situation: given the recent popularity of comic book films, I was beginning to ( Read more... )

nick hornby, books, comics, alastair, aprons, michael chabon, running, alternate life, clothing

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neonsunflower March 14 2007, 16:02:14 UTC
I own The Polysyllabic Spree but had trouble finding the second one, I think I'll have to look again.

those are aprons? hott! yes, hot with 2 t's

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themusesbitch March 14 2007, 16:09:54 UTC
Damn, those are hot.

I've been thinking I need an apron because all my cooking is leaving my t-shirts oil 'n spice spattered... but those aprons are so much nicer than most of my clothes, I fear if I owned one I'd be trying to put it on UNDER my t-shirt to protect the APRON from spatter.

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pipesdreams March 14 2007, 16:26:24 UTC
Yeah, don't go clicking on the necklace link either. It will only hurt you.

I thoughtfully avoided linking to the site where I found my dream stripey thigh-high socks because it is a terrible wonderland of marvels, just waiting to suck the unsuspecting web-surfer into a world of penury and insurmountable debt.

The Wordsworth icon is from back in my Master's days, when I was struggling with reading 'The Prelude' for class. I couldn't possibly recapture the state of mind that lead me to that three-part animation, except it reminds me a little of a haiku.

Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator

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tapeheads March 14 2007, 16:16:15 UTC
I hadn't even heard of those two Nick Hornby novellas! I've got to track them down now!

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themusesbitch March 14 2007, 18:31:17 UTC
Wow. I want to have sex with that book cover.

That said, I'm VERY curious to see what ends being the final draft -- the thumbnail is VERY different from the larger version you get when you click on it.

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