Ah, the wind in my knees
I wore the Utilikilt to work on Friday. Everyone liked it much, and I got lotsa compliments. The shirt I picked out to wear with it was pretty weak, but then I’m pretty sure no one noticed I was wearing a shirt.
Everyone wanted to know what I was wearing beneath it – I told them it was $5 each to find out. One of my co-workers was visibly tempted by the deal. (Yes, I was clad. I’m not going ‘regimental’ to my workplace, no matter how cool my co-workers are.)
Web video link-of-the-day: A City of Heroes performance troupe in Bobbo Number Five.
People who dress odd
I suppose it’s not very convincing to call in sick when one’s already reported for work. Darn it. It’s nice out, and has been for the last couple of days.
An offhand comment about fashion (and the broken air conditioner in the typesetting room) led to my co-workers discovering I own a Utilitkilt. Now everyone wants me to wear it to work sometime soon – including my supervisors. (This is a workplace where one person has actually come to work in her pyjamas… so there’s not exactly a strict dress code.)
My jacket is currently sporting a button that reads “Paranoia, n. A healthy understanding of the way the universe works.” This made the day of a clerk at FYI Music over Christmas… apparently it hadn’t been a happy shopping morning. That same day, a customer in Red Robin went nuts over the “Team Banzai” emblem on the back of the jacket, and we spent about ten minutes swapping Buckaroo trivia.
Finally, I managed to watch “The Christmas Invasion” last night. That’s one of the darkest Dr. Who episodes I’ve ever seen. Someone makes a very nasty decision at the end, and though my knee-jerk reaction was to condemn it, I can sort of see both sides. I have to say that the new direction for the show impresses me… I never before expected to call an evening with the Doctor “thought-provoking”. I know I’ll be looking forward to “Torchwood” when that comes on. (Also because it’ll have Captain Jack Harkness in it.)
Catching up
Operation “Will You Shut Up That Bloody Computer Fan” is a success, thanks to $25 spent at CompUSA. A little bit of the daily tension of my life has leaked away.
Thanks much to rhaps and shrewlet for hosting us this weekend. Turkey Day dinner was tasty and excellent, and my b-day present’s going to get a lot of use! Sorry I was a little foggy and dull by the end of the holiday, but massive doses of antihistamine will do that to you.
vond and kittenchan, thank you so for inviting us to your wedding. It was lovely, and quite entertaining to see so much of SWVA Fandom in suits, ties, and formal dresses! vt_andros even captured Rain and myself in all our finery, so I had proof! The list of folks we got to see again would fill a Friends page, but it was a wonderful reason to do so.
Finally, since I’ve been sitting on it for weeks, here’s my results for rainbowsaber‘s Which TFC Character quiz… cut to be polite
Who Quizzes
According to Doctor Who quizzes posted by snidegrrl and rattrap, I am the “Patrick Troughton” incarnation of the Doctor, and I have a secret crush on his companion “Zoe Herriot.”
Kind of amusing, since I’ve never seen an episode with Zoe (not counting the “Five Doctors” reunion), and little more of the Second Doctor. I think I saw half of “The War Games”, and the “Three Doctors” and “Five Doctors” reunions he was in.
But yeah, Zoe did have good taste in clothes 🙂
My first poll
While assembling my new Chobits “Chii” figurine for my monitor top, I realized that the figure can be assembled without her skirt, leaving her standing underneath an umbrella in the rain in just her sailor shirt and panties. With a pleased look on her face, for that matter. With that in mind, here’s a poll:
Why one should keep an extra outfit at work
I am now condemned to wearing a big meatball sub stain on my shirt for the next 8 hours.
I think I’m going to look into adult-sized bibs.
Oooh… I just mentally bought a whole stack of t-shirts…
Sarcastic “God” billboards (may offend some)
Among other favorites: “I gave you a bigger brain for a reason. Start using it. – God”
Hey! Stop laughing when we’re making fun of you!
A group of American Indian (and other) students at Northern Colorado University have created a team logo and mascot supposedly intended to educate the public about how hurtful ethnic stereotypes are: the NCU “Fighting Whites”.
However, in an unfortunate twist to their message, the t-shirts seem to be selling well to all ethnic persuasions – white people included.
http://www.cafepress.com/fightinwhite/ is the address, for the curious out there.
