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Sep. 1st, 2004 04:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cleolindaYAR, I HATE GOING TO THE DENTIST.
Well, that's not strictly true--actually, I like Dr. Jones himself (no relation to... uh... my pseudonym) a lot. I just don't like the things his assistants do to my teeth. Like buff my teeth with gritty toothpaste until my sinuses vibrate. Ugh.
Still, I got out of there with "perfect gums." And an appointment to get two small fillings. He said it was the tiniest cavity he'd ever seen. Shut up. Also, I mentioned the teeth-grinding thing that The Lovely Emily had confirmed while we were sharing a room in New Orleans, and it looks like I'm going to be getting some kind of mouthguard, because... seriously, it's only going to get worse, if I'm trying to churn out the movie thing this month and the last two chapters of Black Ribbon the next. AND WRITE PAPERS ON MILTON GAH.
(My horoscope today: "Having an artistic spirit isn't enough. Eventually, you'll have to create some art." Shut up, horoscope.)
By the way, I got the distinct impression that the hygienist thought that "when my friend and I were sharing a room" = "lesbians." I don't know why. Like, not that that was a problem for her, it was just one of those, "Ohhhhh, I understand" things. And it's not because I'm butch. Hell, I could stand to be a lot more butch. Maybe it's because--I'm one of those girls who just doesn't care about looking pretty all the time. Or, you know, ever. I don't wear makeup and I'm usually wearing jeans and a T-shirt and as long as I look humanly presentable I seriously do not care, because I've got bigger things to worry about. Like wading through Areopagitica GAH.
I think the whole not-caring-about-looks thing really kicked in senior year of high school, as it does, and got entrenched during college and just never let up. I mean, really, I've never had a job that I had to look "good" or "professional" for; all my meager jobs have been very casual. Maybe it's the realization that I'm probably going to have to promote the book somehow that's got me thinking about it, but since a lot of my favorite knock-around stuff is now more hole than cloth I'm having to overhaul my wardrobe anyway, and I'm thinking about it a bit more seriously than I usually do. And I love (cute, inexpensive) jewelry, and have masses of it, so I'm trying to pick out things that are colors other than blue, which I tend to wear a lot of, so I can use more of my necklaces and bracelets and things. And it's easy to find things that are comfortable but also a little spiffier than your average T-shirt. I mean, all I really have to do is get a few pairs of cute shoes and tops that are slightly more complicated than "cotton V-neck" and make the effort to accessorize, and I'll still look like myself and not like a Stepford Writer or anything.
Hmmm. I have a few really bizarre stories and links to share, but I think I'll do that after dinner... I'm behind on work today as it is.
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Date: 2004-09-01 02:43 pm (UTC)That is so me. I'm just a jeans, T-shirt, $6 Chinese slippers sort of girl. The closest I come to makeup is sort form of chapstick.
Go casual people!
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Date: 2004-09-01 02:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-01 02:47 pm (UTC)Go Chinese slippers! I loved the ones I got from Delia's until the buckle broke.
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Date: 2004-09-01 07:16 pm (UTC)I'm also in love with 3/4's, jeans and cargo pants. I also love that my degree (IT) doesn't require me to come to uni looking like I'm going clubbing in order to be accepted. I have a feeling the guys prob wouldn't mind if I showed up wearing less than I do though :P
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Date: 2004-09-02 02:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-02 02:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-01 02:57 pm (UTC)But I'm such a sucker for jewelry.
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Date: 2004-09-01 02:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-01 03:13 pm (UTC)...beeep... I'm sorry. Your fingers are too fat/deformed to dial properly. To order a special dialing wand please mash the keypad now. Thank you. good bye. ... beep...
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Date: 2004-09-01 03:09 pm (UTC)I don't know what I am, in terms of butch, non-buctch, in-between-butch. I border on nerdiness, although some of that disappeared along with my glasses and braces. I don't care much for make-up, as I'm afraid people will make fun of me for wearing it (I am so self-actualized, what are you talking about?), and so I'm quite unattractive most of the time, in my opinion. No, you did not need to know this, I simply felt compelled to tell you so. ^_^
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Date: 2004-09-01 03:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-01 03:16 pm (UTC)Live and learn I guess. I usually think people who bother to spend 3 hours a day at the gym or 2 hours in front of a mirror in the morning are uninteresting because they have nothing better to do with their time.
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Date: 2004-09-01 03:49 pm (UTC)The 6th graders feel they have to prove they're cooler than 5th graders.
The 7th graders feel they have to prove they're cooler than 6th graders.
The 8th graders feel they have to prove they're the coolest in middle-school.
The freshmen feel they have to prove they're cooler than middle-schoolers.
The sophomores feel they have to prove they're cooler than freshmen.
The juniors and seniors don't care.
America the beautiful, I tell you.
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Date: 2004-09-01 04:24 pm (UTC)Only after vehemently saying that we would never date 7th graders, because they're 7th graders, I mean--Ooh, wait, what grade is he in?
Of course this hasn't happened this year, why do you ask? *whistles innocently*
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Date: 2004-09-06 01:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-01 03:47 pm (UTC)I am, however, not fond of going to the dentists and having buzzy things in my mouth, attacking my poor teeth and gums, even though I know it's for the best. Also, I grind my teeth. Grinding self-consciously right now, in fact. Damn you.
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Date: 2004-09-01 04:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-01 08:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-01 04:29 pm (UTC)I never wear make-up, either. In elementary school, I always snuck lip gloss into my bookbag to put on at school, always wanted to buy those frilly little purses. Now it's kind of, "Hmm, lipgloss? Nope, sorry, I gotta find a way to pin back all this hair first. It gets in the way when I'm reading."
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Date: 2004-09-01 04:37 pm (UTC)dude!
Date: 2004-09-01 04:49 pm (UTC)*runs in front of nearest bus*
Re: dude!
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Date: 2004-09-01 07:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-01 07:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-01 07:56 pm (UTC)Oh, and I have soft teeth. I heart my Dentist-the-man, but hate my Dentist-with-the-drills-and-such.
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Date: 2004-09-02 12:43 am (UTC)"Casual" is what I call my look but "slobby" is really more what it is. I wear lipstick, but only because the alternative is too uniformly pale and weird-looking to contemplate.
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Date: 2004-09-02 03:58 am (UTC)*is curious*
Should I give Paradise Lost a shot?
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Date: 2004-09-02 01:17 pm (UTC)[I wonder if Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow would be a good film.]
Then again, with female assistants and things in teeth, maybe she's more akin to the spy genre. :)
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Date: 2004-09-02 03:08 pm (UTC)- First off, I just have to mention since we are talking dentist names, that my dentist and my orthodontist are, respectively, Dr. Sacco and Dr. Terra. And while we don't call them Wacko and Terror to their *faces*...
- My sister has to wear one of those mouthguard things. I have to go to the dentist myself next weekend and am not looking forward to it. Bleh.
- And lastly: I had the exact same problem with the way I used to dress. All casual, mostly blue, lots of funky jewelry (b/c I make my own mostly). But law school called for other gear. So here are some reccs, take 'em or leave 'em. For good quality professional stuff, I like Ann Taylor. Not too old-working-person style, and comfy. Also I was the only one in my last interview round with a suit that didn't wrinkle. Rah! And for some cute tops, I like gojane.com - some of it at least (a lot is just NOT me). But it is pretty cheap and it comes really fast after you order.
- Sorry for so much commenting. Today was the last day of the first week of law school, and I feel like I've been let out of prison :)~
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Date: 2004-09-02 10:34 pm (UTC)And I second that "Go on 'What Not to Wear'" motion. Free = good. :)