it's too early to have a thought in my head

[the_siobhan]

It's 9:25 on a Saturday morning, and I've already been up for two hours.

Fuck.

I had a really restless night which featured lots of dreams about my UK peeps. I now have the overwhelming desire to go over there and check up on everybody.

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Last night I got my new schedule for the Blood Bank, and I am on midnight shift for the next four weeks. Double fuck.

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I have turned into a High Maintenance Girlfriend. I am hoping that this is a temporary abberation caused by being temporarily crazy, and not the emergence of a true High Maintenance Girlfriend self that just never had a chance to come out before.

'Cause I mean, bitch please.

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I have to go clothes shopping soon. The very idea makes me want to stick a fetchingly accessorized hat-pin through my temple.

I hate women's clothes. I hate the fact that nothing fits. I hate the insane prices on everything. I hate that nothing ever has pockets and everything seems to be designed to show off the parts of my body I like the least. I hate the appalling things that count as "fashion" and the insipid colours and the roving salewomen who try to sneak up on me and gang-dress me in prints.

I may have to put a serious dent in my non-drinking just to get through it.

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I was watching somebody eat a doughnut at the streetcar stop the other day and I was thinking about how fascinated I am by watching strangers eat in public. I think it has to do with the fact that we have our eyes in the front of our head, when humans eat we are so focused on our food for those few minutes that we are completely oblivous to anything else around us. It's complete vulnerability. That fascinates me.

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On the other hand, I am in no way similarily fascinated by the prospect of strangers taking a dump.

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On the plus side, I am going to Puerto Rico in a couple of months. How bad can life be?

Comments

[blaadyblah.livejournal.com]

I now have the overwhelming desire to go over there and check up on everybody.
He's sleeping, I'm wishing much pain on dentists everywhere so we're mostly ok. Can't speak for the rest, suspect they're mostly hungover though. ;o)

I hate that nothing ever has pockets
What is that all about?!
It infuriates me that we women are not allowed such a simple thing as a breast pocket in our coats. And why no pockets in our trousers? Skirts I can understand, but trousers need pockets dammit!

[inulro.livejournal.com]

I recently had to buy two pairs of trousers for work, & both have pockets.

[siani-hedgehog.livejournal.com]

i bought mens trousers for work.

womens trousers are even worse here than in canada. they've also decided that they should *all* be made of thin synthetic material. not only do we not need pockets, we don't need warmth, or material that doesn't stink like a stale cunt.

[porcinea.livejournal.com]

No one should have to suffer for outerwear.

http://www.torrid.com ?
http://www.alight.com ?

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I like the looks of the clothes, but I'm paranoid about buying stuff I can't try on first. Part of the problem with never wearing women's clothes is that I don't know what stuff looks like on me.

[kessa.livejournal.com]

Late shifts and bad sleep - ick - but I've got a question about the clothes shopping. What kinds of things do you like to wear/have to wear for work? Have you considered shopping outside your ethnic expectations?
Yeah, I know - what the hell do I mean by that? I mean - I hate most of the clothes out there too - and one of the things a friend of mine pointed me to were salwar kameez's. Depending on the fabrics, they can be dressier than all hell or really casual, they're always comfortable, and they hide a multitude of things.

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005740.html
http://www.eshakti.com/

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Very pretty - but I wouldn't know where to start!

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, I am in no way similarily fascinated by the prospect of strangers taking a dump.

Because, obviously, they don't have eyes on their butts and get totally oblivious watching.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I had a short-list of people I expected to jump on that one sentance.

[kest]

what's even worse than not having pockets is when they *appear* to have pockets, and then you get them home and discover they just have little flaps that *look* like pockets, or the pockets are so shallow that anything you put in them falls right out again or whatever.

[individuation.livejournal.com]

If I were in TO.. I would totally take you shopping the same way I do my sister.
You sit in the dressing room - I wander and try to find things that I think are your style and just keep bringing them to you. Believe it or not - I LOVE that kind of thing. It's like playing dressup :)

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I'd like that. I'm utterly lost when it comes to buying clothes.

Shopping

[(Anonymous)]

Fiona and I would love to dress you up like a life size (if not somewhat demented) Barbie Doll. I'm off Mondays, I could come to T.O. and we could power shop.
Dee.

Re: Shopping

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I'm going to live to regret this, aren't I?

Sure, why not. I'll figure out when I can do it, and we'll have a dress-up-Siobhan session.

Re; Shopping

[(Anonymous)]

I promise we'll make it as painless as possible. We'll start with a few drinks (I think if anything warrants a suspension of your non-drinking policy it's shopping) and we definitely won't invite Mom.
Dee.

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

I'll take you shopping. I love shopping. :)

Just tell me what kind of clothes you're looking for and the price range you want to stay within.

If you're looking for office/interview wear, Reitman's is good. Very reasonable prices, and they sell stuff that looks stylish but not fussy and trendy.