take a chill pill / 3 questions/ sequin update

[oiran]

I am finding my own attitude very ugly these last couple of days. I have such a greedy skull, I'm never satisfied, and then I sulk. Of course, it's in good portion due to hormones, but I can't discount that I'm not feeling very pretty on the inside lately as a completely separate issue.

any 3 questions: Anyone want to ask me anything? Or, rather, three anythings? I'm in a tell-all mood... And I think you're supposed to ask people to do the same, but I won't hold you to it.

I finished Kicky's skirt. It's about an inch too big in the waist, which means I have to pick everything out again, at least at the waist. I think the weight of the fabric pulled it out a bit. Well, now I know for next time I sew a sequin mermaid-ish skirt with a train and detachable double ruffle. However, she's going to go ahead and wear it as-is to the photo shoot next week. At that time, I hope to have photos to show everyone how fabulous my skillz are. I'm really proud of this. I know it's got incredibly limited utility, but it's just damn cool in its little category. And, I made it. I hadn't made anything in about two years, and all of those were fat clothes, for me, and not shiny or pretty. Once I've got this project out of the way, I can work on the jacket for myself that I've got all planned out.

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Re: Very stupid questions off the top of my head

[velvetglove.livejournal.com]

1) Hmmmm...maybe? If it were truly just like me, she'd get on my nerves. Whiny, demanding, lazy, contrary, smart, depressed. I'm not exactly a barrel of monkeys, you know? Also, although I think I'm attractive enough, I'm not really my "type." But if I had a clone, I think I'd almost be obligated to fuck her because--hey--clone.

2) Yes. Because I'm a selfish, bad person with an unhealthy backlog of revenge fantasies. If the aliens looked anything like Tom Welling as opposed to, say, Alf, I'd probably not even care about the planet-half business. It would also depend on what they wanted to do in the post-conquer period. If they were into ritual slaughter, I'd probably want to cut some sort of deal to curtail that a bit up front. But now I'm wondering what it would be about me that would make them think I'd be a good planet-ruling partner. Do they like gay porn? Sequins? Mix CDs?

3) That they're women, and they're therefore much meaner than men. I'm woefully unsuccessful with girls. I've been burned way worse by women than men. Years and years ago, I was afraid to go into a women's bar, got my courage up, and I was promptly picked on by a bunch of mullet-headed bulldykes. No one punched me, but it sucked. With guys, it's much simpler to know what they want (i.e., sex). Also, I've never had men gang up on me and call me names because I was wearing a skirt. Of course, now that I've been married to a boy for years, it's impossible to convince girls that I am actually attracted to girls--apparently, I nullified that by getting boy germs on me. Feh. Now I'm depressed.

Re: Very stupid questions off the top of my head

[anathema666.livejournal.com]

Years and years ago, I was afraid to go into a women's bar, got my courage up, and I was promptly picked on by a bunch of mullet-headed bulldykes.

Women with mullets had the nerve to pick on you? And they had MULLETS? There is something desperately wrong with that.

Not all women are like that. *pets your mullet-wearing-lesbian-bully-fearing self*


Of course, now that I've been married to a boy for years, it's impossible to convince girls that I am actually attracted to girls--apparently, I nullified that by getting boy germs on me.

I believe you, but I'm sorta on the fringe of the queer community myself. Bisexuality ain't a cakewalk, that's for sure. And people think it's "trendy"... *rolls eyes* Fuck that noise! It's damn hard - boys think you're just pretending to dig the chicks to try to spice yourself up or to entertain him, and girls think you're contaminated.

Re: Very stupid questions off the top of my head

[velvetglove.livejournal.com]

I get fed up with people and their...peopley bullshit pretty quickly. The entire political climate of Seattle lesbianism was just fucking irritating. I was always too girly, and clearly seen as untrustworthy and tainted. Also, I like girls to look like girls, not faux-men, and I could never find those women except when they were already paired up.

Nothing can make me dislike a man quicker than him assuming that I'm feigning interests to lure him in. I take my interest in a given girl much more seriously than my interest in a guy; it usually has a basis beyond 'ooh, shiny!' I'm quite sexist. I tend to think of boys as toys or tools, and women as people.

Re: Very stupid questions off the top of my head

[mei-x.livejournal.com]

I was always too girly, and clearly seen as untrustworthy and tainted. Also, I like girls to look like girls, not faux-men, and I could never find those women except when they were already paired up.

If I liked girls, that would be the type I'd like. The ones who look like girls, I mean.

Re: Very stupid questions off the top of my head

[porntestpilot.livejournal.com]

Everyone likes gay porn and sequins. I don't think you're nullified by boy germs. Bisexuals do exist. Perhaps you should have your own hour on Showtime to get the word out. Kinsey didn't come up with that scale for no reason.

Re: Very stupid questions off the top of my head

[velvetglove.livejournal.com]

My own show? Let's see...we'll call it the Surly Pajama Hour, and I'll complain about how I don't get enough love, try to get people of all varieties to make out with me, and drink lots of coffee. There will be a few moments of silence to bask in the glory that is my hair, of course, and perhaps a burlesque revue.

Re: Very stupid questions off the top of my head

[porntestpilot.livejournal.com]

I'd watch that over and over, especially the part about your hair.