The Dino-Aspie Ex-Café (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky)

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lurkin'...

I always managed to get that by having the waistband of the jeans stretch over time, so eventually the end of the leg would fall past the heel of my boot, and I'd wind up tearing the hem off by walking on it a lot.

Kind of reminds me of the '90s passion for "grunge style", based on what music industry people saw in the Pacific Northwest, especially the coastal area between Portland and Seattle. You remember - the flannel short worn open over a t-shirt, jeans, and work boots? I actually encountered people in San Diego who thought that I dressed that way (during the winter months only, there) to "look cool".

The origin of the look? Practicality. Even in summertime here, it can get pretty chilly of a morning, especially if it's foggy, so you'll want your flannel (as popularized by the logging industry). But you want a t-shirt underneath, because when the day warms up later, you're going to want to take that flannel off. Jeans? The economy around here is kind of two-tier - either you're doing pretty darn well (and probably work for Boeing or Weyehauser - or, these days, Microsoft), or you're struggling. Jeans are cheap. As for the boots, there are a lot of places around here where you can go for a walk, not far from residential areas, where there's a fair chance that unprotected ankles can be pierced by fallen branches (dry pine branches can be sharp). So, you wear boots to protect your ankles, and since cowboy boots are costly, you'll probably want a nice tough work boot.

Style! (he snorted disdainfully)

<...stumbles out of bed, ...drinks a glass of water, ...reads everyone's posts, ...smiles and waves, ...stumbles back into bed... dreams of stargate fashions and matching lipstick, toga lords, and floods that swirl towards Africa, "Fashion?!? BAHHH!! !", exclaims one disdainful Toga Lord, ...dreams that flow and merge and blend and make no sense ...except while dreaming... ...so... ...deeper ...deeper...>

^

What ya trip over? Speaking of trips, don't drink the water..oopsie too late... you didn't turn on the light, you can't read yet.... I didn't see you wave and smile, you got a video cam? Stumbled back to bed? What ya trip over? Oh yeah the water, don't drink it. Ya did? Don't be surprised if your dreams are strange..oh they are? I guess I should have warned ya.

Thanks, sleepy and Postie, for all the advice. Gonna get fine sheets, so no chafing, and no snagging on ragged edges of the Stargate. Of course, the way things are around here, the silly thing will never work.

Good call on the balm, sleepy. Summer will be here soon, and I'll need all the sunblock I can get.

Stargate update: jumped through again, was still stuck in this wretched city when I landed on the other side. No chevrons to be seen.

Stupid malfuntioning Stargate...

Go to the clearance section in the bedding section in Walmart for your sheet. 300 count full flat sheets for $6.99. They even had plaid ones.

And, if you go to Walmart on a Saturday morning, you'll think you have gone through a stargate, from all the ...indigenous...people you'll see there.

Shhhh, he'll figure out you did the boojum boojum dance to hex 'im and spiked his water well... and he'll figure out that the dreams are actually what's going on when he's awake, and that he doesn't remember his real dreams....

Last edited by Nan on 30 Jan 2008, 11:05 am, edited 1 time in total.

Oh COOL!! Plaid......

I'll bet he can find the lip gloss to match!!

plaid lip gloss.

please dont' tell my daughter if you ever find it.

If I do, I'm keepin' it ALL to myself!

please do.

then again, it'd be a nice change from the black.

No kidding on both accounts.

me ---> first test of the AS diagnosis on friday morning

Yea Lemon! Blessed Mom, I thought it was your turn!

I don't know. I seem to only be a half-arse Aspie. I don't know if that's because I've learned to be a great actress or if I have enough characteristics to make me wonderfully eccentric but not Aspie.

It's Lemon's turn.

Be sure to study hard for the test. It's a doozie.