Weird thought
I’ve always wondered how guys and girls could be on screen, getting hot and heavy with the kissing and the touching, with the cameras (of course) all around them, and..
A) not feel uncomfortable
B) not get turned on
…. Any ideas?
Atrocities on the Subway
Wearing patent with patent with patent
It’s ridiculous to wear knee-high patent boots with a black patent coat and a bright yellow patent purse. It is patent OVERLOAD and pretty awful.
ONE patent item. Please. ONE. Only one.
If not it looks like you’ve been covered in shellac and oil. And it’s kind of disturbing.
Who cuts nails in public?
I heard a *clip clip clip* and I thought: Gee that sounds a lot like nails being clipped, but how could ANYONE think it’s appropriate to cut their nails in public. No one would be that gauche…. And it turned out I was wrong.
I turned around to see a woman actually clipping her nails, and my mouth fell open.
I was just .. flabbergasted.
Enough said.
Starbucks anorexia
Why is it that all the anorexic or bulimic women seem to have Starbucks addictions? I saw a skeletor walking out of Starbucks the other day, and her legs and arms literally looked like skin being spread over bones.
I shivered because it was truly disgusting to see.
Think Calista Flockhart ……(small boned, small eater my ass)……
But the thing I noticed they all had in common is that they all have huge Venti cups of Starbucks, as if it’s their cult drink, and their only sustenance for the entire day (sure hope it’s a cup full of LARD)…
Just an observation.
(Oh and before the Anons get on their soapboxes, I’m not talking about naturally skinny women. I’m talking about STRAIGHT UP, bony bitches that have bodies where you can literally count their ribs and other body parts. I mean LITERALLY count each skin-covered bone. Ugh.)
Makeup on the subway
Raise your hands ladies, don’t be shy.
Okay, for those of you who admitted to doing makeup on the subway or bus regularly (and for those of you who are blushing right now), I only have one tip: PLEASE, find the time to wake up 10 minutes earlier to get your makeup on before getting on the subway.
There’s something distinctly unappealing about a woman trying to spread on foundation, blush, eyebrow liner and the entire getup while staring in the glass of the subway door.
There’s something faintly sexy about re-applying lip balm or lipstick, but putting on your face on the subway is another thing altogether.
At least you aren’t putting on mascara in the car…. But if you are, STOP. That’s such a distraction (uhh a big, kinda pointy black wand near your precious eye?) and you may not only get into an accident but end up either stabbing your eyeball with the wand, or end up making thick black waterproof mascara lines across your eye and face, ruining the rest of your makeup.
Pretty.
Perfume overload
Look, there’s no need to bathe in it. If I can smell you a meter away before I see you, it’s a problem.
Plus, it’s overwhelming and too much makes me sneeze.
Not knowing how to walk in heels
A woman who knows how to walk in heels is sexy.
A woman who wears super high heels and is teetering on them, but doesn’t have the confidence to really and properly walk in them, is very unsexy and kind of ungainly. Childish even.
Just wearing the super high heels doesn’t make you sexy unless you plan on standing and not moving all your life.
Wearing shorter heels (kitten heels maybe) or even flats, but knowing how to properly and confidently walk in them is infinitely better than the super high heels.
Playboy Atrocities
I’ve never understood girls wearing PlayBoy bunny symbols unless for Halloween or for something equally outrageous.
But I have also NEVER seen a PlayBoy bunny backpack in my life. That thing is truly hideous. It had fake studs all over the bunny’s face that was printed on the back of a cheap pleather backpack, and quite frankly, a $2 woven sack from the grocery store would’ve been a lot better to carry your items around than wearing that backpack.
Oh and did I mention the woman was about 45 years old and looked like Pat off Saturday Night Live?
Ugh.
That just could NOT have been further from the reality of a Bunny vs. Pat.
Sunglasses inside
Um. I don’t see any sun inside. The subway is pretty damn dark, and unless you’ve just had a good medical reason and some eye surgery like Lasik and cannot see, PLEASE take your sunglasses off while inside. It just makes you look pretentious like you..
A) couldn’t tell that you had gone from outside to underground
B) don’t want anyone to look at you because you’re secretly hideous
C) don’t want anyone to know you’re looking at them which is equally annoying
Just a girl trying to find a balance between being a Shopaholic and a Saver.
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c: LOL… “think you’re a star much?”
Meg: That is definitely a private endeavour..
Angela: OhhhhH!! I think this girl on the subway did it EVERY DAY from what I can gather…
Chica: 😉 Hence why the medical disclaimer..
Looby: Ohhh. In that case I apologize for the ‘bitches’ comment. It was more of a tongue-in-cheek moment of writing than a real comment about them being “awful” people personally.
Hey, you may not be ready for this – but would you consider writing a post about it? I’d like to have it as a follow up to this article just so people see the other side of things instead of my own bullheaded/bitchy viewpoint… email me at brokeinthecity at gmail dot com ok?
Apresenta: 😉 That’s why it’s so funny lol
Ridonkulus: THAT MAKES SENSE! Or like cigarettes right?
I think a bit of both would make sense – hungover AND high?
oh yeah sunglasses inside= hungover or high.
caffeine is supposed to be an appetite suppressant. notice that most very skinny women with the venti drinks order iced coffee or iced americanos (read: no milk, no fat). it’s sad. whether it is some medical condition as some bloggers noted or the medical condition of anorexia/bullemia.
love it! so funny and true!
OK I guess I wasn’t very clear, I meant that I don’t think people should rush to judge that anyone who is that “overly” skinny is anorexic or bulimic. I wasn’t (I have Ulcerative Colitis, essentially my intestines were so inflamed that I wasn’t able to absorb the food I was eating).
I guess I also was a bit offended at the bony bitches comment, are they bitches just because they are too skinny?
I’m sure I’m reading more into it than you intended and I’m sorry to hijack the comments but it’s still a sore spot to think about how I was judged and treated when I was that skinny (it’s bad enough when you know you look bad without others literally telling you that you look disgusting) even though it was several years ago.
On wearing sunglasses indoors: My gf gets migraines pretty severely from things like blinky lights. So, when we are on the subway, at a concert/club, car blinkers at night or anything with strobes or blinking lights she has to wear sunglasses or she gets a migraine immediately.
Of course, that is not to say that there aren’t some peeps wearing sunglasses indoors just because they are wankers. 🙂
I don’t put my makeup on while riding the El on a daily basis… I just do it from time to time. Usually, there are two reasons.
1. I’m running very late.
2. I’m bored.
If I have time, I’ll do my makeup at home. And most days, I don’t wear makeup at all. But if there’s space to do it, and I have nothing better to entertain myself with, might as well put on makeup.
Public nail clipping is a big thing for me, too. I accept the occasional quick clip, as someone who has been driven nuts by hangnails or rough spots before. However, you get one or two quick, discreet clips — not a full manicure.
I’ve sat next to people in small college classes who don’t seem to have any issue with giving themselves a full, and I mean a full manicure complete will filing and sometimes even polish.
Hahaha. too funny, I have the same random thoughts at time, I cant stand seeing people with sun glasses inside a club or restaurant. I went on a date with a comedian a while back and this fool has his glasses on the whole time, as if people didnt recognize him.
arianne: you’re right! perfume overload = BO that’s for sure
eternal: so then they must be fab actors/actresses to be able to fake that kind of passion
looby: hey, no judgment on my part about people being anorexic except maybe if their family/friends see the problem and they do too, they should get help for it (which I’m sure is what you did), and try to reach out to others who have the same disorders. I have sympathy for their conditions, but it shouldn’t be encouraged in the media or too softly treated or else it could seem to be “okay”
living: I’m turning into a Seinfeldian
I cannot believe people on the subway! Sigh, next up sex on the subway.
You make observations the rest of us forget about. But since you mentioned them now I look for it.
Like TIGHTS for pants! OMG so many girls are doing it, I want to wrap their jackets around them and say go home and put on pants! I pointed it out to DH and he laughed, said wow what a trend! Just put it out there!
I’m not going to get on my soapbox about the skinny women except to say that I have been there (ribs and all) I didn’t have anorexia (although lets face it, it is a medical condition that is very hard to treat). But had an illness that caused me to loose a lot of weight very quickly.
I was very conscious of how I looked and on the rare occasion I did venture out I could sense I was being judged, not least because some people actually came up to me and told me I should be ashamed of myself for getting so skinny.
Just suggesting that before we act totally repulsed by these “skinny bitches” we could take a moment to think that maybe we should reserve judgment and maybe even have a little sympathy.
OK I guess I did get on my soapbox, but I’m off again now and have to add that I totally agree with you on the sunglasses inside. And last year some body was clippng their toenails on the bus and one landed on my friends lap- horrendous.
I remember Angelina Jolie saying something about finding an attractive quality in the other person, and that makes it easier to do a love scene.
Also, someone from the film industry once said that all the love scenes are “completed” after the shooting in the makeup trailers.
But experience from theatre tells me that very often there are too much distractions in such situations. I mean, imagine repeating a 5-second piece of love-making 20 times, because the director isn’t happy. And he tells you to, say, keep your face at a certain angle, use a certain tone of voice, and on top of it all you have to try and look gorgeous and graceful every moment… and there are the lights glaring at you, 5 cameras… at that point it all gets wuite technical, I should think.
You know what I think? I think actors DO get turned on. Especially the guys. Boys are easily excitable. lol
I’m guilty of putting makeup on in the subway. Haven’t done it in a while, but I think it’s sometimes necessary for us morning zombies.
I’m not a fan of patent leather at all. No patent leather for me.
I have a strong aversion to overwhelming perfume that for me, it’s up there with B.O.
And lastly, you just took the words right out of my mouth re: sunglasses inside. Great post! 🙂
kate: makes no sense eh?
auburn: most things in life are so ridiculous, they’re true
angela: I’m not saying there isn’t a skill.. I just find the behaviour quite odd. Why wouldn’t you just do it at home before going out in public? If not, why not just not wear makeup at all if you’re willing to be on the EL (??) without makeup and applying it slowly?
elisabeth: Yea… an off button eh…. erg they’re QUITE the actors/actresses to simulate passion too
Haha, I agree with every point. Playboy bunny merchandise makes me heave.
And as for your weird thought: don’t worry – I’ve thought about it to, and I can only assume they have an “off” switch somewhere… down there…!
Haha.
I’m not ashamed to admit that I regularly apply makeup on the EL. I see nothing wrong with this. In my case, there’s no foundation involved. It’s usually just lipstick, mascara, and eyeshadow. But I’ve done blush, pencil eyeliner, liquid eyeliner, lipliner, concealer…
Frankly, I’m pretty proud of that. I challenge you to put on liquid eyeliner while standing on an EL, holding on to nothing, and trying to hold the container, the wand, and a mirror. It’s a skill I’ve cultivated over the last two years, and I’m impressed with my own mad skills.
That was hillarious and SO true!
every time I go to the pub there is the same idiot group of guys and girls wearing sunglasses. at night. inside.