Accesorized!!!!

[Death Dragon2]

Anybody else get a few laughs out of this one?

[kitty!]

Jennie is accidentally becoming a giiiiiiiiirrrrrl!!

she's a giiiiiiiiiiiiirrrl!

[jimbo]

So, Jen has issues with being considered feminine or girly, but yet, she uses "the girls" to get tickets, in back doors and her wiley feminine, girly self to influence those around her.

Uhm... Okay. (Heck, works for me).

[strangesam]

I wondered when she'd visit camden town.

[Seolta]

So, Jen has issues with being considered feminine or girly, but yet, she uses "the girls" to get tickets, in back doors and her wiley feminine, girly self to influence those around her.

Uhm... Okay. (Heck, works for me).


There's a difference between being female and being "a girl." Flashing cleavage does not make one "girly." Moreover, there is more than one way to be "a girl." Getting all giddy over shopping, properly accessorizing things, etc, is one way, but there's also a certain type of attitude that can be referred to as "being a girl." This has nothing to do with gender; I've known a few heterosexual males who could be referred to as "girls" with far more frequency than many of my female friends.

[Plunder Down-Under]

Based on the art that does look like a pretty snazzy jacket

[Compton]

I thought Jennie was doing a revival of the Sargent Pepper musical when I saw the jacket.

[PaigeDWinter]

I've been really enjoying the shopping arc! I was actually a lil behind on the strip, shame on me... but my male chimed in with "Are there really stripper shoes like that?" and I had to go look and catch up.

[Compton]

Those shoes remind me of the pimp platform shoes worn in "I'm Gonna Get Ya Sucka" with the aquirium and goldfish in them.

[jimbo]

Getting all giddy over shopping, properly accessorizing things, etc...

Man, I know a few bikers who do that. Wouldn't want to mention how "girly" they are, however.

[Mike Taylor]

I may be over-analyzing here, but Jennie does appear to be bringing up a question that a lot of women are facing nowadays, especially proclaimed feminists like herself: "Am I demeaning/degrading myself by liking/doing 'traditional' feminine things?"

[Seolta]

I may be over-analyzing here, but Jennie does appear to be bringing up a question that a lot of women are facing nowadays, especially proclaimed feminists like herself: "Am I demeaning/degrading myself by liking/doing 'traditional' feminine things?"

My response? HELL no...

Then again, I've been sewing since I was 18 months old, can cook, clean, do my own laundry...and so can my sister and both brothers. I can also drive a nail, use a rivet-gun, hatchet, hand-saw, power drill, hand-drill, do basic wiring, set up a tent, build a decent fire, climb trees, and catch my own food. Enjoying something doesn't degrade you...but letting what others think determine what you do or don't do, or what you enjoy doing, does. The original point of feminism was supposed to be equality...so how does exchanging one set of restrictions for another help that along? Do what you want to do, because you want to do it, and to hell with what people think you should or shouldn't do, as long as you're not hurting anyone in the process.

[Crazeyal]

The real life Jen seems to have it pretty much together with self image. She just seems to like pointing out her own hypocracy for fun and profit!

[Mike Taylor]

My response? HELL no...

Then again, I've been sewing since I was 18 months old, can cook, clean, do my own laundry...and so can my sister and both brothers. I can also drive a nail, use a rivet-gun, hatchet, hand-saw, power drill, hand-drill, do basic wiring, set up a tent, build a decent fire, climb trees, and catch my own food. Enjoying something doesn't degrade you...but letting what others think determine what you do or don't do, or what you enjoy doing, does. The original point of feminism was supposed to be equality...so how does exchanging one set of restrictions for another help that along? Do what you want to do, because you want to do it, and to hell with what people think you should or shouldn't do, as long as you're not hurting anyone in the process.

I agree with you 100% on this, but, like I said, there are some people that can't separate things out. (Before anyone says anything, I don't think Jennie herself really has this problem. :))

[Maz]

My response? HELL no...

Then again, I've been sewing since I was 18 months old, can cook, clean, do my own laundry...and so can my sister and both brothers. I can also drive a nail, use a rivet-gun, hatchet, hand-saw, power drill, hand-drill, do basic wiring, set up a tent, build a decent fire, climb trees, and catch my own food. Enjoying something doesn't degrade you...but letting what others think determine what you do or don't do, or what you enjoy doing, does. The original point of feminism was supposed to be equality...so how does exchanging one set of restrictions for another help that along? Do what you want to do, because you want to do it, and to hell with what people think you should or shouldn't do, as long as you're not hurting anyone in the process.

Well said!

[PaigeDWinter]

Man, I hear about degradation all the time thanks to my current profession... and all I can really say about that is:

You can only truly be degraded by someone or something if you allow it to be so.

[Nimue]

The original point of feminism was supposed to be equality...

...there are some people that can't separate things out...

*tries not to stare Shryke down*

[Death Dragon2]

Paige, for some reason when I look at your avatar I think "Morgan Webb" from X-Play and Maxim/FHM (Whichever one she worked for).

[RazorJAK]

Man, I know a few bikers who do that. Wouldn't want to mention how "girly" they are, however.

Ooooh let people call me girly. :-)

THAT would be fun.

[RazorJAK]

Man, I hear about degradation all the time thanks to my current profession... and all I can really say about that is:

You can only truly be degraded by someone or something if you allow it to be so.

Just another reason we love you.

[Ruestir]

As if we really needed more reasons. *scans through Paige's pics again* rawr!:dgrin:

[Ruestir]

Ooooh let people call me girly. :-)

THAT would be fun.
*waits to see if anyone takes the bait*:pparty:

[Plunder Down-Under]

I was tempted to, but I dont think the Pacific Ocean is enough safe space

[Sehson]

Ooooh let people call me girly. :-)

THAT would be fun.

Lets see a large man with shaved head and pirate panties on his face....

Hi Girly hows it going?:dgrin:

[jimbo]

Man, I hear about degradation all the time thanks to my current profession... and all I can really say about that is:

You can only truly be degraded by someone or something if you allow it to be so.

Love the new AV, Pd'W!

[RazorJAK]

Lets see a large man with shaved head and pirate panties on his face....

Hi Girly hows it going?:dgrin:

*chuckles* You do realize I am going to have to teabag you now, right?

[PaigeDWinter]

D'aw shucks.....


:love:

[Sehson]

*chuckles* You do realize I am going to have to teabag you now, right?

Just remember I bite....:dmad::dp:

[Crazeyal]

D'aw shucks.....


:love:BTW...

The Avatar.. 'tis vou??

If so.. ROWR...:al:

[Crazeyal]

Just remember I bite....:dmad::dp:
Uhhh.. at least you'll be able to say the unique quote.... "I've tasted JAK and worn him like a hat!!"

:EJD:

[Evandril]

D'aw shucks.....


:love:

Looked at that icon wrong for a second, and thought somehow we'd made *Paige* blush... Now THAT would be impressive :)

And, yes Al, that is her :dp:

[greyloch]

Ooooh let people call me girly. :-)

THAT would be fun.
fighting... temptation... not... winning...

girlygirlygirlygirlygirlygirlygirlygirlygirlygirly girlygirly :lol:

I do have a T-shirt that says, "I must give into temptation. It's what I do." I'm also the same person that as a child did some of the stupidest things imaginable on Earth (still got the scars to prove it), so I ain't the brightest bulb in the bunch. Probably a UV bulb. :facepalm:

Damn, that explains a lot about me doesn't it? And Jak's already threatened to tackle me and sit on my chest. :eek:

[PaigeDWinter]

Looked at that icon wrong for a second, and thought somehow we'd made *Paige* blush... Now THAT would be impressive :)

And, yes Al, that is her :dp:



Yeah it's kinda hard to make my pale skin turn pink. Ugh but when it does! I look so gross in pink. LMAO.



And yeah, it's an older pic, but it's me. I haven't had those (hard to see in that pic) streaks in a few years now.

[Crazeyal]

And yeah, it's an older pic, but it's me. I haven't had those (hard to see in that pic) streaks in a few years now.Long as ya still got the tongue

:al:

[Compton]

Long as ya still got the tongue

:al:

Amoung other things...

[PaigeDWinter]

Long as ya still got the tongue

:al:


Well I was going to trade my tongue in for a new car, better mileage and all.... but if you think I should keep it?

[jimbo]

Well I was going to trade my tongue in for a new car, better mileage and all.... but if you think I should keep it?

:deer in headlights:

Uhm... Yeah! Yeah. That would be a good... Great idea.

[RazorJAK]

:deer in headlights:

Uhm... Yeah! Yeah. That would be a good... Great idea.

Awww cute. Look Paige, you broke the jimbo.:D

[jimbo]

Yeah, easily broken. Just follow the character Amanda in my strip. Pd'W would make a good Amanda. Hmmm... Cosplay, Pd'W?

[PaigeDWinter]

Yeah, easily broken. Just follow the character Amanda in my strip. Pd'W would make a good Amanda. Hmmm... Cosplay, Pd'W?




Right on. I'd do it. But I'd need a shorter-haired wig. And when I run in heels, I never run in cheap ones ;)

[Leffy]

if you're going to break your ankle it must be in style.

[kitty!]

if you're going to break your ankle it must be in style.

"In Style" for me is after doing a complex series of dance steps that I learned and also made up and then trying to walk in a straight line, or trying to skate board for the first time and then doing a backflip by FALLING.

There was this one time, after the first time I ever go-carted, I got out because I finally ran out of tickets and went to go get some food and more tickets and I suffered from vertigo and literally went head-over heels.

no scratches.

^_^

[Crazeyal]

And she wonders why every guy in the schoool comes running when she wears skirts!!
:al:

[Leffy]

just remember: the secret to wearing a skirt does not involve worry about having an accident, but that your panties match if you do. better to look good when you make a fool of yourself then to make it worse looking bad.

[Plunder Down-Under]

Its also important to be wearing panties. Reguardless of what Britney Spears has taught us.

[Leffy]

.... that ugly thing is the reminder of why i'm straight.

[Plunder Down-Under]

Speaking of ugly celebrities, has anyone seen how Hilary Duff looks now? She used to be nice looking, then she went on a Hollwood Diet now she has a pointy face and no boobs! Its so sad.

[PaigeDWinter]

just remember: the secret to wearing a skirt does not involve worry about having an accident, but that your panties match if you do. better to look good when you make a fool of yourself then to make it worse looking bad.


Color coordination is the key to the afterlife.

[Leffy]

i always knew it was one of those zen life lesson thingies.

[kitty!]

all my underwear is brightly colored/patterned. Almost neon. And since I wear mostly black, no one would EVER KNOW.

unless I told them or they saw my panties when I tripped one day.

[JennieB]

I love how we can go from acesorising feminism to playfull flirtation and back to accesorising.

I figured since I did the "grr feminist" thing in college I could start to eas out of it. Establish myself with the stompy boots and then ad the balerina skirt. I gotta role my eyes at anyone who thinks that I can only be one or the other. At Con Bust in Smith College they have tons of female literary guests and we talk a lot about feminism. Patricia Briggs has a great story about when she won some sort of feminist prize and when her husband told her she was pregnant and standing barefoot in the kitchen. Feminism is not letting social judgment dictate what you want to do be it housewife or fire fighter.
That being said
I'm using the Pretty Princess character to show that you can wear pink stompy boots if you want to.

[Mike Taylor]

As always, thanks for the clarification. :)

[Plunder Down-Under]

I love my femenist friends, they make the funniest faces when you tell women jokes. Such as this one

Q: Why doesnt a woman need ski's?
A: Because theres no snow between the kitchen and the laundry

*flee's to undisclosed location*

[Darlica]

You, my young friend need a whooping...
:whipass:

Now, let my just fetch the right outfit for this occasion....

[Leffy]

leather, lace, or velvet?

i've always thought velvet was one of those sexually aggressive fabrics even though its soft and tactile.

[Mike Taylor]

leather, lace, or velvet?

i've always thought velvet was one of those sexually aggressive fabrics even though its soft and tactile.

Great, now I'm going to have THIS running through my mind at work today.

"Productivity at Best Buy dropped 80% today because Mike's mind was in the gutter. Film at 11."

[Leffy]

muwahahahahaha! you should never think JUST work at work. makes the day boring and fries your brain.

[Mike Taylor]

muwahahahahaha! you should never think JUST work at work. makes the day boring and fries your brain.

Turns out I didn't have time to think pervy thoughts. I was the only closer in my department. *:skull::dead::skull: is how Mike feels right now*

[Plunder Down-Under]

All work and no Dirty Thoughts makes Mike a dull boy.

[Leffy]

man.... its scary when you miss having moments like that to bitch about o.O

[PaigeDWinter]

leather, lace, or velvet?





And here I was thinking that rubber would work...

[Leffy]

rubber works, its just that chaffey sweat rash tends to outweigh the need to appear that intimidatingly sexy.

[Crazeyal]

hmm you;ll have to model themand we'll come up witha poll on the subject..

:al:
:al:
:al:

DAMMIT... more booze and that WOULD have worked!!!

[Leffy]

i'm going to assume you mean paige. and yesh you should. cause you'd be hot enough to make me wonder again.

[Crazeyal]

Sweetie..

I meant Paige could join in.

There is beauty and there is being GORGEOUS.

I've seen beauty. It's on every billboard and magazine you can stomach and a few you can't. Brush stroked perfection is a warm fuzzy ILLUSION.

You've proven you are comfortable in your own skin. That's GORGEOUS.

Knock our socks off.


:al:

[Leffy]

.... ok now THAT kinda wigs me out.

i'm looking for the roundabout insult to thbbbbt back at you with. instead i've got brain mush and giggles as replies.

[Crazeyal]

*buffs nails*

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x272/crazeyal/ALwink.gif

[Leffy]

no fair. flattery is eeeevil. it makes my brain shut down :P

[Darlica]

*comes back*

I prefer leather and lace, thank you. :DP:

Now where did that little rascal go? :dgrin:

[Death Dragon2]

Leffy, Your Father reeks of Elderberries and your mother is an Orc!
Now, use that against crazyal, since I'll just do one of the following- 1.Swallow you whole; 2. Fly out of reach.

[Plunder Down-Under]

He's over there behind the distraction!

[Sehson]

Leffy, Your Father reeks of Elderberries and your mother is an Orc!
Now, use that against crazyal, since I'll just do one of the following- 1.Swallow you whole; 2. Fly out of reach.

So my father is a flaming pustulent asshole and my moma wears combat boots... Oh wait we were talking about someone else weren't we:rolleyes:

[Leffy]

that insult is ringing in my head like i should know it o.O

[Ruestir]

DD's insult is based on Monty Python's Holy Grail.

Your mother is a hampster and your father reaks of elderberries!

This information brought to you by Antioch Holy hand grenades and the number 3. Because 2 is only ok as long as you proceed to 3, 4 is no good and 5 is right out. Remember, if you want to snuff out your enemies that are naughty in the Lord's sight think the Holy hand grenades of Antioch!

[Leffy]

see? i've yet to acheive geekdom. i've never seen that movie.

[Ruestir]

You're young, there's still hope for you yet.

[randombrit]

see? i've yet to acheive geekdom. i've never seen that movie.

:eek::eek: Forsooth, we must save this poor deprived soul as soon as humanly possible. Can you make it too swansea in say the next 48 hours? :cool:

[RazorJAK]

*buffs nails*

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x272/crazeyal/ALwink.gif

Well played, clerk.

[Crazeyal]

Well played, clerk.
What does that YOU?? Jay?:al:

[Death Dragon2]

:eek::eek: Forsooth, we must save this poor deprived soul as soon as humanly possible. Can you make it too swansea in say the next 48 hours? :cool:
DON'T FORGET THE COCONUTS!!!!

[randombrit]

Egads how could I. To the Greengrocers this instant my good man:dcool:

[Sehson]

don't forget your tardis so you can get back before you left :dp:

[reo01]

We demand a shrubbery!!!! :D
Now, if I can ramble back in the other direction, I'll put my 2bits in regarding Girly Stuff, lol.
I grew up playing with Barbie, Transformers and Matchbox cars, drawing and climbing trees. That was awesome, cos I didn't grow up with preconceived notions of what a female should or shouldn't like or do. Yay my parents!

In Intermediate school (from age 11 to 12 in NZ) and high school we had school uniforms, (Ugly pleated skirts that made everyone look bad) so pretty much every girl I knew hated skirts cos they reminded us of school.
In high school my friends an I were all a bit tomboyish and wore jeans and baggy tees whenever possible. I left school swearing never to wear a skirt again! I did eventually soften on that stance and include a couple long skirts in my wardrobe however, and even took to wearing knee length skirts sometimes after finding out that guys actually thought my legs were nice! Who knew?? :jbangel:
I still hardly ever wear skirts cos I find them so impractical, but I do like to feel pretty every now an again. Hey who doesn't, lol!

I don't carry a purse or a handbag. I have a Wallet, dammit (as I keep telling my mum) an a shoulder bag that kinda looks like those old vinyl flight bags. Man I got a lotta crap, I need to put it in something! But there is a black handbag lurking in the corner of my wardrobe for evening occasions. ;)

[Leffy]

we need a night to glam it up. we should have a biiiig party to girly out for.

[Seolta]

My biggest gripe about skirts when I was younger was that they got in the way when you tried climbing trees or playing on the parallel bars on the playground...

[pirateninja]

i used to rarely wear skirts, but i've been wearing them more recently. i have nice legs, damnit! =D

[Crazeyal]

PU-OUNCE da newbie!!!

Hi..

Ohh Love dem skirts!!

Welcome to the boards!

Watchout fer flying teenagers and dirty old devils!! :al:

[Leffy]

if you didn't catch on he's the dirty old devil. i'm the crazy dirty old lady stuck in a young woman's body.

[Plunder Down-Under]

I CAN FLY!

*climbs mast and jumps off*

*CRASH!*

Im not the flying teenager...

[Crazeyal]

Im not the flying teenager...

Oh no???

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c61/anastasthetraveler/knockout.gif
That looks like flying to me!

[Plunder Down-Under]

Its falling with style!

[garfalk]

mayhap i might be the flying teenager.
but i won't test it out.
ha.

[pirateninja]

if you didn't catch on he's the dirty old devil. i'm the crazy dirty old lady stuck in a young woman's body.

oooh yeah, i know who he is now. heh.

[Crazeyal]

I.. uh.. admire your avatar...

[pirateninja]

thanks ^^

[reo01]

My biggest gripe about skirts when I was younger was that they got in the way when you tried climbing trees or playing on the parallel bars on the playground...
Exactly!!!

[Plunder Down-Under]

Exactly!!!
Un-zactly!! Its shame which gets in the way! And long skirts too I guess, but with short skirts its shame.

[garfalk]

odd, ive always liked girls in skirts climbing things.

and that avatar is god.like.

[Leffy]

i always wore shorts under my skirts. my mother was in a girly the boy out of me stage through my elementary years. with the shorts on i didn't embarass her AND i got to tie my skirt up out of my way. granted this wasn't a perfect solution. but mom caught on quickly enough that skirts tear up easier then jeans.

[kitty!]

When I was 5 I discovered I could climb trees and I hadn't forsaken skirts yet. My next door neighbor (Wesley ^^ Oh I had such a crush on him ;P) showed me how I could jump from a tree safely and after he did I followed suit.

Jumping and expecting to hit solid ground, instead I hung there, dangling in a most unfortunate way. My skirt was caught on a stub of a branch on the tree!

I screamed and hollered, Wesley ran away (it's okay, I threw up on him a couple months later ;) ) and I was there for, like, 15 minutes until my mum's friend came out of the house for a smoke and heard and saw me dangling there.

And then after an embarrassing gym class I never wore skirts again, at least until really recently.

[garfalk]

that would keep me from wearing skirts.

embarrasing gym class, do tell.

[Mike Taylor]

that would keep me from wearing skirts.

embarrasing gym class, do tell.

ACH, LADDIE! IT'S NAE A SKIRT, IT'S A KILT!

[Death Dragon2]

I can't remember what the Scottish brigade from WWI was called by the Germans.

[Sehson]

Verbuttshoen...:shhh::lol:

[Death Dragon2]

Translation?

[garfalk]

use teh google.

but off the top of my head, something about the butt showing.
but thats dutch. Verbuttshoen....(german friend who is fluent in german told me.)

[UberFische]

the were also called the Ladies from Hell by the germans

[Sehson]

Verbuttshoen...:shhh::lol:

Translation?

Its about as german as the older Volkswagon comercials... the the funkengroovin sloogan or something...

sylabalize it...

Ver butt sho en

AKA your butt is showing :dp:

[Ruestir]

There was a great t-shirt roaming the campus when I was in college. It had a VW stylized stick figure bent over a toilet evidently having dry heaves. The t-shirt simply read "Farfrompuken"

[Leffy]

it is fairly easy to bastardize other languages huh? especially the ones our language takes its roots in.

[Ecchi_Kitty]

Well, we basterdize English often enough.... ya kn0w?

[Mike Taylor]

Well, we basterdize English often enough.... ya kn0w?

English is the bastard child of German and Latin, didn't ya know? That's why our grammatical rules are so convoluted.

[Leffy]

as well as french and gaelic.

[garfalk]

and a pinch of spanish...wait thats romanesque, which goes wit italian and french.
which are also a part.

and made up words. like quiz.

[Plunder Down-Under]

All of which were stolen from ELVES! or Aliens if you prefer.

[reo01]

All of which were stolen from ELVES! or Aliens if you prefer.
Nah, Quiz musta been stolen from the Leprechauns, was an Irish fella came up with it... :-D

[Seolta]

Well, we basterdize English often enough.... ya kn0w?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/owlofdusk/english1.gif
^like that?