I was looking at bras yesterday, and I noticed something for the first time. Nearly all of the A cups were push up bras with lots of padding, even when the larger cup sizes in the same style were not. So you have the exact same bra with a completely different fit for A cups [...]
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bra shopping sucks for everyone
Posted in Vanity on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Goodbye 2009; I didn’t like you either
Posted in Vanity on January 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I don’t usually get excited about New Year’s, partly because it never made sense to me to begin the new calendar in January (the beginning of the new school year would make more sense, or the beginning of spring). I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, either, because fuck that.* But I am really, really glad [...]
Why yes, I would like you to bring it on home to me
Posted in Vanity on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Life list of the sexiest men of the ’50s, 60s, and 70s and Jezebel’s addendum are pretty good. But they both forgot Sam Cooke! I mean, really.
Threads
Posted in Vanity on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today–the day before I begin my very serious job search in a new city–I went shopping with my mom for interview and work clothes. It was more fun than I expected, partly because I had more money to work with than usual (thanks to generous relatives) and partly because seeing myself in grown-up, expensive professional [...]
Too sunburned to do anything but lie in bed and watch YouTube
Posted in Vanity on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Featuring the young and heartbreakingly endearing River Phoenix.
Yes, you are fierce
Posted in Vanity on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I found him annoying at the beginning of the season, but now, watching the finale, Christian Siriano is scarily talented. I hope he wins. And holyshit he’s from Annapolis and used to work at an Annapolis Mall hair salon! It’s probably the same shitty salon that gave me horrible bangs! Here’s what he has to [...]
all dressed up
Posted in Vanity on March 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Being by myself is starting to grate on me. Not only am I alone in the apartment (but for the cat): everyone else–and I mean everyone–has left town for break, so even if I walk to CVS or get coffee, I probably won’t run into anyone I know. To keep from brooding, I cleaned the apartment–my [...]
