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Aug. 9th, 2004 11:18 pm
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Grus japonensis factsheet, for hapless Subrosa participants such as myself.

(Oh, Perpetua is back, thank heavens. Not that I don't appreciate all the free music, but I was starting to consider taking the Fluxblog feed off my flist by reason of ENTHUSIASTIC SPAMMAGE.)

I'm going to be flying American Airlines on 9/11. :D;;; Dorval-O'Hare-Narita-Pudong. There's a discount. I wonder why?

Took sororial unit shopping on Sunday, as a slightly late birthday present. (Though I bought her birthday dessert - double chocolate mousse cake, pink lemonade sorbet.) Ended up blowing 85$ at the space FB sale in les Cours Mont-Royal. Haul was one blue-and-white diagonal-striped summer A-line skirt and one pleated red tennis mini for sororial unit, one cream-coloured A-line and two button-up shirts for me (safari sand, khaki). Space FB are local designer togs, 85$ normally wouldn't buy the one shirt. ^^; The line's a bit unadvertised and "cult", actually, if you can call "cult" something that all the locals know about - I'd link sample images but there's no webpage. Google only turns up endless jokes about how it's the "McGill University school uniform". Not as preppy as that makes it sound, more latter-day Jewish Montreal Princess - i.e. known for simple sloppy sporty wear that costs an arm and a leg. XD;; Zip-up tops, tracksuits, v-neck tees, flannel tennis skirts. Of course sororial unit and I did not purchase the sloppy sporty schtuff.

(I really like the A-line I'm wearing now, actually: it's like a platonic ideal of an A-line skirt, perfect fit around my natural waist, flares to just above the knees. The shirt is from the same collection, so it's one curved line from shoulder to hem. The sleeves are a bit puffy, too, almost like demure loli - slightly overdressed for the office. XD My mum's complaining that I'm dressing too old, but because of the slight "over"ness it's really a very young look.)

Date: 2004-08-09 10:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serendip.livejournal.com
I bought a clingy black matte jersey dress that is way too teh sexy for moi and a peach-coloured silk shell top XD

Date: 2004-08-09 12:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] petronia.livejournal.com
Yay shopping! XD (Any occasion?)

Date: 2004-08-09 12:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serendip.livejournal.com
Sidewalk sale in local village. It's a bit ridiculous, the village I grew up in. Dolce & Gabanna & Marc Jacobs are the appropriate boutiques XD J Crew and the Gap are when you are "dressing down". I need a fitted black dress. My last one is a bit big and has to be altered before I can wear it. I wore it to work and it kept slipping off my shoulders. (Supposed to be shift dress/sheath, so not quite right XD) I went a little too fitted, is all XD

Date: 2004-08-09 11:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quixotic-sense.livejournal.com
... wait, those cranes mate for life?

Oh, the fuckers. *cries*

Date: 2004-08-09 12:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] petronia.livejournal.com
I think it was an accidental consideration. But yeah, if you want crane info, come to me. XD I've been researching them all day, it's fascinating. Like: the Ainu call them "sarurun kamui", the gods-that-live-in-the-reeds.

Date: 2004-08-09 12:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quixotic-sense.livejournal.com
Hmm. Now that is fascinating. Alas, the POV I'm working with is that of a character who doesn't care about these things. ^^;;;

(Which doesn't mean that you pass along the info to me, of course. *grins*)

Date: 2004-08-09 12:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] smurfmatic.livejournal.com
Deja vu, deja vu, deja vu. The "McGill University school uniform" joke, did you make it before, a year or two ago? o_O;

-Ced

Date: 2004-08-09 02:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] petronia.livejournal.com
Not me! Someone else on your blogroll, no doubt.

Clothes

Date: 2004-08-09 08:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] smurfmatic.livejournal.com
Yeah, I agree, that skirt/outfit looks great on you! Happens to me quite less often, as I don't usually wear fancy stuff, even less fancy stuff I paid AND chose (it's usually none, or chose - it's not paid *only*, yet. XD). Take what I wore today, not so classy-classy as what you have, but in the casual wear I have, it's one of my fave shirts. Mostly because I like the colors, the texture (doh, i first wrote "structure" ^^) and the fact it makes me look thinner. Not love at first sight, I really hated it back in HK, but bought it anyways cuz on special and stocking up on summer clothes.

And I like the stripey white/very light green-blue long-sleeve shirt (import from Germany), which I chose, and which everybody loves on me too. So basically if I tried harder I could be hot... Right? XD

-Ced

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