List-blogging, part 5 (or maybe 6 or 4?) April 28, 2005
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Things that are obvious:
- I have yet to get the blog working for Internet Explorer. Sorry! It’s on my list of things to do, I promise. It works for Firefox — www.getfirefox.com (I suppose I could have stayed in and fixed the blog last night, but there were beers to be had!)
- Re: The post about my low-cut work outfit — I am NOT posting a picture of my rack. No way in hell. Also, to commenter Gordon, I read your blog and I don’t think the pope would like you thinking about my rack, as we are not married. Rules are rules, my Catholic friend. Sorry!
- The blogroll is in various stages of completeness. I love all of my fellow bloggers and being absent from the new blogroll is not a sign that you are uncool. It’s a sign that I’m in over my head. (But, that’s normal for me.)
On the subject of the inappropriate work clothes:
- I love that everyone assumes sight unseen that I am so much hotter than all of my coworkers. So cute! I want to date you all.
- The Whinemaster over at www.guywhine.com wants to know why women judge other women so much, especially when it comes to one woman looking like a knockout or seeming to show off her assets. Some of it is obviously jealousy and insecurity, but I think a lot of it is a learned behavior. When it comes to men, many women are very competitive, so they’re quick to judge the competition and brand her a skank. That way if a guy picks her over you, you can say, "Well, I’m better than she is and he was just looking for a quick piece of ass." Not all women are like this, but it’s a pretty prevalent problem. I could go on and on about the prevalence of Girl-on-Girl hostility and judgment, but I don’t have the time. So, um, rent "Mean Girls." It all goes back to the high school cafeteria.
Songs I have stuck in my head:
- "Lonely No More" — Damn you Rob Thomas!
- "Right to be Wrong" — Joss Stone
- "Son of a Preacherman" — Dusty Springfield
- "Hollaback Girl" — Gwen Stefani (But only the part about bananas!)
Never fully dressed … April 26, 2005
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I can always tell when I am inappropriately dressed in the eyes of my fellow employees.
My ensemble for today, for example, did not find any fans in my female coworkers, who raised their eyebrows as I walked by.
I’m wearing a modest black skirt and a striped button down over a camisole. Also, pointy-toed heels. (As an aside, I must say that if one more person insinuates that my shoes are work inappropriate, I will freak out. Yes, they’re pointy. Yes, they’re slingbacks. Yes, they are totally comfortable and I can run around everywhere in them. Seriously, my feet, my shoes. The funny thing is that these shoes are the most comfortable work shoes I own because they fit perfectly and don’t have a ridiculously high heel. If they only SAW my sitting shoes. They would die. Anyway, to be cheesy, my feelings on shoes can best be summed up by one Carrie Bradshaw, who said, and I paraphrase, "A single woman’s shoes are difficult to fill, which is why she sometimes needs a very special pair of them." I must seriously get out more.)
Anyway, I must’ve greatly underestimated the coverage afforded by said camisole, as everyone in my office seemed to be staring at the twins. I feel like such a hussy. (Constantly overexposed, I am.)
I shouldn’t have bought this shirt. It doesn’t fit the same way my staple fitted oxfords do. The top button is oddly placed, so it pulls across my chest, which is tres unattractive. In my mind, a camisole underneath with the first button left open was the logical choice. When I looked in the mirror the cleavage didn’t look out of control. As in, I didn’t see any.
Alas, the disapproving stares of the women workfolk tell otherwise.
I had shaken their judgment from my mind, deciding that I was overreacting because of my own self consciousness when a 40-year-old man almost ran into a door frame as he tried to turn into an office whilst not-so-discreetly checking out my rack.
Maybe I shouldn’t wear this shirt anymore.
Internet Explorer ate my blog … April 25, 2005
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Um, so, wow.
Mad apologies to my three Internet Explorer users … something major bad happened while I was sleeping and the damn site is messed up. MESSED UP. If you’re reading this site on IE and you can see posts other than the top one and a properly placed sidebar, let me know, because I can’t. At all.
This site TOTALLY worked last night in Firefox. TOTALLY.
www.getfirefox.com (You should be using Firefox anyway! I’m helping you out. Really.)
6 P.M. Update: I truly have no idea how to fix this. At all. SERIOUSLY. The best I can tell you to do until I learn html is to use Firefox. The site loads marvelously in Firefox. Suggestions are appreciated. Also, this is so my highest traffic day yet and no one can read the blog. Hello new visitors! Don’t go! Staaaaay.
SIGH.
Internet Explorer ate my blog … April 25, 2005
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Um, so, wow.
Mad apologies to my three Internet Explorer users … something major bad happened while I was sleeping and the damn site is messed up. MESSED UP. If you’re reading this site on IE and you can see posts other than the top one and a properly placed sidebar, let me know, because I can’t. At all.
This site TOTALLY worked last night in Firefox. TOTALLY.
www.firefox.com (You should be using Firefox anyway! I’m helping you out. Really.)
Technical issues April 24, 2005
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Am working on new blog design. I wanted to go with a sidebar. (I am wondering why right about now.)
Will get blogroll updated soon. (Don’t worry if I left you off. If you were on my old blogroll, located at http://kinja.com/favorites/charmingbutsingle, you will also be on the new one. If not, comment and I’ll add ya.)
Forgive any glitches that may occur, as I’d sooner write a site in Cyrillic than html.
Also, R.I.P. pretty green shoe. You will be missed. (I’ll be adding a shoe and a purse and a martini glass as spacers in the sidebar. Just not tonight. Sorry!)
Toodles!
Update: Fixed the comment page so that comments don’t appear in 150 points. Got rid of the Sagittarius Webring, because their link box was waaaaay too big. Anyone who wants to make me cute buttons so that I don’t have to use the text links under “various blog things” gets a free gmail invite. (Or 10. I have, like, 200 of them. Do people even need gmail anymore? What the hell am I supposed to do with these invites?)
