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When I was little, I loved Wonder Woman. Sure, I love her now but back then, I’d force my cousins — at least 8 years my senior — to play Wonder Woman with me. They’d shoot at me and I’d, of course, reflect their invisible bullets away by the mightyness of my bracelets of power. Then I’d take off my golden tiara and throw it at them to bind their wrists and haul them off to jail.
Sometimes, while sporting my Wonder Woman underoos.
So, when I stumbled across Practical Polly’s Wonder Woman Jumper — I literally gasped in glee and envy.
She created her own pattern out of a vintage sweater pattern and studiously studying Wonder Woman’s outfit. It took her over a year to finish — yet as soon as I saw it, I wanted to beg every knitting friend I have to somehow immediately figure out how to replicate it for MEEEEE. It’s like big-girl underoos, but better because everyone can see it all the time!
If there’s anyone out there who’s up for the challenge — my birthday is in November, but Christmas is good too…
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September 12th, 2007
Lately, I’ve been somewhat obsessive about scanning in old pics from high school and college. Some are longtime favorites, some I haven’t seen in years. It’s been like a bizarre 8-Track flashback — seeing faces of old friends, some I haven’t talked to since I graduated 15 years ago. And it’s amazing how quickly memories pour in, flooding my vision and my emotions.
Some of my favorites are from my going-away to college party. The Shag Party. A few days earlier, J and I had come across the movie Shag and became strangely enthralled. That night, I found “Stagger Lee” in my mom’s record collection — the song featured the big dance competition number. So of course, we needed to learn the dance and perform it at my going-away party. Because, really, what else would you do in that situation?
We tracked down the movie and to the amusement and horror of my boyfriend, made him watch us and the film until we got the dance as close as possible (including our own flourishes). We then forced our most glorious performance on the well-wishers. And it was glorious, we were brilliant. I wish I had it on tape somewhere but these pictures suffice.
However, the most interesting thing I’ve found in this whole exercise of memory lane meandering? It’s changing my perception of myself from then — no longer am I convinced that I was hideously ugly. (Which is something that I held as indisputable fact from junior high through, say, four years after college. That mental change in perception is something for which I’ll always thank PopGurl Amanda.)
In fact, I was kind of cute. I wish I could go back and tell myself that, and then hit high schools now and let awkward boys and girls of today know that the perceptions of themselves they have right now are not necessarily the right ones, and given some distance and perspective — the mirror they hold up is definitely more flattering and a whole lot more true.
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August 17th, 2007
With The Simpsons Movie hitting theatres in about a month, the website has some nifty things up to play with. After a few rounds of Three Card Moe (wherein i had a pretty decent score, I must say), I made myself an Amy PopGurl avatar.
Some of the options are impressive — like hair styles and eye shapes — but I was a bit saddened by the lack of clothing options. A t-shirt and pants seemed to be my only choices and while I’m very happy with my outfit, I wish I had more to choose from. And maybe some sassy sunglasses or a supercute barrette to put in my hair. Then again, if I had even more options, I probably would have spent far more time slacking off because I couldn’t decide on the perfect look.
But I still wish i had a supercute barrette.
Go and make your own Simpsons avatar at Simpsonsmovie.com
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June 27th, 2007
When I worked at my college magazine, I was utterly obsessed with fonts. Serif fonts, sans serif fonts, ransom note fonts, handwriting fonts. I knew everything we had in our arsenal and could tell you what font was best for which article. We layout folk would admire each other’s work, nodding when a good choice was made, “Oh, yes. That’s a good font. Nice, nice.” in this dreamy tone of voice. I was partial to serif fonts back then — your Garamonds, Book Antiquas, Georgias. I tended to slip in some Copperplate from time to time. Now, I find that I’m more drawn to sans serifs like Century Gothic, Eurostile, Skia.
However, I will always, always abhor Courier. Aside from scripts, there is no need for one to use Courier. And while my knowledge of the latest fonts is a bit lacking, I will always be a font geek at heart. Which is why this piece of animation made me ridiculously giddy:
Animation of a Samuel L. Jackson’s Pulp Fiction speech about Marsellus Wallace in Type
Brilliant.
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March 12th, 2007
In the eternal quest for underwear that is both cute AND functional — something I thought was nothing more than a pipe dream, a mere fantasy tale told by mother’s to get their daughters to go to sleep at night — I stumbled upon Mary Green in the boutique Retail Therapy in Seattle. They’re cute, they don’t ride, and I don’t have to listen to the boy complain about granny panties anymore. It’s fucking fantastic. I don’t even mind having to wash them by hand. Yet. I don’t mind yet. I’m sure the day will come when I start tossing them in the washing machine, but for now I’m trying to abide by the hand wash. We’ll see how that goes.
Also cute, though not quite as functional is the Honeydew line. Their frilly, can-canesque boyshorts are totally fucking cute, though they’re more for wearing as you dance your way around your house in nothing but your underwear than for wearing under pants. Not that they don’t have cute, practical underwear, because they have a line that looks pretty identical to Mary Green’s (only slightly less comfy), but if I’m going to get something that looks just like Mary Green, I’m just going to get Mary Green. If you do go for the Honeydew line, be warned that they run small. Extremely small. If you’re usually a small, try a medium. At least. You might even push it up to a large. (Mary Green runs true to size.)
The downside to looking cute in your skivvies? A slightly higher price tag than those of us that traditionally buy our underwear in cotton and packs of six are comfortable with paying. But if looking adorably cute isn’t enough to make you shell out $15 to $20+ a pair, try looking at it as an investment in peace and quiet since your significant other will no longer be bitching about your granny panties. They’ll be happier, you’ll be happier (it’s amazing what feeling cute can do for your attitude), and at least when your friends come over unannounced and you don’t have time to clear your underwear out of the bathroom, they won’t be asking why your grandmother’s underwear is hanging up in your bathroom.
-Michelle
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March 5th, 2007
For those who don’t know, we PopGurls all met through the now-defunct Buffy the Vampire Slayer posting board, The Bronze. One of our fellow Bronzers, Stephanie Tuszynski, did a fab documentary about the life, death and afterlife of The Bronze. And more than that, IRL looks at what happens when online friendships move from the Internet into “real life.” IRL premieres next week in Los Angeles.
Why next week in particular? Because Saturday, March 10th, 2007 is the 10-year anniversary of Buffy’s first episode! (God, I feel old.) The screening will be held at Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles (655 N. Van Ness Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038) at 2pm PST. There will be a Q&A session after the screening. The screening is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. To RSVP, e-mail IRLscreenings@gmail.com and include the letters “LA” in the subject line.
It’s very exciting! And you can see Amanda and Amy (who looks particularly dorky) on-screen! Before the screening, PopGurl writer Allyson Beatrice will give a reading from her forthcoming book about life in the online “Buffy” fandom, Will The Vampire People Please Leave The Lobby?
Get a sneak peek at http://www.myspace.com/irlmovie or Watch the trailer on YouTube
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March 1st, 2007
so. tim the TA.
worst wig ever.
can someone ’splain WHY he had the bad, bad wig?
like, was he attacked by the hearst rapist at some point and we didn’t know?
it was utterly distracting. like, more distracting than andrew mccarthy’s wig at the end of pretty in pink.
please, people, i need to know.
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February 28th, 2007
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