Parenting, You "Make It Work."

Jane caught part of the first episode of the current season of Project Runway and apparently it struck a cord. I'm sure if I were to teach her what a designer is she would add that to her current list of occupations for her future life. In order, they are chef, doctor, teacher and then princess.

Tall Dark and Handsome was being a good father this evening - playing princess dolls with Jane. She then took things to the next level and wanted to play PR with her daddy and her dolls. TDH suggested they move the runway into the living room where he could mentally deal with this brand of quality playtime, in the form of CSPAN in the background.

I'm glad they skipped the process of reenacting making the designs.

Snow White: I just don't think Cinderella has what it takes.

Mulan: Omg. If I see another tube dress, I'm going to vomit.

She Wuz Robbed

Tonight another excellent designer was booted off Project Runway while an emotional lingerie designer lingers. We can handle emotional, it's the fact that all his designs are the equivelant of women's nightgowns that irritates.

This is the price you pay for watching reality television: you can't do a thing about what happens. You have to suffer. And you know it's stupid.

Those three things: inability to act, pain and suffering, and shame.

If you think reality tv is stupid, recall to mind this post. We pay the price for watching.

Dressing Your Age

As I look out my office window at the dozens of female staff members and guests that come and go, I wonder what I will be dressing like in 20 years. Will I be able to let youth relinquish its hold on me?

It is one thing to wear tight jeans and high heels when you are 25. It is something else to wear them when you are 45.

It's not about having the "right" to wear whatever you want, because of course you have that. I suppose. But let's leave the discussion about the American obsession with "rights" to another day.

It's really about good taste. You can look classy and fresh and beautiful without trying to look like a teenager on a first date.

Right?