some people will never get it

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Although, in this thread a lot do.

http://community.livejournal.com/newyorkers/2038821.html

Dressing up (and for that matter, just plain dressing civilly) is by default neither expensive nor uncomfortable. Grow up people!

ETA: You know how I sort of think I've lost my edge since becoming gluten-free and not being celiac cranky all the time? Hahahahaah. Clearly, the Snape-ish nastiness is still in full effect. This stuff makes me CRAZY.

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This is one of those things where Soren and I have slight disagreements: he's a "clean, neat, acceptable" sort, and I'm a "let's make it an Event" sort.

We were watching WattStax, a movie about the 1972 Watts Summer Festival at the Los Angeles Coliseum, and apart from all my other emotional responses (which I should write about, because they all have to do with race, class, wealth, and the interfaces), I was noticing how many people dressed up for the concert, some fancier than the people on stage -- because that's what you do to mark an event: you dress, you style.

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I think I have an incompletely verbalized train of thought in my head about marking events vs. being cool and jaded. I'd rather live a life where there are Events that I can celebrate, than be too cool to be overjoyed.

(Hell, if there's a chance that I might wind up in a piano bar singingat the end of the day, I tuck the eyeliner and lipstick into my bag, and possibly a change of jewelry -- something to make it special.)