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I was reading up on dressing like a boy for the party, and another thing that came to mind was the factor of my breasts vs. waist to hip ratio.

I looked up a waist-to-ratio calculator, and the good news is, it thinks I'm at low risk for whatever it is that specifies.

But there was this whole section afterwards on reading whether you're an apple or a pear shape.

According to my waist-to-hip ration I'm a pear.

But do breasts factor into the equation? I thought there was a word for heavily-breasted women with small waists and hips, etc. Not that I'm that either - my hips and breasts are just about the same width, my waist is tiny. (Don't be hating, I eat healthy and I exercise and I don't know how I got so lucky - my mother certainly didn't have this shape at my age - she had the tiny waist but small breasts).

Because my shape's always been referred to as "hourglass".

http://twolumps.net/d/20091204.html

Two Lumps comic for Friday, December 4, 2009

http://store.dieselsweeties.com/products/icons-of-rock-shirt-zaggy-starbucks

Zaggy Starbucks is finally here! All pre-orders should ship Friday unless we are attacked by space wormoids from dimension zorgue. I ordered a few extras if you want one.

http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/2429

Today's comic is in honor of one of my favorite dudes, Ferocious J. Happy birth-yesterday!

I'm ship-ship-shipping holiday gifts every day! You may shop at will.

Pixel Socks : Pixel Ties : Bacon is a Vegetable : Music Shirts : Christmas Deadlines

A customer literally YELLED at me and refused to leave the store over an issue that was not my fault (not really the company's either - it was service specific, something that was done could not be undone, and was the customer's own fault that it happened).

He stayed for like 30 minutes, yelling at me, then yelling for my manager, then yelling AT my manager, all the while my manager was attempting to talk rationally to him (as was I). He spoke in broken English, which made the communication harder anyway.

Eric almost called the cops. We both kept our cool the entire time, and ended up giving him a temporary solution to his issue which would carry him until the system restarted - but he was such a freakin' asshat, and he was so loud, yelling and being obnoxious and refusing to leave that I almost wish Eric had called the cops so the man would realize you can't behave like that in public if you want anything productive accomplished.

Anyway, HE ended up apologizing to US.

And T-Mobile wins Best Customer Service by JD Powers.

Yup.

Somehow I still love my job, because for every one of those guys, there's 100 really nice people who just want to be connected.

Papers, background check papers, drug test, LIEK TTLY A 2 HOUR NAP orz, lunch with my dad, a meeting with one of my fellow jurors on possibly making some promotional materials for his manufacturing company. And now home. And exhausted. @_@ I'm gonna try to stay up till 8-ish... I don't know if I'm gonna make it. XD Then it'll be back to first shift again maybe or something? |D

I'm excited. Doing this freelance on the side would be absolutely amazing, probably far more creative than my job would be... and probably more lucrative, too. >> I must remember this time around to negotiate payment (or at least a pay rate) ahead of time so I don't get too screwed. This kind of thing is making me wonder if I should get a Mac. Or find some kind of awesome Windows-based video editing software *shrug*. I could use After Effects, but I don't know how feasible that would be with its RAM-sucking tendencies.

/geek XD

-David

Granted, my hair will be all styled and stuff. But for Ashley's drag party, should I go...

( glasses or no glasses? )

http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/2428

I really wanted to make a Monday joke in the middle of such a long week. I hereby declare today Thursday.

x-posted from the Ask Me Anything Community...

Saturday night my friend is celebrating her 28th birthday with a drag party! Guys have to come dressed as women, women as guys, obviously. Best costume may win a prize.

Now, I already have Pie's wardrobe at my disposal (and yes, we're actually about the same size, so they'll even LOOK like my clothes). I'm figuring a pair of baggy jeans and a t-shirt with a hoodie. And I have some other ideas...

I have short red hair... I'm thinking I'll faux-hawk it, which looks as far from my current hairstyle as possible within the limits of its shortness.

I'm sure with all of this I'm going to look more butch-lesbian than boy, but I'm pushing androgyny as best as I can...

What are some other key points to drag-as-a-boy?

I'm usually a heavy jewelry wearer, so I'll leave all that at home.
I'm even cutting my nails a bit shorter and removing all nail polish.
Obviously ditching makeup.
I was thinking of sticking a sock inside the crotch of the pants.
I'll be wearing Converse sneakers instead of heels.
I'm considering going all out and ace-bandaging my breasts down (they're a 32C).

Should I try to pull off a mascara mustache?
Any recommendations for fake facial hair?
What other key "guy" things? I'm thinking a Red Sox hat if the hair doesn't work out so well...
Any subtleties I shouldn't forget?

Follow up question in second post... Glasses or no glasses?

Assuming I pass the background check and drug test (and fer srs, if I fail those someone totally stole my identity), I can has a job!!! Full time! Working in Photoshop! For a newspaper! XD It doesn't pay great right now, but after 90 days they'll "re-evaluate" my pay (lol) and I'll get benefits, which will be awesome, since one of my wisdom teeth is TOTALLY coming in right now. (really, I can feel it. o.o)

I also picked up a Screenwriting book from Half-Price Books yesterday and I've started reading it, hoping for some direction in terms of my writing. It has convinced me so far, though, that screenplays/scripts are definitely more where I'm at creatively. Which will probably lead to storyboards at some point, too, if I get my art restarted. ;_;

So there's an update on stuff!
-David

http://twolumps.net/d/20091202.html

Two Lumps comic for Wednesday, December 2, 2009

http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/2427

Based on a real conversation with a real cat. A real cat who never helps me mail Christmas t-shirts and socks. She hates fun.

I need to go grocery shopping.

So, I'm out of vegetables (besides carrots)... and I'm trying to find something marginally healthy in my house to eat for dinner, because I'm too lazy to go grocery shopping.

I have spaghetti in bulk. I have organic minced garlic in a giant jar in my fridge. I have extra virgin olive oil in bulk. I have a giant container of parsley on the spice rack.

So, boil up some water, make some pasta, then add a little bit of olive oil (probably two tablespoons but I do it by eye), a tablespoon of minced garlic, liberal amounts of salt and pepper, and then TONS of parsley.

It takes 10 minutes to make. And it's DAMN TASTY.



I probably eat this for dinner twice a week. I know - I need some veggies. I eat veggies during the day, I promise. ;)

I also need to go shopping to find a nice warm pair of boots that are water-proof. So badly. We haven't had much snow, and some rain, and it's been unseasonably warm. But it's only December - January and February are the worst.