August 1, 2007
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The Spicewood bar where an Austin Police commander and her husband, also an officer, were drinking before dying in a motorcycle crash was shut down by the TABC- Today was the 41st anniversary of the UT Tower shootings
- Six cases of human West Nile Virus have been reported in Texas this year
- After the scandal earlier this year where UT's financial aid chief Lawrence Burt had improper dealings with a student loan company, the university today announced that all employees are now forbidden to hold stock in or accept gifts from student loan lenders
- A woman in Cedar Park gave birth to the heaviest set of quintuplets ever, with a combined weight of 21 pounds, 7.2 ounces
- The 18-year-old lifeguard who died at a Lake LBJ camp drowned in three feet of water; as of yet, no foul play is suspected
- A boating ban remains in place for parts of Lake Austin and Town Lake through Friday
- The Statesman's new fashion writer, Marques Harper, suggests that David Beckham would make an "ideal style role model" for Austin men
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Just how does one pronounce "41th"? Fortyfirth? Fortyoneth?
Do tell.
What is this "Town Lake" you speak of? Is it connected with Lady Bird Lake?
>A boating ban remains in place for parts of Lake Austin and Town Lake through Friday
Marques Harper. Cross between cinema and sorostitute?
Did anyone notice that three of the five quintuplets' initials spell out KKK...
...I'm just saying...
:-P
The quickest way to stop being served at Room 710 is to drive your motorcycle into our club and skidmark our pristine, concrete floor.
Is Marques Harper suggesting that Austin men should follow the lead of the "ideal style role model" and all get tramp stamp tattoos?
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=beckham+brooklyn+tattoo&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
Is this Room 710 guy a robot?
I'm not into Marques Harper. Dropping some names you pick up reading Vogue doesn't make you a fashion expert. Eeeh.
i ain't gettin no Hindi tattoos on my arms, and i sure as hell ain't ever going to play for Manchester United or Real Madrid.
now Liverpool or Atletico Madrid, on the other hand..
:)
So every guy in Austin should be 5'11" and 150 lbs? Seriously, stop trying to turn us into hipster douchebags, Austin guys wear jeans, flip flops and t-shirts, we're comfortable people who are secure with who we are. So no, I'm not going to wear tight jeans, listen to overhyped crappy music and stare at my multi colored Chucks while I pretend that I'm so fucking cool everyone else can just piss off.
The old queen that writes the fashion column for the Chronicle is worse.
So every guy in Austin should be 5'11" and 150 lbs? Seriously, stop trying to turn us into hipster douchebags, Austin guys wear jeans, flip flops and t-shirts, we're comfortable people who are secure with who we are. So no, I'm not going to wear tight jeans, listen to overhyped crappy music and stare at my multi colored Chucks while I pretend that I'm so fucking cool everyone else can just piss off.
I highly doubt David Beckham would be caught wearing *that*. Do you even know that he plays soccer? The guy ain't no indie kid.
And shorts and flip flops get old. Real old. It's like most guys in this town have this checklist on the bathroom mirror:
What to wear today:
- Old ratty/faded tee or polo with popped collar
- pair of loose khaki shorts
- old beat up flip flops
Boring. Boring. Boring. When it becomes a uniform, it's boring, no matter if it's comfortable - and I'm all for comfortable.
If you care about it being boring, then you're not comfortable.
Then again, if you've intentionally pop the collar, you're just a douche.
Thank you Scooby. It's people like greycat that promote the segregation of people by social click and to their kind more importantly, what they wear. Honestly, as Scooby said, if you worry about anything you're wearing, then you are not comfortable and I will add that you are not secure. I for one, know that I am not boring and I'll wear my flip flops everyday becasue they are comfortable, that may be boring to you, but I'm securely comfortable. And yeah, as a competitive soccer player of 30+ years I know who "Becks" (as the douchebags like to call him) is.
It's a uniform, guest. It doesn't have to do with being secure. Have some imagination, for eff's sake.
Most of the time, i just wear a tee and jeans. Maybe a tank, if it's hot. The shoes alter, either vans or flats or chucks, because they are comfortable, and I'm on my feet all day. Every now and then, I'll wear dresses or heels or whatever, because the same look every day is boring. And guess what? i change my look and it's still comfortable (hence the reason i don't wear heels every day, because they make my legs and ass look awesome...but i can't wear them if I'm standing for more than 30 minutes in a stretch)! Wow, imagine that. Small changes add up to a lot.
And if i'm going out to eat at some place where i'm spending over $75 on two people for food, I'll snazz it up a little too. Like..the heels. A clean shirt that's not a tee. Nice jeans. Doesn't have to be flashy or fancy, just nice. Just so i don't like I did when i went to Thundercloud earlier with a hangover or something.
And strangely enough, the guys i date do the same thing. And even more strangely, they get hit on more than your average guy by random cute/hot girls than guys who look like they are going to a frat house. Amazing!
^^^This is why the term "high maintenence" was coined in the 90s.
jesus christ stop turning everything into a pissing contest. if you like/follow fashion and want to dress up, go for it. if you couldn't give a hoot, wear jeans and flip flops. don't call fashionistas "insecure" or dressed down dudes "boring". it's just what yer into.