May 19, 2007
From the desk of Jane Galt:I fear . . .
I have unduly excited my readers with references to previous modeling. My modeling career was extremely short lived, and leaned heavily on "King of Prussia Mall summer sale!" circulars, and things of that short. As with my basketball career, it turned out that the only part of it I was good at was being tall. This is, sadly, not enough to make the big leagues. I am not particularly photogenic, easily bored, and never developed the feeling that it was all so wonderful and glamorous that it was worth developing a class A eating disorder, much less standing around for hours chain smoking for the privilege of being told that there was something wrong with you, and where the hell is MAKEUP?
Posted by Jane Galt at May 19, 2007 8:44 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound linksMegan, my browser isn't displaying the pictures of you on the runway, could you try uploading them again?
I'm sure you're more photogenic than this scare-crow of a woman.
"...things of that short..." Did you wear a Freudian slip?
"...things of that short..." Did you wear a Freudian slip?
I don't understand ... were your ear canals too small or not small enough?
Camelot.
Camelot!
Camelot...
It's only a model.
Ssshh!
that clearly did not merit a double post. Sorry.
I can attest to the fact that Meg, while extremely attractive in person, does not come out well in photographs. I was actually surprised when you mentioned that you ever tried modeling.
Alan, what was that link you posted? The Bride Of Frankenstein collection? Or just another fashion spread designed by someone who hates women who are actually attractive?
Sadly, the woman in that spread probably WAS attractive (in the girl-next-door sort of way) until the ad agency got to her.
OK, now we need to hear about your basketball career as well.
Being 6'5" as a junior in high school, I was forever "running into" the basketball coach, who tried every form of persuasion to get me to at least come to "1 or 2 practices". It only took that many for him to understand my initial reluctance, after seeing my uncoordination cause stumbles, fouls, and injuries upon myself and my teammates. I was growing so fast then - it felt like my limbs were bigger, and reacted differently, each day. Fortunately, I had a friend who was on the rifle team. I joined, and went on to be one of the best on our team when we won the regional championship my senior year. It is the only sport where you compete by laying perfectly still on your stomach.
I find it so funny that your reference to the King of Prussia Mall was probably meant to inspire thoughts of boring, modest, department store sales inserts in a sunday paper, but the KOP Mall website that Alan linked to is a true "fascion" nightmare.
Jane, go on, post the pictures, pretty please?
Yes, I have to admit, I'm also a little curious about "Jane Galt -- Teen Model" myself. Hee!
face it kid, your denials simply make it more interesting. I suppose if I tell them about that secret agent gig, you'll have to separate me from living, right? oops...
I've done a fair amount of modeling. I've never done it in a mall though, always on the computer. At it's more intense moments it has caused eating disorders, but mostly dealing with the quality of food eaten rather than the quantity.
I fear a "Megan Sparkles" revelation approacheth...
Megan, I think you owe it to your readers to post some pictures.
OT, I just put a couple CFLs in my bed room. The light is good, but I think I might take them out because of the noise. If I read in there, I think it would distract me and get on my nerves. I also put one in my hallway, I don't notice the noise [few possibilities, 1) not all the bulbs put out audible noise, it's a crap shoot 2)not as noticeable due to acoustics and it's a place where I'm usually moving 3) it's in an old heavy glass enclosure.] I wonder how practical it would be for lights to also put out a neutralizing frequency, like noise canceling headphones.
with appologies to Megan, about the CFL's to aaron... you may wish to check if the buzzing CFL's are in some way touching another part of the fixture, not just the socket. Or that the socket of the fixture itself is loose. I replaced everything in the place recently, and of 4 identical fixtures, one had a bad buzz. The edge of the ballast was able to touch the edge of the fixture, in a way standard lightbulbs can't. that made the whole fixture resonate. When re-centered? buzz b gone. unfortunately, it was hard to correct in a horizontal fixture because the CFL weighs more than standard. I tightened the rivets in the socket of the fixture, and qed. if you are not handy like that, you may have to try different bulbs/manufacturers to get one that fits better... I must say that I still use standard full spectrum bulbs in my reading lamp, because I seem to get headaches when reading books under fluorescent lights. [yeah, school was really fun] I don't have this problem with computer/fluorescent mixes because it's not reflected light...
hope all that helps in some way... D
"ut the KOP Mall website that Alan linked to is a true "fascion" nightmare."
Well, the KoP is not a normal mall. Some claim it to be the largest retail mall (no outlets). It is a damn big mall, however you look at it. And. For example, the big stores are: Neimann Marcus, Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, Lord and Taylor, Macy's x 2, JC Penney, and Sears. The jewelry tops out at Cartier and Tiffany.
So yeah, the mall is a fashion nightmare. My wife on occasion has said she is embarrassed to go there because she doesn't feel like she dresses well enough to be allowed to shop there.
In a way, it reminds me of Vegas, in the same 'lose your sense of perspective' because of size and customer demographics kind of way.
Lab Rat,
Your tale reminds me of my good friend who is an all-around big guy, and spent all 4 years of high school rebuffing similar invitations from the football coach. Because he is a cellist he had no interest in engaging in any sport that would likely break his fingers, and explained that to the coach. I don't think the coach ever really understood that he was asking my friend to give up a career in music for a few seasons of football.
Christina
There is much to the Woody Allen joke
'those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach, teach phys-ed'
By and large in my high school days, phys-ed teachers were the lowest quality in terms of academic and leadership ability.
The emphasis was not on creating a lifelong interest in exercise, appropriate to the physical talents and endowments of each individual, but on the almighty 'team' and the glorification of its members.
(by chance, we had a very good track and field coach-- but then he taught French as well)
And the sports teams, be it football, ice hockey, basketball, were all important. Far more so than mere academics or music or drama.
No a team coach would never understand why his competitive instincts were less important than the future of a cellist.
American football is in any case a brutal game which destroys the bodies of young men. The US would be far better off banning it in favour of soccer. If young men must destroy their bodies, then play rugby (a brutal game itself, but the lack of pads reduces the really severe injuries-- you can't train people to hit people as hard).
One of the best things the US Supreme Court ever did was to *force* schools to spend as much on woman's sport-- hence the explosion of the 'soccer mom'.
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