dress to impress
i've finally found some info online related to my medill orientation in september:
* Fall 2005 Journalism Orientation
Monday, September 19, 2005
8:30 a.m. McCormick Tribune Center
1870 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208Other information:
Photos: Remember we will be taking 2 photos of you upon your arrival at orientation, one for our Who's Who Directory and one for your Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) pass.Attire: Dress casually and wear comfortable shoes!
wear comfortable shoes? what are they going to make us DO?
anyway, reading the info about the orientation made me get all fluttery on the inside, just like prepping for the first day of school in third grade. it was my first day at a new school (having just moved to the suburbs from d.c.) and, even as a nine year-old, i knew the most important fact of all: i had to dress AWESOMELY. i'm pretty sure i ended up wearing something with a pony on it that day, but this time around, i still know, as shallow as it is: you gotta dress right. in my deluded, fashion-and-appearance-obsessed head, there's a perfect outfit out there that will totally communicate to my new professors and uber-competitive (so i've heard) medill classmates that i am, without a doubt, the BEST J-SCHOOL STUDENT EVER. you know, my actual work, ideas, and reporting will not prove my worth; it'll be the cut of my jeans or the stitching on my shirt or my awesome dangly earrings. anyway, i don't know yet what i'll wear for orientation, but i have to say, i'm pretty sure it'll be TOTALLY necessary that it involve a new pair of shoes and this purse.
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what should make you MOST fluttery about that message is that you'll be getting a CTA pass. which is unlike any other NU student except those in the law school.
but don't get me started, because i will rant for days about how dumb all that business is.
welcome to northwestern!
But ... that purse is ugly!
dammit catherine! I was going to get that purse, but in the purple color! well, at least this time you'll be in another city.
is no one going to take ben's bait? c'mon.
(it kind of looks like a saddle, if you ask me)
yall spend too much time commenting on unfogged to realize true purse beauty.
It kinda looks like a saddlbag. But it's cool looking in that way. You can hide all sorts of handy stuff in there.
is this all supposed to imply some sort of horsey thing?
if so, I AM OFFENDED.
anyway, at least i'm not coveting fetal lamb boots.
Not in the least. It just looks like a handy bag for carrying things like your snuff box, a flask of bourbon, spare spurs, extra bullets, jerky. You know, cowboy stuff. Are cowboys the new pirates, or the old ninjas?
Don't forget your pemican.
GO TO HELL, ALL OF YOUUUUU, THE PURSE IS AWESOME RAAAR
ignore the boys. they don't know what they're talking about. the purse is hot!
that's right! validation from someone who knows what she's talking about. suck it, boys!
Part of the problem, no doubt, is that the picture shows it slouching formlessly, like a sullen teenager whose parents are trying unsuccessfully to engage him or her in conversation (the mouth-like zipper doesn't help). The purple action shot doesn't suffer from this problem but golly, it's awfully bulky, innit? The metal rings don't help.
I would suck it but I bet tom could beat me up.
no, he'd be with you. he's always been jealous of my relationship with my purses.
maybe yall will like this one better (in maroon). i've been dragging it around with me for a month now.
bulky purses are awesome. i carry everything from my huge wallet, cell phone, camera (because I'm not cool enough to carry a cameraphone), tampons, ipod, a whole makeup bag, an umbrella, mini flashlight, AND even a tire pressure gauge. you guys are just jealous.
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