Old News: That Kermit Look
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jstahlhu@athena.mit.edu (Julie Kozaczka Stahlhut) writes
>Most of the department stores I've shopped in, including some upscale ones,
>have TERRIBLE lighting in the dressing rooms -- sort of a greenish
>fluorescent tone which makes all the clothes look awful.
>
>I have sorta greenish half-Mediterranean skin anyway, so it's really
>irritating to me to try on an expensive suit or party dress and look
>in the mirror and mistake myself for Kermit the Frog.
This brings back a memorable moment from my High School Prom. During one slow dance with a moderately pretty girl, the lighting folks decided to change over to all-green lighting. I suddenly found myself dancing with a veritable Kermit. Now the funny thing was, I always thought that she was pretty, but with green skin she was absolutely stunning. I spent the rest of the dance trying to figure out how to tell her that I thought the green lighting did amazing things for her, without getting her upset. I had this feeling that if I simply told her she should dye her face green, I'd get a rather curt answer. I never did tell her. And as far as I know, she's never dyed her face green.
What does this have to do with A.F.U? I dunno.
Stirling "Relevant" Westrup
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As I recall, she was an asian girl and her name was Wen-i something. Maybe Wen-i Lin? I didn't know her terribly well, but I had noticed she had a temper which could be set off by what I considered to be the most minor of things.
jstahlhu@athena.mit.edu (Julie Kozaczka Stahlhut) writes
>Most of the department stores I've shopped in, including some upscale ones,
>have TERRIBLE lighting in the dressing rooms -- sort of a greenish
>fluorescent tone which makes all the clothes look awful.
>
>I have sorta greenish half-Mediterranean skin anyway, so it's really
>irritating to me to try on an expensive suit or party dress and look
>in the mirror and mistake myself for Kermit the Frog.
This brings back a memorable moment from my High School Prom. During one slow dance with a moderately pretty girl, the lighting folks decided to change over to all-green lighting. I suddenly found myself dancing with a veritable Kermit. Now the funny thing was, I always thought that she was pretty, but with green skin she was absolutely stunning. I spent the rest of the dance trying to figure out how to tell her that I thought the green lighting did amazing things for her, without getting her upset. I had this feeling that if I simply told her she should dye her face green, I'd get a rather curt answer. I never did tell her. And as far as I know, she's never dyed her face green.
What does this have to do with A.F.U? I dunno.
Stirling "Relevant" Westrup
---
As I recall, she was an asian girl and her name was Wen-i something. Maybe Wen-i Lin? I didn't know her terribly well, but I had noticed she had a temper which could be set off by what I considered to be the most minor of things.
