I'm going to see Moulin Rouge! on stage this weekend with my friends and I like dressing on theme. The problem with this particular show is that it's very sparkly and I don't own any particularly sparkly clothes lol. Instead I'm trying to reference Christian more, but make it gayer.
The lighting is terrible, my hair's not done the way I'm gonna wear it cause I haven't decided yet (up? down?), and I haven't chosen accessories yet, but what do we think? I'm toying with using two Hadestown pins to pin back the lapels of the vest - a red flower and a red 'Wait For Me' - to give it some visual interest and because Moulin Rouge is inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The multiple layers of on theme there bring me joy lol
For a necklace idk though, I could go with the faux antique brass rose necklace that I wear a lot, it's a great piece, or should I go with a little gold chain? Maybe a pendant? Or maybe I skip the necklace and wear glasses chains...
There's part of me that wants to wear stockings and a garter belt under the shorts but I do have to meet up with family for other shit pre show and idk if I want to field comments on that. Plus that's a long ass time to wear a garter belt and most of it is sitting in a dark theater where no one will even see so yeah I think I just talked myself out of it
Outfit ideas from moots very welcome, I'm being indecisive lol
one of the best tips for Real Life that I’ve ever picked up is to always highball your estimate whenever someone asks you “when can you get this done by” by about 25% (if you can get away with it). that way, if it ends up being harder than you thought, you’ve got extra time to figure things out and if you were right about how much time it takes then you get to look like an absolute genius instead of just a simply competent person.
what you may not have realized is that I learned this crucial piece of life advice from an episode of Star Trek where Scotty is telling Geordi that whenever he told Kirk something on the Enterprise was at full capacity, it was always only ever a notch or so below full capacity so that Scotty looked like the god of all engineers when he was able to magically hack the warp drive to run a little beyond what he’d told everyone else was “full capacity” and honestly that one throwaway gag from Star Trek has changed my life.
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Another reason I want more Addams Family with the 90s cast is I think it would be so nice to see Morticia uncorseted and aging gracefully. I don't think she'd go full Grandmama but do you really think an Addams is afraid of wrinkles and cellulite?
Look me in the eye and tell me Anjelica Huston doesn't still have it.
Very Silly Concept: a show called "Accessibility Nightmares" but it's structured exactly like Kitchen Nightmares. An accessibility specialist goes to different establishments and helps them make their businesses more accessible.
The accessibility specialist asks why the door at the top of the small set of stairs has a wheelchair symbol on it. The owner replies that's the accessible bathroom. The camera zooms in on the specialist as they process this information.
A customer with a service dog comes in to a restaurant. The hostess tells them they don't allow dogs. The accessibly specialist looks over at the hostess like
And there are web accessibility episodes too. The accessibility specialist stares at the white text on the light pink background of the home page like
The specialist asks why not a single product picture has alt text, and the business owner says "Well I mean, it's makeup, why would a blind person be shopping for makeup?" The specialist just
The specialist asks the web designer how a screen reader user is supposed to complete the captcha portion of the password reset process when there is no audio alternative. The designer admits they don't know.