xta: consider a crisp bun

June 15, 2005

consider a crisp bun

in a belated fit of spring-cleaning, i discovered this document on my hard drive:

"How You Can Look Fantastic If You Are In The Public Eye" (165k PDF)

it's a 13-page pamphlet on diet, hair care, skin care and clothing, created --i suppose-- for people just like me. there's even a section entitled "For television appearances", which includes this helpful bit of advice:

Tip the bows of your eyeglasses up slightly off your ears. This angles the lenses down to reduce glare from lights.

let me tell you, this is not a good idea. one year, in middle school, the yearbook photographer had me tilt my glasses up off my ears and my picture came out looking ridiculous. i'm going to try to dig up that photo as proof of the absurdity of this suggestion.

anyway, the document on the whole is kind of interesting. kind of ridiculous, too. what most fascinated me is the email address of the woman who authored it: bea at nonmanipulativeseduction.com. unfortunately, that domain doesn't seem to be working anymore. i sure would like to see what else she's got to say.

Posted by xta at June 15, 2005 03:06 PM | TrackBack

Comments

look, I wear progressive lense eyeglasses and if I were to tip my bows up slightly off my ears I would have instant brain tumor symptoms. but that's just me.
are you planning on making an "appearance" somewhere?

Posted by: blackbird at June 15, 2005 05:14 PM

Clearly it's time for you to take over the nonmanipulativeseduction.com domain name.

Posted by: bwventril at June 15, 2005 08:38 PM

Hey, the tippy thing worked for me when I was younger. But maybe my head's shaped different from yours.

Posted by: Phil at June 16, 2005 01:08 AM

I remember that photo.....oh my god where is my yearbook?
I thought you were looking down at the camera!

Posted by: Gidge at June 16, 2005 10:31 AM

I like how she tells you that the day of the blue business suit are over but then tells you how to pick one out!
And quoting Bob Mackie........does anyone remember how he used to dress CHER? I'm not taking his advice, no sir.
I'm just too fat to wear clothes that small. (giggle madly)

Posted by: Gidge at June 16, 2005 12:40 PM