An email conversation with me and my apartment-mate after I returned from the dentist.
AMY
hey, em, how did it go? any cavities? Did they say, “oh, do you mind smiling? we need to take your picture for the files …” I hate that. They always take my picture when I look terrible. *sigh* They really need to warm people.
ME
They really need to warm people??
AMY
AHHH! I mean warN. yeah, warn …
ME
I’m having somewhat odd mental images of giant people-warmers
AMY
SNUGGIES!!
ME
I can handle the drills, x-rays, and dental hygienists. But as soon as they bring out giant Snuggies, I’ll be screaming and running out of the room.
AMY
Kind of like one of those scary sci-fi movies.
February 15th, 2010 - 11:51 pm
Speaking of Snuggies, it seems as though Americans are becoming more savvy as to whether or not a new thing is good or not good. For example, fanny packs were widely accepted back in their day, but we know better now. A normal person would never wear one (in public). Now when a new thing comes out, e.g. Snuggies, we know instantly whether or not it is cool. (Snuggies are not.) If fanny packs were new today, in 2010, we would instantly mock them into oblivion. 2010 Americans are way hipper than 1994 Americans.
February 24th, 2010 - 9:43 am
Fanny packs were so practical though! Today’s Americans sacrifice utility for a misguided sense of “fashion!”
February 24th, 2010 - 1:17 pm
I got one (Snuggie) for Christmas. It came with a little booklight. And because I live in a freezer (to save on the gas heating bill) I wear it a lot! Sometimes I wear it like a queen-ly robe and its train fills the kitchen as I pour my coffee into a tall hand-made coffee mug glazed a deep purple and blue.
Admit it. You mock it, but you secretly want one, don’t you!
February 24th, 2010 - 1:50 pm
Actually, I prefer my fleecy bathrobe. Which is kind of like a backwards Snuggie, but without the stigma. And without the weird commercials that probably have subliminal mind-controlling messages throughout them.
*watches Snuggie commercial and eyes glaze over* “must have one … resistance is futile …”