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The Apple-Picker
11:43 / 25.04.02
Suds: "if someone who doesn't look like a movie star goves you goosebumps, then that is whats beautiful to you." Yes ma'am. Movie stars really don't do it for me anyway, nor do supermodels, and especially not *soap-starish* looking people. I can see what makes them attractive to other people, but, for me--no. And, ooh--I've had more chills as of late than I've ever had, and looks haven't had anything to do with that.

Suds, I am willing you to be happy with your appearance. This is me willing you.

Is it working?
 
 
suds
11:49 / 25.04.02
the apple picker: nope, but thanks!
i like what you said about movie stars and super-models. its so true! those 'classic looks' people just don't do it for me.
me and my housemate always say that we go for boys with good looks. and good looks to me is skinny boys with black hair and geek glasses and cool tees.
good looks to her is older men who have designer stubble and sensible shoes.
it's all relative.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
12:03 / 25.04.02
The way I look defines me, Clark. It made me what I am. And it taught me a valuable lesson; you don't have to let yourself be boxed in by the hand fate deals you.
 
 
deja_vroom
12:57 / 25.04.02
20% of the time I think I'm good looking. 80%, ugly. Only that's not "good looking", is more a je ne sais quoi, perhaps the way I squint my eyes... if I had a beard I'm sure it would be an improvement. And it's not "ugly", is more... banal-looking. If you know what I mean. I don't know. My head has a funny shape, it's kinda embarrassing.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
15:03 / 25.04.02
Don't let Suds mis-lead you, she is in fact quite pretty.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
15:09 / 25.04.02
You silver-tongued charmer, you.
 
 
bitchiekittie
15:34 / 25.04.02
Ive seen suds as well, so I also think shes trying to pull the wool over our eyes
 
 
pacha perplexa
15:44 / 25.04.02
Jade: rrrarrrr. Sexy.

Well, me: having been in an abusive relationship a couple of years ago, in which my ex used to say there were lots of better looking girls than me in the street, and that I should take more care of my appearance, you can imagine my degree of self-esteem.

Now I think I'm ok (according to friends and partner, more than that. But I simply can't believe them, or I'll dismiss their commentaries using every kind of excuse, like "oh, that was just a polite compliment"). Still, every time I put on wheight I feel like I've turned into the elephant-man.
 
 
bitchiekittie
16:07 / 25.04.02
depends on the viewer
 
 
bitchiekittie
16:08 / 25.04.02
pacha - it really pisses me off that people can make us feel that way. especially when its someone as cool as yourself

*MWAH*, lovely
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
16:11 / 25.04.02
which my ex used to say there were lots of better looking girls than me in the street

Not in the streets of Smallville, Miss Pacha. Care to head over for the Beanery? I want to make Clark jealous.
 
 
Shortfatdyke
17:57 / 25.04.02
well *my* abusive ex told me i was lucky to have him as a partner. and then said i was 'not exactly pretty/not exactly small', like in an ac/dc song. like, in front of people. nowadays i feel kinda *handsome* a lot of the time, sometimes i look at myself and think, ah well, at least i can write. and i've dated some really lovely legoladies in my time, so in all, i know it's not only looks that count. even (or perhaps especially) when you're a block of plastic.
 
 
Ellis says:
18:50 / 25.04.02
No idea.

But i have found that if i make an effort to look nice no one pays me any attention. On the other hand, if i don't shower for three days and wash my hair under a tap and go out smelling of vodka and cigarettes, I get loads of complements. Weird.
 
 
Axel Lambert
19:09 / 25.04.02
pheromones?
 
 
deja_vroom
19:15 / 25.04.02
Fear.
 
 
Murray Hamhandler
19:31 / 25.04.02
"fat and dumb looking indeed. tom coates makes me feel like I'm climbing the ropes in gym class all over again."

Yeah...I meant to say that before. Tom, you sexy devil, you.

And thank you, kooky, for your vote of sexiness support. I've seen pics of kooky, as well, and she is quite the foxy vixen.
Arthur Sudnam, II
 
 
Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero
20:50 / 25.04.02
But i have found that if i make an effort to look nice no one pays me any attention. On the other hand, if i don't shower for three days and wash my hair under a tap and go out smelling of vodka and cigarettes, I get loads of complements. Weird.

I know this. I would walk out of my dorm after not sleeping for three days with no shoes and absolutely reeking of pot and it seems everyone wants to talk to me. I think it's more of a "oh, look! He's verbal!" kind of thing in my case.
 
 
mondo a-go-go
09:11 / 26.04.02
i totally get that too, on the days when i'm tired and look washed-out, feel fat, have limp hair -- these are the days when i get interested looks from cute guys (often those conventionally attractive ones that everyone fancies) instead of just the regular lechery from nasty old gits.

and then on days when i feel sexy and pretty, i'm ignored except by those nasty lecherous old gits who basically chase anything with a pair of breasts...



there was recently a discussion on another forum i hang out on, discussing the merits and differences between "pretty" and "beautiful". for me, pretty faces tend to be fairly symmetrical and actually quite bland, whereas beautiful ones are more interesting and catch the eye. hmmm...have to think of examples now...
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
10:43 / 26.04.02
That's an interesting distinction, Kooky, pretty=tending anodyne, 'beauty by committee' standards and beautiful being distinctive?

oh and btw

"skinny guys with glasses and shaved heads will do that to me almost every time"

I can pick you up a couple of these if you like... this covers half my friends


Hmm, very occasionally feel beautiful according to the above description, and am beginning to come to terms with how warped my physcial self image is. Major eye-opener: lending a skinny friend of mine some clothes, both of us apparently thinking 'this'll never fit'. Both looking at the other and thinking, 'she's much skinnier', and *so* surprised when the clothes fit pretty much perfectly, ie that we were much the same size.

GEnerally feel ok with self, don't think I@m any kind of stunner, but a lot better looking than i used to be. though it doesn't take much to make me feel dreadful, usually have a few days of feeling like this and swing out of it.

Sfd: I find the handsome thing when i'm wearing suits, feel really good in the broadshouldered silhouette...
 
  

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