So yesterday was a sad day. Rep. Weiner stepped down. That was unfortunate. I mean, I think the guy is pretty slimy as a person, but I did love his politics. Well. With one huge exception. But I can say that about most congressmen I love. And really, if I didn’t support any congressman who had that particular belief, I couldn’t support anyone. :/
But Anthony Weiner was one of my favorites because he defiantly (not definitely; I hate when people misspell ‘definitely’ as ‘defiantly’ – THAT IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE WORD) stood up for the rights of women and for the poor and the middle class. I loved watching clips of his speeches on YT on those days when I was in class and couldn’t watch C-Span.
I’ll be interested in seeing what he does next. I hope he continues to fight for the poor and middle class and women, and against corporate welfare and big business and corporate personhood and all that garbage, instead of defending certain foreign interests that I do not support. But we’ll see.
Sigh. Still saddened by the loss of a great progressive. WHY DID HE HAVE TO BE SO DUMB.
The lesson here, clearly, is that if he put a pubic hair on a can of Coke, he’d still have a job today.
Ha! No! Kidding! The real lesson here is that if he actually had sex with a prostitute while wearing a diaper and eating baby food (Vitter) he’d still be a congressman.
NO! DAMN IT! The real lesson here is that not tweeting d!ck-pics is more important than not lying about WMDs and not unlawfully occupying two countries, the invasion of which basically bankrupted the nation.
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Ugh. You know what? It’s clear here that I don’t know WHAT the lesson here is, since I keep making so many mistakes.
But I do know that Wednesday’s Huma Abedin post was a hit, so I thought I’d put together another Huma-inspired outfit.
I don’t have super glamorous photos of her to share this time, since I did that on Wednesday, but I wanted to repost the picture I had up yesterday. I kind of just like it.
There’s Huma in the far left, with her dad. Of course, there have been some RIDICULOUS stories popping up in the wake of this faux-scandal. One of the dumbest was about her parents. “Anthony Weiner’s in-laws’ secret Muslim Brotherhood connections!!!1″ the headline screamed. OH NOES.
Ugh. Give me a break. Hell, if you want to be particular about it, even *I* have ‘sekrit Muslim Brotherhood connections,’ because I’ve been to the ISNA conference held in the United States every year, even though I was basically only at the bazaar both times because I wasn’t staying long, and the man that started the ISNA organization (or was it the MSA – Muslim Students Association?) was a former member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Give. Me. A freaking. Break.
Plus, we’ve got the obligatory conversion story. “ANTHONY WEINER CONVERTS TO ISLAM.” Yawn. Spare me, seriously.
Anyway, the picture up above is from when Anthony Weiner announced that he wasn’t running for Mayor, several years ago. That was when he and Huma were just dating. Her sweater thing is pretty modest (look at the high neckline; not a bit of cleavage to be seen) and yet my mother would STILL tell me I looked whorish if I wore that because it’s ‘short.’
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Whatever. I’ve given up on that front.
Anyway, here’s another outfit inspired by the lovely Huma Abedin.
I cringe every time I have to use an item from American Apparel, the promo picture of which features a model striking a ‘sexy’ pose. American Apparel clearly doesn’t believe in the model’s purpose being to show off the clothes, not herself/her body.
Whatever.
Grey Trousers ………. $15
Baby Rib Sleeveless Crewneck ………. $14
Tangerine Tweed Jacket ………. $49.98
Short Patent Heels ………. $11.99
Yup. Had to rely on the $15 Store once again in order to stay under my limit of $100. I had to go with grey pants from there, because even though Huma most often sticks with black pants, this outfit just called for grey.
That’s because the focus for this outfit is undoubtedly the brightly colored jacket. Look at that. I really, really like it – and it’s from White House | Black Market, and I’ve always had good luck with clothing from there. I’ve found it’s always durable and looks great even after I’ve had it for a while, if I take care of it properly.
On the occasion that Huma wears a brightly colored jacket, she keeps the focus on the jacket. The rest of the outfit is low-key, very basic. So to keep the focus on the jacket here, I went with grey pants (with a black belt – that was handy, because otherwise I’d have to find a cheap belt separately, but it works, because almost all of us already have a nice black belt and don’t need to buy $15 pants in order to procure one) and a white sleeveless top.
I wanted a silky eggshell white shell instead of this basic tank. Ideally, that’s what I would have used if I didn’t have to stick with my budget … or if the sales were better. But this will have to do.
And, of course, black heels. Had to use those. I wouldn’t have gone with patent. I really would not have. I wanted black leather (or, well, ‘leather,’ if you get my meaning). But sometimes I have to compromise the heck out of my real fashion sense to make things work with the budget I use for these silly posts.
You catch my main point, though, right? The jacket is the stand out piece. Everything else just kind of is – it’s supposed to be low-key, and not distract from the brightly colored blazer.
Eh, sometimes the outfits I put together for under $100 aren’t exactly what I would have wanted. Sometimes I hit it out of the park, and sometimes I don’t. The next one will hopefully be better; next week will probably feature another Kate Middleton outfit, which I know you guys like based on my Site Stats. Heck, I might even throw in a Pippa Middleton outfit, since apparently we’re trying to make her ‘happen’ stateside.
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Also, one little thing I wanted to mention: this morning on Twitter I came across tweets by an individual who was literally camped out in front of Huma Abedin’s DC apartment, waiting for her to either come home or leave the house so he could heckle her.
What a piece of sh-t excuse for a human being.
I just wanted to say that. Twitter really does expose me to people that are just absolute scum. Sometimes I respond in kind when they attack, sometimes I argue back, and sometimes I just ignore them. I’m actually trying to get better about ignoring trolls. They’re not worth it. It’s usually a knee-jerk reaction that gets me to respond: they make me angry, so I snark back.
:P
Not exactly healthy.
Also, this morning, I found out that Anthony Weiner was resigning and I was pretty blue about it. My mom noticed me kind of sitting there, glaring at my laptop, and she asked me what was wrong. When I told her that one of my favorite congressmen was resigning, she was like, “Aw,” and patted my arm to make me feel better.
And then, twenty seconds later, she was like, “…Is he a Republican?”
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HAHAHAHA. Oh, man. My mom doesn’t really care about politics, at least on a congressional level, but she tries sometimes to fake it, because she knows that I do.
Hah.
