Today I picked in a hail storm outside of Viacom (or ViaCON as our posters said) with fellow writers, including the head writers of Sesame Street, SNL and CSI. I’ll spare the photos since we all look like shit. On the bright side, the WGA-East was extremely well prepared with ponchos, umbrellas, cute, fuzzy WGA wool caps and warm bagels. Regardless of these picketing aids, I only lasted an hour and a half. I have zero circulation. I have to blow dry my hands warm on a daily basis when returning home in the winter, even when I wear heavy gloves. Since I was clinging to a brown tube and slushing through the same Times Square mud puddles over and over again, all my extremities went into emergency frostbite mode. When my gloves were completely soaked through and I had to squeeze my index finger over a dozen times to elicit a pain response, I knew it was time to go home and blow dry the icicles out of my hair.
On a separate note, what did women do to the fashion designers of the world that made them create us shoes that look like this?
Do you wear this with a miniskirt? Jeans? Most importantly, what happens when you want to WASH the built in socks? The black version makes me throw up in my mouth slightly less, but this is still unacceptable. I sort of wanted to camp out at this store for ten hours just to see if anyone ever bought them. Then, clearly, I’d proceed to interview them about our country’s mental health clinics and ask if they’d like me to point them to the nearest one.
Alas, I returned home to my trusty blow dryer. Now I need to get back to my rainy day pressing issues (curling under my blankets in the fetal position, occasionally looking at my phone – but never touching it) so I leave you with the only thing that’s made me laugh this entire sleet filled day.
Stay warm.
December 14th, 2007 at 3:47 am
When I first read the title, I missed the first comma. So it read as “Picketing Shoes and Japanese Babies”. And I thought, ‘why would MB picket Japanese babies?’ Anyhoo… yeah, those shoes are frightening.
And why is “worthlessness” a tag for this post?
Anyway, hope you’re feeling all warmed up.
December 14th, 2007 at 5:53 am
thanks for standing out in the cold! Hopefully there will be some movement quickly.
December 14th, 2007 at 8:49 am
AHAHAHAHA @ those shoes.
And I applaud you for braving the elements today, I was too much of a pussy to go picket in this weather. Oh, and there was the minor issue of me being at work, but that’s hardly relevant.
December 14th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Great job standing the picket!
Shoes and socks should always be separates. It’s like that moron a few years back who was sewing turtleneck dickies into men’s sweaters.
Tim Gunn, where are you when we need you?!?!?
December 14th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
we need the teamsters to go out… writers and actors sorta give this feeling of “gee, we’re on strike.”
teamsters honouring the picket line make it a “FUCK YOU!!” strike.
as for the shoes? well, it’s a throw up a little bit outside your mouth moment.
i’m proud of you, you union maid, you.
December 15th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
OMG those shoes are AWFUL!