grading break ... part troix

for the third time in as many days, here i am up at 5 a.m. to get the papers graded for the class i promised to hand them back to TODAY. puke. but the morning is my best time. some people would stay up until 1 a.m., but that's not me. i like the wee hours of ULTIMATE PROCRASTINATION.

i found this website awhile ago and have been kind of letting it sit, maybe waiting until i'm brainless (good morning, night) but still want to post. it's a blog called modern mechanix, and here's a sampling of what i've gleefully stumbled across:



this alluring freckleproof cape is circa 1940 (i don't really see why the polka-dots need to be there; i think they're more of a confusing fashion statement). please don't ask me about the freaky hood. if i saw a bunch of people lounging by the seaside or a pool in these "capes" i think i would be more than a little alarmed. are these people severely disfigured? why so shy about it? or: some kind of sick kkk group outing where the humidity messed up the hood tops? sad and disturbing, either way. and of course, really FREAKING SCARY like something from the elephant man, holy christ.





















as for milady's face harness, well. i should probably see if the 1933 manufacturer is still making these. probably cheaper than botox and would last longer than the fancy anti-wrinkle creams i try to get as samples and sometimes end up buying. the "sagging chin" runs in my family on a certain side (or rather, the "weak chin"), and so maybe this contraption would do the trick! sure it looks uncomfortable to sleep in, but let's face it: wrinkles are uncomfortable for EVERYONE ELSE TO LOOK AT, right?? hello? let's think of others for once instead of being so selfish.