Daily affirmations of a word mercenary
Homeless guy: You look great!
Me: Why, thank you!
Homeless guy: I like the outfit, it’s very…um, casual.
Jesus! Everyone’s a critic!
Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, is in bookstores now.
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amy
November 20th, 2002 at 6:34 am
I feel you, sister.
Some woman once told me I looked nice. I said thanks. Then she said: “Yeah, I really like your costume!”
Costume? These are my clothes!
People gotta go and ruin a perfectly nice compliment
philippe
November 20th, 2002 at 9:22 am
he he
“oh, that’s nice. You did it your self ?”
ericalynn
November 20th, 2002 at 12:13 pm
aww, but he *liked* it at least
at least he thinks you look great!
Echo
November 20th, 2002 at 2:26 pm
Looking casual in L.A. - now that’s a compliment Ariel!
Ariel
November 21st, 2002 at 9:06 am
T, I was wearing a fitted black t-shirt, that two-layer blue skirt I got in Paris last year, that little courderoy fisherman’s cap I’ve been loving so much, and maroon suede mary-janes. It’s not like I was in sweats or anything!