The unswank support group
 

Hi, my name's Traci and I've never been swank. I drink out of plastic cups whenever possible to avoid doing dishes, I've never had a martini (but I will as soon as I can drink again), I'm wearing sleepy pants and a sweatshirt. I've also never said dig.

I wish I were swank. Sadly, I have no clue how to be. Join me if you aren't swank, or if you have tips for us unswankers as to how to be swank. We can get through this. Really we can.

Hi, I'm MickeyD, and I'm unswank.

I'm really glad that this is An Adventure Thru Inner Swank because, really, if I have any swank at all, it's hiding deep, deep down inside.

Don't let anyone else define it for you, ladies. It's all about you and your own idea of inner-coolness.
:)

Oh, so that's what I'm missing! Yeah, I don't have inner coolness. I only have inner self conciousness and exclusionary paranoia. :P

Inner Swank it is. Don't get let some square's notion of swank be a bring down. At the LoT swank is about feelin' your groove, no matter what that groove may be. It's all barrelhouse here, baby.

We dig that not everyone gets our lingo, but you can slid your jib any way you like. And you can always keep one of these handy, dig?

Hope you find your groove soon.

The one thing I do get is the lingo. I just don't feel swanky enough to speak it.

If the cool cat's got your tongue, don't let that sweat you none.


Don't be put off by the swank speak we cats in management spew. We're just havin' fun showin' everyone 'round the joint while sharing the style. But as long as you can read it, baby, you don't have to write it.

(Besides, how much longer can we keep it up? It's premier week and we're spreading the news - but even our tongues'll get tied up in time.)

Just get into the swank with a cool tune from Frankie and have yourself a dry martini. A swanky avatar can help you get in the groove. Otherwise, just go with the flow!

Promise??? ;) :p

I don't have to promise, chicky. When it comes to me and gettin' tied up, it's all out guaranteed.

I love this place already:D

heh heh heh and a tee hee hee :D
Just checking! :p

lol! :D Nice. :cool:

What a trip...my lips are zipped, can you grip? :D

My verse to all those shakin' in their boots goes thusly:

Focus those glims here for a moment, then riff away.

Translation: Read the beatnik dictionary a bit, then make stuff up.

You cats have no clue how un-hip I was just a few days ago! A regular Cylde. But it's far more fun on this side. :)

Hi, my name is Sean, and I'm so unswank I don't even know what swank means.

Good grief Charlie Brown...............
I'm sooooo unswank that even this thread has posts beyond my comprehension.
i'm just gonna sit back and watch... and press on the sides of my head and pray it makes sense soon.

This makes me feel so stupid. :(

Must do real work.... payroll I can understand today.

Every time I read "swank speak", I picture in my head that cool cat that inrod. Fred on the episode of the Flintstones where Fred was the happening thing for all the twisters in Bedrock :D

Twist, twist ;)

Ok, now I TOTALLY want to see that episode again! :D

I figure as long as I don't need a translatore I'm good to go ;) but it's fun to watch the 'hep cats' groove.....

But if you find a translator, pass them on to me, I do need it. That or a babel fish...

I thnk about that scene in "Hairspray" with Ric Ocasek and Pia Zadora. :cool:

Man, cool cats, do I feel unswank here in these parts.

But the colors of the board are quite soothing and feel really lounge-y. Does that make sense? Was that done on purpose?

http://members.aol.com/gethep/jive.html
That is my main source for all my hipster talk.

You nailed it, pidgeon. We're here to groove on all mellow-like. :)

Ah, my swank wardrobe.

Well, I've got these nifty brown cords on. Italian shoes with a nifty buckle. A sparkly raven colored sweater. Royal blue earrings and a blue Kanga hat I've had since I was 11.

Glasses, as per usual.

I feel more nifty than swank, but it's a look that works for me, I guess.

But, yesterday, phew. I was frump-ay!

And I can swear like a sailor, which usually sounds more crass than hip-hep-hooray.

Plus, I slouch. It's not very swanky to slouch.

I like boooooobies. And tacos!

Well, I wear all black, but nothing cool to speak of. I just got in the habit back in the punker years and am too used to it now. I slouch, too!

Alas... it's a blocked page here at work. I'll check it from home.... when and if I get there. :eek:

Really? Wow. I'll come up with an answer to that later. I may start my own definition page or something...

Maybe we can create our own swank dictionary. We'll link to it from the home page I'm creating.

You know, I love the freedom we have here. We can do ANYTHING!

Anything but rain down nasty-a$$ ickyosity on one another. But that's a limitation I can dig to the mostest and live large with.

That's one for the dictionary. Good word.
:)

May not be too hard if you have Boomerang. The character for the month of January is Barney Rubble. Really glad I have kids who like *shudder* retro cartoons.

Seriously. I watch some of these anime or adult swin or Yu Ge Goh (?) cartoons and I'm not sure what they're saying, doing or even what certain characters are. I guess I'm just old-fashioned like that. When I sit on my rocking chair to watch cartoons, eating ribbon candy and drinking Nehi soda, I want wholesome Disney, Looney Tunes or Hanna Barera cartoons. :)

Agreed there. My son loves YuGiOh! and I just don't understand it. If you think the cartoon is confusing, try playing the card game. It makes my head spin.....

:cool:

There are some really super lame cartoons out there. The kids really enjoy watching The Flinestones, Looney Toons, Tom & Jerry, and Scooby Doo. They like the cartoons on Disney Channel, although I refuse to let them watch Gargoyles and Dave the Barbarian. (OK, we are somewhat careful about the TOm & Jerry cartoons we will let them watch.)

Brian looooves House of Mouse a whole lot. As the kids are waking up in the morning, their cartoon of choice is Baby Looney Tunes. I may be contrived, dumbed down with not so subtle moral of the story endings, but they really like it.

If YuGiOh was out walking around in the real world, he'd have been locked away long ago. That kat just doesn't know how to kool his jets!

You've got your boots on, birdie. :cool:

OMG... I have to agree with you there! My son got the duel disk(?), the thing that goes on his arm and holds the cards. He always wants me to play the cards with him. I tell him we'll make a play date with his cousin and he can play all he wants!

I'm glad my boy enjoys the old cartoons.

Back on topic... I don't think I have ever been swank or hip in my life but it sures seems like a lot of fun :o

That YuGiOh! stuff. Just color me confused. I don't see how the kids pick it up so quick.

And check out the swank dictionary thing that CP linked to in this thread. It helps when you want to put cool sounding words together. And Welcome!!!!!

Oh dear Lord! If everything YuGiOh would suddenly be sucked into a deep abyss somewhere and never surface again, my life would be semi-normal!

Bailey is in utter devotion to all things YuGiOh...which is fine..except sometimes I worry about him. We're trying to steer him towards other things...but he has so many cards, he can't keep track..buys a pack of cards whenever he gets any money...has YuGiOh posters in his room, watches the cartoons, you get the picture!

Seriously though..I worry about kids and their YuGiOh...at Christmas..Bailey's list of wants was mostly YuGiOh rare cards...I had no idea how you got them..so I went into a Game Stop and asked the sales guy behind the counter. The guy is easily in his 30's, portly, no wedding ring..(you can paint the picture! No swank in sight!) Anyway..I inquire about how to best get the cards on Bailey's list...he tells me...
"Well, I might be able to help you. I am something of an expert. I just happen to be the 6 time YuGiOh City Dueling Champion."

Like this was suppossed to impress me!

Hopefully Bailey will further his interests into other things...but I'm sure it'll be awhile! :rolleyes:

I bet you just fell over in utter awe at this Dueling Champion! C'mon, admit it!!! ;)

Austin's Christmas list was very specific too about the YuGiOh stuff. I just don't understand it. I guess it's similar to the Pokemon craze from a couple of years ago. He gets so exasperated with me when he gets me to play. "No Mom, you have to play an attack card with three stars not a magic card with two." Or something like that. WTF????? How do you know what card is what and when to play them? I keep thinking "And this too shall pass." No way is going to be the City Dueling Champion at 30! :p

Oh..you know I was practically wetting myself to have met him?! He was under that impression I think...very smug and very very proud!

Dude...get a life!

No way do I ever even try to duel with Bailey...he's brutal! Plus it hurts my head!
I'm so glad Kat finally got into Bratz dolls and girly makeup!

My 4 y/o daughter is really into making things, painting, drawing. Just doing artsy stuff. This I can relate to. Video games and YuGiOh....at least my son has my husband to play with (although he's just as confused with the cards but plays it off better than I do.)

Kids! Geesh!

IF he does grow up to be a 30+ YuGiOh City Duel Champion, with no wife, no husband, no anything but his cards and McDonalds drive thru...I'll still love him! :o

This totally reminds me of the comic shop guy on the Simpsons. I love it when Leonard Nimoy (is that who it was?) comes into the store and makes a joke about the shop guy and he says, "You, mocking me? Oh that is rich!"

I'd like to say the most "hip" thing about me is my ass. ;)

Ooooh! And did he have a faux British accent? Or is that only for the warhammer stores?

Hee hee! :)

Nope..this guy looked like he was born in Odessa, Texas and had only been to the big town of Midland (which is the same size..but 20 minutes away!)

It was kinda sad!

OMG Yu Gi Oh is an evil presence that should be stopped!!! I hate Yu Gi Oh, I despise it, I cringe at the mention of it. Oh did I mention BOTH Kyler and Shawn collect Yu Gi Oh cards? MILLIONS of them! And they talk about $80 cards!! WTF!! That's INSANE. I refuse to buy them "rare" cards and tell then if they want them THEY buy them. We are working on YEAR 3!! with Yu Gi Oh around here and I'm sooooooooooo tired of it, soooo tired, bleech icky yucky patooey!!

Oh Dragon Ball Z is big here too, but I refuse to buy the cards, me evil mommy!

What an education the Lounge of Tomorrow is! I've never even heard of Yu Gi Oh before today. Hat's off to whomever it was that labeled this "thing" un-swank.

We'll have to start a support group! I'm digging your pain, girlie! ;)


Bailey gets cool cards...has a freak about them when he opens the package..goes to the trouble to even look them up to find out their value...then a week later..I find them under the seat in the car! :rolleyes:

So nope...no $80 cards here either!

Oh same here!! I walk into his room and here's 100 cards all over the place and I'm like "and you paid how much to walk on those cards?? Was it worth the money" and then he gets mad. and I laugh. it's fun

It is utterly un-swank. But I'm think, there may be hope for Kyler. If I tell him that Zappp finds them truly distasteful maybe he'll back away, since he seems to think there is none truly cooler than him. (dorky kid ;) )

Tori, too. I think she's got a bit of a crush on him... Hey, Zapp- will you tell the Girl that Happy Meals are lame, and cool people eat their veggies?

Man, have you that ZappCat's raps here at these digs? Kyler's been right all along. There's just none truly cooler than Zapp.

Zap is the coolest. But, he's not big on the vegetables. (Although he did eat the curried pumpkin soup I made without making faces!)

I think all the little one's have a crush on Zap.

Zap do you still have that pix of a you and ___ at the Grand Cal lounge last October?

Reminds me of my Sons bedroom....it's done in early Pokemon with modern touches of Yugio for accent. :rolleyes:

Pokemom?

Heh heh.....

Oh fun :rolleyes: My son's is a frightening combo the Good, the Bad & the Ugly
The Good--Disney
The Bad---Yu Gi Oh
The Ugly--Dragon Ball Z

Aren't I lucky?

:o

The Girl still has a lot of Pokemon stuff, but now it's ballerina's and dance stuff and pink, pink, pink everywhere!

:eek: ..........My Son watches that show, but so far has not developed a mania for it(crossing fingers)

I love pink :( all I have is stinky boys.

I like boys- the stinkier the better! My nephews are the best. Well, except when they really smell, then it's back to mom!

We haven't reached the DragonBallz stage at our house yet. Hopefully we won't. My son uses his YuGiOh cards for carpeting too. So no $80 cards at our house either.

When the yu gi oh movie came out, I REFUSED to take them, I made hubby do it :p

My husband was the poor sucker that ended up taking a group of boys. No way was I sitting through that. He got me back though......made me go watch SpongeBob with him. :rolleyes:

We saw Spongebob, too. Patrick in fishnets and stillettos- I want to find a pic of that for my avatar.

I actually was planning on taking them to Spongebob but they went with their Dad when I had my girls weekend in Sac. I got Lemony Snicket though! :D

Hey I got Lemony Snicket too. I liked the biter. ;)

I LOVED Sunny!!! She was my favorite thing about the movie(besides the artwork, specfreakin'tacular!!) Our favorite line around here now is "Someone's been to Crazytown" and "uh oh someone's the mayor of crazytown" LOL!!! :D The boys loved when she babbled with Count Olaf too.

She was cracking me up with the babble and the expressions. I loved all of the monkey comments. Too funny. Agree with you about the artwork~amazing. Jim Carey was too much for me but I thought the kids did a great job. Just loved Sonny though.

I absolutely LOVED "aunt josephine" too!!! She was WONDERFUL!! I mean it was like she was just pulled straight from the book . Snaps to Meryl Streep!!!

A friend of mine has a two year old named Megan- she is so much like Sunny it was scary! I'm tempted to tell her I don't speak monkey next time I see her...:D

(But I love her dearly, so I won't!)

LOVE IT!! :D

It's like Talk Like a Pirate Day, sometime around dinner everyone gets tired and reverts to geekspeak. No-one's being exclusionary, it's just dress-up day on the internet.

Be cool, kitty-cats.

That's one of the best explains yet, Gn!
*snap*

I agree WB double snaps for you Gn!! :D

*snap*

:cool:

Mmmf! Somehow I missed about 17 pages of Yu-Gi-Oh! discussion before I posted. What is that called, a re-rail?

Hahahahahahahahhaa!!

I had to put a few thoughts into your post, and harken myself back to the days when we were worried about the hep lingo...

Dental work is definitely not swanky. I am currently bereft of swank.

Ow.