tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2166354844550878241..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: The Big Thirsty. Clothes.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48644024967337195882013-09-28T11:27:38.385-04:002013-09-28T11:27:38.385-04:00We need a "like" button for comments.We need a "like" button for comments. introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74102525534044481442013-09-28T03:24:25.705-04:002013-09-28T03:24:25.705-04:00Skins from moose I've killed myself, bowhuntin...Skins from moose I've killed myself, bowhunting. There's a strict dress code here in the frozen North.Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26844860813626570502013-09-27T15:43:53.595-04:002013-09-27T15:43:53.595-04:00I love the idea of "somewhere between busines...I love the idea of "somewhere between business casual and lumberjack." That sounds about right. Is it wrong that the days I'm closer to the lumberjack end of the spectrum that I feel guilty?Liz Imbriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789417084922765275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74180068477959662932013-09-27T09:37:57.933-04:002013-09-27T09:37:57.933-04:00English/composition proffie. Somewhere in the busi...English/composition proffie. Somewhere in the business casual range, I think, including shoes that are definitely more comfortable/walkable than stylish -- walking shoe support/padding/toe room in a marginally more formal style. Whatever the genre, my style could also accurately be described as frumpy and repetitive -- so much so that one of my colleagues nearly didn't recognize me when I Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25721019367239049072013-09-27T09:02:44.171-04:002013-09-27T09:02:44.171-04:00I find that running/walking shoes are easier on th...I find that running/walking shoes are easier on the feet, but y're right, they do look odd with business casual.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53143533366516078862013-09-27T06:18:19.412-04:002013-09-27T06:18:19.412-04:00P.S. I've heard it said that one can spot an ...P.S. I've heard it said that one can spot an academic since one will be wearing running shoes with a dress shirt and slacks. I stopped wearing running shoes to class years ago. One reason is that I've never been particularly athletic. Another is that real leather slip-on shoes don't have laces to come undone during class. It's also easier to slip them off when about to be Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82262630003152463152013-09-27T06:05:24.361-04:002013-09-27T06:05:24.361-04:00I wear dress shirts and polo shirts and chino slac...I wear dress shirts and polo shirts and chino slacks, mainly from L. L. Bean's. I picked up this habit at Dartmouth because of the New Hampshire climate, but they are well suited for damper climates such as England and warmer, drier climates such as California, too. <br /><br />It's pretty much what my Dad wore to be a volunteer K-6 teacher in Florida in the '80s. Before he retired inFroderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82506669186685192272013-09-27T00:39:50.381-04:002013-09-27T00:39:50.381-04:00It depends. Early in the term I wear a suit so eve...It depends. Early in the term I wear a suit so everyone knows who's in charge. Later in the term, or when I'm not teaching, whatever's clean in my closet. Often this is jeans and a t-shirt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6140932626771318382013-09-26T23:47:30.529-04:002013-09-26T23:47:30.529-04:00Art here, too. Black slacks and long sleeved shirt...Art here, too. Black slacks and long sleeved shirt/sweater/jacket on lecture days. Jeans and something I don't care about too much on studio days. I work with things that stain, burn, and cut. And that's just the students. <br /><br />The male faculty in our English dept seem to take great pains to look as though they've just crawled from dumpsters. Annie Oakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396950355961607377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50158201948404800972013-09-26T23:28:45.888-04:002013-09-26T23:28:45.888-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karen Ackoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527412523732265688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56840072931109235842013-09-26T22:59:28.907-04:002013-09-26T22:59:28.907-04:00Skirts and a nice shirt or plain T-shirt dressed-u...Skirts and a nice shirt or plain T-shirt dressed-up with a necklace. On messy lab days I wear clothes I don't care about, but still a skirt. Now I tend to wear heels, but when it's hot out I sport my Birks (except in the lab where I need close toed shoes). I should buy some nice pants, but so far a skirt everyday I have taught for the last 3 years :-) <br /><br />Other science folk Frennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126693773120200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50646744446502918662013-09-26T21:58:23.145-04:002013-09-26T21:58:23.145-04:00Given that the art people are probably slinging cl...Given that the art people are probably slinging clay and paint all over, it probably makes sense that they dress accordingly. :)The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65686312807329322482013-09-26T21:56:02.146-04:002013-09-26T21:56:02.146-04:00The slobs on our campus are the Fine Arts people. ...The slobs on our campus are the Fine Arts people. They all look like they have rolled down a hill backwards and then dipped themselves in nacho cheese sauce with a quirky scarf thrown over the whole mess regardless of gender. <br /><br />I unfailingly wear chinos and a tshirt with a blazer and Chuck Taylors. In winter I might throw a coat over my blazer, depending on how far away my parking spot The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49763991413420388232013-09-26T19:49:30.989-04:002013-09-26T19:49:30.989-04:00Art here too, but at a high school. We have a facu...Art here too, but at a high school. We have a faculty dress code (blargh) of business casual. I push it by wearing cheap slacks and nice-ish soft shirts. I can't even count how many pairs of slacks and shirts I've ruined, which is why I stopped paying more than $20 for them many years ago.watercathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592663814187083645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46922551748590079342013-09-26T19:12:01.490-04:002013-09-26T19:12:01.490-04:00Jeans and a t-shirt. If I'm feeling dressy, I...Jeans and a t-shirt. If I'm feeling dressy, I iron the jeans.The Naughty Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234624349205271144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28925805398105239592013-09-26T18:22:59.097-04:002013-09-26T18:22:59.097-04:00Suits cover the beer gut. If I wear jeans, I look ...Suits cover the beer gut. If I wear jeans, I look like I should be pushing a shopping cart of empties. Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01407507896787403097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17207610351397985732013-09-26T17:55:33.132-04:002013-09-26T17:55:33.132-04:00Wow! You're a rockstar.Wow! You're a rockstar.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403289509523215570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88410910875948610122013-09-26T16:23:15.585-04:002013-09-26T16:23:15.585-04:00Jeans. Floaty shirts. Comfortable shoes. Jeans. Floaty shirts. Comfortable shoes. StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81870543110584224482013-09-26T15:41:30.153-04:002013-09-26T15:41:30.153-04:00I do most of my nice-clothes shopping at Coldwater...I do most of my nice-clothes shopping at Coldwater Creek, if that gives you a better idea of what my outfits look like. My casual clothes tend to come from Think Geek and/or WalMart.Snarky Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196509615328045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40886478322206799162013-09-26T15:40:41.296-04:002013-09-26T15:40:41.296-04:00On teaching days, khakis, slacks, or dark-washed j...On teaching days, khakis, slacks, or dark-washed jeans with a nice shirt and maybe a cardigan if it's chilly. On non-teaching days when I'm in the office, jeans and a tee. Otherwise, tees and yoga pants or really stretchy jeans.Snarky Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196509615328045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56515998087273958152013-09-26T15:27:21.240-04:002013-09-26T15:27:21.240-04:00Cal, would it be impolite to mention your Skype jo...Cal, would it be impolite to mention your Skype joke, the one you always make, about how you're not wearing pants. You know my husband thought that joke was funny...when you said it the FIRST time...<br /><br />XOXO<br />LKCollege Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54158708101431440492013-09-26T15:24:57.687-04:002013-09-26T15:24:57.687-04:00...although I wish I could just wear a yellow Hazm......although I wish I could just wear a yellow Hazmat suit like on Breaking Bad. You see how roomy those things are?Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5606340270905556922013-09-26T15:24:09.093-04:002013-09-26T15:24:09.093-04:00...like I'm going to a Dylan concert....like I'm going to a Dylan concert.Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4629266563701829532013-09-26T15:12:04.383-04:002013-09-26T15:12:04.383-04:00Late spring/Early fall when it's hot here in C...Late spring/Early fall when it's hot here in Cheeseheadland: dresses and skirts. Open-toed shoes (toes painted, feet are in good shape). Or if it's on the cool side, nice khakis. Clean shirt. Cotton scarf.<br /><br />Late fall/winter: Jeans, Frye boots, sweater, scarf, corduroy or velvet blazer (yes, I'm in the humanities. Shut up.) or Dockers and a sweater and Danskos (I have a bad BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4477422405144525192013-09-26T15:03:05.704-04:002013-09-26T15:03:05.704-04:00Ebay. Found a pair of Frye campus (worn once by fo...Ebay. Found a pair of Frye campus (worn once by former owner) for $80.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.com