Tag: clothes

As previously indicated, I'm not anticipating cosplaying anybody. But I think I could do Greg Universe.

Not young Greg Universe, the Star Child of 'Story for Steven'... which seems to be the only variety anybody's ever cosplayed as before if an image search is to be believed. No, I mean: overweight old balding Greg Universe. I could totally pull that look off.

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Composite image showing Greg Universe from Steven Universe, in both his 'young, rock star' version and the more-familiar 'old balding car wash owner who lives in his van' version.

Fake tan lines, white t-shirt (I'd probably make a 'guitar dad' one!), sweatpants, carrying a guitar. Easy.

Again, not that I'm planning to. Just saying that I could...

Went to a West End theatre wearing my "Slamilton" t-shirt.

In this corridor, during the act break, a stranger spotted it and did a double-take.

"Is that...? wait... that's not Hamilton!", they said.

I seized my chance.

"It's Slamilton," I replied. "You know: 'Who slams, who jams, who tells their story.'"

And then, after a pause: "What's 'Hamilton'???"

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Dan, a white man with a goatee beard and a blue ponytail, wears a 'Slamilton' t-shirt in a theatre stairwell.

We got our dog a Christmas jumper.
My favourite thing about it is that its coat hanger contains instructions for use:
"Please insert dog" 🤣

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Christmas jumper for a dog, featuring blue-and-white stripes and sequin Christmas trees; its hanger contains an arrow pointing down alongside the text 'please insert dog'.

Sometimes you really want the apparel for a band or album to exist and it just doesn't. And so, not for the first time, I made my own...

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Close-up of a human torso wearing a yellow t-shirt, on which there's a black outline of a five-pointed star with the top point replaced with the silhouette of a person, in the style of the Hamilton logo except that instead of being Alexander Hamilton with his hand held high the silhouette is a basketball player reaching for a leaping dunk. The text on the star reads "Slamilton: A Basketball Musical".

Source image available for if you want one too: https://danq.link/slamilton-svg

Christmas Jumper Day at school, and I'm continuing my never-ending effort never to rest on my laurels, proving myself time and again worthy of my title of Most Embarrassing Parent.

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Three people in a decorated hallway, wearing Christmas jumpers and headgear. Dan, in the centre, is wearing a jumper designed to make him look like a tiny elf, and a matching hat. To his right, a girl wears a jumper showing Rudolf, and a pair of spring-mounted reindeer deely-boppers. To his left, a boy with his eyes closed throws a thumbs-up: he's wearing a jumper with a pixel-art picture of Santa, and a wooly Santa hat.

In spite of their signage, Costa weren't happy to take my old jockstrap for recycling.

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Sign made from a clipboard, in a coffee shop, reading "All cups welcome. We'll recycle any cup, from anywhere. Just hand to one of our team."

At work, we recently switched expenses system to one with virtual credit card functionality. I decided to test it out by buying myself lounge access for my upcoming work trip to Mexico. Unfortunately the new system mis-detected my lounge access as being a purchase from lingerie company loungeunderwear.com. I'm expecting a ping from Finance any moment to ask me why I'm using a company credit card to buy a bra.

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Screenshot from expenses system indicating that a purchase was made at loungeunderwear.com, with a photo showing an example of something sold at that website - a lacy bra - overlaid.

One might ask why our expenses provider can (mis-)identify loungeunderwear.com from a transaction in the first place. Did somebody at some company that uses this provider actually buy some ladies' briefs on a company credit card at some point?