Lately, I’ve been feeling like the human equivalent of mom jeans. The three or four people I’ve shared this with have laughed. But I am telling you right now that there is nothing (nothing!) funny about mom jeans. Awkward and frumpy, yes. Funny, no.
Things like haircuts and new shoes usually make me feel better when I get stuck in the blahs, so it was delightfully handy that Tuesday night was my 8-week hair check-up. She washed, trimmed, round-brushed, complimented me on the smooth shiny brilliance of my hair and… nothing. I still felt like mom jeans – beyond the help of a coif or even a shiny new pair of peep toes. I went home and ate a lot of cheese. Mostly smoked gouda.
Clearly, I should have stopped at the gouda, but I went for broke and turned on the new 90210. Man, and I thought I was in an awkward phase. No stranger to bad TV, I still had to turn that monstrosity off once or twice – like I do in the middle of (usually twenty-two minutes in) most I Love Lucy episodes because the characters have become such a harm to themselves it’s either intervene (not practical/possible) or cut them off. I always go back, though. I need closure.
I also need someone to explain Shannen Doherty’s teeth. That gap – is it new? Intentional? It’s certainly unsettling. I’ve never been a big believer in the racket that is adult braces, but in this case, I think I’d make an exception.
aww, i hope your mom jeans feelings goes away stat. brenda’s tooth situation has always been like that. she loves that gap.
What? Noooo… it can’t possibly. I feel like this has to be new. I don’t remember the gap on any of her other fine television productions…
somehow I missed the part with Shannon. Probably becuase I was flipping back and forth between that and Wife Swap. Both are terrible… But 90210 has the nostalgia attached. I kinda liked it.
Smoked gouda with fig spread….yum.
The gap has always been there I think. And I must commend you for your bravery – I was way too chicken to watch.
I’ve been feeling like that too. Thanks for putting a name to it.
Hopefully it shall pass for both of us soon.
Hi! Not a commenter usually, but always a reader… And I have to agree… that gap was never there, and if it was it was not obvious. I said to Fiance who was sitting next to me (not watching) that something was up with the teeth and he said he thought it was normal for her!
Her teeth have always been a hot mess….However, I do believe they look more noticable/horrid in HD TV.
Do you have the wonder that is HD?
i was just reading an article in the nyt about adult dentist work that aims for imperfection! you choose the precise angle that your front teeth will be at so that they’re just “slightly” crooked – maybe that’s sd’s new thing too!
Re: Shannon’s teeth!!! I noticed that too, and was like WTF? She certainly hasn’t gotten better with age! Braces indeed!
I’m sorry your feeling mom jeans-y. I’m glad to present you with something to at least put a smile on your mom jeans face: http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/ Tom says you should perk up with a slice of his manliness and forget your blahs for a moment. Welcome!
I totally noticed the gap you’re mentioning. I never got the memo as it being the newest fashion statement.
Damn I hate it when I do that. It’s OCD of me but that your should have been you’re. There, I feel better now.
Oh my gosh, I’ve never heard of actually feeling like mom jeans, but that is an awesome way to put it, and, I’m sorry, hilarious. Can you tell I’ve had a few of those days lately?
Man, I feel like Mom jeans too! Glad to have a word for it..thanks!
As for Shannon’s teeth…I never noticed it in earlier episodes of 90210, but I was reading in the US Magazine that mysteriously began to appear in our mail box a few weeks ago that she’s always had the gap…that many ppl have told her to fix it, but I think she said her mom told her not to…that it made her unique.
I think she has some kind of lisp thing going on too kind of like she had a mouth piece in or something. Doesn’t it also seem like there is some tension between her and Jennie Garth?
Why not enlist your hairdresser to give you a hair makeover? I know it might seem drastic, but it might help with the mom jeans look.
re: “hot mess” – a coworker just used this expression the other day – it might be my new favorite!!
Um, my brother showed me this video a couple of months ago – “get your mom jeans on…” trust me, this will make you laugh that mom jeans feeling right out the door:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGIMaU55430
Not relevant to this post per se, but I saw this and thought of you..
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2008/09/mmmm-chest-hair.html
I say we get this for your next blogaversary
90210 is one of those train wreck shows that you don’t want to watch, but you know it’s going to suck you in time and time again. It’s only going to get worse!
I used to do that with Frasier. I have since stopped watching all TV that makes me cringe. This leaves me with BBC and PBS programming as well as the occasional cartoon.
I have a cure for your mom-jeans rut. It involves heights. Either jumping off a tall-ish cliff into running water or jumping out of a plane attached to a very large man with a parachute.
OMG http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/
I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. Especially at Our Readers Have Spoken and Cake Writing 101:The Art of Spacing.
Thanks so much, I know this was for Heather but it has definitely put a smile on my face!
Brenda’s teeth? I’m glad somebody finally said it. It was paining me to keep it inside.
Thanks for making me laugh!
nope, Shannen’s gap is not new. Not to change the subject, but did anyone else watch The Dark Knight and wonder when Christian Bale got a huge mole next to his nose/eye?
I’ve been bothered by those teeth for a long time. She didn’t have the gap during the ‘Charmed’ years but she was sporting some really bad veneers!
Did something happen with the On the Road blog? I went to visit today and found that we were no longer to be traveling with our favorite Fish.
Maybe you’re feeling like Mom Jeans because it has been a little while since you’ve been able to travel. I hope that the opportunity (and vacation days!) roll around soon for you. It is always a great read.
I thought the exact same thing about Shannen’s teeth!
I too, watched and then couldn’t bear to watch 90210. I have rediscovered the joys of the original in reruns though.
You’re divine.
Yep. That’s about it
Funny you mention Shannen’s teeth–I tuned in during the last hour and couldn’t keep my eyes off of those puppies!
I had to ask my friends if she always had such an unattractive overbite and they didn’t notice a thing. It even sounded like she acquired a bit of a lisp, too.
Maybe I’m just too young to have seen the original show to know her during her (slightly) more attractive years. Or maybe I just had better judgment back then.
Wow… I thought I was the only one who did that with I Love Lucy. My husband thinks it’s weird that I won’t watch Curb Your Enthusiasm or The Office, but it’s the same thing – can’t intervene, so it’s either turn it off or sit there writhing in vicarious humiliation.
Sometimes the blahs can be the best part -
I had a gap that was closed through gum surgery. So did David Letterman. Alfred E Neuman kept his. The way you feel with 90210 is the way I feel w/ Sex in the City. Shut ‘em down before they harm me and themselves. It’s not too late – come back to NYC b/f the hurricane hits and I’ll take you to a super double secret Jakob Dylan show to be broadcast through the auspices of
http://www.theartistsden.com
They warn, “don’t wear flip-flops” but yet its sponsored by grey goose vodka. I see people tearing off their high heels and trading them in for flip-flops.