Horrified my children today... by Grizwald

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Horrified my children today...

POSTED BY: GRIZWALD
UPDATED: Monday, June 5, 2006 07:07
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Saturday, June 3, 2006 1:09 PM

... by going into Hot Topic at the mall.

I was looking for Serenity shirts, but I didn't tell THEM that; I just said I wanted to go to Hot Topic. (Picture me, Suburban Mom in plaid cotton shorts and tee-shirt with purse over shoulder and geeky glasses, heading into the blacklit fake-brick dungeon filled with people wearing black clothes, black hair, black eye makeup, black teeth, black tattoos, etc.)

I had a very nice chat with the guy running the store and they DID have a nice big stack of Serenity tees and my children survived the horrible experience of (possibly) being seen by someone who matters while standing a few feet from their suburban mom in Hot Topic.

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They could not take the sky from them -
Our Big Damn Heroes made a film!
I'm gonna see Serenity then
go back the next morning and see it again.
Cuz no one at Fox knew this show had no equal
C'mon Universal, and greenlight the sequel!

Click on my profile for my Annoyingly Long List of Firefly Links.

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Saturday, June 3, 2006 1:23 PM

SHINYDS

Yeah, that'd be quite an image. But somehow, I'm not surprised. Firefly/Serenity fans seem to have no walls between them and their goals. I can say I've gone into places I never would have had it not been for some kind of obsession I had, but I supposed it's a different story since I'm still fairly young. I'm looking for those shirts too.

"If I hear the words 'that's final' coming out of your mouth again, they truely will be."

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Saturday, June 3, 2006 1:41 PM

GIXXER

You could tell them they were adopted. That would definitely do the trick.

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Saturday, June 3, 2006 1:54 PM

COPILOT

Ahhhhh mental image!!!
Oh goodness that is the funniest thing I've seen all day!!!
Thank you for the laugh.

An I carried such a torch.......For the Dark Lord

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Saturday, June 3, 2006 1:56 PM

IVY

My daughter is too young to be horrified yet, but I totally understand your experience in Hot Topic. I went in a few months ago to get a few Serenity tees. I'm 39 and have never set foot even near a Hot Topic in my life! The kids behind the counter were not only helpful...they were also Browncoats. I ended up standing there chatting with these teenagers and quoting Firefly. It was a wonderful Firefly experience!

Ivy

I've been sane a long while now, and change is good...

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Saturday, June 3, 2006 2:21 PM

KANEMAN

Funny..tell your children to never fear hot topic...Where else will the ever get cool tees?
...or something..ah,..black!!!!

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Saturday, June 3, 2006 2:26 PM

GRIZWALD

Quote:
Originally posted by kaneman:
Funny..tell your children to never fear hot topic...

Oh, they weren't afraid of Hot Topic, they were just afraid I'd give the goth kids a lecture or try to buy them some food and fatten them up a bit or something.

So silly. I don't look at people's clothes, I look through the windows of their souls, and I usually approve of what I see!

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Saturday, June 3, 2006 2:58 PM

NCBROWNCOAT

Ran into my first Hot Topic last Saturday in Durham, NC. Also a suburban Mom in capri pants, t-shirt and running shoes (good for Mall walking). At least dear daughter wasn't with me so she wasn't traumatized. She was at an anime convention.

First thing I noticed was that it seems to be a job requirement to have a nostril piercing and at least 2 tongue piercings.

Looked quickly, didn't see any Serenity t-shirts and walked rather quickly out. Wished now I had asked about them.

One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.

On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.

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Saturday, June 3, 2006 3:41 PM

SAMEERTIA

Oh, goodness! The nose pierced, black-mascara wearers are the greatest!
And they know the products better than anyone! Just ask for Serenity t-shirts and they'll go gaga to help.

Now, as for embarrassing the kids by being seen with Mom, their friends will now think you are the COOLEST mom for taking the kids to Hot Topic!

(NO! MAN, you should have seen her! She bought a t-shirt that said, "I aim to misbehave"! It was embarrasing!)

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Sunday, June 4, 2006 10:45 AM

POND

As a teenager, with an occasionally embarassing mom, I can tell you from experience that they would survive.

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Sunday, June 4, 2006 10:50 AM

LITTLEALBATROSS29

My space monkeys a re still too young . I can't wait to embarass them too.
I think that black clothed teen used to be me.

Bryce

I swallowed a bug.

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Sunday, June 4, 2006 12:28 PM

CHRISTHECYNIC

It is always annoying when someone judges another based on clothes, but it is also interesting to see who does not.

My sister once wore almost exclusively black, sometimes clothing that she had made herself held together with safety pins (it's not that she couldn't sew, she just liked safety pins), a dog collar, so on and so forth.

She wasn't actually goth, but when you're just looking at someone how can you tell? (Personally I can't even tell after a conversation.)

It seemed that old women, and I mean old, grandmothers and such, were the ones most accepting of how she dressed, and interested in her hair.

I guess it makes sense, a grandmother might have grown up in the twenties, that was a pretty loose time. A parent of today comes from a more uptight generation, or was a hippie, either way. My parents were hippies, I think, they don't talk about it, but I have photos and my dad was called, "an Instigator, organizer and agitator," though he maintains he never organized anything.

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Stereotyping is fun. Actually it's not but when talking about social trends across decades it's the only way to make any headway. You just have to remember never to apply a trend to an individual.

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Sunday, June 4, 2006 1:04 PM

GRIZWALD

Quote:
Originally posted by christhecynic:
I guess it makes sense, a grandmother...

I also think grandmothers have seen enough in their lives to realize it all comes out in the wash anyway.

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Sunday, June 4, 2006 1:07 PM

IVY

I had pink hair in college and wore my clothes inside out....I'll definitely not be throwing stones at anyone or censoring my daughter very much when she is old enough to dress herself (she is 2 now). As long as she is clean and clothed appropriately for her age (meaning ENOUGH clothes for her age), I'll be fine with it.

Ivy

I've been sane a long while now, and change is good...

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Sunday, June 4, 2006 1:16 PM

LITTLEALBATROSS29

My grandma bought me my black motorcycle jacket (MC) way back when. My parents wouln't because they were horrified at my rebellion. She never cared about my black wearing or overall weirdness & usually loved my weird looking friends too.
Grandma's rock !

Bryce
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I swallowed a bug.

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Sunday, June 4, 2006 1:20 PM

COPILOT

My grandmother was nice enough to just let me have my weird friends. I think after two years of me barly leaving my bed room she was just happy I doing something. She only told me she didn't trust those wierd kids with the piercings and oddly colored hair when she was angry with me.

An I carried such a torch.......For the Dark Lord

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Sunday, June 4, 2006 1:40 PM

AFTERGLOW

Just goes to show what a diverse group we Browncoats are! It's really refreshing to read this thread. Back in March, there was a screening of Serenity and I finally got to meet a bunch of folks from the local Yahoo newsgroup. I probably would have never met them otherwise. Some of us have become friends, not just fans. Shiny!
And, yes, we're gonna misbehave June 22.

www.mnfirefly.com

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Sunday, June 4, 2006 2:46 PM

CHINDI

VERY SHINY Grizwald!!! That is just too cool!

Chindi

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Sunday, June 4, 2006 10:10 PM

RESE

This is so funny! Just yesterday my youngest daughter, she'll be 17 on Tuesday (yes, I know the date!) reminded me of the times that I literally had to be dragged into Hot-Topic by her older sister; and now, I'm the one who runs in to check on t-shirts -- for myself!

And yes, the kids that work at the various stores that I have been to are always courteous, helpful, and more than willing to chat about whatever topic you want to talk on.

Now, if they would just turn the damn music down a bit, and put on something that I like!

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Monday, June 5, 2006 12:29 AM

SHINYGEEKET

Grizwald, your kids should be proud that they have a mom cool enough to shop at Hot Topic! I've been proudly shopping there with my mom for years. I love it because she great at finding the awesomely random stuff that I would never spot...I really don't get the whole "embarassing mom" thing. Maybe I'm just a Mommy's girl, lol.

"We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land'."

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Monday, June 5, 2006 2:50 AM

KEYOKE

My dad likes to wind my "too cool" brother up by going out shopping with him, then looking at fairy ornaments and girly things.

Its especially funny, because my dad's hair is longer than mine, and he's your streotypical old-style rocker, some of the looks he gets are hillarious.

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"We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days,
Through the fire and the flames we carry on"

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Monday, June 5, 2006 6:07 AM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Hot Topic is one of my favorite stores.

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

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Monday, June 5, 2006 6:29 AM

RAVENHAIR

I had a similar experience! I'm a middle aged mom and it took me forever to find the Serenity shirts (must be the failing eyesight). The salesgirls were very helpful and didn't seem to mind my very suburban khakis and polo shirt attire! My daughter was too young to be embarassed (5 yrs. old), but she quickly realized that Hot Topic was not a store that Mommy usually shops in!

Found some great shirts my husband would appreciate - lots of great retro stuff!

Wearing my new Serenity to the June 23rd showing of the BDM in Albany, NY!

*****
Mal:We're still flying.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

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Monday, June 5, 2006 6:53 AM

GRIZWALD

Well, I'm definitely going to keep checking their clearance section. My eldest was happy to find a Panic! At the Disco tee shirt for six dollars.

____________________________________________________
They could not take the sky from them -
Our Big Damn Heroes made a film!
I'm gonna see Serenity then
go back the next morning and see it again.
Cuz no one at Fox knew this show had no equal
C'mon Universal, and greenlight the sequel!

Click on my profile for my Annoyingly Long List of Firefly Links.

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Monday, June 5, 2006 7:00 AM

CHRISISALL

Y'all here should be ashamed of yourselves!
Why, when MY parents were about fourty, THEY were respectable!
You'd never catch THEM shopping for fun TV and movie-related items! They never ran when they didn't have to, or laugh 'till they cried, or discussed stuff that wasn't REAL!!!

I miss the day when peeps realized that 35 was your cue to start getting OLD!!!

25 year old Chrisisall in his fourties

"Hey, where's my Lego Serenity!?"

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Monday, June 5, 2006 7:07 AM

LEIGHKOHL

I used to work for a sister company of Hot Topic and all the people that work for it are great. They may be kids(well most of them), but they love their jobs, especially the goth kids, and I know for a fact we loved it when the moms would come in(can sell more when the wallet is right there

). Hot Topic sells a lot of movie tees, so it's a good source if you are looking for that stuff, even the more obscure ones. Don't be scared to go in, it may be black and red and there are a few objects that will impale you, but the kids are friendly and I think it would be great if a suburban mom walked out with her one t-shirt and maybe a KMFDM cd.

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