Comments on: Fashionably late arrival?

By: mitz

mitz — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:57:05 +0000

ya totally. my grandparents said same things too. their wisdom!

and we all know that fashion and trend changes in time.

so does that mean, back in 1962, was it “fashionably on time arrival”?

or in 1984, was it “fashionably early arrival”?

so im gonna keep showing up two hours before and if people ask me, “why so early?” I will reply, “im really cutting edge and fashionable.”

By: Marilis Cardinal

Marilis Cardinal — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:40:04 +0000

As someone who is fashionably late fairly often and usually for fashion-related reasons, this is waaaaay too much math for me so I think I’m just going to arrive on time from now on…

By: Franco

Franco — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:22:14 +0000

Funny … as a band member who writes posters and blogs and whatever, I’ve started using the reverse equation to get people there for when we’re playing… in other words

time you step on stage - 15 minutes for line check and impressive looking button pushing on samplers and computers - 2 hours = time announced on poster/blog.

I’ve started doing this because my band often opens for other bands, and people who came out to hear my band end up missing me and hearing the headliners. Not that I don’t want them to hear the headliners… but it would be nice if they heard me too.

The problem is, this could spiral out of control if the fashionably late crowd finds out about what I’m doing here (and I know other people do it as well). Imagine if you placed my equation into the previous one, things could go one of two ways… All the people who wanted to be fashionably late would either be on time (perish the thought) or 5 hours late.

Uh oh - I was supposed to meet my mom for lunch 15 minutes ago… gotta run.

By: Risa Dickens

Risa Dickens — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:24:36 +0000

Yes! My grandfather was totally of that camp and trained me to leave hours early for everything in case you ended up having to walk there in a blizzard.

By: SNAP!

SNAP! — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:36:28 +0000

“Better an hour too soon than a minute too late” my grandfather always said!

By: mitz

mitz — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:04:17 +0000

haha thanx for invite Tessa!

for 2.25 hours, I think people often spend time calling friends to find out what time they are going and checking facebook event sections who is attending. ya I seem to show up on time at shows lately, like that TIMES NEW VIKING secret show, it says, “starts 7PM sharp!” so we showed up 7PM but the first opening band didn’t show up til 8 or so.

so maybe in terms of their show, the formula would be,

(scheduled time) + number of opening bands x Times New Viking(how tired they are)

i like pans…

anyways, thanx for invite for here, Tessa and Marilis!

By: Marilis Cardinal

Marilis Cardinal — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:09:37 +0000

you also shouldnt be late to clothing swap if you want good finds! or fashion shows actually, because those are usually on schedule.

By: Marilis Cardinal

Marilis Cardinal — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:06:23 +0000

YES! Mitz in the house! you especially have to be careful with today’s time change though, because if you arrive 3,25 hours late, you’ll most likely miss both the keg stand, Jonas, and Jonas falling over from too much beer, which, lets face it, you really might as well stay home by that point.

By: Tessa

Tessa — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:48:15 +0000

what is everyone doing during these 2.25 hours? (blogging?)

nice to have you on the site mitz!

i find when i actually leave the house these days it’s usually with a strict purpose and so i’ll show up on time (which is late anyway in Montreal) to see a friend play and then go home. time management is a constant battle for me, more on that from risa.

i am also “naturally” late for everything all the time always, so i just aim for on time and usually end up being greeted with, “dude you missed the keg stand!” which leads me to question why i came out.