JB: Hello, Dr. Friskin?
DF: Hi, Julie. What can I do for you?
JB: Well, it's about this fashion thread--I can't believe how far
off the deep end I went on this! I just blurted stuff 
without thinking it through first, and I think some people
might have been hurt--Teri, and the wardrobe crew.  I made
a public apology to the list, but I don't know if they saw it.
DF: May I ask what you needed to apologize about? LOISCLA is 
usually a place where peole avoid saying offensive things.
JB: I know--and it is! I'm surprise Mom didn't ground me and revoke
my list privileges for a week!
DF: It was *that* bad?
JB: Well, to put it politely, I dissed the two first two dresses
Lois wore in WHALTTA...
DF: Walter?
JB: We Have a Lot to Talk About.
DF: Oh.
JB: ...and I basically took the wardrobe crew to task for
letting Lois out of her apartment dressed like that.
It wasn't intentional, you understand--I just got carried away.
DF: And you apologized for doing that?
JB: Yes.
DF: Then I'm sure there's no hard feelings.
JB: I hope so. I just had no idea that the episode would live up to
it's name--those two dresses really gave *me* a lot to talk about!
I was really off the deep end.
DF: You must have been very passionate to express your feelings like that.
JB: Yes. I mean, you didn't see them, Dr. Friskin.  They just said
"notice me! pay attention to me!"  They were so distracting, I
honestly didn't hear what Lois had said until I watched it again
on tape!
DR: And this upset you?
JB: Of course! This episode was the "big one"--the yes-or-no, does-
she-or-doesn't-she-know cure to LCWS, and while everyone else
is heaping praise on the acting, dialog, and storytelling--
which I agree with, by the way--I just didn't see any point
in posting a bunch of "me too" posts--I'm raving like a lunatic
about Lois' fashion sense.  I'm usually such a quiet person--
a lurker at heart--I just don't know what got into me!
DF: Well, you *were* suffering from LCWS for a few months, right?
Perhaps after all that time, Walt--excuse me, WHALTTA--acted
as a release valve.
JB: I suppose. But that still doesn't explain the outfits. Really,
what was Lois *thinking*?
DF: What do *you* think Lois was thinking?
JB: Huh?
DF: Something tells me you won't have this completely out of your
system until you rationalize an explanation for Lois' attire.
JB: Like, how others have explained why Clark was acting so petulant,
and how Perry was able to push an "immovable" Clark?
DF: Something like that.  There must have been a reason Lois was
dressed that way. Get inside her head--so to speak--and find
an answer that could explain those outfits.
JB: Gee, that's a tall order.  So many "explanations" have been
offered already--one was supposed before the episode even aired!
They thought Lois was dressed for the future for a return-of-
Tempus episode.  That turned out not to be true.  Some have
said maybe, having learned the truth, she was trying to wear
something lead-lined.  Others have said she was trying for a
softer look to go along with her new-found "being-in-love"
state.  Some have said maybe she was trying to "please" Clark
by dressing more "feminine".  And still others have said she 
was just trying to stay up on the latest fashion trend.
DF: And you don't go along with any of these?
JB: No, not really.  I mean, if she were trying to dress to please
Clark, wouldn't she have been wearing the *burgandy* dress?
And I'm sure the men on the list would agree Lois is pretty
"feminine" dressed in her evening wear. There might be a bit
of truth to the trendy thing, but I never thought of Lois
as being trendy.  Perhaps she borrowed something from Lucy?
Hey, that's the ticket! No, something's not quite right--there
still needs to be a *why* she would borrow it. Hmm, let's see...
not trying to please Clark, but what about *appease* Clark?
Yeah, that could work.  Wear something neutral, and soft,
and not be all business-as-usual?
DF: That sounds resonable.
JB: Yes, except that it didn't work! Clark was still stand-offish.
Hey, that could even explain the Florida orange dress the next
day--to re-assert her business self, in a big, bold way--but did
it *have* to be so bold?  Maybe if the dress had had shorter sleeves,
so there would have been less of that *overwhelming* color...
DF: Julie!
JB: What? Oh, sorry, Dr. Friskin.
DF: No, Julie--that was fine--you were criticizing, but in a constructive
way--suggesting an alternative.
JB: Yeah!
DF: So, do you think you can live with these explanations you came up
with?
JB: I don't see why not--and besides, if I don't stop yammering about
this episode, people are going to start hitting the "delete"
key anytime they see me post something--if they haven't been
doing that already!
DF: I'm sure it hasn't gotten to that point yet. Just remember, 
it's o.k. to carry a big stick, but just walk a bit more softly
next time, all right?
JB: I'll try, Dr. Friskin...I'll try!