Mad Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!!!!

“Mad Men” starts this weekend, and I can’t wait. I may have to, of course, at least until it shows up on iTunes, because Mr. Improbable and I don’t have cable. But I think you can get it on iTunes 24 hours after it airs. In the meantime, here‘s a good article in Vanity Fair to whet your appetite–and a “Which Mad Man Are You?” quiz. Look who I got!

… well, I do have ideas. They got that part right. (Actually, unlike a lot of viewers, I don’t hate Peter Campbell. I think there is a possibility of redemption in him–and he is a hard worker, with good ideas. My prediction is that whatever happens to his character this season, his realization that he fell in love with a plain-looking, working-class Catholic girl on the basis of her brains, wit, and ambition will fundamentally change him as a person. Also, my ex-boyfriend is distantly related to Vincent Kartheiser. Is that a weird #lameclaimtofame or what?)

I never did enter the contest to win a walk-on role. I saw some of the entries and mine was nowhere near as well done, and I didn’t have time to do another photo shoot. Kind of a shame, as I have several good vintage or vintage-look dresses, including one Little Black Dress that is cut exactly like the one I chose for my avatar. (It seems that about half my Facebook friends have “Mad Men” avatars as their profile pictures. It is to spring ’09 what Shepard Fairey-izing yourself was to fall ’08.)

For your amusement, here’s the photo I did take:

Not bad, but it’s not great. The book is bigger than my face, and my hands, which are 1) not my best feature and 2) not manicured in a 60s style, are too prominent. (Also, I just noticed, it looks as though my left breast is about six inches higher than my right one, which–peeking down shirt to check–no, it isn’t.) All in all, if that was the best I could do, there didn’t seem to be much point to entering.

But you remember yesterday, how I said Milo had the total early-60′s look? Seriously, check out little Doggie Draper:

Exact same facial expression. Exact. Although that is not the expression Milo would have on his face if his chair were slowly filling with water, I tell you what.

Comments open for all “Mad Men” fans! Don’t worry about spoilers–if I don’t want to see them, I won’t look.

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