TiLT: belated Friday edition (4/29/11)
Meant to post this yesterday, but didn’t get around to it, obviously.
-Beaster
-strip-&-go-nakeds (aka, pink panty droppers)
-”ain’t got no water, but I got a cold beer” (the Piedmont Boys)
-Turbo Pro Project
-Gangstagrass
-Rench
-realizing that there’s no musical genre I don’t like at least something from anymore; and that bellydance was the gateway drug for that
-getting to hang out with MEL & JESS!!!!
-getting my ass to a book club meeting
-”Once you make a decision the universe conspires to make it happen.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
-Sutan Amrull/Raja
-discovering the work of Michael Carson (here’s a sample)
-discovering the work of Wendy Kowalski
-a three-cupcake day 
(naughty of me, but made Wednesday so much better)
-peanutella and madeleines and lots of warm fuzzies from friends (made yesterday so much better)
HOLY SHIT, AWESOME TUTE!!!!
Have you SEEN the hair feather tutorial over at Just Peachy? BRILLIANT. You NEED to go check it out. I am so psyched! I am totally doing this once I’m done dyeing my hair. And now I am going to send this tute to Jess (my stylist), so she knows about it, too, and can do it on the cheap.
This is why I love crafts, people! Because of all the times you can look at something neat, but overpriced, and think to yourself, “Psh, I can MAKE that myself!” and then go home and do it. Fuck yeah! Thanks, Peach!
Swatch Sunday, 4/24/11: Sonia Kashuk Lip Palette, pt.2
Lip swatches from the Natural Nudes-38 palette, swatches are shown in the palette order, starting with leftmost shade.
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Hair doings
So, Jess cut my hair Friday and it was fan-fucking-tastic! As per usual. (Hey, Jess is a genius. I just go in, tell her what’s bothering me – my bangs and my “short” were too long – and then tell her to do what she thinks best, and she does, and it’s ALWAYS awesome!) She even gave me a blow-out, with this huge round bristle brush, and it looked soooooo good! And then I didn’t get a picture until Saturday, after sleeping on it, putting it in a ponytail for bellydance class, and sweating all up in it. So it lost a bit of the volume it had Friday, but it still looks pretty cute, I think:
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FOTD: Happy Beaster! (and a haircut) (4/22/11)
I got a haircut Friday afternoon from the always fantastic Jess, so I didn’t want to put on alot of makeup, in case it got messed up during the haircut/shampooing/spritzing/whatever. But I was going to a uke jam afterwards, and then to celebrate Beaster with Greg, Stephen, and Erin after that, so I wanted to wear *some* makeup. So, that lead to this:
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TiLT! 4/21/11
-blue egg shell (robin’s egg?)
-the first irises of Spring
-The Breaks – AMAZING live; wish I’d have enough money on me to buy a cd
-epiphanies/clarity/radical self-love/slowly figuring out what makes me tick, and getting a better grasp on things
-dogs enjoying car rides, with their ears flapping in the wind
-NAPS ARE AWESOME!
-Jessie J – soooo awesome and adorable and I just love her songs and her style. This is my current fave:
-Liverpuddlian accents, like John Bishop’s (I actually have no trouble following him, and I think that accent is adorable, big teeth and all.)
-SingSnap one-takes – it’s a game I’ve made up for myself, where I pick a song I’m pretty sure I know, but haven’t heard in a while, and record it on the first take; no practicing, and no listening to the song beforehand (& therefore getting practice to not take myself so seriously)
-hooping indoors at 1 am!
-lazy weekends! staying up way late, sleeping in way late, and generally being more lazy & irresponsible than usual – it’s a great way to recharge your batteries
-Indian food with Jj & Amanda, catching up, great conversation; we haven’t hung out with them in a while, and they are too, too awesome, so I really enjoyed myself! (Also, the mango mojitos at Mint are like, double the size I expected, so I actually got pretty shitty, but it was all good)
-the RSL community
-Lil Buck & Yo-Yo Ma’s collaboration – utterly breathtaking and amazing and just makes so much sense
-decaf coffee and herbal smokes (*I realize that smoking *anything* is risky business, but I really like the ritual aspects of smoking, and getting to pretend I’m a dragon – I won’t lie about that – but can’t smoke tobacco/nicotine for a plethora of reasons, so I’m enjoying my Honeyrose flavored herbal smokes for the moment; not too often, because I haven’t had my shit together early enough in the morning to do decaf and herbal smokes, so it’s still a rarity usually saved for the weekends, but nice to sit outside and partake in a ritual thing. I can see how people would get “addicted” to coffee and a crossword puzzle, say.)
-The Usual Error, and especially the concept of “the clawless swipe”/”fierceness” – both things I need to work on, and I’m trying
-pinterest! I love, love, love making lists, and I love making vision boards, but I haven’t done it yet *in real life*, and honestly? It’s so much easier to do it virtually on pinterest. No cutting and pasting, you know? (Pinterest seems to be getting slammed right now, so I can’t link my little vision boards at the moment. I’ll do it later.)
-good advice from friends who are great, empathetic listeners, and similar enough to me to understand my concerns, but dissimilar enough that they don’t have the same blindspots I do, and can give me a more balanced reading of things, and good advice (Parts of this week have been somewhat trying for me, but we’re keeping it positive here, right? So that’s all I’m going to say about that. Oh, and: thanks, Richard! It helped immensely.)
-BATS! It’s bat season! LOOOOOVE IT! (video to come)
-ivy (or creepers or whatever)
-full moons – here’s April’s rising
-Milla’s Divine Comedy (on repeat all week – I’d forgotten how much I loved these songs, and how resonant some of them were; and now I have guitar tab?! whoa, watch out!)
-secret crafty projects and mailing things to people
-getting to watch birds preen themselves (one of the things I miss from when I had lovebirds, but I don’t think I’m ready for birds as pets again anytime soon)
-fuzzy caterpillars (I didn’t touch him, because sometimes they’re poisonous – but he might be a Leopard Moth Caterpillar, that would be the best! If I get to see a Leopard Moth in the not-too-far-off future; they’re gorgeous.)
-GANGSTAGRASS! tonight! soooo excited!
FOTD: Sort of homage: Regina Spektor (4/5/11)
Somewhat (read: very loosely) inspired by this photo of the gorgeous Regina Spektor:
Except I think I should have lightly used MAC Strobe Liquid instead of the Clinique Cream Shadow, and a much lighter lipstain. Eh, maybe next time.
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Too cute!
I actually like the finished look. (At first I was like, “What – no eyeliner or mascara?” But then I thought, “Yeah, probably wouldn’t want a noob – even if it was your boyfriend and he was being real careful – to put those on you. Might get stabbed in the eye.”) (Shit, I stab *myself* in the eye on occasion with eyeliner or mascara, and that’s no fun.)
FOTD: Honeydew and Melon, maybe? (4/4/11)
“Maybe” because Flavor of the Day looks kind of melon-y to me, but melon-y pink, and I can’t think of what melon that would be. Not quite cantaloupe, not quite watermelon. Hmm. Anyhoodle.
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