Just a couple of photos that I finished processing but ultimately felt didn't quite fit in with the others. Felt that I might as well use them because they're there.

Anyway, work got suddenly shitty and I ended up working through the entire weekend meaning I had to back out of a birthday dinner and I didn't drive back to LA on Sundays like I usually do. I'm still in stress mode and have a feeling I might be pretty wound up for the next two or three months. JEEBUS.

The next series of photos has to do with lipstick...which I almost never wear. I bought this to serve as training wheels for red lipstick. This is MAC lipstick in Hot Tahiti. It's a glaze which means it goes on kind of sheer.

On the MAC website the swatch is pictured as being a really dark pink, which I don't get because it really does look red in the tube. I'll admit that I doctored the color in these photos, but that's only because I wanted everything in the photos to be cool and desaturated except for the lipcolor...something that wasn't going to happen without some post-processing.

No full face shots because I was still wearing my crazy eyes (i.e. mascara all over the place) and I wanted the focus to be on the lipstick. Lots of close ups of my hands/fingers. Thank goodness my nails are naturally pretty ;)

This last photo is pretty jacked up. Meh...I was in a rush.

When I went to Japan last August I bought a few cosmetics I didn't think I would be able to find here. Unfortunately I didn't really know what I was looking for so I mostly ended up getting random crap...and not even that much random crap.

One of the things I did get was this double ended mascara by B&C. I kind of decided on it on a whim. I don't remember how much it was. I think I got it at Jusco in Kyoto. AND I LOVE IT. I really like the "Step 1" brush (the comb pictured on the left) and the formula doesn't clump on my lashes like JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER MASCARA ON THE PLANET. Unfortunately I don't know where to get it here. I found a page on Sasa but it doesn't look like it's being offered anymore.

These photos are slightly ridiculous but they were freaking FUN. I didn't actually use the B&C mascara for all of the clumping/smudging around my eyes because I didn't want to waste it (ha). I used regular old CoverGirl mascara for that.

This is the first time I've worn that hooded crop top. I got it on sale online and when it arrived I realized that the fabric was a lot stiffer than I'd anticipated and therefore doesn't drape the way I'd hoped. I couldn't return it even if I wanted to since it was final sale. Returning online orders is a pain anyway. I still love it, I just haven't figured out how to wear it without making me look weird shaped. It's not so bad here since all the photos are waist-up so I don't have to worry too much about proportion.

Part II coming VERY soon!

So there.

HOWEVER. This is not what I wanted to talk about (I know I know in your head you're probably like wtf THERE'S MORE??? but dude I'm not forcing you to read this).

*ahem*

So anyway. Before there was Lady Gaga, there was Lady Kier. And who is Lady Kier you ask? She's probably best known for being a part of Deee-Lite and for being kind of the embodiment of awesome. For starters, Lady Miss Kier's real name? Kierin Magenta Kirby wtfawesome. She's also probably the only music artist who looked almost exactly as I pictured her before I knew what she actually looked like. Her look has evolved from gamine androgyne to 60s go-go girl from space to tranny-fabulous. My favorite look of hers is definitely the 60s flowerchild spacegirl though and hear you me I'd totally rock the look if I had the body to pull it off (and maybe it's a good thing I don't because I think no one I know would want to be seen with me). Anyway, here are some visuals so you can see what I'm talking about.

(all photos link back to the original flickr page)

OMGSOHOT

And while we're on the subject, you must listen to Apple Juice Kissing by Deee-lite. Probably my favorite song of theirs.

(wow that was long)

!!!

Yes, I'm posting my old high school yearbook photos. Just for kicks. For reference, I'll include the year the photo was taken.

RIGHT (1998) Sophomore year...I was 14 when this was taken. I know it seems like I was a little young, but these photos were always taken at the end of the previous school year or at the waaay beginning (or even before!) of the current school year (September) and my birthday is in October. ANYWAY. This was my phase of too much makeup that I had no clue how to apply. You girls who grew up/are growing up in the era of the fashion blog and YouTube makeup tutorial? You have no idea how lucky you guys are. Seriously. But more on that later (really more on this later and by later I mean another post). In this photo I guess my hair is okay (relatively speaking) but my eye makeup is kinda janky and so is my skin. Thank goodness for the low quality black and white print. Also, I have braces.

RIGHT (2000) Senior year, the color photo. I guess I was 16 when this photo was taken. I'm not sure what it is I really don't like about this photo. Actually that was a lie my face is what I really don't like about this photo, though I can't really pinpoint why. All I have to say is thank goodness my hair is pretty conservative and that I didn't have the balls to apply makeup with a heavy enough hand to make it visible because I'm certain the photo would be far worse than it is if that weren't the case.

As you can see, I haven't changed a freaking bit. Except I was a little thinner when I was 13, but who wasn't? Oh, and I guess I don't have braces anymore and my undereye bags might be a little more prominent now than they were before.

And that's the end of my blast to the past! Maybe next time we'll go through my ID cards. That'll be total awesome sauce.

Pictures pictures! Sorry kids, no makeup again. This time it's because I'm lazy. Anyway, daylight savings got me super excited because it was still light after work/grocery! I rushed around to put away groceries and then walked down the street to try and catch some light, but it was disappearing pretty quickly so only the first few photos I got (including the one above) really benefited from the sun. The rest (like the ones below) were all pretty long exposures, which is why you can see my sensor dust.

Also, ended up drunk for no reason that night. VV and I opened the Chimay he'd bought a week earlier for us to drink when I got off the meds. After we were done with the beer I remembered that I had an open bottle of red wine I needed to get through, so I ended up drinking maybe half a bottle's worth? Maybe a little less. In any case, I was really hammered. I was twittering crap I don't remember twittering and VV said I was having a full on conversation with Anthony while I was watching No Reservations (Harbin episode!) and while I do remember making a few comments (as I usually do) I wouldn't go so far as to say that I was having a complete discourse though perhaps I'm not to be trusted in such matters whilst that smashed. I didn't intend to get that drunk and didn't think I would, but I ended up feeling kinda ill later that night and fell asleep sideways right in the middle of the bed. I don't think VV wanted to move me so he went to sleep sideways too ;P I woke up a couple hours later to reposition, though. Reposition and drink some water.

Did any of you So Cal people feel the earthquake that night/morning? I did. I woke up a minute or two before it happened. I've also woken up right before another small earthquake a few months ago (a 4.something centered somewhere in the Riverside area) and the Northridge quake. Does that happen to anyone else?

Hope everyone had a good green beer day yesterday! VV got Irish nachos and we had that + burgers + Leffe (no Guinness or green beer for us...though I would of dyed it green if we had food coloring handy) and watched a DVD. We're boring like that.

After the surgery they had me lie down for a little bit and they went over aftercare procedures with me and VV (because I probably wouldn't remember myself) and made a follow-up appointment (which I totally don't remember doing) and then they wheeled me down to the car. I was completely numbed out and kind of out of it and my tongue was really dry and caked with blood and it was really gross looking and for some reason I found this crazy funny and kept trying to take pictures of it on the drive home.

Sorry that picture is resized a bit smaller than usual, but my tongue really was pretty gross.

Grosss blood yogurt!
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The first thing we did when I got home was ice my face and then I tried to eat some yogurt. It was hard. And for some reason I thought it'd be a good idea to take a photo of my bloody drool on my paper towel.

I have trouble swallowing larger pills (unless they're gelcaps I guess) so I'd cut my painkillers into pieces and eat them with yogurt or pudding.

It took days to get the glue from the tape off of my skin.

Vicodin pudding! Vicodin makes me feel weird. If I'm lying down it puts me to sleep, but if I'm sitting or standing I felt dizzy/nauseated.

Antibiotic...with pudding of course.

And that's the exciting story of my wisdom tooth extraction. VV worked from home for the rest of the day so he could take care of me and heated up soup for my lunch and dinner. He also cut up my first couple of painkillers for me when I was still numbed out and loopy. He's a good boyfriend.

ps. HAPPY PI(E) DAY!!

Because in America? That's how we roll.

(took this back in October at some food place in George Bush Intercontinental in Houston)

So what do I do when my face is all swollen and I'm not wearing any makeup and I haven't even showered in over 24 hours? TAKE PICTURES OF MYSELF YAY. After a work meeting (via telephone) I decided to do some self-portraits because it's pretty rare that I get to work with natural light. I threw on a dress that I've had for ages but for some reason have never worn except to try it on when I got it and devised some non-face centric setups.

I LOVE 17 Tea. VV likes it too (that and mugicha barley tea) so I like to keep it around for him (and me). I'm glad he doesn't drink the Arizona iced teas anymore because he used to go through GALLONS of that stuff. He always got the calorie-free kind, but I'm sure all that artificial sweetener isn't all that good for you either :P

Anyway, I'm doing okay. I just showered right now (for the first time since Wednesday night HAHA) and I'm allowed to brush my teeth now. I wasn't supposed to brush my teeth for 24 hours following the surgery and it was effin' nasty taking bloody gauze out of my unbrushed morning breath'd mouth when I woke up this morning. EW.

AND. I think my period is coming really soon. Like maybe tomorrow or the day after. That would suck ASS. Then I'd be bleeding and changing pads on both ends. Not cool.

So, going to be high on Valium and Vicodin and Viagra for the next 48 hours. I just took my first Valium tablet about five minutes ago. Let the games begin!

I wanted something different to eat with my aioli (which I still have a ton of, btw) so I got sweet potato fries.

BECAUSE I LIKE MY UNHEALTHY WITH A SIDE OF UNHEALTHY