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Mister Kitty's new favorite toy is a little rubber frog. Makes him positively peppy. Feels VERY unnerving to step on or roll over on.

Googling the rather expensive candle I replaced over xmas (Votivo's Rain-original was a gift and I adored it) I discover it is a new trendy thing. It smells heavenly, so I'm willing to sometimes shell out $25 for a 50 hour candle (ack!) It can get untrendy enough so it gets cheaper. Or trendier so there are acceptable knock-offs. Or just untrendy enough so it doesn't get discontinued, cause stocking up on it? At this price? Not an option.

sarameg, the scary thing is that Olivia Wilde (the Alex actress) is only 20. (It's really hard to believe that she's four years YOUNGER than Shannon Lucio.)

(SL being Lindsay, natch)

Maybe it is the tan. Or the angles. OK, I have no idea. And the Lindsay agediff appearance doesn't jar me much. I think it is the hair. I had that hair (not red, but long and straight) at that age.

Carl's Jr. now has a double pastrami burger.

Why?

Maybe it is the tan. Or the angles. OK, I have no idea.

I think they have some factory where they find young actresses who already look middle aged.

That works for me! Though I'd rather not be one.

(I've been thinking I look my age, based on pictures from 5 years ago. But then I see pictures from the holiday, and I have no idea. Mirrors and cameras work strangely differently.)

I've been thinking I look my age, based on pictures from 5 years ago. But then I see pictures from the holiday, and I have no idea. Mirrors and cameras work strangely differently.

I know two contracts ago, the very young peeps on the team were shocked that I was at least five years older than they were, but sans makeup and in normal clothes, I look my age. I think.

Funny thing isn't it? Of course, the times I look in the mirror are mostly at home, makeupfree and in grey sweats (as I am now, with my hair pulled back in obnoxious neon mini claws), putting makeup on, or making sure everything fits right in the minute before I leave the house.

My coworkers are always teasing me, acting shocked I'm turning 30 this year. But they've been giving me shit since I started here at 22 and was the baby on the team. It was a relief when I started being older than the interns, that's for sure. Then the grad students. Now the post docs.

Everyone in my RWA chapter is stunned, stunned that I'm in my 30's. I'm not sure whether I believe them, but I choose to be flattered.

I've decided that the only reason people think I look "young for my age" is because I don't wear makeup, and I think I might have to start when I start looking for a job again.