Light lashes, dark lips -- you'll take my Dior Show from my cold dead hands.

Against my better judgment, I watched SVU tonight. Would someone like to explain to me how the giant locker full of salkerpalooza was not only utterly useless but went completely unmentioned by the judge when she chucked out the case?

Flop. Back from tournament. Didn't place in either event. Had fun. Am sore everywhere. Exhausted but not able to sleep yet.

Don't like wearing lipstick, because it always seems like Too Much. I put it on then rub it off before leaving. I need to look into actual stain stuff, but it still seems like too much. But always try to wear mascara when getting made up.

Parents were here today. We went to the auto museum which has a great exhibit right now on streamlining in fashion compared to cars in the first three decades of the 20th century. Beautiful cars and dresses.

I was agog at that as well, Trudy. Surely people have been put away on less conclusive circumstantial evidence than that ?

My little cousins over Skype have determined I look just like my sister. Oh, let me tell you the ways. She's whip-lean and brown, with a strong jaw and narrower lips and black hair and lighter brown eyes and a flatter nose and just plain different eyes.

Yes, we're light skinnded black women with short hair. And there you can cast just about anyone to play a sibling. We don't both have the Moulton look.

Okay, bedtime. Have to be up early for the ER.

THANK you, Matt!

At the very least one would think you could proceed to trial on "I've never met this woman in my life" "Yeah, then why do you have her engagement ring, several IDs, and 15 years worth of photos in your possession?

I mean, I get that the whole thing was a bizzare object lesson on WHY IT IS BAD to not test rape kits. There could be a worldwide multi-decade serial rapist we could be catching!!@!!!! Uh, sure. That's why.

Happy 10/10/10, everyone!

Ten, ten, ten, ten, let's sing a song of ten. How many is ten?

I've always seen makeup as decorative rather than imperative

I am amused because I went and spent $100 on makeup today, thanks to some recs here--I bought three different lipsticks/glosses, a benefit concealer kit that included eyebright and boi-ing, and the Blinc tubes mascara! I am wearing all of those right now (yes, all three lip colors, I got bored and am testing them out).

That said, normally, when, say, going to work, I wear no makeup. Maybe some colored chapstick.

When going out, I normally wear some smashbox green primer stuff, eyeliner, sometimes mascara, and lipgloss.

I'm trying to work up to foundation, but it freaks me out and makes me feel like my face is covered up. But I've developed creepy circles under my eyes, and my skin is still not even, so...I want it.

Right. Batman. Dur.

Woke up at 1:30 to the distinctive sound of my cat prying the front door open with her claws... And she succeeded. Which means I hadn't locked the door. And that's the second time today that happened. WTH, brain? I also hadn't taken out my contacts. So thanks, Xusa.

Except now I can't get back to sleep. ::sigh::

Mostly because I have no idea of how to apply it.

Go visit Ple and Jilli in Seattle.

This is a good plan. Come, let us teach you the ways of eyeliner!

I think I would give up mascara before lipstick. But truthfully, I'm not about to give up either. My daily makeup routine is, at absolute minimum, concealer, translucent powder, liquid liner, mascara, and dark wine lipstick. (If there is enough time, there will also be three to four shades of eyeshadow. And maybe shimmery powder.)