'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Is the fading away normal?
We got a few inches of snow last night and it is lightly falling for now. The forecast for today got bumped up to 6-10 inches. I hope CJ gets back from his winter overnight soon, visibility is good right now and the plows are keeping up with the snow.
So, the YA I bullshitted about in Natter after tommyrot prompted me with the woes of Enid is, slowly, crawling into being. 4500 words, roughly. I posted the very first bit in LJ and there's a link in GWW, for anyone who's interested. 4500 is pretty paltry so far, but even that wouldn't have happened without Natter.
I wish I could transplant some eyebrow to those of you who are lacking. Unplucked, I look like Peter Gallagher.
java, actually I don't mind the idea of them gradually fading away...I mean, what if I don't like it?
Sophia, ha! Me, I wish I could transplant the hairs on my chin to my eyebrows.
JZ, I haven't had time to read the story yet, but I'm glad it's going along well! Writing is fun.
Go, JZ!
Go JZ go!
I just cheered a friend on who ran the Chinatown Firecracker 5K. Now I'm heading home to contemplate my own lack of exercise.
I cannot understand the huge discrepancies in the ratios between chili powder and ground beef in a variety of crock pot recipes. The one I'm about to put to cook is 2lbs of meat, 1/4 of chili powder. But there are others with 1lb of meat, and 1 tbsp of chili powder (http://busycooks.about.com/od/hotsouprecipes/r/crockpotchili.htm) and I don't feel the other spices are picking up all the slack. I mean, 1/4c is pretty much one standard spice bottle's worth, I'm guessing, since I have just shy of that, but dude--am I going to burn my mouth off? I am going to put half that in for now, since my stomach is delicate.
That is fun stuff JZ!
Generally I use at least tablespoon of chili powder. But I like hot. I will say that less than a teaspoon is absurd. less than that for that much meat and you don't like chili powder. For a supertaster like you, I would use at least a teaspoon of chili powder, and add more to taste after it is done. (That is taste, when done and stir in more if you think it needs it - which according to my very-different-from-yours tastes it will.)
Suzi, hope your kid is home soon! And regarding the fading, it's different for everyone. I think because I'm so fair, the makeup tatt artist gave a light version and that's why it faded (even with the touch up a year later). The person I think I'll be going to next is going to be much more expensive. But she uses a technique where she basically tatts a gazillion single hairs (feather) instead of an entire area like I got before. I'm saving up for it.
ETA: I'd love to be able to skip the make up AND the tatts. But scarring on my left eye area/forehead from a childhood injury means my eyebrows don't grow in at all for a full half on my left side.