Go and see the kids, sj. Whatever else happened, I've rarely regretted making that call.
Congrats, Suzi!
Okay, let's talk wedding makeup. Best cry-proof mascara recommendations were Blinc and Diorshow, right?
I do Blinc on my lower lashes and DiorShow Waterproof on the top because even waterproof will eventually smudge on my skin. I ooze makeup remover or something. But the Blinc only comes off with warm water and light pressure, so on the lowers it both doesn't smudge and provides somewhat of a barrier for my upper lashes smudging under my eyes.
I only like the DiorShow and DiorShow Waterproof. The DiorShow Iconic has a different brush and I loathed it. The formula was pretty good but I was never happy because it was the wrong, wrong, wrong brush for me.
Woo! And might I add, Hoo! Suzi, congrats!
Yes, that is my thinking, Cass. Unless I wake up too anxious or in too much pain to drive, I'm going.
What an achievement, Suzi! Congrats!
I just realized I didn't schedule my massage for tomorrow. It is a week from tomorrow. Blast. Instead I have a meeting from 9 - 12 and then out for birthday dinner for KCD.
Oh, and my dad is staying here tonight also, I thought he was just staying last night. Not that it is a problem, but it is the second morning in a row that I'll be out the door early.
Thank you for all the birthday happies, guys. They really mean a lot :)
Y'all have helped me so much through the years. I'm hoping to lean on you again as I play "Ginger beats the odds."
Ginger, you'll go all Klingon on those odds. They don't stand a chance.
Congratulations, Suzi!
Also Making Light explains the creation of the Christian gospels by analogy to fandom, blogging, fan conventions.
Fascinating. I'm too tired to read it all tonight, but it's very interesting.
BTW, in case anyone is worried the Making Light piece is definitely not anti-Christian. Just using an funny analogy to explain a fascinating and underdiscussed bit of history. One side note: this piece reveals that the actual Saint Nicholas is MUCH more interesting than Santa Claus/Father Christmas. (Of course a lot of the stuff from his lifetime may be no truer - but still, even if just as false a much more interesting tale.) A Bishop who patrolled the docks with the time's equivalent of brass knuckles to take down thieves, who carried gold with him to redeem women from debt, and whose powers of deduction were so great that people came to him to find solutions to crimes nobody else could solve. St Nicholas was not Santa Claus - he was freaking Batman!
I hate moving. That said I'm done. Well done ish. In trying to find a screwdriver last night I realized I left my "junk drawer" stuff and stuff under the sink.
And I probably lost the security deposit because there was 1 mystery problem with the floor and then while cleaning out the stove/tray thing and fridge I managed to gouge 4 more holes in there. You can't really see unless you look but they are there. I emailed ex landlady about my stuff and that I couldn't get up there until Thursday. Well, I could go up today but I'm not, Thursday I have off and I'm going to the yarn shop and I'll get the stuff then.
I was so mad at myself but I've been stressed out and tired and working a lot of hours (for me) plus learning a new position.
