I get the dissonance, Dana. Having worn 'work-face' makeup daily for years, it took a whole year of deliberately *not* wearing it to get to the point where I could chose to wear makeup or not when I stepped out of the house. But in the first part of that year, catching sight of myself would be, "Who's that--oh! Where's my face!"

I'm sure you do not look like a clown. Just different than your current mental image of yourself.

Connie, I've bought several pieces from Art dot com. They do good work.

Today I cleaned out my storage locker. I don't think I'd seen the back half of that locker in 8 or 9 years. A whole lot of stuff went into the dumpster or recycling. I now have a shelving unit and can see most of the items without moving anything. How incredulous do you think they'll be at Best Buy when I bring in a Mac Clone desktop tower and a CRT monitor for recycling?

I mean, I'm relatively sure I don't look like a clown.

I can confirm that you don't look like a clown when you're wearing more makeup than you usually do. I do understand, though, because I startle myself like that when I wear red lipstick.

How incredulous do you think they'll be at Best Buy when I bring in a Mac Clone desktop tower and a CRT monitor for recycling?

I took in so much stuff to Best Buy before I moved to CA, and I don't recall anyone saying a word about any of the old shit I dragged in there.

I'm sure the guys at Best Buy could tell tales of the really strange stuff. If they're smart, they'll skim the best of it for museum pieces and collectors.

It is very structured, Theodosia. It was a few minutes of weights, a few of body stuff, a few on the rower, repeat several times, then 20 minutes on the treadmill. If I had to guess I would say it works out to 20 min treadmill, 10 min rower, 15 min weights, 15 min other body stuff like squats.

^^ the above stayed in my cache after I lost power momentarily last night and decided it was a sign that I should go read a book. And there it was this morning when I turned on the computer. Gone are the days when you lose everything.

I'm sure you do not look like a clown. Just different than your current mental image of yourself.

I bought makeup for the first time in many many years, but haven't actually tried it because of the startle issue. I know I need to wear sun protection and thought I would combine it with seeing how makeup worked for me. Maybe I'll try it this week some time.

Hands up if your coworker said she'd be available to work from 9-1 and you didn't trust her and set your alarm for 9:30 and she's still not online.

Apparently yours in the only hand up, Dana.

I have done a laundry and made my pork pie. AND done the dishes!

Apparently yours in the only hand up, Dana.

Whaaaaat. Noooo.

I did discover that I was wrong about what time I fly out tomorrow, and I can work a whole day. So I stopped working today. I hope my coworker logs on prepared to apologize and finds a total lack of me.

Timelies all!

Usual quiet Sunday here. We just got back from lunch and groceries and Gary took Mr. S to the playground to let him run around a bit. Me? I have a cat on my lap.

And of course by "in" I meant "is."

I also cleaned the cat box!

Now off to band, even though I'm tired. I realized part of why it's so great: I literally can't think about anything else while I'm there, because I'm working so hard to get the music.