Editions of Me

We ended up deciding to rip out the carpet in our condo and put in wood flooring, because the pet stains were too bad to shampoo out. After a grueling day of packing up our entire living room (no small feat, considering how it contains Jimmy's hundreds of dvds and my entire yarn collection and my computer and desk and work station, not to mention all the mess and clutter), ripping up the carpet and padding, and laying the foam and wood planks down, I left a large inscription on the concrete before it got covered up by the flooring: Here we will live on, long after we have decided to live elsewhere :)

So, I tried to sign up for Weight Watchers again, but just for the eTools this time, and it wouldn't let me. The website kept doing something weird. My only option is to sign up for a monthly pass to meetings again, and I don't really want to do that, because it's $40 a month, and I KNOW I won't go to the meetings. (I know they work for a lot of people, but sometimes I just feel patronized. I'm not stupid when it comes to weight loss, I'm just really lazy!) But I was cruising iPhone apps, and there are a bunch of cool ones that pretty much do the same thing as Weight Watchers - it recommends a daily calorie limit in order to lose weight at a specific rate (no more than 2 pounds per week, so it's controlled), and you just log everything you eat and all your workouts, and it keeps track for you. And there's a huge database of foods, so not only do they track calories, but they can tell you how much protein, carbs, sodium, etc, you're eating, ju...

(Love of roller derby, that is) SBDM set up a booth at the Morgan Hill Youth Sports Expo today, and we did two skating demos in the blazing hot sun in 100-degree weather. And I was stupid enough not to wear sunscreen. Yeaaahhhh...

Today my derby team (South Bay Derby Mizfitz) set up shop at Morgan Hill's Youth Sports Expo, so it was time to go all out and rep our team through our colors, purple and zebra print. I don't actually know how to do zebra print makeup, so I went all out with purple: - UD Deluxe E/S in Fishnet all over lid - UD Loose Pigment in Rockstar applied as eyeliner with a smudge brush (I just bought this for five bucks!!!) - E/S in Psychedelic Sister (can you tell, it's my new favorite color?) blended into the crease for definition - 24/7 eye pencil in Ransom smudged into lower lashline - Eyelash primer potion and MAC Zoom Lash mascara - UD Wicked lipstick - UD Tinted moisturizer, MAC MSN - UD blush in Hookup (from the Face Case... this is my new favorite blush)

Okay, so this is the third one, using Dashiki and Psychedelic Sister Mine came out not as perfectly smoky, but it still looks pretty cool: - Psychedelic Sister all over the lid, up to my natural crease - Dashiki on the inner third of the lid - Sellout (in lieu of UDPP Sin) to blend the line - Ink for Eyes in Zero along upper lashline - MAC Zoom Lash Mascara On my face: - UD Urban Defense Tinted Moisturizer in Bulletproof - Primer (haha, see below) - MAC Skinfinish Natural - Hookup, the blush from UD's latest Face Case (I love this color!!!) Also... maybe you can't tell by the photos, but my skin looks super awesome, and I owe it to a very odd product: Monistat Anti-Chafing Gel!!! No, not the actual yeast infection medication, but just the soothing gel. This isn't a new discovery, but it's one I've been meaning to try for a while. Apparently Monistat Gel contains similar ingredients to Smashbox's Photo Finish primer, but it's only, like, ...

So, I've been skating with the Mizfitz in Morgan Hill for about a month now, and I'm really enjoying it. I love that this league is right at the beginning of everything, and if I stick around, I'll be able to be a part of this journey. But SVRG's next bootcamp is looming, and I'm afraid I'll be faced with a major decision - WHICH LEAGUE? On the one hand, all I've ever wanted was to join SVRG. I adore the women in the league, they're officially WFTDA now, they've got everything in place. If I make it through this next bootcamp and tryouts, my dream could come true. On the other hand, SVRG is HUGE and I will be bottom of the totem pole, ability-wise. I will be a small fish in a big pond, and it could be years, potentially, before I actually get to skate in a bout. Realistically, I could be a benchwarmer for quite some time. Or, I wouldn't even get to warm the bench - I'll be a bout volunteer. With the Mizfitz, it will also be a long tim...

I am on my way to collecting all 6 Sephora-exclusive colors! I've got one more coming in the mail, and then I'll blog them all properly. Here's look 2 of the series. Again, Sephora doesn't yet have these look guides posted online, so I had to do some stealthy camera-phone photography (which ended up not being necessary, because the Sephora staff was SO nice about just making a copy of the actual guidesheet for me! But it was in black & white.) Here's the cat-eye look: Sorry, I was trying so hard to be stealthy that I didn't get it quite right. But you can see all the pertinent information - UDPP in Sin on top, Freelove eyeshadow on the lid, and Haight eyeshadow on the lower lid. So here's my version: I've got: - Freelove all over the lid - Virgin (from the Naked palette) to soften the line and to highlight - Haight as a thick eyeliner (used a flat eyeliner brush), winged out at the ends - 24/7 eyeliner in Underground smudged into my low...