Adventures in Emmieland

The show was a blast! Even though there were a few bumps like a no show designer and a couple of models who couldn't make it as well as last minute alterations on more than a few outfits everything pulled together great. Much to my delight I did not have to go first this year and my designer outfit was quite pretty. Hopefully someone has a picture somewhere that I can get my paws on soon. I managed to only get one picture on my phone the entire night and that was of my face right after getting my make up done. In a quick change worthy of a seasoned stripper I shimmied out of my dress and into my lingerie in record time for the confidence walk. Good think I had on black shoes b/c they go with everything. I proceeded to spend the rest of the night in lingerie. I even sold raffle tickets in it while flirting shamelessly with would be buyers while Das not so subtly stood guard close by. Some dude got my housemate to take his picture with my booty, it was that kind of night, lol. I ...

Finally it was time to get my phone updated so I was able to get an iphone5s which I have been wanting for the lovely camera, lol. Of course because Das is well acquainted with my clumsy ways we left the store with both the phone and a darn near indestructible case. It took me a good 15 minutes to get that thing on too but now that it's on it won't be coming off without major surgery. The timing is perfect too since the show is Friday and the pictures will be great!  I got the foundation and blotting powder. I love that the people at MAC are so good with matching my color. They seem to get good training which is more than I can say for some of the other lines' salespeople. I know I'm hard to match with my yellow and red undertones. I'm so bouncy! I can't wait two more days.

I am now the proud owner of eyeshadow! and make up brushes and eyeliner and mascara, whew. The lovely artist was even so kind as to show me the proper application techniques for both day and night, I have a dark glitter for a smokey eye, not sure why I'd want smokey eyes but just in case I need it the knowledge is now mine. :)  I even found a cute purple pencil case that fits everything perfectly only to discover I've somehow mislaid the foundation I'd bought several months ago. This of course is why I need the pencil case to keep all this stuff in a central location. I'll go back for the foundation next week. The show is Friday and I am not working under the assumption that they will have someone who can do my make up. They did last time but I think I lucked out honestly.  I'm getting pretty excited since I have no idea what I'm wearing and I finally bout cute panties for my lingerie and my hair has been hennaed. Now not to get sick this week and everything wil...

They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: Why you ain't, Where you is, What he drive, Where he stay, Where he work, Who you be... And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk. Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth. In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living. People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education, and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around. The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal. These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids. $500 sneakers for what? And they won't spend $200 for Hooked on Phonics. I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit. Where were you when he was 2?...

Watching make up tutorials is like watching magic. It never ceases to amaze me how much different someone's face can look with well applied cosmetics. I'm entirely to lazy to actually do most of it especially on any kind of regular basis but I would like to learn how to do some of it for picture taking purposes. On a day to day basis though I like looking like myself.  Although there is is undeniable weakness for lipstick, if only the non transferable ones weren't all dry and the juicy/shiny ones stayed put. I think the search for the perfect lip color goes back to prehistory, as long as there has been a way to stain lips we've been seeking to improve upon it.  Tampering with our presentation is just so fundamentally human.

I've been learning about various aspects of the feminine recently and today I've been watching videos which go into different ones and in them Greek goddesses are used to represent the archetypes of each aspect. Out of curiosity before I'd gotten very far into the videos I asked Das which goddess he thought would be closest to me and he said Persephone and Hebe. So when I got to the aspect that I most identify with I was very curious to see what she had to say and damned if she didn't start off by identifying the Unformed One with Persephone. Why is he right so often?  There were points in the video that I could have sworn she wrote the description with me in mind.   I found them all interesting and am looking forward to digging deeper into the workbook soon.

I saw a status update from someone on my Fb today questioning why someone she thought to be between 10-12 was at the gynecologist's office. The tone of the question and the tone of several of the comments were heavy on the condemnation of the assumed promiscuity of this girl who no one actually knows nothing about including her age. At 20-21 I looked like a tween and since I was pregnant I was at the gyn office quite a bit and on the receiving end of more than a few snide remarks and affronted looks Those people like these had no information just assumptions and felt free to judge me based on them. In that case the assumptions were wrong but what if they had been right and I was a 12 yr old? Would that have made it right for people to treat me badly? People often wonder why kids don't seek adult help when things happen that are outside of their realm but right here we have a good example of one reason. Kids aren't dumb they know that regardless of why they need to go to the...

I hennaed my hair again today and it went well. I was concerned that the dye had not taken because my white spatula had no stains and neither did my skin where i spilled henna on it but after rinsing I found myself with very red strands where grey used to be. Quite a bit more grey than I'd realized I had in fact. I got Jamila this time and it was really smooth and easy to rinse out with great color. I'm sticking with it from now on. Because my estimation skills need a great deal of work I have about 3 large bottles of lemon juice and 2 of lime that remain unopened. I used 1 lime juice and half of a lemon. I guess I won't be needing to stock up for a while. I'm a goober. :)

Somehow yesterday conversation turned to accents. A friend has a parent who speaks something other than English as a first language and didn't teach it to the kids in order to keep them from speaking accented English. She was trying to keep them being discriminated against due to their speech. While I think learning more than one language especially as a kid rocks I do get the reasoning. When you've been mocked or dismissed based solely on how you talk it sticks out in your mind and who doesn't want to keep their kids from unnecessary pain? If only it were so simple.  I don't have a pin pointable accent. I sound like any middle classed north american when I talk which has been rather amusing in work situations where I've had phone interviews. When I show up in person people are often taken by surprise since based on my voice and speech patterns I'm most often assumed to be a young college educated white female. I am female so that's something.  Sad to say ...

Finding out that someone you admire gets inspiration from your life is trippy in a good way.