Finish putting away ALL laundry
Put flannel sheets on bed
Straighten up books (i.e., gather all the books that are all over the house)
Recycling (break down boxes, sort through magazines)
Clean kitchen counters
Clean upstairs bathroom
Sweep everything
And if I'm REALLY ambitious, sort through some toys and box up the ones that don't see action anymore.
Musical: MIKA, "Love Today" (opens Windows Media Player link from Amazon)
Web: Blogdorf Goodman's series on vintage jewelry
Lipgloss: Nars Foul Play
All Around Smarty-Pants: Seth Godin
Poem: "Japan" by Billy Collins
Okay, I have to list another Web crush: Lifehacker's Better Gmail extension for Firefox
Seth Godin explains the primary purpose of the apostrophe.
It's Wednesday, so here's what I'm wearing:
red wrap sweater
black tissue-weight top
winter white pants
red patent mary jane pumps with white piping
black beaded necklace with white silk-wrapped accents
Francesco Biasia Secret Love satchel in ice patent
That's What I'm Wearing Wednesday. Since it's 4F right now, what I'm wearing isn't going to be all that exciting, but here's how I cope with the cold. In honor of Blogdorf Goodman's "wear your stash" challenge, I'm at least going to list makeup so that I can remember to wear something different next time. That'll really be a challenge since I have a bunch of new things I'm really loving.
black rib-knit top
black tie-front cardigan with hood
khaki Ann Taylor Loft cords
black mid-heel boots (for me, 2" is mid-heel)
black bamboo socks
black undergarments
matte gold key necklace
Dr. Brandt's Pores No More pore minimizing lotion
Smashbox Photo Finish foundation primer
Kinearase Under Eye Rescue
L'Oreal Revitalift moisturizing lotion, SPF 15
Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat highlighter (under eyes)
Vincent Longo Liquid Canvas Dew Finish foundation*
Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil loose powder
Benefit 10 blusher/bronzer duo**
MAC Paint eyeshadow base, Bare Canvas
Urban Decay eyeshadow, Sin
MAC eyeshadows, Innuendo, Satin Taupe
(one all-over layer of Sin, brush over with Innuendo, Satin Taupe in/just above crease)
Stila Convertible Eye Color pencil, Stone
Benefit High Brow brow highlighter
L'Oreal Colour Juice lipgloss, Passion Fruit Squeeze
Chanel Glossimer lipgloss, Glitter (shimmery layer over the nude base)
Cartier Baiser du Dragon eau du parfum
This probably sounds very time consuming, but it isn't. It takes no more than a minute to prep my skin for foundation, and it wouldn't take that long if it weren't for the fact that the primer needs to set just a bit. Foundation and blush takes just a minute, I can do my eyes in 3 minutes, and lips take only seconds. (That doesn't mean that it always goes that quickly. Sometimes I dawdle. :))
*I've started just using foundation on the center of my face where my coloring is the most uneven. Then I dust some powder all over and the effect isn't bad at all. The Vincent Longo is such a good color match that I'm able to do this without a lot of effort in blending and with no visible line.
**Benefit 10 is half blush, half bronzer. Rather than swirling a brush over them, you run a brush straight across, depositing blush on one half, bronzer on the other. Then you apply with the blush half towards the top of the cheekbones and the bronzer half on the bottom. Foolproof, even for me.
I love lists; therefore, I love list shows. In fact, I'm a total sucker for them. It seems that Bravo took it upon itself to create a list of the 100 Funniest Movies ever. Admittedly, I didn't sit through all three hours. In fact, I didn't catch the airing until they were at #4 on the list. But when #4 was "There's Something About Mary" and #3 was "Shrek," I figured something was Very Wrong with this list. I was correct. The list has a major post-1970 skew, but even still, it's just plain bad. For some of the movies, I found myself thinking "That was a comedy???"
100. Anchorman
99. The Birdcage
98. School of Rock
97. Happy Gilmore
96. Four Weddings and a Funeral
95. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
94. Waiting for Guffman
93. The Aristocrats
92. Father of the Bride
91. Revenge of the Nerds
90. Clueless
89. Slapshot
88. Team America: World Police
87. The Kentucky Fried Movie
86. Zoolander
85. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
84. Silver Streak
83. Sister Act
82. Tootsie
81. Half Baked
80. Lost in America
79. Three Amigos
78. Bananas
77. Flirting With Disaster
76. Ghostbusters
75. Dumb and Dumber
74. Trading Places
73. City Slickers
72. Moonstruck
71. Roxanne
70. Nutty Professor
69. The Blues Brothers
68. Broadcast News
67. Kingpin
66. Dazed and Confused
65. Office Space
64. This is Spinal Tap
63. Manhattan
62. The Pink Panther
61. Election (or, as the announcer pronounces it: “Ah-lection”)
60. When Harry Met Sally…
59. Police Academy Series
58. Private Benjamin
57. Swingers
56. Young Frankenstein
55. Bull Durham
54. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
53. Dr. Strangelove
52. Meet the Parents
51. National Lampoon's Vacation
50. The Princess Bride
49. American Pie
48. American Graffiti
47. 9 to 5
46. The Incredibles
45. Raising Arizona
44. Sixteen Candles
43. What About Bob?
42. Harold and Maude
41. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
40. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
39. Mrs. Doubtfire
38. Best in Show
37. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
36. Good Morning, Vietnam
35. Beetlejuice
34. Rushmore
33. Clerks
32. Groundhog Day
31. The Big Lebowski
30. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
29. Legally Blond
28. Annie Hall
27. A Fish Called Wanda
26. Wayne’s World
25. Meet the Fockers
24. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
23. Big
22. Beverly Hills Cop
21. Shampoo
20. The Jerk
19. Wedding Crashers
18. Stripes
17. M*A*S*H
16. Old School
15. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
14. Napoleon Dynamite
13. Naked Gun (series)
12. The Producers
11. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
10. Arthur
9. Blazing Saddles
8. The Wedding Singer
7. Ace Ventura, Pet Detective
6. Airplane
5. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
4. There’s Something About Mary
3. Shrek
2. Caddyshack
1. Animal House
Reporting live from the Sonny Bono Concourse at the Palm Springs airport, where I'm awaiting a flight to LAX and then a dreaded red-eye home.
1. What are you wearing?
black jersey knit pants
dark red tissue-weight knit drape-neck top
black deep-V neck wrap front sweater
black flats
skull & crossbones sterling earrings
ball & chain necklace with "strength" circle charm
2. Where did you last eat out?
Um, when did I last NOT eat out? I've been at a conference all week, so every meal has been "out." So I'll report the best one. A coworker and I went to wonderful steakhouse one evening -- melt-in-your-mouth filet mignon, and delicious mashed potatoes. Unlike most of my other dinner experiences this week, this was delicious, quiet, and we were neither rushed through our meal, nor were we left waiting for long periods of time.
3. What was your major in College and do you work in the field now?
Double major in English and Poly Sci. Do I work in the field now? Well, I speak English and I do a lot of writing for work. That's about it. Despite what some might think about the impracticality of my degree, I've always thought it served me well.
4. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Well, when I was 8 I wanted to be a Jedi. Failing that, I thought being a lawyer or a writer would be great. I still would like to be one of those things. No, not a Jedi.
5. Who is the most influental person in your life right now?
Wow, this is a hard question. Well, there are several people who are influential for different reasons. Alex, no doubt. My boss and the CEO are both right up there as I learn so much from them about leadership and being my full self. I've been reading a lot of Billy Collins poetry lately, and listening to him on CD. He says that, as a young poet, he had so much he wanted to say. Later he realized he really didn't have muich to say, and his poetry improved dramatically. Sometimes I feel like that, that I don't really have much to say, and when I just write and not worry so much about it, I am much more pleased with the results. Speaking of writing, there's my closest writer friend -- anyone who can pep talk ME into starting a novel is pretty influential. (Okay, so it's only two paragraphs, but I started. It counts.) Then there's my officemate who makes me laugh and gives me great feedback and makes me think about stuff I might not otherwise consider.
So, remember what I said about getting some business books? Well, I wasn't kidding. How I spent some of the backlog of Amazon GCs:
Let me just say that I love Amazon Prime. All those books and 2-day shipping for free.
Everything Bad is Good for You
Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another
Intuition
Between You and I
The Bright Forever
Mindfulness (1)
Emotional Intelligence (2)
The Science of Happiness
(1) Mindfulness is very linked to choice in my way of thinking. This caught my eye when I was looking for The Science of Happiness, so I thought I'd give it a spin. Both made me think of this book that I just added to my wish list yesterday.
(2) Lately it seems that this book has come up a lot during potential client phone calls, so I figured I'd better read it.
After thinking about music recommendations for a friend, I realized that I ought to get the cds for a few artists/bands who I've enjoyed hearing on the radio lately.
How to Save a Life, The Fray
Back to Bedlam, James Blunt
Let Love In, The Goo Goo Dolls
Blue Light, Red Light, Harry Connick, Jr
Rounding it out with a DVD...
The Sound of Music, 40th Anniversary 2-disc DVD
A travel case with several DVDs, including the older version of TSOM was lost recently (likely left at my in-laws' house), so I figured that was a good excuse to get this newer version. The extras are great.
At Simply Books, a lovely bookstore at Atlanta Hartsfield:
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Devil in the Details
Housekeeping
At Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Memphis, one of my favorite stores (though I prefer the Nashville/Green Hills location):
Adverbs!
Seven Types of Ambiguity (on my Amazon wish list since 6 April 2005)
Candy Freak (on wish list since 12 June 2005)
Want to see:
Good Night and Good Luck
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Considering the last movie I saw in a theater was March of the Penguins, it seems I've developed an accidental fondness for Warner Independent Pictures.
What I've (re)seen lately:
Suspicion
Pillow Talk
Desk Set
When Harry Met Sally
The Philadelphia Story
North by Northwest
Incidentally, Nora Ephron's parents wrote the screenplay for Desk Set.
