tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post4912798962430765715..comments2024-03-28T05:28:29.786-04:00Comments on The Non-Blonde: Currently- September 2015Gaiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11561470171631737626noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-39874611173392112092015-09-17T12:04:59.977-04:002015-09-17T12:04:59.977-04:00Book - I'm re-reading the Game of Thrones seri...Book - I'm re-reading the Game of Thrones series in preparation for the upcoming season. <br />Music - I’m on a classical bent lately, really a fan of piano concertos (Dvorak especially). I discovered our campus has a free classical music series which I’ve signed up for. <br />T.V. - I love Ron Perlman – he is such a talent! I love American Horror Story and can’t wait for their season to start. I’m a huge fan of Angela Bassett and Chloe Sevigny.<br />Perfume – Kuumba Made Perfume oils, a cheap thrill, best $15 I've spent in a while. I love their Amber paste, Frank & Myrrh and Egyptian Musk.<br />Makeup - Anything blue liner. My favorite look is pairing Lancome Black Lapis Kohl eyeliner with LMdB Tuscan Sunset all over the lid into the crease with Fig at the corner. It gives a beautiful pop of color and brightens the eye (without looking too much like a showgirl from the Tropicana). <br />Frequently Worn Item/Outfit - I am on a Banana Republic kick. I have several vintage BR pieces from the 80’s that are in excellent condition. I love the Out of Africa style of Safari clothing and their older pieces reflect that aesthetic. I also recently purchased several much yearned for pieces of resin jewelry from Tina Frey. I am over the moon with my new necklace and bracelet.<br />Shame-Inducing Guilty Pleasure - Watching Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders “Making the Team”. <br />Food – Although I have celiac and can’t eat wheat, I’ve given up grains entirely. My joints feel so much better! <br />Bane - Very noisy neighbors that include alcohol and fireworks, never a good combination. <br />Joy - I’m picking a non-profit to volunteer with. Preferably with animals (horses would be stellar). Also discovered the Gino loves to play with wadded up paper balls. He is bouncing and chirruping with joy chasing that paper wad around. <br />Anticipation - The weekend, going to the De Young museum to see the J.M. Turner exhibit with a friend.<br />Wishlist - I finally used up the last of my Guerlain Kohl powder eyeliner in Marine (the one that looks like a deadly weapon). There’s not a one to be found, on any discount website, anywhere. :/<br />Random Thought – Thinking of scrubbing up the resume and looking around. Or perhaps taking classes to gain a new skill. I’m in a rut and need a challenge.<br />Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799815810869706346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-84751268908952804532015-09-16T13:33:28.121-04:002015-09-16T13:33:28.121-04:00Joys - Am beyond astonished at myself that I am so...Joys - Am beyond astonished at myself that I am so enjoying the crisp, cool weather on my morning walks - bliss. Of course, am wearing the sort of layers that most people reserve for January blizzard conditions.<br /><br />Have been ruthlessly purging my closet - tons of clothes are now gone and it feels absolutely wonderful to walk into a beautifully neat, well organized space to pick out my outfit each day. Very inspired by Marie Kondo's philosophy regarding getting rid of all that doesn't bring joy.<br /><br />Never thought I'd get, much less love, a poncho, but I just got the most incredible oversized knit poncho. Pure happiness to wear.<br /><br />Bane - Not particularly thrilled about Mercury going retrograde tomorrow - especially as it comes between these two eclipses that are hitting not just important nakshatras in my chart, but directly on a couple of very challenging/difficult planets. I have way too much Saturn influence in my chart (not just current transits or dashas - birth chart Saturn making itself felt all over the place), so am trying to make my current mantra a quote from Frances Mayes, "What if the sky doesn't fall? What if it's glorious?" I love that. <br /><br />TV - Haven't been watching much, but am really looking forward to the return of The Great British Baking Show tomorrow.<br /><br />Perfume - Have been in a serious big white floral and vintage leather chypre mood, but can feel a vanilla phase coming on. Also spices. Have just been getting reacquainted with Tea for Two - sadly ignored for far too long.<br /><br />Wish list - More scarves and sweaters. And a couple of really unusual necklaces I've been eyeing by a local designer.<br /><br />Am so with you about books being turned into home decor. Aaargh!<br />AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-64852367117489357252015-09-15T06:50:24.171-04:002015-09-15T06:50:24.171-04:00Feel exactly the same about books being vandalised...Feel exactly the same about books being vandalised in the name of craft! I might have been thinking about shelving some books in colour order though... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08289753453208494316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-6341396501768205112015-09-15T03:15:58.401-04:002015-09-15T03:15:58.401-04:00Book: Let Me Tell You by Shirley Jackson. A wond...Book: <i>Let Me Tell You</i> by Shirley Jackson. A wonderful new compilation of fiction, memoir, and nonfiction, from one of the truly great 20th Century American writers. Almost half of the book has never been published before, and the rest has not been easily found until now. <br /><br /><br />Music: On a Peter Gabriel/ XTC kick......cycling through "So" (PG), and "Skylarking," (XTC).<br /><br /><br />Fragrance: I have also been a "Cheap and Cheerful" thing--I think it's enjoying the winding down of summer......anyway, Old Spice. 12 bucks and tax at Walgreens. Not exactly as I remember it, but still good.<br /><br /><br />Frequently worn item: My big, black Wayfarers with the prescription lenses....when I got them, I had my bifocal put in, so I could (and do!) read outdoors in comfort.<br /><br /><br />Joy: a good friend's first granddaughter.<br /><br /><br />Bane: The commercial hustle to The Holiday Season.<br /><br /><br />Baking: all sorts of things for charity fund raisers......cookies, lemon cake, carrot cake (for the sale, I made and applied cream cheese frosting, which I do not care for, but everyone else seems to adore on carrot cake).<br /><br /><br />Wishlist: The optional Hammered Glass bowl for my KitchenAid tilt-head mixer.<br /><br /><br />Random Thought: agreed about <i>readable</i> books being turned into craft objects. If the book is physically unreadable, I have no objection.<br /><br /><br />Observation from Madame Rosa: "Mrrow!"<br /><br /><br /><br />Lawrence and Madame Rosa del Gata in OhioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-23257575791447623822015-09-15T02:14:09.566-04:002015-09-15T02:14:09.566-04:00Book
"The Dukan Diet". My mother finds f...Book<br />"The Dukan Diet". My mother finds fancy weight loss methods, and I'm the one who does the research and eventually ends up advising against them (in 99% cases). It looks like this will be another repeat.<br /><br />Music<br />Nothing new, just eclectic mix of faves from shiny JPop idols to power metal. <br /><br />TV<br />Again nothing current, just rewatching latter seasons of What Not To Wear.<br /><br />Perfume<br />Mostly shiny new Jicky EDT.<br /><br />Makeup<br />I became the lemming again and bought That New Parisienne Something Or Other Lancome Palette AND Guerlain Beaugrunelle. Also got myself talked into buying a Kiss Kiss lipstick for extra I hadn't really needed. Impressions? Beugrunelle is less intense than my usual Dior blues, so it will be worn a lot. Parisienne is a bit more "natural" than I usually like to wear, but I'll be grateful for it when I need to be really minimal, I'm sure. And I needed the brow part of the set. (Also the box is way larger than I'd have preferred.) And I might have not needed the extra, but I did need a "not-there" lipstick that doesn't make me look dead. Not something I'll wear often, but necessary for certain professional occasions.<br /><br />Frequently Worn Item/Outfit<br />Jacket+pant/jean+fitted colorful top+comfy medium heel<br /><br />Shame-Inducing Guilty Pleasure<br />Sweets and inane browser and phone games. Related because games are cutting into time that could be used to bake a cake and stuff to carry to work (maybe old-fashioned honey cakes-filling but not leaving you craving for more) which are, at least for me, better than store-bought chocolate and cookies in terms of how much I end up consuming - and prevent nibbling on stuff that's at hand.<br /><br />Food<br />I did manage to push myself to start cooking again, having researched meals that can be frozen without losing quality. My budget is breathing a sign of relief - it looks like a lot when shopping for ingredients, but at the end of the month... I've also been sick at home for several days recently and had no problems regarding food - just microwave it.<br /><br />Bane<br />Applications for scholarship.<br /><br />Joy<br />Just plain lack of major problems at the moment.<br /><br />Anticipation<br />Burberry Cosmetics is about to arrive into my little corner of the world too! And I heard good stuff about L'Occitane's Angelica Gel, so I'm looking forward to trying it out too.<br /><br />Wishlist<br />Traditional Burberry Trenchcoat for eternity now. Blame the Bogie.<br />Red pumps that aren't shiny or fire-engine. With black seeping through from beneath, preferably. Like that old pair I had that unfortunately had leather-coated heels that cannot really be saved even with protective tape.<br /><br />Random Though<br />I don't really wish for clingy pants of any sort, "comfy" or "skinny", to go away. I just wish that the amount of alternatives available, in just as many variations, sizes, and sheer number of items in stock, was the same. <br />(Low-rise, though, is one of trends that should have stayed on the runway.)<br /><br />Love your TV and Perfume entries! I'll definitely try to find if the show is available to me, and perfume will join my loong wishlist - at top, since it isn't that pricey.<br />And as for Random Thought - yikes. I forgot that it was a thing. I don't think you even have to be a dedicated bookworm to cringe at that. I guess I can sort of get the impulse to reuse the ruined books, but...let's not post it online and encourage someone who inherited piles of books they consider worthless. (Though I doubt anyone just has that large a pile of just slightly damaged stuff at hand.) Also, recycling is a better idea. If unharmed, library or shelters. Or just pile the books and use them as stands and walls without touching them.Helen The Mad Hermithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15866376551100585579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-87748654958725948842015-09-15T02:02:28.452-04:002015-09-15T02:02:28.452-04:00Book
Vivienne Westwood by Ian Kelly and Vivienne W...Book<br />Vivienne Westwood by Ian Kelly and Vivienne Westwood<br /><br />Music<br />Róisín Murphy / Moloko<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwmoMaB6VWc<br /><br />TV<br />UEFA Champions League, Andrew Graham-Dixon's art history documents<br /><br />Perfume<br />Currently smitten with an old fave: The Different Company Bois d'Iris<br /><br />Makeup<br />Deep red lips and nails - right now MAC Charlotte and OPI St. Petersburgundy<br /><br />Frequently worn item<br />Still warm enough for cotton/silk Inouïtoosh shawls, so one of them always gets an outing. <br /><br />Food<br />Chanterelle mushrooms<br /><br />Joy <br />Autumn!tigrushkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18082709077132165554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-89258656753526519012015-09-15T00:03:32.566-04:002015-09-15T00:03:32.566-04:00I love your Random Thought! Now I know I'm not...I love your Random Thought! Now I know I'm not alone. =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com