Finding myself making every possible mistake.*

[bending_sickle]

Today's work on the thesis was very much like banging my head against a wall. Progress is measurable only in snail, slug, sloth or plant communities. Every few seconds I had to go bother the prof who's holding my hand through the whole Access and ArcGIS learning experience, and to make matters more aggravating, the program was fond of giving me the finger (which in program speak is "I can't find the tools you just installed!" or "Oop! Memory error! We gotta shut down the program!" or "Aha! I have tricked you with my multiple tabs!"). Woe.

In other news, I bought makeup. Not for any noraml reason, but rather for Halloween. You know, to get dressed up although I have nowhere to go dressed up, or anyone to go with. (Partly because I fail and haven't called anyone. Okay, that's probably a big reason.) Also I am not lame enough to go about my day dressed up, October 31st notwithstanding. Items include white water-based theatrical thingy (for that "Look! I'm dead!" look), shimmery eyeshadow (because I will both embrace and mock Twilight by fucking sparkling), a kohl stick (apparently necessary for "the goth look") and red lipstick (the kind of red I'd call "Harlot"), which is actually making me squee on general terms because I've never had red lipstick. Add plastic canines, and you've got my usual Halloween constume. (Except for last year, where I was a gypsy, because I couldn't whip up anything else.)

Brainage of the Day: Lara Logan, CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent, on The Daily Show (June 17, 2008)

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Lara Logan
www.thedailyshow.com
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I love this woman ♥


Links of the Day:

teand's Supernatural RPF Quiet on the Set (Jared/Jensem)
buyo105's Supernatural RPF Every Night is Another Round
leonidaslion's Supernatural Fanfic Vision (Berseker!verse)
meiou_set's Supernatural Fanvid Got it Twisted ("Croatoan" and "The End" focus)
kaiyote's Supernatural Mini-Fanvid A Little Late (Future!Castiel, Dean)
apiphile's essay We see the stars as they were, not as they are - a universe in hindsight - On writing, talent and practice: "No one is born a magical sparkle princess."
zqfans's Scruffy!Spock massive photos
NGaiman's WebGoblin's Further Variations on Account of a Certain Goblin (Who Shall Remain Nameless) Feeling Silly, and Not At All Reflecting a Distaste for Popular Culture -- If Anything the Opposite - ♥!
Suzette Chan's Supernatural Meta: Supernatural Halloween: The Thinnest Veils
Delicious.com - Bookmark search engine.
Women in Refrigerators - Women in comics and their fates.
Illdoctrine's East Coast Cats and Christopher Street Boys - "Gay doesn't mean weak." On the Stone Wall Riots, a gay bar's customers fight back against policemen in 1969. Ten cops end up hiding in the bar as the riot continues in the street against their back-up. I could listen to this guy talk all day! He's so interesting and clear and awesome!
Learn Chinese with Yanyan, Lesson 1 - I've seen a previous video of hers and think she's brilliant. Also, finally I learn that it's bèn dàn and not hundan Jayne oughtta've said in Firelfy 1x01.


* "New Soul", Yaël Naïm (YouTube: Music Video)

Comments

[blizzardcake.livejournal.com]

oooooooh costumage! I debated dressing up this year, but once again my creativity (or lack thereof) failed me =/ One year I promise myself I'll create a kick-ass costume. I'm thinking maybe if I grow my hair long enough, next year I'll go as the girl with the long hair from Ju-On (I forget her name, argh!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8R1dODSbzU

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Ah! I didn't know what the clip was - I thought for a moment Ju-On was a Japanese girl band - and omg! Scary little boy! I was completely unprepared. (Maybe I'll be able to watch the clip later.)

Any Halloween where I've dressed up - except for last year's - I've always been a vamp. It's a ridiculously simple transformation. (Although the only time I went trick-or-treating, no one knew what I was, apart from "pale, sick-looking". *sigh*)

[blizzardcake.livejournal.com]

0_0 ooops, that clip is deffo not one good to catch people off-guard; I deffo should have specified! *HUGGS*

Vampire is a great costume that looks good :) Plus vampires are teh smexy... there was a good tutorial I found on youtube for the vampire look (I love all her costume tutorials):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg-2rDnWCJA

=]

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Bwah! I've seen that instructional video :) I'm a bit shocked at the huuuuge pallet of makeup she's got. I really like this girl's tutorials (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPpCQf_dyk0). She's got tons of them and they're all pretty clear.