Mad men makeup

I took these pictures a couple months back when I was experimenting with liquid eyeliner (ignore the hair, please). I'd never used it before in my life and now I wear it almost everyday. Mad Men definitely got me out of my makeup rut (and maybe into a new one?). I like it with the red nails and lips for dressing up, but I really like it with subtle lipstick or gloss for an everyday look. I don't dress '60s-ish or at all vintage, so I think it works without looking costume-y.

I use this. It's sort of like a fine-tipped sharpie except you can wipe if off with a q-tip if you mess up. Don't try it if you are in a hurry or very tired though, can be disastrous. If you haven't tried it before, this will teach you.

meat eater

Here I am outside of Morton's Steakhouse, waiting to see if I actually like steak or if it was just that once.

My entire life I've hated steak, I'd try it occasionally just to see what everyone else was talking about, and just never liked the taste or texture of it. I finally gave up even trying it in steak places since I knew I would hate it. Until one night last October when I ate an entire steak at Fleming's in San Diego. I thought it may be a one time thing, so I tried again last week (two weeks ago?) when we were in San Francisco. Turns out I like steak now! Morton's was definitely not as good as Fleming's, but it wasn't bad either.

(restaurant light is always too dim to use an iPhone for pictures of your food)

guitar lessons

I sort of fired my guitar-lesson teacher and I feel really badly, but oh well, right?

I'm not very good still and I'm improving very slowly, and I'm trying to not compare myself to my husband who I guess is a natural, and this article is helping some:

If you are an artist, if you feel you want to be a guitarist, then, you would really be much better off eliminating the word “talent” from your vocabulary. You should not even be concerned with whether you have any or not. You should only be concerned with how much you love music and the guitar. You should only be concerned with how much you need to do it. Whether you have talent or not is for other people to waste their time wondering about.

I think the boys are going to be naturals too, plus they look so cute playing:

We went from 0 to 4 guitars (well, one is a bass) in two weeks. Guitars are addictive. They are like purses: you can only use one at a time, but they are come in so many shapes and sizes that you have to have more than one.

1994

I just can't make myself go to sleep when D. is out of town... the other night I stayed up until 3 am watching movies on Hulu. Specifically, Kurt and Courtney (oooh, bbc conspiracy theory! I am on the verge becoming obsessed with Kurt Cobain, poor guy, I think because D.'s been playing Nirvana on his guitar and we've been listening to them again), 100 Girls (sort of a porn-y comedic teen love story), and Mansfield Park (so good, book is now on my to-read list).

Oh, Hulu also has all the episodes of My So-Called Life available. I will always love this show, it takes me back so exactly to a moment in my life where I am watching it on mtv with my sister in my parent's living room. If you've not seen it, you should.

Today I figured out a genius way to make washing clothes in the laundry-mat bearable... I rented The Ugly Truth from iTunes, put it on my iPhone and brought my little pink headphones with me. It was really good, I was so caught up that I even didn't even check once to see if the clothes were dry, just waited until the dryers went off.

boots!

Oooh, I finally found a pair of motorcycle boots, and I love them! I was originally holding out for the Fryes, but these were there, and in my size, and really comfortable, and 40% off... now I need to either get more dresses or get over tucking pants into boots...