A Hell of a Girl

12-hour follow up

Ok, so for a while now I have been wearing the Revlon 12-hour eye shadow. I actually have 3 "quads". A Nuetral Khaki (great for work and daytime), Spiced Copper (slightly more sultry) and a gorgeous one called Plum to Perfection, which oddly I couldn't find a picture of on line. Do these shades really stay on for 12 hours.
Hell yes!
These are great because they take all the guess work out of truly complimentary colors. They go on easily too. If you use the little sponge wands they color is more saturated than if you use a eye shadow brush. If you dip a slanted tip eyeliner brush in water then drag it across the shadow, you get a nice dark line of color/ But honestly, no tricks are needed. For the first few weeks I would carry the container in my purse in case I needed a touch up. I never needed one though. Seriously. These little guys have staying power (which is why I started with one and have three now).
Also, one of them came with a sample size of Fabulash, surely the dumbest-named mascara in the history of eyelash fluttering. However, despite the dippy name, it's a really nice mascara. And it's small size makes it good for travel. Best of all, it doesn't smudge easily.
So I got one of the 12-hour eyeshadow quads just to see if it was all it claimed. I can now report that weeks later, it IS and then some. I'm curious to see if they will come out with any new quads for fall. Hmmmmmmm.....

Ben Mots

From the mind of my pal, Ben Coleman:

I doubt I’ll have a blog anytime soon, so feel free to print anything.  I promise not to sue you, even if I get famous!  For the rest of my life, even if I become a super huge media mogul, you have free reign of anything I write, say, or do without fear of litigation.  The Ben is a good Ben. 

I also have a review of the last two minutes of LOST, as follows:

I don’t watch LOST.  There are a lot of reasons behind this—personal reasons—that anyone who knows me has already heard way too much about.  But I don’t.  Okay, I caught a bit here and there, and decided that it was pretty good.  But other than the fact that the main character’s name is “Jack,” I know very little about the series.  Last night I drank a lot at a new restaurant that I got a VIP invite from.  This put me asleep with the book on my face around 8:30.  The fiancé woke me up around 9:45 because she REALLY wanted to watch Invasion (I did not share her enthusiasm).  Then, because she can’t be alone, I had to wander in to the living room and watch whatever was on tv, which happened to be Lost. 

An aside:  I’ve recently decided to watch Lost, but don’t want to come up in the middle, so I put it on the Netflix list.  Go figure, there is a “VERY LONG WAIT” on Disk 1.  I could get Disks 2 through 8 or whatever TODAY, but not 1.  So I’m waiting.  And I didn’t want to watch last night because I don’t want to get insight on anything that happened previous.  And yet…

Okay, with two minutes left in the episode, I walk into a flashback, which I hear the show does a lot, of Jack doing something doctor-related with some woman.  He has a wig on.  It is not a good wig.  It seems to me that, what with all the success of the series, they could have afforded a better wig.  This is not a good omen for the next 1:50.  Something happens in the flashback.  I don’t know, I wasn’t really paying attention.  Then we come back to the present (I can tell because the wig is gone), and Jack has a gun (of course) and is pointing it at the Dad on some television series from the 80s.  I think.  I’ve definitely seen him somewhere before.  He’s bald now, but I’m sure the people at Lost had a bad wig off camera for him, just in case.  But wait, to add a little intrigue into this whole business, some other guy (conveniently behind a wall off screen) is ALSO pointing a gun at Baldy.  Oooooooh!  The suspense is driving me sane!  Some words are exchanged.  Maybe Jack is pointing his Doctor gun at the other guy.  I can’t tell, because you never get a perspective of Jack pointing it anywhere but at the cameraman.  Then—and I think this was the suspenseful part—SOME GUY walks around the corner and calls Jack “brother.”  I personally took it to mean “brother” in the “crazy church person that lives on your street and stops by every Sunday to ‘talk’ and ask how your eternal soul is doing, all the time referring to you as ‘brother.’”  I think Jack took it as “sprung from the same loins as you.”  Which is weird.  I’ve never called either of my brothers “Brother.”  I’ve called them a lot of things, but never “Brother.”  It reminds me of Robin Hood:  Prince of Thieves, when Kevin Costner is grilling Christian Slater about why he hates him, and Slater says “Boo hoo, OUR father loved you more than me!” and for a few minutes you’re like “What?  I must have heard that wrong.  Not because it was such a startling plot revelation, but because the sentence was so baaaaad.”  Anyway, the sentence that the stranger said (and the stranger coulda been played by Chris Elliot or Steven Webber from Wings) was that kind of bad.  Really, it kind of disappointed me.  Now, again, I’ll point out that I didn’t watch the rest of the show, or the preceding season, but I’d heard that all this creepy, obviously supernatural crap was going on, but it looked like some kind of conspiracy wet dream.  I can just imagine the guy with forks in his ears so that the government can’t steal his brain leaping up and down on his couch going “I knew that there would be some kind of government base that was controlling everything!  I knew it!” before going off to update his website on how the State Legislature of Indiana is trying to take over the schools using Bo Weevils.  Jack is very shaken by this, which I’m sure we’ll find out about in the coming episodes.  Then it ends.

Ben’s predictions for Season Two of Lost (based on the 2 minutes I saw last night). 

-Jack will learn that guns hurt people, and will start an online petition to ban the use of guns by doctors in the operating room.

-Jack and the Stranger will learn that they are actually Sisters, and will start a new TV series with the lady from the cell phone commercials.

-Two words:  LOVE TRIANGLE!

-Everyone learns that they are actually on a peninsula and not an island.  Lots of people walk around shaking their heads going “How’d we miss that?” and “Wait, I thought YOU looked over there!” 

-Bea Arthur joins the cast as Jack’s new love interest. 

-Baldy sticks moss on his head and forces people to uncomfortably tell him that “it looks totally natural.”  Everyone agrees that it is better than anything in the Lost stable of wigs.

The Hair Dryer of My Dreams

Seeing as how I figured all six people who read my blog, might be tired of the topic rotation of "Dogs, scooters, comic books, repeat" I thought I would throw in some more "Health and Beauty" stuff, and thus I present the Hair Dryer to end all hair dryers: The T3 1800 watt Featherweight. Oh, and by the way, it's $200.

What the heck could make a hairdryer worth two hundred smackers? Tourmaline. Most people know this lovely gemstone from it's watermelon like colors. The truly expensive stones, several carats, have the green to white to pink color in one stone. BUT did you also know that tourmaline is a wonderful negative ion and infrared generator? It means if you grind up a bunch of tourmaline and make the inside of a hair dryer out of it, it does a few neat things. First off, the negative ions seal your hair's cuticle, which locks in moisture and color. It also breaks up water molescules, so your hair dries faster. The infrared rays penetrate the hair strands so they drying is much more gentle and non-scorching, so your hair is super soft and shiny. Does it work?

According to the review by Jane Nussbaum in Budget Living magazine, "Hell, yes!".

However, it wouldn't be BUDGET Living if it endorsed buying $200 hairdryers, so they actually had a great solution for working stiffs like me: The same Tourmaline Technology hairdryer, only in travel size. You will sacrifice a little in motor power (about 1,200 watts instead of the full size 1,800) but will get the same great results. Google it and have some fun!

Once I get one, I will post my own thoughts! Shiny!

The funniest thing I have heard todayThe f

My friend Amy in N.C was complaining (via e-mail) that the phones were out where she is working. I asked if this was due to Hurricane Ophelia, and if in Raleigh she had suffered any damage.

Amy replied: No, Ophelia lived up to her name....wandering, crazy, and full of water,

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ok, perhaps you need to have been an English major to get tickled by that...

Prescription Goggles

As a GWG (Girl With Glasses), with A.O. (Accessories Obsession), it had occurred to me more than once that I could have cool goggles when I get my scooter as long as I wore my contacts OR I could have dorky goggles that fit over my glasses. It's not that I don't like wearing contacts but I'm more of a glasses girl, plus I'm rather fond of my Chanel frames. Anyway, a solution to the problem has been found. For just about $150 I can get a pair of stylish motorcycle goggles that are made to my prescription.

Of course, I don't have a scooter yet, but it's good to keep these things bookmarked and plan ahead...

OH! And should anyone else be interested: http://www.prescriptiongoggles.com

Be Kind

Now my dog can be an activist too!

The Be Kind collar (not to be used as a regular collar) from the Humane Society:

Now every time you walk your dog, you can send a visible message of kindness to animals! The blue and brown CauseCollar™ is the first-ever dog accessory collar fashioned after the popular "message" bracelets for people. Imprinted with the slogan—"Be Kind"—the CauseCollar is made of silicone with a buckle closure. The 24-inch collar can be cut easily to fit any size dog.

The "Be Kind" CauseCollar is being offered by The Humane Society of the United States and The Friends of Amigo Foundation to promote a new national kindness campaign. The inspiration for the campaign and collar came from a young, mixed breed dog named Amigo—a former stray from Grand Bahama Island who was rescued by benefactor Frances Hayward. Ms. Hayward’s nurturing changed the three-month-old pup from a starving, pitiful creature to a charismatic and charming ambassador of The Friends of Amigo Foundation, which was formed to champion animal welfare issues.

At only $3 a piece, I can give something to support other victims of Katrina. And, of course, Brodie will look stylin'!

Humane Society of the United States "Be Kind" collars

Scooters

Ok, for the economy minded, here is a $799 scooter with free shipping. It comes 98% assembled so you have a little work, but it isn't hard. If you can't comprehend doing it yourself, have it shipped to a scooter shop andn they will do it for a small free. I think the brand (From Big Chief Motors) is a Geely. On-line I have read mixed reviews. It's a Chinese import. Some people love them some don't.
Find them at http://www.gsmotorworks.com/s_standard_retro.html

From there, you go up in price a bit. Honda makes nice scooters. Yamaha too. Vespa is the supreme classic of the Scooter Set. Lambretta. Even Schwinn, the bike company, makes scooters now.

Please, ALWAYS ALWAYS wear a helmet. Don't ride stupid!

I would also like to put in a plug for my friends in Columbus over at Super Sonic Scooters. They are good guys and will get you on the road at a fair price. And you will have some gas money left over.
http://www.supersonicscooters.com

Too much to process

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days, but it's been pretty crazy here. First off I planned to post links to the Red Cross and other good organizations after the hurricane, but there were already lots of good sites up, so rather than post, I just watched way too much television. Then the best news we could possibly have gotten: That our friends Rock & Robin, who live near New Orleans, were ok. They had grabbed the dogs and evacuated. They were very fortunate compared to some, but still have a lot to do for their house, so friends up here have been buying supplies it is harder to get even in Texas (where they currently are). I hit the Target camping and home improvement sections yesterday and now we are all just coordinating shipping.

Then, when things were looking up a bit, Justin's dad suffered a major stroke, so Justin had to fly out to L.A. at the last minute. Justin's brother and sister-in-law are there too. No word yet on his Dad's condition.

Yesterday I also got a text message from girlfriend "M" regarding a boyfriend that broke up with her a few months ago.

M: I am moving on and seeing other people.
Me: Cool. Good for you. Have fun.
M: Not me, him!
Me: Who is he seeing.
M: I don't know and it's killing me.
Me: You have to be a heroine and remain strong.
M: I know. Hate it.

The only thing I have been able to figure out is that Ex-boyfriend, in a fit of genius, text messaged Miriam himself to tell her he is moving on and seeing someone else. Now why would you break up with someoe, break their heart, then not communicate with them again except to make sure they know you are seeing someone else? Boy, that's CLASSY.

So that's all from here. Worried a lot about Justin's Dad. Relieved that Rock and robin are alright.
And as for skyrocketing gas prices? Well, a scooter is looking better and better....