The Love Post
Here is a post dedicated to things I love, because any other post would basically read, "No time, no fanfic, apartment is a mess, ALA in 3 days, panicpanicpanic."
1. I've found the best hair salon ever. Too bad it's 250 miles from where I live. But it's a reason to visit dettiot. Um, not that I needed one, really, but hey.
2. As lauriegilbert and lizzb are well aware of, I am extremely good at dressing other people. Take me shopping with you and I will pull clothes from racks that will most likely look good on you. I know what makeup colors you should own. I can pick out the shoes that will go with most of the clothes you bought. What I can't do is dress myself. I buy clothes I like and then I get them home and they don't seem to go with anything else I own. I hate everything in my closet. It all looks terrible on me and nothing goes with anything else. So the discovery of the year for me might be Omiru, which I read about in Time. WHOA. They put together entire outfit ideas! All I have to do is put those outfits together with what I already own. They have work clothing suggestions! Ways to wear denim to the office! Best of all, they have a mix of designer and ready-to-wear clothes. Their style suggestions include everything from Old Navy to Nanette Lepore. It's pure genius and without it I'd probably end up going naked to ALA.
3. Sephora never hassles me when I have to exchange 3 bottles of perfume that all smelled good in the store but terrible on me an hour later. I think the winner might be CLEAN-Fresh Laundry. It sure as hell wasn't Thierry Mugler Angel.
4. I love you!
5. Finally got around to reading Sunshine by Robin McKinley. I do not understand how something so good could come out of the same writer who wrote The Blue Sword. Nevertheless, I am having so much fun with it. Great worldbuilding.
6. The July 4 edition of EW is one all librarians should read. It includes their picks of modern classics in movies, TV, and books. I was so impressed by the books list, you have no idea. Did I agree with every single one of the titles or their blurbs? No. For example, I think PoA was just as dark as GoF. But! That aside, this list is incredibly wide in scope, recognizing the diverse interests of readers. There were FOUR graphic novels on the 50-item list (Maus, Persepolis, Watchmen, Sandman). There was literary fiction, genre fiction, and nonfiction. It wasn't all, "Here are some boring books we think you should read because it will make you ever so smart and literary." It was books that have gained a place in the hearts and minds of a wide readership.
7. I do not love not having my iPhone (Mr. Cedar sold it to a coworker's friend...looooong story), but I will love the upgraded one, I'm sure. I'd better, considering I'm getting up at 5 a.m. to acquire it on the 11th.
Eep, people wanting things from me. Time to go!
1. I've found the best hair salon ever. Too bad it's 250 miles from where I live. But it's a reason to visit dettiot. Um, not that I needed one, really, but hey.
2. As lauriegilbert and lizzb are well aware of, I am extremely good at dressing other people. Take me shopping with you and I will pull clothes from racks that will most likely look good on you. I know what makeup colors you should own. I can pick out the shoes that will go with most of the clothes you bought. What I can't do is dress myself. I buy clothes I like and then I get them home and they don't seem to go with anything else I own. I hate everything in my closet. It all looks terrible on me and nothing goes with anything else. So the discovery of the year for me might be Omiru, which I read about in Time. WHOA. They put together entire outfit ideas! All I have to do is put those outfits together with what I already own. They have work clothing suggestions! Ways to wear denim to the office! Best of all, they have a mix of designer and ready-to-wear clothes. Their style suggestions include everything from Old Navy to Nanette Lepore. It's pure genius and without it I'd probably end up going naked to ALA.
3. Sephora never hassles me when I have to exchange 3 bottles of perfume that all smelled good in the store but terrible on me an hour later. I think the winner might be CLEAN-Fresh Laundry. It sure as hell wasn't Thierry Mugler Angel.
4. I love you!
5. Finally got around to reading Sunshine by Robin McKinley. I do not understand how something so good could come out of the same writer who wrote The Blue Sword. Nevertheless, I am having so much fun with it. Great worldbuilding.
6. The July 4 edition of EW is one all librarians should read. It includes their picks of modern classics in movies, TV, and books. I was so impressed by the books list, you have no idea. Did I agree with every single one of the titles or their blurbs? No. For example, I think PoA was just as dark as GoF. But! That aside, this list is incredibly wide in scope, recognizing the diverse interests of readers. There were FOUR graphic novels on the 50-item list (Maus, Persepolis, Watchmen, Sandman). There was literary fiction, genre fiction, and nonfiction. It wasn't all, "Here are some boring books we think you should read because it will make you ever so smart and literary." It was books that have gained a place in the hearts and minds of a wide readership.
7. I do not love not having my iPhone (Mr. Cedar sold it to a coworker's friend...looooong story), but I will love the upgraded one, I'm sure. I'd better, considering I'm getting up at 5 a.m. to acquire it on the 11th.
Eep, people wanting things from me. Time to go!