LTMU #24 - THE SAD UNKNOWN

Hey there, how's it going? The past few days have been a blur with many mixed emotions which I will begin to spill out. For sometime I've been working very few days throughout the month as an On-call at 'Makeup' work and I as I mentioned before, I really need the money so, I've been on a mission since January to try and find a second job doing my other skill, Dental Hygiene. It's insane that I am surrounded by a sea of Dental Offices (I'm not kidding, there's about 2-3 at every intersection in my area) and despite dropping off resumes at a good 18 locations, I hadn't heard back from any of them! Which brings me to some good news I got in late February. A girl I know who was a classmate of mine in Dental school works at an office not too far away and the office just so happened to be looking for somebody. I applied, had my interview and... I am now temping at that location! Yay!

Here comes more good news. About two days ago I got a call from 'Makeup' work and they scheduled me for a butt load of days! Someone resigned from that specific location and I'm guessing I'm taking over their times until they find a permanent part timer to fill the position. Looking back at my calendar I realized that I was booked for 4 Thursdays straight going into April and even though the 'Dental' work hadn't given me much information about my schedule, I assumed that I would be temping for Thursdays only at this time since my first day is for tomorrow!

Here comes the bad. I call 'Dental' work to confirm for my first day which WAS suppose to be happening for tomorrow and I was told that my schedule fell apart, that there was no point in coming in because only one client was left on my list. I called later in the evening to see if any thing changed and it was completely empty. I felt soo upset. My mood was brought right down. I haven't worked in a Dental Clinic since school -which was last April and I was so amped for tomorrow and then this happens :( . I found out that yeah, I'm temping Thursdays so I am basically On-call for the Dental office too because I have to call in every Wednesday night to find out if I'm working on the Thursday, for every week.

Now comes the butt ugly. I call 'Makeup' work and explain my situation and they were completely cool about me having to be somewhere else on a Thursday. Instead of being able to let them know Wednesday nights for each week (until April) if I would be able to come in or not for the Thursday shift because of being On-call with 'Dental' work, they told me it would be too short notice for them so my four precious work days had to be removed :'(

Is this really what I have to go through just to get things going for me? I have all these thoughts running in my head thinking like, well I'm missing four days of work with one place and these four days of work may potentially not even happen with the other place if the same thing that happened now happens then. And how it really sucks that if I can't be at one place because they don't need me then I can't be at the other either because it's too short notice, so there goes four days of no money making. I mean, I'm happy I was called by  'Makeup' work with all those shifts so I'll take that over nothing at all but, this whole thing is just a big ball of suck right now.

Enough with the sad unknown... I guess, I will leave off with a funny story that happened to me at work a few days ago.

A man came in asking if we sell neon nail polishes. He was holding some type of metal box in his hand that I didn't get a good look at before the conversation started. I bring him to the area where the nail polish stand is and show him the neon colours and then this flash of blue light shines on the polishes and goes quickly off. I turn to the man confused at what just happened. He shakes his head and asks to see more colours, so I show him more neon colours and again that blue light goes on and then off. I got a good look at that box hes was holding and it looked like a DIY black light. So I said,

ME: "OH! You're looking for glow-in-the-dark nail polish!" Now understanding what he meant by 'neon'.
MAN: "Yes".
ME: "I'm sorry we don't carry glow-in-the-dark nail polish, only neon. You would have to look for a nail
        polish that says it has that UV reactive ingredient in it. So sorry"
MAN: The man looks at me the with straightest face and says "It's Phosphorus!" and huffed out of the store.

And I'm just standing there thinking to myself, my honours in bio and chem meant nothing (sarcasm).
It gets better. Then another girl that works at the store comes over to me and was like "What in the hell was that? Are you okay? What the..? with that light thing?"

My day was made.

TGLC #7 - ChemicalDarling V 2.0

On Monday I was hard at work all day editing intros and outros for my youtube videos. The last piece I was working on took a long time to render that I didn't get to edit the vlog I made. After the video finished rendering I just quickly looked over it and then went to bed.

Here's a sneak peak:

I also spent the day writing up a few blog entries for this blog and my youtube blog that I ended up posting today (Feb 26). As I'm writing this new entry, I'm thinking I'll probably have it scheduled to go up tomorrow (Feb 27) so it's not an update overload lol. For the most part, I will be spending my day editing that hot mess of a vlog and perhaps uploading it today IF I finish in time. I'm working with an editing software I've never used before so I am not entirely sure how this stuff works yet. So, it's going to take some time. 

LTMU #23 - FROZEN VIOLET

Sunday was Angela's Family Birthday Party. I originally planned on doing my makeup on the natural side, very plain but I guess my hands thought otherwise and I went on the sort of darkside. Ended up going a little earlier with my grandma and helped set up. Company started pouring in and lots of munchies were put on the table. I had some Doritos, Coke, this spinach pie square, and an Empanada. Then came out the meatball sandwiches but I was already starting to feel full so I had a few sans bread.  Played with one of Angela's younger cousins a made up hand game to pass the time.

Fast forward to dessert, one of Angela's little cousin's shook my hand when I was holding a cup of coffee because he wanted to play the hand game again and the coffee landed on part of my wrist/ sleeve, my crotch, the chair, and floor. Lucky I was wearing all black and nothing too expensive -_______-
My mom made a red velvet iphone cake with an edible image that had the screen with a text saying "Happy 17th Birthday Angela!" on it. It looked so nice and tasted soo good. Ate some caramel squares and watched the Red Carpet Event for the Oscar's with all the girls. Took many funny crazy pictures and left around 10PM.

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Base: TooFaced Shadow Insurance

Brow: MAC "Lingering"

Brow Bone: Urban Decay's "Foxy"

Crease: Urban Decay's "Taupe"

Lid: MAC "Frozen Violet" Pro Longwear Paint Pot

Liner: MAC "Carbon"

Waterline: Urban Decay's "Yeyo"

Mascara: MAC "Studio Fix Lash"

I ended up changing the lipstick after to a more nude tone since the one I'm wearing in the picture came out a little more orangey.

LTMU #22 - NACHOS & CHEESE

Got home from work Friday night feeling completely exhausted. I missed my cousin Angela's 17th Birthday dinner because I was On-Call for work but didn't mind it (even though I'm still thinking about those nachos). I've really been in need of money and my school loan payments are fast approaching! GAHH. My mom and I picked up my other cousin Alessia (Angela's younger sister) from her dance class and then headed home. My feet hurt and although I felt like I was battling against time, trying to keep my eyes opened, I still managed to -somewhat film some type of 'doable' material for you guys. Although, looking back on it now, I feel like I was much too tired and made not much sense lol.

I started setting up my camera when the doorbell rang and Alessia's ride came to go home. I spent a good few minutes walking around the house trying to find a light in this damn place that isn't tinted orange and had to resort to the kitchen because it was getting a bit ridiculous ha. Between being tired and not being used to being in front of a camera for a while what I thought would have been a quick 5 minute spiel about my absence became a 20 minute long video with much MUCH editing required. I should probably mention I was also running on 4 hours of sleep :3 heh heh

I had work again on Saturday but I was at a different location. My mom and Renee ended up coming to my work as soon as I started my shift because I promised Renee I would show her the different products and colour match her skin. It was pretty early in the morning so I was able to help her get everything she needed, for now. After my shift I was very happy to hear that my family wanted to go out to eat for dinner. We ended up going to Boston Pizza and I finally got to have my Nachos & Cheese yay!

LTMU #21 - ABRACADABRA

On  Feb 21 Kris, my mom, and I went to see Identity Theft which was hilarious! There's a Silver City a few minutes down the road so I'm always there. Was looking forward to having some frozen yogurt but their machine was down. Poo. I decided to have one of their Starbucks coffees instead, which ended up being very tasteless - completely different from the actual store and a waste of my money, so it was Double Poop.

Got called into work for the next day (friday) and decided to try something different with my look. I usually prefer wearing matte eyeshadows but think I am starting to like a little glitter from time to time. MAC came out with a Pro Longwear Paint Pot line a while ago and I thought it was a nice variety comparing to the neutral shades from the paint pot line they generally carry. And the exciting part is that they are going to be permanent to the paint pot line!

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Base: TooFaced Shadow Insurance

Brow: MAC "Lingering"

Brow Bone: Urban Decay's "Foxy"

Crease: MAC "Saddle" 

Lid: MAC "Let's Skate" Pro Longwear Paint Pot

Liner: MAC Carbon

Water Line: Urban Decay's "Yeyo"

Mascara: MAC "Studio Fix Lash"

In the movie Identity Theft there's a scene where Diana/ Dawn Budgie is in the car and knows the words to every song Sandy changes the station to. She starts singing the song "Barracuda" by Heart and THAT reminded me of the song I heard at my cousin's place when Renee and I slept over called "Abracadabra" by The Steve Miller Band and couldn't get it out of my head this week. It also gave me the feeling of wanting to play Guitar Hero.

LTMU #20 - RETURN OF THE MUCHNESS

Hello, hello. Got back from the movies about an hour ago. I went to see Beautiful Creatures and not only did this movie have phenomenal makeup, to my dark liking, I must say. But- I am also still finding it hard to stop myself from speaking and thinking with a Southern twang for no particular reason. It really is interesting to see how the mind adapts (communication wise) after watching a movie for two hours with a Southern accent. ANYWAYS back to my main point which was the makeup. I was looking into what the Head Artist Fionagh Cush used and was pretty amazed to find out they used TEMPTU! I always had a liking towards this brand and now seeing it on film just encourages me to go out and purchase this product even more, perhaps at next year's IMATS?

My family and I went over to my grandparent's because of a rescheduled dinner plan that conveniently ended  up falling on the day before our "Family Day" holiday in Canada. Ate Empanadas, these small quiche appetizers, and consumed way too much pop. Renee (my younger sister) and I ended up sleeping over my cousin's (who live in another portion of the same house) and watched John Carter, which happens to be one of my all-time-favourite movies. I got hungry later in the night and regrettably ate some a lot of chips. I know, I know, no need to tell me. I should know better. My 'healty eating' starts officially as of tomorrow and that's final! I keep telling that to myself but I shant keep putting it off! For sure, for sure it starts tomorrow, okay body. 

I ended up sleeping in my cousin Alessia's bed and OMG I had never felt what a memory foam bed and pillow feels like. Honestly, I became so amused by it and all it's awkwardness. To me, if I could describe the feeling of it... while trying to get onto the bed and position myself comfortably, was as if I was dragging myself through thick mud. And, when laying down, quicksand lol. It wasn't so bad, but it just felt really, really weird. We went to sleep around 2AM and woke up late. Had breakfast then quickly went to out and then returned, had dinner and all headed to go see the movie I just mentioned. Sad to say the book has been in my position since 2010 and I still haven't read it (don't hurt me!)

On Sunday before going over my grandparents, Renee and I spent most of the day looking for some nice black jeans which seems to be at this point impossible to find. We went to two Winners, a Wal-Mart, and Talize (a thrift store). I was lucky enough to find one pair from Guess which, I guess is better than coming home with nothing. Alas, the hunt is still on and at some point I will have to make a trip to the mall before or after my next shift at work.

I think watching Beautiful Creatures has really sparked the old me back. I'm beginning to feel a lot more like myself since I've been at an all time low and feared I had lost my muchness. I look forward to uploading more content on my Youtube in due time!

LTMU #19 - HANGING OUT

Today for the most part was a pretty uneventful day. Woke up for 8:45AM then after talking with Kris, he convinced me to go back to sleep and I ended up sleeping in pretty late (almost 12PM). Kris left early afternoon. We ran out of milk this morning so instead of going for the healthier choice (cereal) that I was intending on, I succumbed to my guilty pleasure... grilled cheese! Two of them! I still feel a little guilty over it considering this whole venture of losing weight and getting back to the old "pre-college" me. 

I spent most of the afternoon plopped on the couch listening to music and looking online at clothes. I like looking around on webshops and whatever catches my eye, I end up bookmarking and saving for a later day to purchase. It's my little system I've developed over the years. I always seem to prefer online shopping, I always come by such original or at least different things compared to the options at the mall. At least in Canada anyway. 

My cousin Angela came over later at night with her my (my aunt and godmother) and I did some brow shaping for her. We all sat in the living room and chatted about work and other random things like Psychic Nikki and her predictions for 2013. My mom and I would always listen to her on the radio every Friday morning on the way to Beauty School. I keep forgetting to listen in now that I'm here sleeping away haha. 

Didn't end up going to the restaurant for those Nachos I was craving. I'm kind of happy it didn't end up happening since I was feeling guilty about the whole grilled cheese thing - because I love cheese and need to really stay away from it for a while haha. Hmpf, maybe next week!  

LTMU #18 - HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

In the festiveness of today's special event, this is the makeup look I wore to work. More makeup info down below.

Sometime late last night (Wednesday) I bought Kris the Napoleonic Wars series for PC as a present and he is still playing it now as I type this. All I can hear through my attempts at gathering my thoughts is yelling and explosions heehee. Kris & I watched Warm Bodies while the game was downloading and as soon as the movie was over he went straight to it. I have my desktop in my bedroom so while he was playing all through the wee hours of the morning I drifted off to sleep. But as I was dozing off our conversation went something like this:

*explosion*
Kris: Coooooooool
Me: I love you
Kris: I FKN love you!
*more explosions*
Kris: Awesomeeeee

I had to laugh, it made me happy making him happy and put me in a better mood since as of lately I've been feeling on the mopey/ depressed side. Woke up at 6:30am and had to do something about my hair. I was tempted to make a vlog but once I was all ready we had to head out and do some errands before I got to work. Got home around 8pm and by then my feet were feeling heavy. I guess I'm just tired from staying up late, the day just seemed really long. When I got home, Kris had waited to eat dinner with me and then surprised me with the classic box of chocolate in the shape of a heart, my first one!

mmm

I am really craving a nice huge plate of nachos with cheese. Hopefully we'll go out some place tomorrow so that I can order that haha. Okay, off to bed, my vision's getting blurred.

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Base: TwoFaced Shadow Insurance

Inner Corner and Brow Highlight: Urban Decay's "Foxy"

Brow: MAC "Lingering"

Lid: Sugarpill's "Love+"

Crease: MAC "Embark"

Top Liner: MAC "Carbon"

Water Line: Urban Decay's "Yeyo"

Mascara: MAC "Studio Fix Lash"

#UPDATE

OH HAI

Just wanted to say everything's alright, I'm alive and will be posting a video on youtube and blogging more often soon!

#UPDATE

HELLO OCTOBER