Failed attempt at makeup storage! And Bush is stupid.

I'd like to say.. fuck you America and your stupid morals and HONOUR!!

Read THIS ARTICLE to figure out why I'm miffed.

I mean come on now. SERIOUSLY? If I threw myself over a grenade to protect the people around me, I'd at least HOPE that attempt would be AT LEAST appreciated?!?!?! They say the evidence was heavily scrutinized because that ACT didn't meet the criteria to receive a metal of honor. I'm sorry.. I guess being blown to bits just doesn't count as good evidence for ya. 

Lame. Very lame. I could go on and on about the stories I find but I'd rather not.

So anyways.. I was trying to clean up and organize my makeup. I was transferring my junkamadunk into the two large traincases I got from Sephora (they're fucking huge) and so.. I call it my failed attempt because I failed to realize how much makeup I had.. and am now stuck in the same place that I was before I bought the traincases. 

Oh, I had to get the traincases so I could bring my makeup over to my apartment in LA when I move this Wednesday. 

Ok, so keep in mind before you look at the pics that the bottom compartment above the shelves is about 6.5 inches deep. I slit up the makeup into inexpensive and expensive. The bottom compartment of the expensive traincase held my 7 fifteen pot palettes stacked up to fill the maximum height.

Inexpensive makeup. NYX are doublestacked.

Expensive (MAC singles are double stacked)

The 2 traincases, plus what DIDN'T fit scattered around them.

This stuff on my desk didn't fit into them either.

Yes that's where I keep my tampons. LOL! So yea. Don't know what to do with the rest. Should I leave them at home.. or find a way to bring them all with me? Hmm.. oh and while cleaning out everything, I discovered that I lost my BLUE PIGMENT!!!! Supposedly rare.. and it was SUCH A PRETTY COLOR!! I remember being excited when I found it at a store!! UGH! 

Oh and that blue thing is a back massager I got from Boeing from an event. That twisty yellow-gold thing on the top shelf is indeed a twisted bottle of Corona beer. :) Smuggled in from Mexico. 

Oh MY god.. I went to that cupcake place I had previously mentioned. It's a far drive, but closer than Sprinkles. I never knew Long Beach was so far from Yorba Linda. Anyways.. the lady who works there is THE nicest person I've ever met. The store is family owned and she makes the cupcakes early in the morning at a friend's restaurant and as soon as she sells out of her cupcakes, she closes the shop. The shop itself is SOOO cute, very dollhouse-like. She has a cute piggy bank near the register that's labeled "Maggie's Collegefund" and yes, Maggie is her daughter. I'll post pictures of the cupcakes later.. or perhaps when I go back again as the pictures don't do her cupcakes justice!! I bought 4 mini cupcakes at 0.99 cents each and 6 large cupcakes at $1.99 each. It's all really cheap actually compared to the other cupcake stores and MUCH MUCH tastier. I'll do a thorough review later so if you like cupcakes and actually READ MY SHIT, stay tuned. I am FO SHO gonna go again before I move to LA. 

Uh.. by the way.. that cupcake place at the Irvine Spectrum.. what's it called.. The Cupcake Shop or Boutique or something.. is pretty pricey and tastes funny. Red Velvet was bland and the chocolate tasted like.. it had some kinda weird cardboard box alcohol type of thing in it. Very strange. At $2.99 a pop.. HELLZ NO. Frosting was very EHH to me. 

Ok what is a life-ranter, makeup-hoarding, school warped, weirdo like me doing with cupcake shop reviews? I bake. I have a HUGE fascination with baking. I'm not your betty crocker instant mix bitch, although I don't mind munching on a piece of instantly made cake (very sweet, yum), but I'm always on the hunt for a place that has the ultimate dessert that I have pictured perfectly in my mind. I have yet to find a place with my type of cookie and brownie.. but so far I've come very close to finding my perfect cupcake, cake, and pies. I almost ALWAYS ask for the story behind the store because if it's good, there's a reason. Sometimes the reason makes your dessert taste just so much more delicious because of how it touches you. 

Oh and don't you find it strange how the minute you experience something good.. you want to share it with the world? I'm selfish and I never like to reveal where I get things or how I get things. Once I had these cupcakes with my boyfriend.. the first thing we thought of was to SHARE! Amazing isn't it? The minute he said "can we get some for my friends tonight?" I had said "would the guys want some of this??" HAHAHAHA!! Hence the 6 large cupcakes. I drew on the box a little, DAMN! I shoulda taken a picture. It had a little joke of a message on it that the guys will understand and then I drew 5 of the guys, VERY WELL MIGHT I ADD!! HEHEHEHE!! My boyfriend couldn't stop laughing when I was drawing.. he said I drew the same way he drew when he was 5 years old.. :( what a little fucker. 

Ok! I'll stop boring you! Toodloo!! 

Katie

My MAC phase..

Perhaps it's disappearing? Maybe. I've seen all the preview pics surfacing for collections up to November and honestly, I'm not really feeling that enthusiastic about a majority of it. Here's my take on them.

Sept 25: Gold Fever (Limited release)

I've have a lot of what's coming out, it's a lot of repromotes. You could at least toss in Sun Pepper pigment!! I've been looking for that since I've seen swatches of it from the last holiday collection. Lame. 

Sept 25: MAC for Ungaro (Limited Release)

I'm only excited for the lipsticks because I'm a fan of nudes and pale pinks. Sorry, that's all that excites me.

Color Arrays: Sept. 25

Now, THIS I'm excited about. The colors look FAB and the packaging is SOOO convenient if you've ever seen their brow sets, you understand what I mean. Sleek, slim, super fucking awesome. Space saver too if you know what I mean. Getting almost all fo sho! 

Metal Urge: Nov. 2008

The consistency of these last year threw me off, as I didn't think they'd be easy to work with. Which they weren't, based on what I saw people saying on their blogs. I was SO tempted to by them though as their colors were so rich and bold. This year it looks like they toned down the colors .. releasing lighter versions.. so it's a no go for me. I do wonder if they've improved the formula. Not diggin the colors.

Passion of Red/Red She Said: October 2008

Is this the holiday collection? Seems to be out a little earlier than last year.. so probably end of November. Honestly, once again, not lemming anything. Lipgloss sets are aiiiiite, eyeliner sets seem so SAFE, pigment sets seem alight too. Lip palettes never excite me, and still don't. The eyeshadow palettes look almost similar to last years, except I WILL be getting the Smokey Eyes palette. That's probably it. 

*SIGH*.. My collection will have to wait till next year to grow. I've heard promising stories about 2009, what with Hello Kitty collaborations and many many more! Speaking of which, I'm going to open up a diff bank account soon. I'll show you guys why soon enough. 

names

Yea I know I promised pictures but I'm just feeling ridiculously lazy right now. 

OMG so two days ago, me and the boyfriend were at Popeye's, being the fried chicken lovers we are, when I suddenly bring up the topic of NAMES. He already knows what name preferences I have and therefore, makes fun of every single name I come up with, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PERFECTLY O-K. I mean.. what's wrong with a boy being named Kail? Or a girl being named Kay (so I can say Kaykay for fun)? He thinks Kail sounds sissy and Kay would be just stupid. THEN he said I should have 3 kids in the future, name it Klux, So then I can have the KKK. HMPH!!!!! 

So then, I asked HIM to suggest some names. He apparently loves the name Oden. Which is coincidentally the name of a japanese dish.. but he doesn't know that. Moron. I'd never call my kid Oden. I forgot what he said he'd name the girl.. but it was pretty stupid. It was like.. Tifaka or something from one of his DS games. Anyways.. pictures next time I swear. 

Katie

I'm so sore!

Sega-CHOO CHOO!! What's up my suddenly-increased-over-half-mysteriously readers?

I can't believe you guys actually read this! I type so much that I even annoy MYSELF! :) I'm amazed at the attention span of yall!! (just fyi.. I don't say YALL in real life, it's just easier to type)

Soo.. even though yesterday (16th!) only marked the actually number of the date of our anniversary, not so much the yearly one or semi-yearly one.. my darling actually came up with a plan! On his own! :) Doesn't that make you want to give him a cookie? Or.. a kick. Either one. LOL! He decided to take me to Disneyland!! I have to admit, I'm a sucker for theme parks (except six flags and magic mountains), carnivals, and fairs! As much as I like them.. I gotta admit, Disneyland is NOT the "happiest place on earth" as their advertisement would say. Waiting in line for 35+ minutes in sweltering heat isn't fun. Nor is wanting to try the famous turkey leg they sell only to find the monster in front of you took the last two! Paying 4 dollars for the churro of your dreams isn't that great either. But there's just SOMETHING about Disneyland that makes you want to always go back and play!! :) We did make quite a few memories there during this trip, I love you bubby!! Soaring Over California wasn't as lame as people told me it was!! It was actually AMAZING! Pictures to come soon.

Monday, bubby came to pick me up in the afternoon and we hung out for a while before going to Sonics for the civic fit meet. There was a guy there who had come all the way from Tennessee!! He was on a road trip across the nation and the meet was actually just an event that coincidentally fit into his plans! Cool guy, boosts about his White Castle restaurants. Am I still bitter? Oh yes. Anyways! The food at Sonics was good, haven't tried their shakes yet, but the food was pretty good. Butttt.. wth was up with my one inch thick bread slice sandwich? I measured it with my short little fingers and each breadslice was about an inch thick.. interestingggg veryyyy interesting! 

Umm oh by the way, you'd THINK that after dealing with my boyfriend for 2 years now that I'd learn he plays THE MOST disgusting pranks ever.. but no, I must be blind to it all now because today he told me his balls were sweaty. I was like... ok? So he reaches down and wipes them with his hand when I'm not looking and starts rubbing that SAME hand on my arm.. so I'm like "did you just wipe a booger on me?" He says no.. his ball sweat. EWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! 

That's almost as gross as the one time I was sitting on the floor next to his bed and he's just laying on his bed playing his DS.. and all of a sudden he gets up and jumps over my head, lands on both feet with his ass in my face and FARTS! UGHHHHHHHH!! 

Oh yes, you guys might be laughing but DO YOU KNOW WHAT MUSTARD-GONE-BAD MEANS? OR SMELLS LIKE?? 

So anyways, next thurs I start school. I still need to get a desk swively chair, yep yep. I've found my whiteboard already. :( Goodbye Yorba Linda, hello Los Angeles.. home of the smog. :) I found a Mac Pro store near my apartment on Robertson. SWEET! I should go use my 40 dollar giftcard to metropack.. maybe buy another pair of jeans. 

*sniffle* I haven't swam since spring.. and now my body's all out of shape. I got some thunder thighs going on and my underarm is all stickin out! AHHHHHH!! I blame it on the boyfriend. He never wants to go work out with me .. not that he CAN anyway.. what with smoking over 5 cigarettes a day.. EVERYDAY.. since.. who knows when? 

Oh.. I've gotten my felicia blue psp now. 8GB.. fully hacked. :) Be scared.. very scared.

This is what it looks like..

You can't tell from the picture.. but the faceplate actually has lots of flecks of glitter so it's almost like a glittering diamond baby blue!!!! I really might bling it out with diamantes. 

Alrighty thenn.. that's it for this short blog, pics to come soon, I promise. You get to see my bubby's new house! :) I'll just leave it at that. HEH! 

Katie

my bank account is so mysterious....

Huh.. the money in my bank account never seems to really change.. it neither goes up or down no matter how many times I deposit money in an "attempt" to save money.

This sucks. I spend as much as I can save. So in essence.. I don't gain anything if I somehow manage to get my hands on money (no job anymore, YES!). I might go back to my old work place for a month during winter break to get some cash for xmas presents but I love not having to wake up so early in the morning now. 

ANYFUCKINGWAYS, a few things I bought last week..

Tiffa Perfume 

It's the scent I've always been looking for! There were 3 to choose from, but I chose the yellow one which is the fruity scent (peachy in my opinion). The pink smelled kinda rosey and the blue smelled like soap. Downside is.. the scent doesn't stay throughout the day.. it fades away within a few hrs, and by a few hrs I mean like 2-3 hours.

Naive Hand Cream

Isn't THE CONTAINER CUTE???? Looks are deceiving, the lotion itself doesn't smell like peach, just very.. lotion-esque. This has become my official LOVE. I'm a freak who washes my hands CONSTANTLY (the idea of OCD has been thrown around by my parents and friends) like.. I'll seriously wash my hands BEFORE I go to the bathroom and AFTER I go to the bathroom.. I don't realize it until later when my hands are eventually dry and yucky from all the washing. I've used Curel, Lubriderm, and Nivea. I still like Lubriderm but this cream is very comparable to Nivea, only better. :) At a buck a tin, HELLS YES I'm gonna stock up. Plus.. it's very purse-backpack-friendly.

Chanel Facial Moisturizer

Wow. WAS super hesitant about buying this because normally i use drug store moisturizers and maybe shit from sephora that costs a max of 30 bucks (with the exception of Ren.. which sucks). I ran out of my normal everyday moisturizer (clogged up my pores anyways, screw it), so I was tempted to get this shit from Dermalogica but when i saw that small ass tube at THAT price.. plus the few reviews on makeupalley that said it made them itchy.. no spank you. This was a just a coincidence that I stumbled onto some girl's makeup blog (forgot who, wasn't bookmarked, seriously bummed) and DUDE HER SKIN WAS AMAZING! Then she said she had combo skin that leaned towards being oily and sensitive and come on, that's fits my skin's description to the tee!! So I've been using this for a week now.. and I'd like to declare this to be my new found lover. We have this sizzlin relationship and he brings out the best in me! It's like.. 65 bucks though.. not loving his price but I'll deal since I'll never break up with him. *sigh* The price of love.

Premium Magic B.B Cream

Whitening, Wrinkle, SPF 15

Not bad. Can't say too much about it because I've only used it once. I think I put on too much because I ended up looking more greasy than dewy. It's supposedly sort of like a tinted moisturizer. It's a blemish balm that has decent coverage and most people use a setting powder over it to keep themselves from looking too dewy. I'm going to wait for my tan to fade away even more before I try using it again because even though it's only a one-shade-suits-all kinda thing, it leans more towards those who are pale (easy for me, just gotta wait a few days). I did realize the next day that this retarded pimple I had on my forehead the day before mysteriously disappeared though. Coincidence? Maybe.. or perhaps the balm really does work.. who knows? LOL! 

Ignore the prescription cream there, it's for my eyes. 

My new HG lotion makeup remover!!!

This shit is awesome. Better than lancome bi-facil and mac wipes! I hated lancome bi-facil.. it's overpriced and that shit is so oily. I saw this on Pink's and anne's makeup blog (i visit a lotta people's blogs) and this seemed interesting so I wanted to try it out. SOOOO GLAD I DID. 11 bucks a bottle.. not too shabby.

Mac makeup wipes

Shit what am I gonna do with these? Top one only has like 2 sheets left.. but the bottom is a full 100 wipes.. hmm.. probably gonna give it to my sister. She JUST got into makeup wipes, right when I'm sick of them. They're pretty good but I just like my new makeup remover better.

So I've been ebaying a lot and sold a bunch of my books for a total of $300 plus dollars. Sad thing is.. my bank account has only gone up by $150 because I've been shopping. I bought this cute jacket (winter's coming) but no pic of it yet. Maybe I'll get my bf to snap a pic of me in it tonight when we go to Sonics (heard it's ghetto but the food is ghettofab). 

WOOHOO I managed to squeeze this blog in before getting ready to go! Gotta get to the post office to mail my shit off to some girl in Loma Linda. 

*SHIOCKKKK* Fuck you Sprinkles cupcake stores and your gay ass long lines. I've heard about a new store that rivals yours! I'll do a taste-test sometimes this week.

OMG THIS REMINDS ME! MY JERK-OF-A-BOYFRIEND just told me that last week he ate WHITECASTLE burgers! Not the freezer kind but the real kind. Jerk didn't even save one for me. HMPH! 

Ok, time to go and get ready. I still have a week and a half left of summer. YES!

Katie

ahoy there!

Just wanted to let the few readers that I have know I will be M.I.A. for possibly.. a few days. No real reason why, unless you'll accept my little paths of side-trackedness (SOOOO not a word hahahaha). 

The list begins..

1. Will be busy moving the rest of my junk into my apartment and getting settled in (school starts soon!)

2. I have discovered a new game for my Nintendo DS that has held my interest for 2 days now, so give me a few more days and MAYBE I'll get bored.. soon enough (doubt it). 

3. I've been running around getting packaging materials almost everyday now and going to the post office to ship things lately (selling a bunch of my old manga and shit). It's an attempt to clear out my room in my house. 

4. I've been.. shopping. AHA.. HA.. HA. I have an upcoming blog about money in general soon and my one peso about it (2 cents is too much). 

I will say this, I've run out of my usual perfume (such a rare thing as I alternate between 2 diff ones).. so yea both are empty.. and I've been too lazy to go buy more.. so on my little adventure umm.. 2-3 days ago when me and the bf were finding things to do, places to go, blah blah blah because we were bored.. I found that a shop I used to go to a lot was selling more brands now. I found this perfume that smells REALLLLLLLY nice.. I've always been on the hunt for a perfume that has a nice peach scent to it but all the ones I've smelled before kinda smelled all cheap and BO-ish. This one was wonderful~! We'll see if it gets tacky or if I get sick of it but I'll talk about it next time. 

ALSOOO.. as many have probably heard of BB cream and all the hoopla about it, yes I recently got one, no I haven't made up my mind about it yet. From the get go, I can see WHY people say it makes them get that "dewy" and "glowy" effect.. it's thicker than tinted moisturizer and has ok coverage. Definitely not for people with dark or tan skin because these are kind of a "one color suits all" type.. which favors us pale chicks (by us I do mean my ghostly white ass plus family). I might use it later once school starts up (too lazy for foundation).. so we'll see if it really does prevent/clear up blemishes and shiznat. Without some kind of blotting powder though.. you CAN possibly become a greaseball.. there's a fine line between greasy and dewy.. and BB cream  can lean towards both. ANYWHOODLES, back to my DS game. 

Oh. My brows aren't all ape like anymore. I've managed to pluck them (to those who knew the situation, congrats to me right? lol)

So growing out my brows made me remember what the real shape of my brows were like.. SCARY. Normal people have an angled arch.. a nice curve. I inherited my dad's genes of the scary devil brows. I don't know how to describe it.. maybe I'll post a picture next time.. along with the other stuff I said I'd talk about. :) 

-Katie

what if?

According to my tracker I officially have no more readers!! WOOHOO!! No seriously, thank god. It was kind of painful for me to force my dull boring blogs onto people just for them to go "wtf.. so many words to say something so little" but now I'm free to type as I please without worrying about putting people to sleep! 

My nails are still in tip top shape (surprise surprise) but they're getting longer and it's harder to type with them. I went shopping these past two days for the rest of my apartment gear and woah, I'll racked up that credit card bill this month. Almost maxed out actually.. and my limit's pretty freaking high. I finally bought train cases (yes, plural) for my makeup.. now they'll be safe and protected! 

My love life.. well.. shit happened blah blah blah but in the end, we're giving it another go (not a surprise) after he went to find condolence from his mother after we fought yesterday. She basically called him stupid and said that whatever I said, goes. LOL!! I love that woman! She convinced me to let things go (lured me in by saying Christian will take me to dinner, which he found out about later) and yea.. I guess things are ok. I've given up all hope on ever changing Christian. He'll always choose his friends and break promises. I just have to face the facts that's the type of person he is. So.. I've lifted all promises, rules, and regulations. He's  free to do whatever he wants, go wherever he wants, be home at whatever time and no I won't call him and he doesn't have to call me. All that just ends up in a big fight and i don't care for that crap anymore.

I'm trying out a new face wash right now. I realize that I never even finish a bottle before I switch to a new one. Dermalogica Clay Cleanser can kiss my ass! I'm still recovering from the massive invasion of breakouts!!!!!!! Before Dermalogica, I was using Ren because that brand is new and makes organic skincare products.. but the facewash I got for combination skin just didn't do ANYTHING.. it was actually kind of drying and for that price, I'd rather not look like a peeling prune. *SIGH* Before THAT one, I was using Earth Science gentle facial scrub. I had mixed feelings about that. I actually went through a whole tube.. it FELT like it was doing a good job but my pores seemed to be more clogged than usual.. not sure if it was because of the wash or the moisturizer (also changes with the face wash). Before THAT, I THINK I was using Biore pore unclogging scrub. I really liked that one but I started breaking out after a while and even to this day I'm not sure if it was the wash or something else I was using at the time. Before THAT I was using Desert Essence face wash.. it was decent but didn't seem to improve much of anything. My very first wash was by Olay for sensitive skin.. can't even remember what that one was like. I've used Bio-Oil as a sort of leave in moisturizer at night before, it was pretty good for results but I didn't like how it felt on my face because.. well.. it's oily.

Before I end this.. I want to share something that I've come to realize. Once you've truly liked someone, that feeling stays with you throughout the years. You can see some couples who break up only to become each other's best friend later on in life.. even they've each found someone else to be with. That intimate and loving feeling isn't erased just because the relationship went sour. Then you have the couples who break up and forever hate each others' guts. They hope for the worst for each other and promise that they'll kill the other if they ever see each other again. That hatred is so strong that it lasts with them throughout the years and they never once forget about the other. To me, that's probably a twisted image of what used to be love. They are still so much in love that they hate each other for it, for letting their relationship turn so bad. 

I'm not saying all couples are like this. Crushes can be like this too. The ones you can really remember, not the one that's like.. "His name's John, he was in my first grade class, he passed me a piece of paper, but I don't remember what he looks like and I don't remember his last name. I liked him though." I mean the one where you can close your eyes.. and you can remember exactly what he or she looked like.. maybe a smile.. or maybe a position you'd always see him or her standing or sitting down in. The face isn't a blur, you can make it out perfectly. You remember the name and maybe you can even remember what YOU were like back when you were crushing. But that's all it was, a crush. Years go by and suddenly you encounter each other again after a long time of not seeing each other. If that crush was more than a crush, say it was a love connection on both sides that were never expressed, you'd have no problems catching up and greeting each other. There is no awkward "who are you" or silence. No doubt there will be an inward feeling of happiness to see each other again that both of you probably can't stop smiling, talking, or looking. Maybe your stomach might even start making weird movements and you get a little queasy from the sudden encounter with "the one that got away". 

Maybe this all sounds like bs.. but try it. Find that person who you used to crush on the MOST.. or that ex who you used to be attached to at the hip.. see if you feel any of the above. 

This all just kinda dawned on me today.. I won't even hide what the incident was. Me and Christian went to eat dinner in Cerritos at the restaurant that a guy I used to like (a LOT, 2 year crush) works at currently. We've gone to the restaurant only once before.. and the feeling I described above was what I felt both times I've been there. Christian knows that I used to like the guy a lot, but they've become good friends and he trusts both of us (even though the guy had admitted to Christian that he did used to like me as well, surprise to my ears really). 

I forgot to mention that with those feelings above.. come a kind of heavy feeling. One of sadness maybe? Or maybe it's reality that settled in. 

Both times I've felt those feelings above.. but at the same time I've also felt the reality that I USED to like him and that we both have lives we're content with. Sure the attraction's still there but there's a firm understanding that the crush was to remain unacknowledged and life is good as it is. Kind of a sense that those nice feelings described above are for something that's out of reach now. 

It's not a bad thing, as sad as it sounds I guess? You'd understand if you talk to an ex you were close with or a mutual crush that lasted a while. You'd agree that you feel that intimate connection but you both know there's an unspoken feeling that keeps you two from reaching that intimate level again. I may sound stupid typing up all this mumbo jumbo but it's just something I'm tossing around in my head. 

By the way, that guy was there from the beginning. He basically saw me transition from my fatass self to who I am today. I was kind of a fatass when I met my first boyfriend. I had a small crush on the guy already but it wasn't going to happen. He did meet my first boyfriend though and he also saw me through the period when the breakup happened. Come to think of it, I always went to talk to him when something big happened or something small. I guess I was just kind of an annoying little high schooler who kept finding him just to stutter and talk about dumb things. Then came Christian. They met and WOAH.. became friends. People even say they look alike and ask if they're brothers. Weird? Yes. Their interests are in the same things but their appearance and personalities are completely different. I can't help but smile sometimes when we see his face but after liking someone for so long, how can you not? I'd never do anything behind Christian's back, nor would the guy. It's just kind of funny how things work out in the end. The guy I used to like is now making sexual comments with my current boyfriend. Yup. They're a match made in heaven. 

............... freaks. They both look like elves too.

-Katie