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Charlette Augusta Renault-Caragianes
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| catch em catch em gotta catch em all |
[08 Feb 2010|04:36pm] |
I don't generally gravitate toward any sort of a shimmer in my nail polish. I like flat colors. I make exception for straight glitter and, bank permitting, would strike a 33-year-old woman dead for the shot at a 24-karat gold manicure. I sometimes color my nails with white out because I die for the combination of a pale, gloss-free nail. Not to mention how economical it is--good bye $23 4 oz. bottle and helloooooo $2 Papermate.
Several companies like OPI, MAC, Zoya, and even Sephora have recently released lines of matte nail colors. I like this. I love this. I want some samples of this. Fortunately I know some MAC girls who will let me sample the new offerings when they arrive and a girlfriend who is going halfpennies with me on a couple of bottles of the deliciously dull digit dressing.
Name: Marble Tower
Affiliation: Nubar
Strengths: Will make you look like concrete springs from beneath your skin. How scary!
Weaknesses: A Kardashian or one of their disciples may jump you for a chance to slap on a few coats of this sexbot.
Name: Matte About You
Affiliation: Essie
Strengths: Reminds us of a simpler time when it was 1992 and Paul and Jaime Buchman ruled New York City. Also cool because it is a top coat and will matteilize even the glossiest Wet 'n' Wild selection!
Weaknesses: I don't get into doing a top coat as a person who has to remove her nail polish for work. But this really shouldn't count because normally we paint our nails in the hopes that the shit will stay put for a week or two. A top coat is like a bullet deflecting bracelet when it comes to washing dishes or scratching lottery tickets with bare nails--indispensable.
BONUS: an example of shimmer ruling.
Name: Knight's Armor
Affiliation: Nubar
Strength: This is just the result of two coats! I usually have to layer on at least five coats of my LA Wear glitter gold for any sort of opaque finish.
Weakness: Reminds me a little of Death Eaters, particularly something Narcissa Malfoy might wear. And though we learn not to completely hate the Malfoys, I would NEVER adopt a trend set by one.
I should be studying for Anatomy but it's hard to take it super seriously when our upcoming exam is being referred to as a SUPERQUIZ.
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| doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles |
[13 Jan 2010|04:26pm] |
What do you get when you mix brown sugar, butter, egg whites, flour, almonds and powdered sugar?
Financiers! I like what a lot of egg in a dessert does to the texture--pudding and cake combine to create cakeding or puddake. I think my career in food naming is shot.
Now this here is some fire ass shit. Behold the canelé. Even more custard like than the financier with a caramelized coat to boot. Maybe Jeanette will read this and want to make them for my next birthday since I'm getting so old and will probably be so depressed. Seriously.
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[11 Jan 2010|04:08pm] |
pre enucleation:
It was when looking at the "Who We Are" page of a website for a local funeral home that the words "eye enucleation" surfaced. I had some idea of what it might mean in the context of body restoration but Googled it to be sure. The removal of the eye ball, or in this case tumor, that leaves eye muscles and the remaining orbital contents intact.
post enucleation:
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| zanita.com.au |
[09 Jan 2010|10:07pm] |
I wonder if she smokes weed or plays Clue or likes Professor Lupin.
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| he ate my heart |
[06 Dec 2009|08:58pm] |
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Routine is hard. Establishing one is simple enough: identify an objective, puzzle out the motions, repeat. I have gotten pretty good at the Starbucks routine, the school routine, the supporting an apartment and all of its sister components routine, and there even seems to be a recreational routine in place. I don't know why I should be so at odds with this because I definitely like myself better when I follow through.
But I don't have the routine here, people. The routine has me. And this dickneck is keeping me blindfolded. So I'm walking around unable to see where I'm going and all I can be is glad for muscle memory.
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[09 Feb 2009|10:27am] |
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Would you rather be a mortician or a flight attendant?
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[11 Dec 2008|07:51pm] |
dontleavemehanging.blogspot.com
It started as a school project but I think I'll keep up with it. When you're high5ing, your community is (or could be) thriving.
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[06 Nov 2008|12:00pm] |
Looking at an entirely Roald Dahl inspired editorial spread out of British Vogue, I noticed that one of the models looked a lot like the woman cast as Dolores Umbridge in HPotty5. I found the name of said model on the page, Imelda Staunton, and Google searched "Dolores Umbridge Imelda Staunton" to find that yes, in fact, the woman is in Vogue.
Anyhow, as I was typing "Dolores..." into the search bar I couldn't help but notice that I was prompted to type "Dolores Umbridge Sarah Palin". So naturally after my thirst for Vogue had been quenched I returned to Google search, typed in "Dolores Umbridge Sarah Palin", and chose to utilize the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' feature that the search engine offers.
http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N39/dey.html
"P.S. Did you know the root of Umbridge’s first name Dolores, in Spanish, means pain, kind of like what you get when you try to say Palin very fast and drop the ‘l’?"
The election is over and I'm pretty sick of all of the banter surrounding it--I just thought it was a pretty accurate comparison.
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| Things I have and have not done recently... |
[30 Oct 2008|12:11pm] |
I have had the strangest dreams. I woke up this morning scared to ever itch my head again after dreaming of scratching and scratching until a swarm emerged from a bee's nest nestled in my tresses. The nest was grey and the bees were blue.
I have not been absent from any of my classes more than once this semester.
I have power again and switched my electricity/gas into my name so that Chuck won't have to serve as a middle man in utility paying any more.
I have been very cold. I refuse to turn on the heat until November 1st.
I have not been this broke in a long time. But there is good reason because...
I have put down a security deposit and accumulated the equivalent of 3 months rent to live in the most perfect apartment in Savannah. On January 1st I will take up residence at 619 Montgomery St. in Savannah, GA. I was going to keep it secret and just vanish at the end of December but the cold has been making my teeth chatter so incessantly that I'm afraid it'll just spill out anyhow.
I have purchased a BlackBerry Curve. I am in complete adoration of the device but it has also lent to the recent depletion of substance in my bank account.
I have missed Jeanette, and Ratani, and Navy, and my old friend Dan, and my black friends Erik and Zean, and Marissa, and Rebecca.
I have/have not regretted squashing a house centipede last night.
I mean, the pest has 15 pairs of legs and if it didn't have so many flingin flangin appendages I'd think it was a miniature snake. But upon further research I learned that these bugs are insectivores and will consume other gross, and sometimes more dangerous, bugs. This 'fact' about the eating habits and generally tough nature of HC's quickly came under scrutiny when I found www.mikecarp.com/'s entry on the experiment he conducted involving house centipedes and how they would react to/annihilate other bugs.
Whether they are helpful or lame, it freaks me out to know that some of these bugs allegedly live for 6 years, can bite though they're not normally given to, and are at their most active while I am sleeping. Natural/cheap exterminators or not--I really do not like the idea of being plagued by sometimes hostile bugs for six years during what is supposed to be my time to rejuvenate.
If I am going to endure an infestation of cannibalistic insects, I'll take ladybugs.
I WILL not cease in my quest to perfect the art of making eggs in a basket/dropped eggs in toast.
keep on keeping on,
(suck my)CAR-C
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[16 Mar 2008|02:13pm] |
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Not only did I lose my cell phone on Friday, but I've just been informed by brotherAndrew that he has been receiving calls from my number the last couple of days. I initially thought that whoever has my phone was trying to reach people who could assist him/her in getting the phone back to me, but every time I've called my phone its new owner picks up but says nothing. Real nice, guy.
No phone for a few days. And apologies for any phone calls from the imposter.
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| kids get shot on leap day |
[29 Feb 2008|07:53am] |
happy eighth birthday, Jeffrey Atkins.
note: although the craftsmanship of this image may make it appear as though I edited it--this is a photo that I was lucky enough to find.
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| damn skippy |
[14 Dec 2007|01:21am] |
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Jeanette's birthday dinner was pretty nice.
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| beavercity |
[09 Dec 2007|10:26am] |
Angry Beavers
Angry Beavers
I have a sudden craving that I cannot curb.
spoot.
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| the second of december volume II |
[02 Dec 2007|04:47pm] |
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poison ivy--the coasters !!!!!! |
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I'd like to get a large cactus and some potted red chili peppers instead of a Christmas tree and poinsettias.
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