Today I am dancing around with my hands in the air. it is just that kind of day

[afuna]

Nice things that have been happening lately:

• I've discovered liquid eyeliner.
  
  I've learned to put on just a thin line along my upper lashline (it just takes a few seconds whoa), and the definition makes my eyes stand pop, but in a very subtle way that doesn't make it obvious I have makeup on. I love the way it looks. And so, for the first time, I own eyeliner ;) I even own two: one basic black and one sort of dark iridescent gray.
  
  So awesoooooome.
  
  Still haven't figured out eyeshadow :)


• I recently realized that makeup is a way to hack my physical appearance, and that's turned it from an annoying thing that I couldn't understand to being a fun puzzle. Combination! colors! non-obvious but effective hacks!


• I lost my USB but my mom had a spare 32GB which was way more capacity than my old one (also 32gb usb? and 4gb USBs are now cheap? technology is weird and also awesome)


• I really love our users ;_; Damn, but I could just cry.


• I also really love our sysads <3 They make me do the opposite of cry :)


• I fell in love with the idea of a second monitor when I tried my brother's setup (had guests, long story short). Now that I've moved back into my room, I've been missing the ease of use -- code / logs on one screen, browser on the other, I'm just...
  
  incoherent. I'm incoherent. okay.
  
  So anyway, I made myself get over my stinginess and buy a secondary monitor because it'd be worth it and okay I just steeled myself for a massive wave of buyer's remorse, but you know what? the monitor is awesome, and the setup is fantastic and I can afford it and while it's a bit of a luxury, it's really helpful in my line of work. And so, it's worth what I spent, yay.
  


• internet is stable! and my ISP finally upgraded wiring in our area, so it's even fast now :)


• I've been knitting socks of my own design
  
  I feel a bit weird saying I designed it, when it's just a stitch pattern I chose out of a book, super-imposed upon a basic sock template, and surely design must be more than that? but it feels like mine, and I did choose which pattern would go with the self-striping socks, and I am making decisions for how the pattern will shift when I get to the leg, and I've had to undo it thrice already because I decided to do something differently from before, so I guess that it is turning out to be my design after all ♥


• And I had a hot stone massage the other day with a friend who I haven't talked to in ages and \o/


• my aunt visited from the US, and it was a nice visit (she's a fantastic person, really generous and warm. And she knits!). She's gone home now, and it's also nice to have some space and privacy back. So all good


• I finished knitting a sweater! My first thing with sleeves. I'm excited to try it on post-blocking, just haven't had the time, but oh it's there calling to me :)

(And then there's a bunch that's not so nice but the good is overwhelming the bad at this point in my life. That is good)

Comments

[shinsetsu]

I'm glad you're feeling better Afuna. Thanks for such a happy post! :)

[branchandroot]

Oo, yes, liquid eyeliner is a lovely thing! And a stable internet connection, too. My uni has been having problems this week, and it's been crazy-making.

[pne]

Yay dual-monitor setup!

[jumpuphigh]

I love happy posts!

[syntheid]

Hee. I like the comparison of makeup to appearance-hacking.

Also second monitors are awesome!

[tamouse]

As do I! I have always thought of make-up as being able to play with my appearance. Not necessary, just fun. The concept of using it to hack yourself raises it up at least a couple notches with me as well.

[marahmarie]

I love your happy post, it's pure joy to read.

And *giggles* all the talk of eyeliner almost makes me want to wear makeup again - I own a ton of it but hardly ever wear it anymore).

[shadowspar]

I've discovered liquid eyeliner. ... So awesoooooome. Still haven't figured out eyeshadow :)

Me either. ^_^; I've been told that liquid eyeliner is Advanced Makeup Materiel, and that one should muck around with kohl pencils first, but all things in time. =)

I recently realized that makeup is a way to hack my physical appearance, and that's turned it from an annoying thing that I couldn't understand to being a fun puzzle. Combination! colors! non-obvious but effective hacks!

Indeed! \o/ I won't go into my tactical-makeup rant here, but there sure are a multitide of awesome and artful possibilities, eh?

I really love our users ;_; Damn, but I could just cry.

Speaking on behalf of all the users, we all love you too. ♥

I fell in love with the idea of a second monitor when I tried my brother's setup (had guests, long story short). Now that I've moved back into my room, I've been missing the ease of use -- code / logs on one screen, browser on the other...the monitor is awesome, and the setup is fantastic and I can afford it and while it's a bit of a luxury, it's really helpful in my line of work. And so, it's worth what I spent, yay.

Even the stingiest of companies over here will buy two monitors for their office employees, because the productivity boost has been repeatedly shown to be worth it. So yay for the second monitor. Look at it as an investment in your work. =)

(And then there's a bunch that's not so nice but the good is overwhelming the bad at this point in my life. That is good)

Yay for happy update and the good outweighing the bad. =)

[tamouse]

I was lucky enough to be live with someone who is a makeup master, and used to spend a lot of time watching them put on makeup. It was quite educational. When I started to do my own makeup, I found that it was easier than I imagined it would be.

Having a sense of what the materials do is essential (as is for any artistic endeavour) which requires one to play around with things to get the feel for what works and what doesn't. (See previous comment about makeup as play).

[starshadow_rivaulx]

there is something infinitely heartwarming about reading people's happy posts. am glad that a) things are coming up rosebuds and b) you have time to watch the roses bloom.

*drive-by hug*