tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-01-31:32 absolute development corrupts absolutely afuna 2011-10-27T14:22:38Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-01-31:32:1050258 2011-10-27T14:18:57Z 2011-10-27T14:22:38Z public 10 Nice things that have been happening lately:<br /><ul><br /><li>I've discovered liquid eyeliner.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />So awesoooooome.<br /><br />Still haven't figured out eyeshadow :)</li><br /><li>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!</li><br /><li>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)</li><br /><li>I really love our users ;_; Damn, but I could just cry.</li><br /><li>I also really love our sysads &lt;3 They make me do the opposite of cry :)</li><br /><li>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...<br /><br />incoherent. I'm incoherent. okay.<br /><br />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 <em>can</em> 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.<br /></li><br /><li>internet is stable! and my ISP finally upgraded wiring in our area, so it's even fast now :)</li><br /><li>I've been knitting socks of my own design<br /><br />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 <em>is</em> turning out to be my design after all &hearts;</li><br /><li>And I had a hot stone massage the other day with a friend who I haven't talked to in ages and \o/</li><br /><li>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</li><br /><li>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 :)</li><br /></ul><br /><br /><br />(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)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=afuna&ditemid=1050258" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments