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Kiss and Make-Up

2010-03-10T19:28:00.000-05:00

I’m obsessed with make-up. I don’t know why, since I’m not one of those women who feels the need to “put on her face” before she walks out the door. SPF moisturizer and tinted lip balm is all I require. Maybe it’s because I technically don’t have to walk out my door. I don’t know. I do love cosmetics though. And I especially love that cosmetic candy store called Sephora.

Today I went to the Sephora in the financial district. All the female employees were decked out in these horrendous fluorescent bob wigs, in honor of the new Tarina Tarantino collection. I felt really bad for them. I asked one, who approached me while I perused the Bare Essentuals section, “You only have to wear that today, right?” She laughed ruefully and said, “Today, tomorrow, the next day...” Poor girl. Seriously. Almost nobody looks good in a fluorescent fright wig. (Except, perhaps, me.) I made my purchase choices (BareMinerals Mineral Veil in a nifty refillable brush and a luscious tube of, you guessed it, Tarina Tarintino Conditioning Lip Sheen in Prong) and took my booty to the cashier. She was also wearing the wig. Before helping me she asked a male co-worker to do something perfume related for her. As he walked away I said “Why isn’t he wearing a wig?” She and another female employee laughed. “He should! That would be funny!” I totally agree. And to tell the truth, I might have bought more Tarina-themed crap if the guys had been been all dolled up in Hello Kitty pink. Then again, maybe not.

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy

2010-02-27T21:32:00.002-05:00

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Don't Forget Your Hat...Or Your Cat

2010-02-27T13:28:00.002-05:00

More doodles. When will the fun ever stop?

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mmmmm

2010-02-27T12:48:00.001-05:00

I just dipped my finger into a jar of Nutella. It tastes like Europe.

More doodles.

2010-02-26T21:55:00.004-05:00

Lately I've been using Japanese brush pens. They rock.

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doodles

2010-02-26T21:39:00.005-05:00

I keep a sketchbook, but it's not one of those nicey nice, everything's been thought out kind of Moleskine notebook jobs. It's more like mental gibberish. I tend to draw the same things over and over again. I'm kind of like that guy from the fable about the artist and the emperor. I'm constantly practicing so some day I will be able to whip out the the perfect version in an instant.

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Cross Process App - Downtown

2010-02-24T19:34:00.001-05:00

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Untitled

2010-02-24T13:39:00.001-05:00

Better Late Than Never

2010-02-14T22:53:00.001-05:00

I've posted some more photos from our October 2009 trip to Barcelona. Check them out.

Playing With Lo-Mob

2010-02-04T17:10:00.001-05:00

Me at Seventeen

2010-02-02T21:49:00.001-05:00

I was looking through flicker and saw this oldie but goodie. Cracks me up. I still have that shirt. And the boots. And the pot leaf belt buckle.

Zombified

2010-02-02T13:22:00.001-05:00

This is what I looked like on Sunday after I finished a marathon two week job.

I'm trying to get back into Doodling.

2010-01-28T00:14:00.001-05:00

A Smart Girl's Guide to Parties

2010-01-18T19:04:00.002-05:00

The UPS man just delivered a big box full of my brand new American Girl book--yay for me! It's called "A Smart Girl's Guide to Parties" and boy, is it cute. This is my fourth book for American Girl and it's perhaps the best, if I do say so myself. You can pre-order it for the tween girl in your life by clicking the link below. Cheers!

Holy Cow, Am I a Freakin' Packrat or What?

2010-01-15T21:44:00.001-05:00

Haiti Disaster Relief: How to Contribute - The Lede Blog

2010-01-13T10:19:00.001-05:00

For readers interested in contributing to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti, here is a list of contact information and links for some agencies that plan to provide relief.

The New York Times does not certify the charities’ fund allocations or administrative costs. More information about giving, for this and other causes, is available online from the GuideStar database on nonprofit agencies.

AMERICAN RED CROSS
Text “HAITI” to “90999″ to make a $10 donation.
2025 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
(800) REDCROSS (733-2767)

AMERICARES
88 Hamilton Avenue
Stamford, Conn. 06902
(800) 486-4357

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
(800) 736-3467
P.O. Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203-7090

MERCY CORPS
Dept. W
P.O. Box 2669
Portland, Ore., 97208-2669
(888) 256-1900

OXFAM AMERICA
226 Causeway St., 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02114-2206
(800) 77-OXFAM (776-9326)

THE SALVATION ARMY
615 Slaters Lane
P.O. Box 269
Alexandria, VA 22313

SAVE THE CHILDREN
Haiti Earthquake Children in Emergency Fund
54 Wilton Road
Westport, Conn. 06880
(800) 728-3843

WORLD VISION
Haiti Earthquake Relief
P.O. Box 9716
Federal Way, Wash. 98063-9716
(888) 511-6548

CARE
151 Ellis Street
Atlanta, Ga. 30303
(800) 521-CARE (521-2273)

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA/MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES (MSF)
333 7th Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10001-5004
(888) 392-0392

INTERNATIONAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES
P.O. Box 630225
Baltimore, Md. 21263-0225
(877) 803-4622

U.S. FUND FOR UNICEF
125 Maiden Lane
New York, N.Y. 10038
(800) FOR-KIDS (367-5437)

PARTNERS IN HEALTH
P.O. Box 845578
Boston, MA 02284-5578
(617) 432-5256

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List of charities to donate to for the Haitian earthquake relief.

Letters of Note: Your pal, John K.

2010-01-12T11:20:00.001-05:00

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Good advice to novice cartoonist from the creator of Ren & Stimpy.

Freelance Freedom #132 – FreelanceSwitch

2009-12-31T13:43:00.001-05:00

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Hahaha, so true! It *does* burn!

17 Things Worth Knowing About Your Cat - The Oatmeal

2009-12-25T22:12:00.001-05:00

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Me Thinks Kitty Likes The New Desktop/Bed Situation

2009-12-20T22:42:00.002-05:00

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This is why I need a bigger desk. I want to get another one of these so Mini can have her own. They don't like to share.

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Insomnia Sucks

2009-12-16T03:35:00.002-05:00

Hmmmm...It's a quarter after three in the morning and I'm wide awake. I'm at my mom's house, watching a TV that doesn't have a large selection of channels, therefore I've been rewatching "Cold Case" reruns. Lulu is completely sacked out. She ate almost all of a gigantic chocolate chip cookie I accidentally left with in easy reach and now I have no choice but to contemplate eating the oatmeal raisin cookies Charles's mother made. They're pretty damn good as far as oatmeal cookies go, but I despise picking raisins out of cookies. I really wish I was asleep. Lulu makes it look so easy. She just curls up in a ball or stretches out in a long line and passes out. Sometimes she has wacky doggie dreams where she twitches and her eyes flutter and she looks kind of like she's having an epileptic seizure. Right now she is sacked out on her side, motionless aside from the slow rise and fall of her chest as she breathes. Oh, now she's twitching. Get that dream squirrel, Lu!

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Cafe Beignet Breakfast

2009-12-10T13:03:00.001-05:00

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Beignets at Cafe Du Monde

2009-12-09T12:20:00.001-05:00

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Dessert at Nola's

2009-12-09T12:16:00.001-05:00

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sketchy santas

2009-12-05T21:27:00.001-05:00

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I've got a "Sketchy Santa" photo of myself in college, but I look rather sketchy in that pic myself, so I'm not gonna post it. My roommate was an elf at Macy's that year. I wanted to be one too, but my schedule conflicted with Santa's.

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