It’s Labor Day weekend!
It’s my last Friday as a 37-year-old!
It’s time for me to start thinking about redesigning the blog!
It’s Friday Five time! This week’s theme is Ink.
1. What are the coolest and ugliest tattoos you’ve ever seen?
As for ugly…I don’t think peoples’ faces don’t translate well to tattooing. So the worst tattoo I saw was someone who had their child’s face on them and it was drawn poorly across the widest part of his arm and…wow.
Okay fine…I need to see this again.
2. Have you ever had a meal in which squid ink was an ingredient? How was it?
I had squid ink pasta once but I don’t remember it tasting differently than regular pasta. It was just purply black, which was a turn off in itself.
3. Are you one of those people who has a favorite pen, or one of those people who just uses whatever’s at hand? What’re your favorite pens like?
I’ve commandeered one of WM’s good pens and I use it at work for my tasklist and timesheet. Other than that, no…I use whatever’s around. I prefer pencils anyway.
4. There’s a box of colored markers on the table, and someone tells everyone assembled to grab one. If you have first pick, what do you take?
The Sharpie brand because they smell sooooo good. Oh, colorwise? Royal purple.
5. Have you ever written on a wall in a public place?
No. I’m too chicken to vandalize things. I have stuck angry post-it notes in places. I know…a post-it note. I’m such a revolutionary.
Quickie followup – the hairdo I ended up with for John’s wedding was much more elaborate than what I had originally intended.
I planned for a small bun with just the flower clip as decoration:
I'm an artist!!!!
Two rubber bands, forty-seven hairpins and $85 later, I wound up with a gorgeous array of loops and swirls!
It looked like a million bucks! Thanks to the talented staff at Esthetica for making this bridescrone look like a model!
As for everyday hair, I’m seriously intrigued by this cut, as seen on Sasha Alexander from Rizzoli and Isles. The TV show is horrible (I literally wince through the 8 minutes I have to sit through in order to see next week’s The Closer preview) but the hair? I like!
I think this might work on me.
Unlike my Samantha Who? hair fascination, I think this is a style that is suited for my hair, which is thick thick thick and a bit wavy. What do you think?
>> I’ve stopped the nailbiting again. (Again. Again. Again.) It’s been two weeks this time, and if I get to a month, I’m going to treat myself to my very first manicure. I’m doing what I’ve done in the past but this time I’m going to keep them very short – just to the fingertips. Which is not long at all, but about twice as long as usual. Tonight I painted them a sparkly blue color.
>> I’ve started exercising. Just 20 minutes at a time. I have a few DVDs to choose from. I am sore.
>> I haven’t called an endocrinologist yet. Because I’m a scared little dork. I’ll get over it.
>> I’m enjoying Mountain Dew Throwback — in moderation. It really does taste better with sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. Real sugar brings out the true flavor of the brominated vegetable oil and makes the Yellow No 5 sparkle!
>> Our surviving cat, Charlie, has seemed to absorb parts of Misty’s personality, notably the silent meow. It’s unnerving and comforting at the same time.
>> I’ve stopped the nailbiting again. (Again. Again. Again.) It’s been two weeks this time, and if I get to a month, I’m going to treat myself to my very first manicure. I’m doing 
