Presentation this Friday

I'm optimistic about it. More experience, better graphs, more pictures. I'm thinking it will go much better than last time.

Plant help

Anyone know what these long shoots are going to do?? I think this plant is a night blooming cereus.

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

I have two personalities: nature-chick & sorority girl

Most of the time I'm a blend between the two, but sometimes I'll deviate to one extreme or the other.

I've gone over to the super girly side and it's all because I got my makeup done at the M-A-C counter yesterday.

It was SO much fun. I usually just wear mascara & this was just the second time in my life that I've had my make-up 'professionally' done.

So now I'm doing internet searches like crazy on techniques and products. I've always wanted to wear more makeup but I'm never sure what colors look good. It doesn't help that I don't have good lighting or a makeup mirror. I'll think a color looks good and then I'll look in my car mirror and go, "WHOA!"

And I learned something new about eyeliner. New to me, at least. I was under the impression that you weren't supposed to line your "water line". But everything I've seen recently has said the opposite. Maybe that's why I've had such a rough time with eyeliner??

The other thing was that the makeup was dramatic (to me at least), but it still looked good. I noted that had I done it myself (even if I did everything exactly the way she had done it) I probably would have chickened out, said it looked horrible, and promptly taken it all off.

Anyway, that's what I'm excited about right now. Makeup. Thrilling, I know.

DVD/VHS storage

My house is relatively small (960 sq ft). So when my fiance moved in, our dvd & vhs collections merged...but had no real home. Currently, we have two open shelving units in the 'coat closet' and a chest of drawers right next to the piano full of movies. This is not the ideal situation because the entryway is crowded and we have to put our coats in our already packed closets.

We've looked for dvd and vhs storage units, but the ones that are big enough are expensive and probably wouldn't fit in the house anyway. Does anyone have any other suggestions for me? (Other than get rid of some movies.)

I love my sleep

So it's 2:30 am and I can't get back to sleep. I woke up at 12:45 after going to bed at 10. Thoughts of my presentation next Friday are swirling in my head. I just keep trying to think of different ways to say essentially the same thing. Im not doing it on purpose and i have no idea how to make it stop! Blarg!

To a T

I meant to share this picture of some buttons with you all a while back. They suit my fiance and me perfectly! But really, I suppose they could describe a lot of couples.