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clevermanka ([personal profile] clevermanka) wrote2015-05-28 11:49 am
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Weary

I'm on my third day of fatigue and figured I'd better document it because documentation is important. I had to take the elevator up one floor to get to my office this morning. Thank gods [livejournal.com profile] mckitterick was awake to give me a ride up the hill to work because oh god that would've been so tiring otherwise. Stupid, stupid fatigue.

Check out these liquid matte lipsticks. I want Mars and Soul. I'm tempted to order them, but 1) money, and 2) my lips peel at the drop of a hat, so I'm always leery to drop cash on lipstick that I can't return.

Speaking of make-ups, I'm gonna get rid of all my single-pot eye shadows. I know you're not supposed to share make-ups, but whatever. I was in theater. I've been sharing cosmetics since I was fourteen. If anyone wants my colors, let me know. They're dramatic, high-pigment, colorful stuff that I mostly used for dance and out-on-the-town makeup.

The guy who plays The Doof Warrior in Mad Max Fury Road is an Australian musician and his style is not what you'd expect from his performance in the film.

There's a meme going around Tumblr that says "Reblog with what you would tell your 13-year-old self in the tags." The only one I can think of is Stop starving yourself. So what if you're chubbier than other girls your age. Starving yourself now is going to do some major damage down the road. Everything else, though, nah. It was good to have those lessons actually happen. I might throw in a few little things, though, like Your obsession with Duran Duran is going to be 100% justified when they're still relevant in your 40s, so don't be embarrassed at how much you love them, or Ignore whats-her-name's snide comments about making fashion statements. Yes, you are making a fashion statement and you look fantastic.

Now my 25-year-old self? She could've used some advice on two major issues.

Stop wasting your time on weight machines. Get a trainer. HSES grad students are cheap for hire for KU students. Get your ass in the free weight room and don't stop going to the gym just because your boyfriend wants you to sleep in with him in the mornings.

Don't buy the house with D. In fact, just break up with him after that major fuck-up of his early in the relationship. He might be super cute, but he is bad news for you.

Would you give advice to younger you?

[identity profile] mckitterick.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Cut your damned long hair and ask out that hawt black-haired chick working behind the computer desk.

[identity profile] renniemom.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry you're battling fatigue again/still. :-(

Advice to my 11 year old or 25 year old selves is an interesting question. I will ponder that a bit.

If you happen to have any yellow, orange or pink family eye shadow pots I am very interested.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
NGL, your hair really was a tragedy.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
The fatigue BS might just be a lifelong thing that comes and goes. Won't be so bad if it's a rare thing, I guess, but right now it's just too frequent of a drag.

I definitely have some orange left, not sure about the yellows. I might've used those up. But that color palette is yours for the taking! Send me your mailing address and I'll pop them off to you this weekend.

[identity profile] kazoogrrl.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)

Stop worrying about money, quit your dumbass job, and travel.

[identity profile] renniemom.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm hopeful it's either rare or manageable cuz dang.

I emailed you but am having issues with AT&T today. Let me know if you don't get it.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Got it!

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
That's pretty good advice for any stage of life, really. =D

[identity profile] splix.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry about the fatigue. :((( Hope it clears soon. It sucks to feel that way.

Love the lippy! The colors are great, but it is a lot to spend. I bought one of those OCC Lip Tar paints and it didn't work at all for me, and I was out 22 bucks. RAR. >:(

Thanks for the song link! Cool voice.

I could give my younger self advice, but I'm pretty sure younger self wouldn't give a shit/listen.

[identity profile] msmitti.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I think my 13 and 25 year old self needed to be told the same thing: don't care so much what others think. Hell, I think my 42 year old self needs to be told that on a regular basis (thankfully, it is a lesson I am finally learning though).

Also related, do whatever it is for me, not for them. Again--don't care what they think.

and kazoogrrl nailed it with the quit worrying about money and travel.

Live your fricking life.

[identity profile] 1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god, younger me and I would have to take a week vacation somewhere secluded so I can drill some important advice through her uber-dramatic teenage brain.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty sure younger self wouldn't give a shit/listen.

I am all about learning from the mistakes of others. It just saves so much time.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha ha ha ha! That is a fantastic image!

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Comparison is the thief of joy!

[identity profile] splix.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, now I think it's valuable, but at thirteen, fifteen, eighteen, twenty-one, no freakin' way.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I've always been lazy/unadventurous. Give me a decent explanation why something is a bad idea and nine times of ten I'll take it to heart. My unambitious nature is how I've avoided getting into serious trouble my entire life.

[identity profile] fionnabhar.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Tell somebody. Keep telling somebody until one of them makes it stop.

[identity profile] stuology.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I have soooo many things I'd want to shake into me. But I know me, and I wouldn't have listened to myself anyhow. Well, maybe at 25, but not at 13.

[identity profile] 1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Can't you just see me, bitch-slapping myself and saying, "Listen here you little shit, stop crying over these stupid boys and concentrate on your damn studies!"

[identity profile] mundungus42.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
To teen me: You are so much more than your sexual state, and you have no obligations to people who find you attractive simply because they express their attraction.

Those liquid matte lipsticks are amazing, but holy shit, I could wear ZERO of those colors.

[identity profile] gansje.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Advice to my younger self, lessee...

"Stop wasting your youth thinking you're fat -- you're not, you're gorgeous."

"After your son is born, you will want to leave your husband. DO IT. Do not hesitate, move back in with your parents and do it."

"Recitation counts. Go to recitation."

[identity profile] redheadfae.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG Iota is adorbs. Him with the puppies in the Schizo vid.
Thank you!

13 yr old me? Hm. I dunno, I was pretty awesome at 13, and NGL, my teen years were a blast. I didn't give a rats ass what anyone thought of me, and I had fun.

20-something me? Another story.
"Either hang onto that guy who told you that you'd never have to work a day in your life and just keep taking the birth control behind his back. He's a good dude and you'll miss him. If you won't listen to that, then:
Never mind all that love stuff, honey, go date the hell out of those rich ones and gather up as many baubles as you can that you can hock when you'll need them later. Oh, and that Hells Angel? Run. Run far away and never look back."

[identity profile] sherwood21.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I dig that Mars lippy. I might order that & let you try it out. I don't really see you having these, but if you've got any sort of frosty/silver/blue shadows, I'd take those off your hands.

I don't really have any advice to my 25 year old self. My 21 year old self though? - Don't marry that guy. You have to take care of yourself and your own responsibilities & needs first.

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