- You might be wondering, “So what the heck is this Monday Poll thing anyway?”
Well, it isn’t much of a poll. It’s more just a constantly evolving (devolving?), somewhat random list of questions I’ve been putting out to readers every Monday morning for the past four years. I’ve always enjoyed reading your answers in the comments, and I hope you enjoy reading mine.
- Mood:
The sun is shining, it’s warm out, my allergies are somewhat under control — all in all, today has the makings of a pretty great day. - What’s your current favorite eye look?
The Hourglass Dune duo has been my daytime jam! I’ve been wearing both shades on my lids for an olive/gold smokey look, adding a dash of black liner along my water line for dramatic effect, LOL! - What’s your favorite fried food?
It varies, but if you start with a potato, I’ll probably like it. French fries, hash browns, tater tots, yum!And even though the thought of ’em frightens me a little, I get the feeling I’d be all over deep-fried Snickers bars.
- The next book on your reading list?
Bossypants, by Tina Fey.THAT WOMAN CRACKS ME UP! But I wish she’d stop trying to sell me Garnier hair dye…
- How’s your sense of direction?
Alright, I guess. I can usually find my way around, unless we’re talking about South San Francisco. That town is my navigational Achilles’ heel. It’s like the Bay Area’s Bermuda Triangle, the way the streets are laid out around the hills.I actually got lost there once (pre-GPS) and drove around for two hours before I found a way to get back on the highway.
- Do you think people can change?
Yes, most people. Most of the time. The optimist in me says “Yes.” 🙂 - Your favorite lipstick of all time?
Hmm… That’s a tough one. Probably MAC Viva Glam V, because I think it looks fantastic on almost everyone, and the proceeds go to a good cause. - What’s for lunch?
I’m craving crunchy, so maybe a crisp, cold salad with some fresh cut pineapple for desert. - What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
What you’re feeling is depression, my love, and there’s no reason to feel embarrassed or ashamed by it. It happens to the best of us. Start by scheduling an appointment to see a counselor, and you’ll be on the road to feeling better.Exercise will also help you feel better sooner, so get off your butt and start moving!
- Weekly goals:
Squeeze in some extra play time with Tabs. He’s been fussy about not being able to spend the warm days outside and has a lot of pent up energy. Also, keep tracking your workouts using the My Fitness Pal app (that thing really works!), and remind yourself every day that “You’re doing just fine.”
Hello, sweets. 🙂 Happy Monday! I hope you had some time over the weekend to relax and re-charge. If you have a minute today, please swing by and let me know how you’re doing in the Monday Poll. I miss you.
- To complete the Monday Poll, just copy the following list, and paste it with your answers in the comments.
1. Mood:
2. What’s your current favorite eye look?
3. What’s your favorite fried food?
4. The next book on your reading list?
5. How’s your sense of direction?
6. Do you think people can change?
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time?
8. What’s for lunch?
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
10. Weekly goals:
I hope your week gets off to a wonderful start.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
1. Mood: Okay. It is beautiful and sunny which is nice, but I have been feeling a bit depressed the last few days. Not sure why. Maybe it’s the impending grad school graduation and looking for jobs. Who knows!
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Just a sheer wash of color (especially greens!) I have been too lazy to do much else recently.
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Uh…..where to start? Maybe fish and chips….but I also love tots, fries. Really, fried foods are my weakness. I try to stay away but it does not always work! 🙂
4. The next book on your reading list? Something other than a textbook. Ask me in five weeks once school is over!
5. How’s your sense of direction? Horrible. Really, just horrible. I don’t know how I survived without GPS!
6. Do you think people can change? Yes. It’s hard work, but it can happen.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Not really a lipstick gal. My fave gloss of all time is Buxom lip tint in Melonie (discontinued!) which is a bright neon pink that looks amazing in the summer.
8. What’s for lunch? Not sure yet.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Things will get better. You know that guy you just met? You will be married to him in 5 years. 🙂
10. Weekly goals: Continue tracking calories and workouts with my fitness pal (Karen, you do this too?! Have you lost any weight on it?) I lost three lbs last week and want to keep up my momentum.
Hi Kellie,
Yup, I’m a huge fan of My Fitness Pal! It makes tracking so easy, and it helps me stay motivated. 🙂 I’ve lost about two dress sizes. It’s a great tool!
1. Mood: Great! Is the beginning of the week, so am not yet down 😀
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Brown eyeshadow smudged over a brown pencil..
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Puris..that’s deep-fried Indian bread..with potato..
4. The next book on your reading list? Bossypants, after I saw it on your reading list 😀
5. How’s your sense of direction? Horrible! For a few weeks, I couldn’t find my way back home 😐 And San Francisco…ughhhh…with GPS we lost our way there 🙁
6. Do you think people can change? I think so..I hope so…I changed..a bit 😀
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Hmmm…Maybelline My Mahogany.
8. What’s for lunch? Mango 😀
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Get your priorities right..and a lot more, but we will start with this 😐
10. Weekly goals: Time management….When am I ever going to learn this?!!
Hi Rads,
I have issues with time management as well. If you have any tips/tricks, I’d love to hear them!
I am trying out a stopwatch to help me stick to the task at hand..and keep track of how long I spend/waste on it. Is a small thing, but helps 🙂
1. Mood: Tired. We had a pretty rough weekend, with a sick doggie and plumbing issues. I actually said it was a relief to go back to work!
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Maybelline Tough az Taupe as a base and MAC’s Modern Pewter all over the lids. LOVE!!!
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Fried Chicken from a local Houston place called the Barbeque Inn. Surprisingly, the most ordered item on their menu is not their barbeque but the fried chicken!
4. The next book on your reading list? I bought 2 books at B&N last Saturday, both by the same author, Julie Otsuka – The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor was Divine. 🙂
5. How’s your sense of direction? Uhm. Bad. I confuse my left and my right, at my ripe old age. 😀
6. Do you think people can change? If they really wanted to, yes.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Bettina – its my MLBB!
8. What’s for lunch? I had leftover vegetarian Pad Thai.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Someday, your Prince will come. 😉
10. Weekly goals: I am seriously contemplating taking Friday off, so make it to Thursday is my goal!
Hi Nina,
Oh noes! Is Mojo okay?
He is on the mend. 🙂 Im just glad that it wasnt any worse. He has gastritis (because my sister used to feed him people food all the time) and I think it was made worse by his accidental (well, maybe not so much since he did rummage in the trash bin) eating of french fries. 🙁
1. Mood: Burnt out.
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Smoky.
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Chicken.
4. The next book on your reading list? 50 Shades of Grey.
5. How’s your sense of direction? Horrible.
6. Do you think people can change? Yes.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? MAC Redd Lipliner? Does that count?
8. What’s for lunch? Subway.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Don’t have a boyfriend.
10. Weekly goals: To work out six times this week.
Hi Lydia,
Hope you get a chance to relax and recover this week.
What workouts are you planning to do?
1. Mood: Pretty good. Had a productive day at work and still sore from yesterday’s interval step class so it’s good 🙂
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? I’m actually not wearing any eye makeup the past few weeks as I’m still recuperating from Bell’s Palsy. Figured I should give my eyes a break from makeup and contact lenses.
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Fried bananas (fritters) and fried “Chempedak”. Oh my god, now I want some.
4. The next book on your reading list? Heat by Bill Bufort. I really want to read it but it’s not available in bookstores here (and there’s no Kindle version!) so I ordered it off Amazon. Hopefully it’ll show up soon.
5. How’s your sense of direction? It was quite bad when I used to sit in the backseat of the car while my parents drove me around as a kid/teenager. Nowadays, it’s pretty good since I take public transport almost everywhere (or walk). I do owe a little bit of it to Google Maps though.
6. Do you think people can change? Yes, definitely. I’ve changed over the years, much to my own surprise, so I think people can.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? NARS Dolce Vita 🙂
8. What’s for lunch? I had some baked chicken and a few small pieces of falafel as well as some salad at the office canteen. For dinner I had sushi. I can’t complain.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Stop making plans. Real life happens when you’re busy planning. Go with the flow and be kind to yourself.
10. Weekly goals: Survive the week, workout 4 times this week and be productive at work. It’s the same every week I think 🙂
Hi Fieran,
Good for you for hitting up step class! I’ve been to a few of those and they’re not easy.
Have a wonderful week!
1. Mood: Great! Work is over and I’ve a flight first thing tomorrow morning for 2 weeks of holiday! 😀
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Clean and defined with a darker colour in the crease. Just need to figure out how to properly blend the crease thing.
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Anything fried? Fries, fried spring rolls, fried Mars bars..
4. The next book on your reading list? Revolutionary Road (half-way through and it’s good, but even grimmer than I thought)
5. How’s your sense of direction? Good 🙂 it might take me some time to get there, but if people don’t confuse me I do find my way
6. Do you think people can change? Eh, I doubt it. Although would love to be proven wrong.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Still looking for the perfect lipstick!
8. What’s for lunch? Had broccoli and bulgur wheat
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? It’ll get worse but then it’ll get better!
10. Weekly goals: Finish packing, go to bed early so I don’t miss my flight, and eat better! I’m getting thick in the middle. 🙁
Karen – forgot to say that if you can get your hands on the Bossypants audiobook, it’s even better than the book! I had to stop listening to it at the grocery store because I’d crack up randomly and start crying and get weird looks from people.:D
Hi Advah,
It’s funny that you mention this because I was actually thinking about getting the audiobook! I like listening to them when I’m on the treadmill. 🙂 I’m assuming Tina reads it out loud, yes?
Hi Advah,
Have soooo much fun on your holiday! Where are you headed?
Yes it’s her reading it, and she’s a great reader! Definitely go for the audiobook and let me know what you think 🙂
And thank you, I can’t wait! I’m off to France – a few days in Nice then (near) Provence. I’m all packed and as usual my suitcases weight a ton..
Okay, cool. I’ll put that on my iPod…looking forward to running lots of miles with it! 😀
So jealous about your trip to France. I’ve always wanted to go to Provence. Have you done all your sightseeing planning, or are you going to wing it? If you haven’t already, pick up a Rick Steve’s travel book. His guides are the best!
1. Mood:
Exhausted. Insomnia is apparently a permanent fixture in my life these days.
2. What’s your current favorite eye look?
For looking much more awake than I am: MAC’s Mega Metal shadow in Prance all over the lid area, and Bobbi Brown’s Denim Ink Gel Liner. Any navy blue liner is going to make the whites of the eyes look brighter and that helps.
3. What’s your favorite fried food?
Coconut shrimp
4. The next book on your reading list?
Probably some cook books. I’ve got a friend’s baby shower coming up soon and it’s potluck!
5. How’s your sense of direction?
What sense of direction? ; )
6. Do you think people can change?
Absolutely, but it’s important to accept people for who they are right now and not wait for a change that may not happen or they may not want.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time?
Gotta vote for MAC’s Viva Glam V.
8. What’s for lunch?
Some salad left over from yesterday’s takeout.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
Don’t avoid doing things that will help your future because you think they will take too long. You have no idea how fast time goes by.
10. Weekly goals:
Try to reach out to people each day. I tend to isolate when I’m going through difficult times and I’m finding that to be a really bad idea.
Hi Heidi,
It’s good to hear from you. 🙂 What are you thinking of cooking for your friend’s baby shower?
Probably something that can sit out for awhile, like some sandwiches or a non-mayo main dish salad. It should be a nice time. She’s expecting her third boy!
1. Mood: Tired & Restless.. How can you go to bed early with a Sleep Aid and still be awake all night, specifically at the witching hours? Easy, just be me. lol
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Mascara & a dusting of bronze shimmer
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Deep Fried IceCream……. French Fries & Pepperoni are a close behind.
4. The next book on your reading list? Oh that list is too long to list. But currently reading book #2 of Diana Gabaldon Outlander series, ‘The Lucky One’ by Nickolas Sparks & ‘Dark Fever’ by Karen Marie Moning…
5. How’s your sense of direction? Excellent. I never use maps, always read signs.. I once travelled from Kingston ON to Concord NH by back road only without a map… its part of the adventure lol
6. Do you think people can change? No, You are who you are, why change so someone else accepts you.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? MAC LipGlass in Spirited
8. What’s for lunch? Had Steamed Veggies, 1/3cp of mashed potatoes & some Baked Pork
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Start putting away money for those rainy days, exercise daily so you won’t gain 70pds and hate exercise and its okay to not keep up with the ‘Jones’…
10. Weekly goals: Spring Cleaning, Upload new Playlists to Phone & Nano for impending trip to Jamaica (12 sleeps), and find a solution to this ‘no sleep for you’ mode I’m in..
Hi Twyla,
So excited about your trip to Jamaica! Have you started packing?
I haven’t physically started packing but mentally I’ve gone thru my closet to determine what I should take. Each trip I get better at paring down what I need & what I want to take. 1 Suitcase & 1 Carry on.
1. Mood: Chipper. Love the weather today!
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Fill in brows (Lise Watier Boite a Sourcils – Brunes), add a little highlight (Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick – Pink), a little slick of liner (MAC Fluidline – Macroviolet, or Blitz & Glitz) in a subtle cat eye; simple & retro and goes perfectly from the office to after-hours.
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Savory: duck-fat fried french fries, fried calamari/seafood with a little cocktail sauce and lemon juice! Sweet: traditional glazed krispy kreme donuts, churros with cinnamon sugar… MMMM. Excuse me while my pants explode.
4. The next book on your reading list? Hoping to get my hands on the Hunger Games or Game of Thrones series.
5. How’s your sense of direction? Pretty good. But then again in North America, all the blocks are square, so as long as you know your major roads, directions are very easy.
6. Do you think people can change? It takes conscious effort and willingness to change.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Everyday/subtle: Chanel Rouge Coco – Egerie and Rose Dentelle & MAC Lustre – See Sheer and Sweetie. Bold: MAC Matte – Ruby Woo, Chanel Rouge Coco – Gabrielle, Chanel Rouge Allure – Insolente, Lancome Color Design Matte – Corset
8. What’s for lunch? Veggie pasta saute, watermelon, and a chocolate chunk cookie (just because it’s Monday), with a big mug of genmaicha!
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Don’t spend all your money on disposable fashion – buy fewer things in general but invest in more quality pieces!
10. Weekly goals: Check out MAC VGV lipstick, clean out my junk closet, spend some quality time with the boyfriend 🙂
Oh Karen – I remembered you like to drink a lot of tea, here is the latest gadget that I’ve gotten my hands on for brewing loose leaf tea:
Bodum New Yo Yo Tea Strainer (Stainless Steel) with Pavina 20 fl. oz. Glass with Rubber Grips.
You gotta get this tea strainer. It’s pretty and it also prevents all the annoying little tea bits (especially finer leaf teas like rooibos and herbals) from getting into your tea, and the little lid also doubles as a strainer rest for when you’re not using it!
Hi Ines,
Googling it right now! Sounds like something I’d use all the time.
Now you’ve got me thirsty for rooibos…NOM!
Hi Ines,
I have a weakness for original glazed Krispy Kremes as well! Don’t you just love them when they come right off the conveyor belt?
Vanilla Rooibos – YUM-O, to quote Rachel Ray!
I totally
Celestial Seasonings makes a rooibos that is swoon worthy. I like it with a little bit of milk and sugar.
Right now I’m drinking ginger tea! It helps when my tummy is grumbly. What have you got in your cup?
Hyunmi nokcha (genmaicha/brown rice green tea) – it’s so toasty and comforting :). I’m obsessed with this tea place in Montreal, they’re local & independent (but will ship all over N. America) – The Kiosque (thekiosque.ca). Their ginger tea is good too, and so is their Godiva Rocher (rooibos with caramel-chocolate tones, yummmehhhhhh)!
1. Mood: So sleepy..Did not get enough sleep last night.
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Just black eyeliner on top lid and that is it.
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Popeyes’s!!!!!!
4. The next book on your reading list? Hush by EM Blomqvist
5. How’s your sense of direction? I have a pretty good sense of direction.
6. Do you think people can change? Yes but only if they want to for themselves.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? I don’t really have one. I use glosses. I love the Stila lip glosses
8. What’s for lunch? Whatever I can scrounge up in the fridge since I am too lazy to do anything else.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Save your money and travel more.
10. Weekly goals: Gym, eat healthy and stay positive
Hi Lolamd,
Would you believe I’ve never been to Popeye’s?!
Hi karen,
it is a guilty pleasure but their fried chicken is so darn good!
I remember watching an interview once with Beyonce back in her Destiny’s Child days and hearing her rave about Popeye’s. 🙂 I haven’t had fried chicken in a while (my guilty pleasure was KFC); what I loved most about it was the crispy outside. ZOMG, when you get it when it’s hot and fresh…That I miss!
Oh, and kinda random, but I have a friend who swears by fried chicken and waffles, although I never got around to trying it.
1. Mood
Happy!
2. What’s your current favorite eye look?
Just mascara – I can’t seem to work with eyeshadow or liner. I look much better if I just have fresh eyes and super-long lashes.
3. What’s your favorite fried food?
Chips, by far. (I mean the British, deep-fried chippy kind.)
4. The next book on your reading list?
Wolff’s introduction to Political Philosophy.
5. How’s your sense of direction?
I’m really, really good. I think I must’ve been a pigeon or a dove in a past life, because I can go anywhere and find my way around and back again really efficiently.
6. Do you think people can change?
Yes! I’m a case in point – I used to be a miserable bugger, I seriously hated my life, but I’m the chirpy one people like having around now.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time?
I’ve never worn lipstick, I’m a tint and balm girl.
8. What’s for lunch?
I just had my tea – courgette spaghetti with lots of vegetables in a tomato sauce. Yum.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
I’m 19! Erm, I think I’d like to turn 20 and be harder-working and more efficient by then. I could stand to buckle down a little more.
10. Weekly goals:
– finish this essay (for real)
– get 5 lectures in each subject done.
Hi Tor,
Good luck on your essay. What’s it about?
1. Mood:
ok
2. What’s your current favorite eye look?
anything with green
3. What’s your favorite fried food?
chicken
4. The next book on your reading list?
Queens Consort by Lisa Hilton
5. How’s your sense of direction?
pretty good
6. Do you think people can change?
If they really want to, then yes.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time?
Sleek Makeup True Color Lipstick in Rose Petal
8. What’s for lunch?
chicken and tomatoes
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
10. Weekly goals:
exercise more
Good luck with your goals this week, Gio!
1. Mood: Tired and still not totally okay (stomach problems)
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Just some dark liner applied with the MAC 212 and black mascara.
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Besides some french fries I don’t like fried food.
4. The next book on your reading list? Just finished the Hunger Games (thanks for the inspiration Karen), so I’m gonna have a look at my book shelf, maybe something by Jeffrey Deaver.
5. How’s your sense of direction? Excellent, not kidding.
6. Do you think people can change? I hope, but everyone should involve in some kind of direction.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Not a special one, I keep on buying but I’m not using them 🙂
8. What’s for lunch? Just a cheese sandwich and a banana.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Calm down, relax!
10. Weekly goals: Start doing yoga (again) after a long absence, work on my projects and eat not too many sweets 🙂
Hi Yogirl,
I need to get back into yoga as well. I haven’t gone to a class in about two months and I miss it!
What did you think of The Hunger Games? I hope you liked it.
The Hunger Games were really great, I read all three books n a row.
If you want to take a yoga class wihout leaving the house or to be indipendent by class schedules you might wanna have a look at iTunes, there are several yoga classes for free (look at he podcasts) e.g. for Jivamukti yoga by Jessica Stickler.
Hi Yogirl,
I’m really glad you enjoyed the series. It’s one of my fave YA books of all time.
Oh, and thanks for the reminder about the classes on itunes. I always forget that they’re available! Maybe I’ll even get my stretch on after I finish writing today. Well, that is if Tabs lets me. He always loves to plop down in the middle of my mat while I’m downward dogging. 🙂
How was your weekend, btw? Did you do anything fun?
Last weekend was lots of work (deadlines) but I stopped by the Bobbi Brown stand to try the long lasting eyeshadows that were really great.
But next weekend wikl be museum and maybe I’ll try a ballett class.
1. Mood: Pretty good. I just planted loads of flowers and herbs.
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? A wash of peach cream shadow on upper lid with dark brown liner and mascara
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Southern fried chicken or fish. mmmmmmm
4. The next book on your reading list? I don’t know.
5. How’s your sense of direction? The worst. i have no sense of direction. I get lost all the time driving but I never worry about it. I always find my way home…..eventually.
6. Do you think people can change? Absolutely. ..but it takes a lot of work and determination to do it.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? I loved MAC Strawberry Blonde ( Katerine Deneuve Collection) discontinued, of course. I also love Chanel Rouge Allure Libertine.
8. What’s for lunch? I didn’t have any and am munching pretzels right now. Smack my fingers!
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Don’t do it!
10. Weekly goals: Finish the afghan I’m making for my daughter. ( I’m getting so domestic!)
Hi Marian,
Oh, how nice! What does the afghan look like?
1. Mood: Sluggish and a little antsy. I should be studying for my final exam, but I keep procrastinating.
2. What’s your current favorite eye look?: Brown shadows and winged liner.
3. What’s your favorite fried food?: I like almost anything that’s fried, but French fries are amazing.
4. The next book on your reading list?: “As I Lay Dying” by Faulkner.
5. How’s your sense of direction?: Pretty bad.
6. Do you think people can change?: Not in the traditional sense. I think people have it in them to turn things around, or they don’t.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time?: Avon Wonder Wine. They no longer make this shade.
8. What’s for lunch?: Pizza.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?: You are better than you think you are.
10. Weekly goals: Wrap up this semeter, work on some blog posts.
Hi Chris,
Is the semester almost over already? Feels like you just started school. What are your plans for the summer?
Yup. I can’t believe it’s over! We went to a bar for my last writing class, and I felt a little sad to say goodbye to everyone. My professor even kissed the women goodbye, which was kind of sweet of him to do.
I’m volunteering at an animal shelter! I hope I get to work with dogs. I want some experience as a dog walker.
Hi Karen
So…
1. Mood: Not so bad but…
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? None I have some allergy problems so I don’t wear anything at the moment.
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Fish as I don’t eat red meat
4. The next book on your reading list? The Genius a thriller translated ” Les visages ” ( faces ) in French !
5. How’s your sense of direction? Euh very bad in fact
6. Do you think people can change? Yes if they really want to but it’s not so easy to change.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Many ! Maybe Rouge Automatique Shine in ” pour Troubler ”
8. What’s for lunch? Just bread and cheese, then strawberries
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Never lie to yourself
10. Weekly goals: Helping a neighbour who is moving out, reading and cleaning my apartment !
Hi Dominique,
Your lunch sounds delicious. I actually had that for dinner last night, but instead of strawberries I had grapes.
Got any exciting plans for the week ahead?
1. Mood: it’s a good one! Missing my fantastic weekend already though :p
2. What’s your current favorite eye look?
Simple, summery and easy to remove.
3. What’s your favorite fried food?
I want to say chicken, but deep fried pickles really get me too.
4. The next book on your reading list?
Still gotta get to the girl with the dragon tattoo, but I don’t know if I’m ready for that yet :S
5. How’s your sense of direction?
Inconsistent! I can be great at directions and then all of a sudden have no clue where I am.
6. Do you think people can change?
Not by a whole lot, but yes.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time?
MAC High Tea 🙂
8. What’s for lunch?
Chicken breast, green tea, babybell cheese. Lots of energy for today’s rugby game!
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
No regrets! Cuz I’m 17, and hope I learn from all the stupid stuff I do now :p
10. Weekly goals: get my graduation trip organized, spend time with my boys, and play hard!!
Hi Raven,
How exciting! Where are you going for your graduation trip?
1. Mood: Extremely stressed. I came on here to look at pretty things and feel better!
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? The pin-up look! Flesh colored e/s all over and a dark brown in the the crease for definition. Winged black eyeliner, and lots of volumizing mascara, with lots of added curl from my trusty Shiseido.
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Tempura shrimp and vegetables. OMG.
4. The next book on your reading list? I love to read but I’m so busy with school, I haven’t had time! 🙁
5. How’s your sense of direction? Terrible. Thank God for the Maps app on my Droid.
6. Do you think people can change? Absolutely – but only with desire, effort, and time.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Chanel Coco Pink.
IDK where the rest of my poll went?! LOL Here it is:
8. What’s for lunch? Kung pao chicken, steamed veggies, and brown rice.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? 20 was a difficult year for me. I would tell myself to stay focused on school and not to let others’ negativity and unhappiness destroy me. And to stay in touch with the hot guy who asked me out in September – I missed him after he was gone, and it was all my fault!
10. Weekly goals: Get a massive amount of work done. Sell things. Buy my mom some Mother’s Day gifts. And take a break to have fun!
Hi Summer,
Thanks for filling out the poll today. 🙂 What are you thinking about getting your mom for Mother’s Day?
1. Mood: Sad, I miss being in school
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? I’m into a neutral eye kick this week
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Mini fried doughnuts at the fair
4. The next book on your reading list? something about Japanese macaques
5. How’s your sense of direction? Pretty good
6. Do you think people can change? maybe
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Today it will be….MAC Modesty
8. What’s for lunch? Ham and swiss sandwhich
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? A university degree (much less two) is not as useful as you or your parents think it is. Work summer jobs because job experience is valued by employeers
10. Weekly goals: Apply for three jobs and practice relaxation breathing
Hi Tekoa,
I miss school too, and it’s been ages since I’ve been a student! The longing never really quite leaves you.
And good call on the work experience being key. If you can’t get a summer job, internships are great too, both for experience and for making connections.
I’m applying for everything from temporary summer work to full time positions. Only at places I’d actually like to work of course. You should do a post on interview makeup. 😉
1. Mood: tired
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Either antique gold on lid and taupe on crease or any light color on lids and blue on crease. — I only do it once or twice a week though. I have no time haha..
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Any fried seafood except oysters.
4. The next book on your reading list? The Cloud Sketcher by Richard Rayner (probably).
5. How’s your sense of direction? Pretty good
6. Do you think people can change? Yes, whether they change for good or bad.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Still don’t have one, but I currently like Covergirl Heavenly.
8. What’s for lunch? Just some frozen yogurt for late lunch…
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? I’m still 19 haha
10. Weekly goals: study for midterm, write a good paper, get a haircut
1. Mood: HUNGRY! That’s why I’m eating breakfast! YUMMMM … wholemeal english muffins with cream cheese =]
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? a brown smokey eye with the naked 2 palette =]
3. What’s your favorite fried food? OOH! That’s hard! But I’d have to say the potato as well! …oh and fried mac & cheese! and and and…. *mind wanders* I’m even more hungry now!
4. The next book on your reading list? The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks. My cousin told me it was a good book, so I want to read it too!
5. How’s your sense of direction? It’s pretty good, considering I’m a bit of a lost case! I can find my way around Sydney pretty well!
6. Do you think people can change? Yeah they do. But sometimes you can’t help it! It’s a part of growing up!
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Faux by M.A.C. It’s my everyday colour! =]
8. What’s for lunch? Not sure! Something warm because the weather is very moody right now!
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Whatever you do. DO NOT CUT YOUR HAIR.
10. Weekly goals: Go to Bikram yoga more often – It’s the one of the best workouts, EVER!. Finish my Lolo’s photo album!
Okay. Back to breaky! …and back to reading your blog =] Have a lovely day, Karen! Sending you lots of hugs from half way across the world
1. Mood: exhausted! I got a puppy last week and she’s a little maniac sometimes!
2. What’s your current favorite eye look?: I rarely do eye “looks” – just stick with my favorite mascara, Maybelline Full n Soft, to look super natural. If I’ve got extra time in the morning I’ll do a subtle cateye with gel liner.
3. What’s your favorite fried food?: zucchini sticks
4. The next book on your reading list?: Dreaming in French by Alice Kaplan
5. How’s your sense of direction?: pretty damn amazing, if I do say so myself. I’m a New Yorker, we’re born with sense of direction
6. Do you think people can change?: depends what they want to change, but usually it’s a yes
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time?: Rouge G de Guerlain in Gracia
8. What’s for lunch?: I had some quinoa salad with roasted chicken, tons of veggies, feta cheese, and yogurt
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?: take school seriously
10. Weekly goals: do well on my finals.
1. Mood: Happy, I love Mondays! The kids go to school, the hubby goes to work, and I have some quiet!
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? I’m really liking the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette.
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Fried tacos, where the tortilla shell is fried with meat in it, LOVE!
4. The next book on your reading list? I’m reading the “Rizzoli and Isles” series. I’m on the second to last one, so my next book will be the last one. After that, I’m not too sure…
5. How’s your sense of direction? Not too bad, I lack confidence sometimes when I drive and that’s worse than a bad sense of direction. I tend to panic over dumb stuff.
6. Do you think people can change? Yes, absolutely! But only if they want it, and they have to want it! That’s the key to change.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Clinique’s Almost Lipstick in Black Honey, and Benefit’s Benetint. Although Benetint is a stain, it’s a fabulous color!
8. What’s for lunch? I ate a salad, I’m dieting. But it’s warm today, so it hit the spot!
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Finish college! And I was engaged to be married so I was a bit obsessive, I’d tell myself to chill out a little bit. It went well!
10. Weekly goals: Keep up the exercise, no matter how sore I get! Give myself a decent manicure. Write in my journal.
1. Mood: Groggy & annoyed because my last final is TOMORROW, but anxious for Wednesday, the day I go back to home to the Bay Area!
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? I’m feeling lazy, summer vibes, so nothing but mascara.
3. What’s your favorite fried food? A LOT of things, girl.
4. The next book on your reading list? Bulfinch’s Mythology – one of 80-something “classic literature” books I plan to read this summer!
5. How’s your sense of direction? It’s all right, but not the best. I attribute that to my bad memory.
6. Do you think people can change? If we’re talking change for the better, I think people can, it’s just a matter of determination and willpower.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? I don’t wear a lot of lipstick, but I’ve always loved Clinique’s A Different Grape, Lancome’s Love It!, and MAC’s Up the Amp.
8. What’s for lunch? Some ice cream (which I’m kinda regretting now), bowl of cantaloupe, bowl of frozen mixed berries (from TJ’s)
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? I’m 20 years old right now, and I’m enjoying reading everyone’s advice. Your advice, in particular, Karen, hits close to home right now. Growing up is hard, yeah?
10. Weekly goals: Work hard until Wednesday, then, literally, do nothing but nap for the next week. I can’t wait for summer break to start.
Have a lovely week, everyone!
1. Mood: Sad but hopeful. Trying to locate a childhood friend without much information.
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Other than Laura Mercier primer in Wheat and mascara, I’ve been drawn to using LMdB’s Nutmeg on the lids and Corinthian on the crease and outer edge of lower lid with a dark brown eyeliner slightly winged and on the top water line.
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Spring rolls
4. The next book on your reading list? Don’t have my sights set on one yet.
5. How’s your sense of direction? Pretty good.
6. Do you think people can change? Depends. I used to think they could until I read a book written by a FBI profiler. Some people are too damaged.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Don’t really have one. I used to love Rum Raison by Revlon. Although they still carry a lipstick with the same name, they discontinued the particular lipstick. The colors aren’t even the same.
8. What’s for lunch? I had a granola bar, hard boiled egg and chicken salad/fruit snack pack. The snack pack is like a ridiculously small condiment sized portion of chicken salad with 4 small pita chips, 3 baby carrots, 4 slices of apple, and a handful of grapes.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? You are not alone. You can do it. Believe in yourself. You are worthy. Learn the difference between wants and needs. You don’t need a man. Mean, older women are most likely jealous of your youth and beauty.
10. Weekly goals: Hit the gym three times before Friday. Break in new road bike and learn how to use clip less pedals when the sun decides to make an appearance.
~Good advice for your 20 year old self. I’m sure when we were all 20 we went through some variation of self-doubt, not knowing what to do with our lives, and going through tough stuff (though that can happen at any age!). And hey, the Garnier dye (that Tina Fey promotes) is actually pretty good – I use a red dye they make, called Hot Tamale, that produces vibrant color and lasts the full 2 months.
1. Mood:
~Tired. Had a busy weekend working, and had to deal with some tough situations at work.
2. What’s your current favorite eye look?
~I really like doing bright colors, or iridescent colors lately. I haven’t done a simple eye look in a while. I enjoy playing with different colors and combinations. My new fave iridescent colors are Urban Decay in Fishnet, Sephora brand in Sapphire, and Victoria’s Secret in Taboo. They are all great, blend pretty well, and last all day. My fave bright colors are anything Makeup Forever or NYX, but I especially love the neon orange, neon pink, and bright yellow that MUFE makes.
3. What’s your favorite fried food?
~Fried Twinkies are awesome. Though I can feel my arteries clogging up as I eat them. Oh, and funnel cakes are excellent.
4. The next book on your reading list?
~Hmmm, not sure. Was reading some historical fiction by Heather Graham. My Kindle gives me interesting suggestions, so I may look into some of those books.
5. How’s your sense of direction?
~Decent once I’ve studied a map of the county, city, or area, and even if I haven’t, I can still find my way to a highway or main road. Washington, DC, is a tough city to navigate by car, as the roads change at the drop of a hat (Rhode Island Ave zig zags across the city – you can’t follow that road in a straight path). It’s fairly easy if you take Metro and walk, but by car…you’ll be driving for 2 hours and then end up on 395 going to Virginia looking for a parking spot.
6. Do you think people can change?
~Some people, yes. And some people I honestly didn’t think could change proved me wrong eventually (or at least proved that they were capable of a genuine apology). Otherwise, there are certain people that you cannot change their minds or opinions on things no matter what. I’m stubborn, but I’m also willing to admit when I’m wrong!
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time?
~I don’t wear lipstick much, but I liked this fuschia/violet one from Victoria’s Secret and wore it a lot in high school.
8. What’s for lunch?
~I had a leftover Buffalo Chicken sub.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
~That no matter what anyone says, it’s ok to not be ok from going through bad stuff. It’s ok to take time to heal, and it’s ok to get upset with people who think there is a time frame on healing from difficult things. It’s ok to figure yourself out, and to take time to figure yourself out.
I agree with the exercise note – at 20 I ran my first Marine Corps Marathon! It was a great achievement during a difficult year. I’m 24 and haven’t run another one since, but I’d like to.
10. Weekly goals:
~Do some hard workouts, and wake up a little earlier to do them.
~Clean up around the house, finish some filing.
~Get Mother’s Day and birthday gifts for Mom.
~Keep a positive, upbeat mood all week.
I just finished reading Bossy Pants today – hysterically funny and very pro women! You’ll love it.
1. Mood: eh…. had a really bad day at work! 🙁
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Right now, natural.
3. What’s your favorite fried food?
Calamari!!!! I know it sounds disgusting, but I used to love going to happy hour with a friend of mine and we would always order calamari & white russians! Yum.
4. The next book on your reading list?
I don’t have time to read, but am trying to be more disciplined and keep up with my devotionals.
5. How’s your sense of direction?
OMG, Horrible. It’s embarrassing. I can still manage to get lost even with GPS.
6. Do you think people can change?
Yes. I think some people can change. I also think it depends on what the issue is. I know that I have changed a lot and I would like to think that I am a much better person than I used to be.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time?
I have yet to find one. I don’t really wear lipstick anymore. Still on Burt’s Bees. Oh… I did find a really pretty gloss over the weekend.
8. What’s for lunch?
Nothing exciting!
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
Change your major!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10. Weekly goals:
Try and stay positive. Things just have not been going well lately, LOL.
Exercise
Keep up with my devotionals
1. Mood: relaxed
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? black eye liner cat eye
3. What’s your favorite fried food? cheese curds
4. The next book on your reading list? fifty shades darker
5. How’s your sense of direction? excellent
6. Do you think people can change? yes
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? chanel aventure or clinique red-y to wear
8. What’s for lunch? i had a lean pocket
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? have fun go wild
10. Weekly goals:workout 3 more times and have fun
1. Mood: Really tired. ‘Nuff said.
2. Current favorite eye look? Maybelline Expert Wear Singles in Turquoise Glass on lid, the dark brown from Maybelline Expert Wear Duo in Indian Summer, Maybelline Master Drama Eyeliner in Bold Brown, and Maybelline Falsies Flared in Very Black.
3. Favorite fried food? Fried Green Tomatoes from the Minnesota State Fair!
4. The next book on your reading list? New Moon. Currently working through Twilight for the first time. Or Catching Fire. Whichever I acquire first.
5. How’s your sense of direction? I got someone lost giving them directions to my house. How’s that for a sense of direction?
6. Do you think people can change? yes.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Rimmel London LAsting Finish by Kate Moss in 01. The reddest red I have ever seen.
8. What’s for lunch? School lunch. Specifically a taco with cheese and sour cream. Yum.
9. What advice would you give your 20 year old self? Um..what’s that commercial? “Break out and live a little”
10. Weekly goals: Study for and survive the APUSH exam on Friday.
1.Mood:
Stressed! It’s finals week.
2.What’s your current favorite eye look?
Lately I’ve just been loving basic liquid eyeliner and thick eyelashes!
3.What’s your favorite fried food?
I’m a sucker for mozzerella sticks!
4.The next book on your reading list?
I’m in the process of reading Hunger Games…. haven’t had much time latey!
5.How’s your sense of direction?
Not. Good. I’ve lived in this city for 20 years and still manage to get lost!
6.Do you think people can change?
Yeah i do.
7.Your favorite lipstick of all time?
Haven’t tried to many. But lately I’ve been loving one that I got from Clinique awhile back. Its sooo smooth.
8.What’s for lunch?
Tomorrow’s lunch? Good question. I’m thinking something healthy like a nice big salad.
9.What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
Well… I’m nearing the end of my 20 year old self! So I would say just go with your intuition and don’t let ANYTHING stop you ever again. Stay strong.
10.Weekly goals:
Finish off the semester with a POW! Reward myself with some shopping. Spend some quality time with my dad for his birthday. And…. workout more and overall just have more fun now that I have more freetime! 🙂
Hi Karen! Glad to see you back again :).
1. Mood:
Summoning positivity. I was totally anxious last week, worrying and fretting about things that didn’t exist. Spent the whole weekend trying to calm down. I think now I am a whole lot better :).
2. What’s your current favorite eye look?
NARS Ramatuelle trio. It gives my eyes this fresh look and it’s perfect when it’s sunny and warm. Currently the sun is nowhere to be seen in Berlin, but the trio still makes me happy :D.
3. What’s your favorite fried food?
Fries and banana fritters. Separately, of course :D.
4. The next book on your reading list?
Salmon Fishing in Yemen. I want to finish reading this before the movie comes out here next week!
5. How’s your sense of direction?
I am very good in reading maps. Once I have the streets mapped out in my head I won’t get lost. But I have a problem in general direction, how am I supposed to now if the street will go back in circle??
6. Do you think people can change?
YES. I believe in second chance. God knows I need them too!
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time?
After you mentioned Viva Glam V, I know I like that one too. But of all time? Hmm… that’s hard. I’d have to say Chanel RCS in Antigone for now.
8. What’s for lunch?
Homemade Quiche with zucchini and spinach.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
Enjoy every moment. Go after your dream. Actually I think I’m more confused with my life now, compared to when I was in my twenties. lol. Going after my passion is easy. Persisting is harder… so for the 20-year-old self, just enjoy life and stay being as awesome as you are :).
10. Weekly goals:
Finish the interface design, brush up my french for the tandem language session.
I know its not Monday any more, but to me – every week day seems to be a Monday for me, except for Friday. It just feels like Thursday then 🙂
Ok my list:
1. Tireeeeeeeed
2. Peachy, baby!
3. FRENCH FRIES, hands down!
4. Im eyeing on The Japanese Skincare Revolution by Chizu Saeki
5. What you mean?!
6. I would love to believe that, but what I truly believe is, its all up to them – We cant change any one
7. This is a hard one, but I would go for Make Up Store “Baby”
8. Soup, been having soup almost every for the past 2 months (?!)
9. Enjoy what you have now, cause its all down hill from here (lol, jk) I would say “Have fun more girlie”
10. I got loads, but one of them is going to the gym and keep up with it!!
1. Mood:
Feeling tired.. haven’t slept all night. Damn you, hayfever!
2. What’s your current favorite eye look?
I’m wearing a orange smokey eye a lot lately.
3. What’s your favorite fried food?
Fish and chips!
4. The next book on your reading list?
Holiday Blues..
5. How’s your sense of direction?
Great! I never need a map to get into the right direction. I’ve been to Rome a couple years back, and my mom wanted to go to the Roman Empire, but didn’t knew how to get there. My mom carried the map and I was walking ahead. I looked at the map once and knew the whole way to the empire.
6. Do you think people can change?
No. Because the wrong thing one person has done will always follow him, even if he of she is on the right track.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time?
A nude one by NYX.. Rea something.
8. What’s for lunch?
Still have to have some lunch. Don’t know what to get.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
Do what you always wanted to do. Go chase your dreams.
10. Weekly goals:
…
As usual, for me, it’s the Tuesday Poll. 🙂
1. Mood: Soooo tired. Tuesdays are the worst between GoT on Sunday nights, hockey playoffs and Castle on Monday nights, I’m a zombie by Tuesday!
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Brace yourself. I’ve been wearing UD Whiskey for the last week or so. Clinique Chocolate Lustre is my go-to, but I went wild and tried another brown. HAHA!
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Probably chicken wings (hot and extra crispy) or mozzarella sticks. Oh, I love the mixed veggies, too. And onion rings. I’m stopping now.
4. The next book on your reading list? 50 Shades of Grey. I read about 125 pages and then loaned it to a friend because she was more eager to read it than me. I’m sure I’ll finish when I get it back.
5. How’s your sense of direction? Oh, not so good. It’s something I’m pretty ashamed of, but there’s no sense in denying it.
6. Do you think people can change? I think they can change how they interact with the world and can certainly change their minds. I don’t think they can change their nature, though. They can fight it, but who you are in your heart and soul is pretty much who you are.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Clinique’s Just Gorgeous. Discontinued, sadly.
8. What’s for lunch? It was a green salad with campari tomatoes and ranch dressing.
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Wow, where to begin! HAHA! I’d probably say to appreciate my youth (and weight!) and don’t change anything – it all works out great. 🙂
10. Weekly goals: Fight the sleepiness and work out every day. What? It could happen! 🙂
1. Mood: Relaxed. It is uni break and I’ve given myself the day completely off!
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Slack? tbh an easy bronze eye shadow and mascara do me.
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Pineapple fritters!
4. The next book on your reading list? A Clockwork Orange.
5. How’s your sense of direction? More reliable than I let on in company.
6. Do you think people can change? Yes. Most of the time only because they want to though.
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? I can tell you it is fushia in colour. its name though? probably long since lost. and i don’t remember it.
8. What’s for lunch? A shake diet shake :S
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? so essentially me one year ago? Put the effort in, stop thinking about the other people and make a change.
10. Weekly goals: Survive leave period diet for 10 little days. Exercise. Write at least 4 pages of thesis report!!!
1. Mood: Anxious
2. What’s your current favorite eye look? Expensive pink on the lid + trax on the crease both shadows by MAC
3. What’s your favorite fried food? Fried chicken
4. The next book on your reading list? The Hunger Games trilogy
5. How’s your sense of direction? Sometimes it’s good sometimes doesn’t
6. Do you think people can change? Yep, but only for some reasons!
7. Your favorite lipstick of all time? Revlon lipbutter in tutti frutti
8. What’s for lunch? I’ve just had dinner
9. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? I’m 22 so my best advice is .. Don’t fall in love so hard! Haha
10. Weekly goals: finish my final works and get good grades on all my subjects for this semester (yaaay for summer vacations)