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Aaand back to routines. Russian!

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So, I've picked up bracelets and some BPAL, per recommendations. Makeup, I'm torn. I think I know what shade (or rather, I've narrowed it down to two shades) I need, but it's either get both and don't use one or go to a store and get actually matched. Which may or may not happen this weekend. I need to wander around downtown and see what there is in terms of such stores, to see if there's a place I can walk to tomorrow that'll do that. And I probably should get new eyeliner, and not the random colored liquid/latex liner that's really tempting but just, eyeliner. And lipliner and lipstick. I'd forgotten how nice lipliner is. You wouldn't think I knew that, but I did. Earrings will be forthcoming as soon as I decide which ones I want.

Another thing I think I'm going to look into picking up is a bento box. Either that or I'm going to pick up some small internal boxes and just use my Witchblade lunchbox, which is also an option. Once I finish off the fried rice I have I'll have to see. I have, however, discovered I can do pretty damn well with the routine of getting my day clothes, earrings, and perfume on before I start doing my Russian, and then I don't have to rush when I'm done. I like this. The only thing I might need to do is come up with some way to consolidate my satchel, my purse, and my potential bento/lunchbox. Because the number of small things I'm carrying to work is getting ridiculous. It may involve consolidating my purse and my satchel, I think that can be done.

Randomly, damn. I think that actually is Washington National Airport they're showing in Prison Break. Or at least, close enough that it's making me double-take and I've been through that airport a lot. Doesn't say it was filmed there, though, so probably not.

Oogh. It is nice, somewhat, having the apartment to myself. I can imagine myself getting pretty tired of it by the end, but right now it's nice just having the apartment to myself. Tonight there will probably be tidying of the living room, and some writing. Hopefully. And editing. There turned out to be not as much work as I thought to do, so hopefully I'll be able to get some of that done today, too. Mmph.

And more beauty practice will happen tonight. I need to practice this otherwise I spent a fair chunk of change on makeup that really will just sit in my top drawer and be useless. And I don't want that. So, practicing! It is not fearful stuff. It is just something I have not yet mastered. Seriously. CS post involving this and probably some other stuff should happen in a couple of days, when I'm a little more settled back into routines. It's nice to be home again.

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My Russian book came today. Damn. That was, um. Quick. Quicker than I expected, really. Still damn. And also woot because not only am I able to read (if not necessarily pronounce, that needs worked on) the text in the actual book itself in the first few exercises, this means I can do exercises in the morning instead of translating chunks of text and analyzing it to a fair thee well. Which is occasionally fun to do because of semantics and things, but not conducive to learning the language. Also, I fear getting rusty on things. I may take a week, still, and review noun cases at least. Conjugation, surprisingly, is actually pretty easy for me to stick to.

Beauty practice happens again tonight. I'm actually doing surprisingly well making myself do Long Road stuff, and other writing stuff that I should be doing, instead of screwing around with memes and prompts and things. If I can just keep it up consistently it'll even get done. Shock and horror. No, surely not.

I feel like there should be more to say here, but, really, there's not. Tonight I do more writing and editing and my goal thing for tonight is to pick up the damn living room, which still shouldn't take that long. Not sure what I want to have for dinner but I took down the chicken, so I should cook that. Somehow. I'll think of something, and no doubt it will give me much leftovers. I might actually cook two things and just do my damndest not to cook over the weekend. Because, really, I hate cooking just for myself. Actual involved cooking that is. I always wind up with a pile of leftovers. And still not sure what to do about the lunch thing, but I'll work that out, too. I've discovered that the only thing I really want out of a bento box is the rice molds. I do a lot of stir fry and if I can pack up leftover stir fry and a cute little rice mold... yeah. I have no life.

Earrings still haven't occurred. Mostly because I'm waiting till I get home, see what kind of shiny bangly things I have, and then probably will look for some studs to match. I really want a pair of gold smiley-face earrings because I have a Watchmen fetish. I think I know where to get them, too. And in the meantime, I have pretty bracelets and pretty scents coming to me. And hopefully the boy will actually get a job soon and I can keep indulging like this. Oogh.

Also, still need an icon of being a stereotypical hair-jewelry-clothes-makeup girl. Ponder. And a better way to phrase it rather than girly-girl because damn. Maybe just, exercising the virtue of Beauty.

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Okay, you know what? I'm actually going to do something I didn't want to do, and this is not an admission of defeat, but I'm giving up on the book progress on German and starting over again. Mostly because I have by now TOTALLY lost track of where I am. And I could use the review. And so could Ali (sorry Ali!) because our routine there has gotten totally screwed, too.

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Mostly this is stuff you and I have gone over before, Ali, so. Have some in context? I can translate line by line, too, if you want.

Oogh. I've been going on a tangent for at least the last hour or so over weaponized hair sticks. No, I don't know why. I blame Aisha, at the very least. Maybe Nameless too. Half the people in my head would be all over weaponized hair sticks and me putting them in my hair. This is at least also partly due to the fact that I've now figured out how to do a bun and a half bun in my hair (half bun looks less silly with my bangs) and I'm working on practicing a couple of other hairstyles that require sticks as well. Short version, I'm picking up a few hairsticks and some mini hair clips, and if anyone can tell me where to find some pretty mini hair clips that isn't dressytresses I'd be much obliged. I'm talking to my blacksmith friend about the other.

I'm definitely exercising my Beauty virtue. And my Brilliance by finding out what works for me rather than trying to copy a pre-existing image. I think this is actually the first time I've worked this hard at Beauty without trying to copy someone else's image, and I can't believe it's taken me this long, but damned if it isn't worth it. With age comes wisdom? Or something.

At any rate. Cleaning the living room happens now, and then makeup practice and then washing off the makeup and a little reading before bed. Editing has also happened today! I feel accomplished.