9:59 p.m. - 2005-02-22
No Wonder It Was on Clearance...
It's strange. Now that I have time to read diaries and update without feeling vaguely guilty because I'm supposed to be working...I've been Little Miss Lack o' Update. I could attribute this to the fact that my life is empty and meaningless without work, but really, I didn't spend most of my entries bitching about work. All I can chalk it up to is my contrary nature. If you tell me I'm supposed to be doing something, I'll do the opposite just to prove I can. So, since I really am bored out of my skull and have lots of time to muse on the meaning of life for all to read....I've been devoting my time to other pursuits. These are:
1. Gym
2. Video Games
3. Fruitless resume sending
4. Smoking both wacky and non-wacky tobaccy
However, tonight, BFRB and I decided to actually leave the house. I had to buy some semblance of a wedding gift for my former office mate (the one holding the glowing vibrator in this entry). She said she was registered at Bed Bath & Beyond, so I decided a small gift card was in order. However, it took all my self-control not to buy her this:
Seriously. No wonder the shit was on clearance.
Then, we went to Ulta so I could attempt to locate my favorite moisturizer that the Evil Empire suddenly decided not to carry anymore. See, I have skin that resembles a 14-year-olds. It's oily and prone to breakouts. But, since I'm 30, I'm starting to see wrinkles. I think this is some complete bullshit. I mean, if they could find a way to drill for oil on my face, we wouldn't be fighting some stupid war in Iraq. But somehow, it still wrinkles. Therefore, I need some sort of lotion. I cannot use regular lotion, though, because it just makes my face extra-shiny and my makeup smear everywhere. (Not that I've worn much makeup for the last few weeks. I'm not sure I remember how to apply it. But it's the PRINCIPLE, people.) Most of the teenager-type lotions, though, make me break out. I found ONE KIND that actually works and doesn't cost $40 a bottle (there are several of that variety that work, but I ain't got no job, and even though my father is being extra generous and telling me to ask if I need money, I don't want to have to ask, and I doubt he would see $40 moisturizer as a necessity.)
So where was I?
Oh yes, Ulta. It's the girlie superstore. Makeup. Hair stuff. Perfume. Various other beauty products. It's very hard to go in there and not spend money. However, we managed. BFRB bought a candle, and I bought some moisturizer that was NOT the right kind, because, even though they carry the right kind, they were OUT.
Ulta also has a salon, so we decided to get our eyebrows waxed. Unlike my usual eyebrow-waxing locale (nail salon...the chick does a great job), this place is all high-class and shit. They take you back to a little room with some allegedly soothing music playing, and proceed to painfully rip off your excess eyebrow hair. In my case, that's a lot. I inherited the unibrow. I have these horrible visions of myself in a nursing home at 80 with these big bushy old-man eyebrows and a whole lot of nurses averting their eyes because they don't want to go "I know you're old and ugly anyway, but really, those eyebrows look like they belong on the Yeti."
Why do I think about shit like this?
Since I've been such a slacker, I will close with a list of the good and bad about being job-free. We'll start with the good news:
No more 5:30 in the morning baloney
Gym never crowded
Two words: pajama pants
Don't actually have to be somewhere every day
Kitties happy
But the bad news is:
No paychecks after March 15
No excuses for disgustingly messy apartment
Have to look for job
Text Twist is boring after the first million points
