Is anyone else thawing out? We are, today, but I think it’s all supposed to re-freeze. Has the weather affected your Superbowl plans?
Not mine.
Mike is taking the boys to a “male only, father/sons, and no wives” Superbowl Thing.
Which is fine with me. I’ll be seeing The King’s Speech instead, with other women who might have a similar appreciation for Anything With Colin Firth, Please.
I like football, but some years I just don’t get into the regular season and then it seems a bit silly to go to the trouble of watching and caring about the Superbowl. This is one of those years.
Minor Details That Need Conclusions:
(Let’s just assume one or two of you care, so that I can cross this off my to-do list and follow up where it was perhaps stated/implied that I would.)
Right.
*It’s 55 degrees today and the dog is okay to go outside and take care of business. (This sentence right here is blogging at its worst, I KNOW. Hang on, I’ll liven it up with inadvertently sexy sounding stuff in a minute)
*The Roman Empire paper was turned in and a 95 was received on the rough draft.
* Was thoroughly thrilled until the instructor sent out an email saying, “If you got a good grade on your rough draft, whatever, do NOT be thinking that means you’ll get a good grade on your final paper.”
*And then I wasn’t thoroughly thrilled anymore.
*No idea how the final will be graded, but the “DO NOT BE OVERCONFIDENT” email deflated me quite effectively. Maybe I had been guilty of this in a pleasant, fleeting way. Now, not at all.
*Today I saw Amee (the one who teaches the Crazy Difficult Butt classes), but I did not go say hi or hope she would turn around and see me.
*I’m antisocial, but I was also eating nachos after Caden-6yr’s basketball game, and I have no doubt that my butt would have been seriously Held Accountable For The Nachos. Most likely with 7000 squats.
*This next section is for Sara:
Warning: If you are not Sara, beware. Do NOT dive into the shallow end. NO diving into shallow waters. WADE IN, if unsure. Be CAREFUL. This is not for everyone, and not for men. There are no lifeguards on duty here, and if you regret that you kept reading after this warning, I refuse to pity you. Proceed with caution. It’s REAL shallow. (This is really pretty much just for Sara, since she asked.)
NARS lip gloss in the color Orgasm is, according to Sephora, a “sheer warm pink with golden shimmer.” That’ s not how I’d describe it. I’d put the word peachy in there.
NARS lip gloss in the color Super Orgasm (isn’t that a bit redundant?) is described as “peachy pink with gold glitter”. Again, not how I’d describe. I’d take the word ‘peachy’ right on out of there. It’s more of a carnation pink. A barbie pink. Not a peach at all.
Orgasm: Years ago, when they came out with Orgasm lip gloss and it won all these awards and it was supposed to look SO great on everyone… I doubted. Didn’t you? Because what color really does? Well. THIS ONE. It really does. And I’m not terribly into peachy ones, usually. Also, though, I don’t like the blush in the same color (orgasm). It’s really pretty, but then I kept noticing I’d have a fleck of gold metallic stuff on my face, and I Am Not A Showgirl, I’m A Mother of Four, Thanks, so the metallic lint didn’t really work for me. But if you like the color, but not the gold flecks, just go with Benefit’s Coralista because it’s exactly the same. Or, for something cheaper, look for colors that are not disguising that they are Orgasm imitators. I saw one called ‘Afterglow’ but I can’t remember the brand. There was another one called something like “pass the cigarrettes” and another one called “wow, THAT was nice” but I don’t think that’s exactly word-for-word correct. You get the idea.
SuperOrgasm (can’t even type that without rolling eyes. Aren’t they inherently ALL fairly super? Right.): It’s pretty. But it’s not award worthy, or hype worthy like the original. I think NARS had a really great success with Orgasm, and their marketing department came up with an idea to sell another color with a similar name and the same base audience… and this is the color that just happened to get picked for that role. It’s just not THAT great. Pretty. And I like it… but not enough to reorder when it’s gone.
I’m fairly pale/white, and like pinks more in the winter, peach-ish colors more in the summer. That’s why I think you’re good with the original, Sara.
If anyone would like to weigh in on the orgasm/superorgasm color conversation, or want to name other favorites, of course go right ahead.
I love you.
9:57 pm
1. Am glad i’m not the only one not caring too much about Super Bowl, will be playing volleyballe at the park instead….
2. I was really really happy about your rough draft grad and ready to be all “WOO HOO, AWESOME!” until that whole don’t be overconfident, so that is not cool at all, but I think it is probably still really good and hope to hear that you get just as good a grade on your final paper.
3. Think I might have to try Orgasm lip gloss because you did a really good job of making it sound awesome. Don’t think I could ever waer something with a name called “pass the cigarette” a little too trashy for me and we know that sometimes I can achieve a little trashiness with no effort at all, but that’s pushing it.
4. One question about Orgasm though, does it leave your lips smooth? I don’t like the ones that leave them drier than before using their lip gloss.
5. Am wondering how many ridiculous hits you get from google with the word orgasm and super orgasm in your post that many times… Hmmm…
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11:05 pm
JS,
3. good, you’ll love it
4. don’t think so…. but i don’t think that about any of them
5. i don’t know. i don’t check because it depresses me to see how many people google ‘naked kickboxing’ and then it depresses me more to realize i’m where those people end up. (but no, i DON”T, and there’s a perfectly innocent reason for why that mistake is made.)
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10:10 am
After super orgasm it went all blah blah blah click click buzz buzz. Now back to that Super Bowl topic you glossed over… heh heh (see what I did there?)
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1:01 pm
.end,
assuming anyone read this, another contingent spaced out at the words “colin firth.” lip gloss puns *always* duly appreciated here
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1:55 pm
Hmmm — well, I’m with you about the Super Bowl and about Colin Firth. I haven’t felt that way about an actor since Omar Sharif, which lets you know how old I am. They both have this intense-eye, senstive mouth thing going.
Okay, I waded into the deep end. I’m not so old that I won’t take a challenge now and then. I am so old that “orgasm” and “super-orgasm” might give me pause, but then again, maybe it would wake up the folks at my book discussion group (supposing that their eyesight is so good that they could read the label). It’s all about the colors (and the flecks, and the shimmer), anyway, isn’t it?
About the question you asked about followers — I don’t entirely understand the tech stuff about them, either, but can see that some blogs have them in the thousands. To me, that just means that they are people who read the blog regularly and have some techie way to get updates. My way is my blog reader, made available through blogger. There are others, including update subscribers. But the best way, for me, is to drop by regularly, so I won’t miss something as entertaining and uplifting (read that as almost inevitably funny) as your blog!
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2:49 pm
The grade thing–way to go!!! Glad to hear the dog is back in business, so to speak. I’m not a big fan of lip gloss, because it always makes my lips feel sticky. The only part of the super bowl I might be interested in is the commercials, but not interested enough to watch the game in order to see them. I have Sense and Sensibility recorded for my Colin Firth fix. BTW, you nearly always make me laugh out loud. Then Wick wants to know why I am laughing, and I read your stuff to him, and then he laughs out loud. Thanks for brightening our day, and reminding me that I am not the only one who gets myself into … um…shall we say strange situations?
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9:40 pm
Two more great lip glosses to consider… both with Orgasm’s peachy shimmer but with more pigmentation, and a lower price.
Too Faced “Material Girl” has a lot of pink shimmer, too, but is not heavy. Makes your whole face look young. And Hard Candy Button your Lips lipgloss in Envy is my favorite lipgloss of all time. Only at Walmart. Volume, shimmer, and an all day finish. Tastes like a sugar cookie, need I say more…
3:05 am
Wow, thanks for the Orgasm/Super orgasm comparison. Sorry I’m a little late in reading it. Been having hectic days recently– but good hectic. Don’t need the bubble wrap yet!
I use the blush too, gold specks and all. They don’t stand out on my face, maybe cause of my darker color. But I will look into Benefit’s Coralista when my stock is finished and compare.
It is a weird name huh? Imagine it on a wish list. Ha ha ha. I did that last year at Christmas time.
I caught up on all your posts this afternoon. Praying for you.