carry on

song+ Jai Ho -Pussycat Dolls
book+ ff12 guide
quest+ eh? nothing really
upper+ making progress fighting the blahs
downer+ mega allergies
attire+ white and turquoise plaid sundress
drink+ ginger ale

Tuesday was my April lunch date with James, Wednesday was his birthday. i told him that for his present i'd try to actually finish the painting i meant to give him for Christmas (it kept coming out WRONG) and being like week-of would be better than i'd managed in the last 5 or so years. the painting is done, it's still not quite what i imagined, but better than anything else has been, and since i'll be seeing him in a few hours (most likely) for game day i'm choosing to call it good enough.

Friday Jenni picked me up to work on our quilt blocks, and we got them mostly done before she had to move on to other tasks, yesterday was the trip to Carrolton for the new block, then i headed up to Wild West where Kyu had been drawing for their Free Comic Book Day event since 8am. i made it there some time like 2:30 and stayed about 6 hours to help clean up after closing. there were 6 artists there in the morning (though half had left by 4ish) and there were people all day long willing to wait 30 minutes for a sketch from Kyu. the drawings were free, but signs indicated tipping was welcome, and Kyu brought home more drawing yesterday than he earns working a full day at his day job. like even after buying a spontaneous chicken dinner and a few other things, he still has 100 more dollars than he did Friday after work.

so i'm completely aware that this is tangential, but why are dude-marketed razors SO MUCH BETTER than lady razors? they're cheaper, the blades seem much more effective, and best of all, i had NO allergic reaction to the stupid moisture strip! breaking out in hives and rashes in reaction to shaving is seriously 98% of the reason i've been so lazy about shaving since puberty. i'd rather wear layers and hide sasquatch legs than deal with itching and irritation for DAYS in an effort to look more conventionally attractive for a few hours. it's like 12 hours later though and i have no visible irritation for the first time i can remember, seriously like EVER. i have allergies to multiple metals, and a pretty intense (anaphylaxis on ingestion, swelling and skin breakage from chemical irritation rash on surface contact) reaction to cucumber which is used appallingly commonly in "ladies" products. and again, the dude razors are SO much cheaper. it's entirely possible i'm the last person on earth to figure this out, but it's insane how much better i feel today than i expected to. because i'll do the layers and whatever, but it gets HOT here and generally speaking i'm not a fan of pants, so it's good knowing i have options again. xD