By alienman on February 25, 2010
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By alienman on February 24, 2010
I totally got tricked into a Couch-to-5k. How does this even happen?
me: I am going running every morning!
him: I’ll go with you!
me: it’s going to be short. like 20 mins and barely a mile
him: ok.
*we do this for a couple of days
*boyfriend starts cueing me on when to run and walk
* i follow like a sheep
him: Surprise! I’ve been training you for couch-to-5k!
me: WHAT
Posted in anecdotes, Relationships
By alienman on February 23, 2010
I’ve been dying for an opportunity to try on these bottom falsies, especially for a gyaru-inspired look. I haven’t been able to bring myself to wear the whole bands because I felt like they were too obvious.

Thanks for the falsies, Macnunu!
I snipped off a fraction of each one and wore those on the outer corners of my lashline. I’m still getting used to it, as you can see.
This is a look inspired by the gyaru style of pulling down the outer corners of the lower lashline and lining it with false lashes. They do this to make their eyes look dramatically larger and more doll-like. Moving down the lash line also enables them to get away with lining it in black without making the eyes look smaller. The drawback is that it tends to look obviously fake when seen in person, although it looks great on camera. Then again, was the gyaru look ever about looking natural?
I didn’t want it to be too dramatic, so I used just the snipped-off portion and, for the upper lashes, went with a subtle and natural-looking style. Even so, the result was a bit messy, looking over-processed and overall artificial. My eyes probably looked pretty gross from close up. Tell me what you think.

My chin doth protest too much. Seriously. It's been breaking out twice a month and driving me crazy. I wonder if it's because of the new foundations? It's too soon to tell.
I’m really not liking how NYX Circe lipstick looks on me. Nudes don’t seem to flatter me in general.
Close up of eyes:


You can see where I've affixed the false lashes on the outer corner and filled in the area above with white eye pencil.
I’m totally doing this look for my passport photo. I’ll be retained at every security area because I’d look nothing like the photo, since I tend not to wear makeup when flying overseas. I’ll be like, “How dare you say I look ugly without makeup!” even though they wouldn’t have said that in those exact words. I’ll then end up on a no-fly list. Man, I’m full of great ideas these days.

Anyway, let me know what you guys think. I definitely wouldn’t consider this an everyday look but I had fun with it. If you want a tutorial for this look, I’d be happy to put one together.
Posted in EOTD | Tagged asian, beauty, EOTD, FOTD, gyaru, korean, makeup, monolid, single eyelid
By alienman on February 20, 2010
Just kidding about that Korea trip!
Seriously. Who the hell forgets to CHECK HER PASSPORT EXPIRATION DATE before planning a trip overseas? Alienman, that’s who. -_-v
Fortunately, I’m able to use the ticket for future flights. I guess I should be upset about this sudden interruption of my plans but, honestly, I’m happy that I don’t have to leave the boyfriend, yet. I didn’t realize how frightened I was by the thought of being away from him for so long.
Anyway, I have to hurry up and get a passport photo taken, so I submit for a renewal. I guess you ladies will have to wait on the Korea reports for just a little longer! How long does it take to replace a passport, anyway?
Life in Portland has been pretty good. The weather has been perfect for strolling about and checking out food carts. I must admit, I wish I had some girlfriends with whom I could hang out on such days. The boyfriend is great company and I’m always thrilled to share new experiences with him but I do get wistful about strolling the streets of Alberta with a close female companion.

For 70 cents a day, you can adopt me to be your friend T_T I'm kind of in love with the silver NYX liquid eyeliner. I've been lining the lower rims of my eyes like this.
Continue reading “Thank you, Secret Valentine!”
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By alienman on February 18, 2010
The boyfriend and I decided to go for a stroll around the neighborhood. We passed by a park where we saw a kid, maybe eleven years old, playing with a small trampoline.
I mean, he was actually picking it up and rolling it down the street, like it was a hoop.
I contemplated advising the boy on the proper usage of the trampoline, but I decided it was not my place to set restrictions on this kid’s apparent outside-the-box imagination. Who was I to tell him there was only one way to play with a trampoline?
A car came down that street, so he rolled his trampoline out of the way. As we passed, he yells out, “ARE YOU ASIAN?!”
Was this a trick question?
“IS SHE ASIAN?!”
“IS SHE CHINESE?!”
My next contemplation was on whirling around and letting the kid know you don’t just yell out guesses at a stranger’s ethnicity as they passed you and your stupid rolling trampoline on the street, but then he delivered this gold nugget.
“DO YOU GUYS KISS? DO YOU GUYS FUCK?!”
Holy shit. Did the kid even know what that meant?
“DO YOU PUT YOUR DICK IN HER PUSSY?”
Yea, the kid knew exactly what that meant. I finally retorted, “You don’t talk that way to strangers.”
“Sorry!”
Stupid kid. I hope you keep playing with the trampoline the wrong way so other kids laugh at you.
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