By alienman on March 7, 2010
The warm blue skies have frequently beckoned to us. It is nearly impossible to stay inside when the sun shines undisturbed and the flowers start blooming everywhere. I have actually been enjoying the morning jogs, even though running is my least favorite activity in the entire world. When it comes to a fight-or-flight situation, you wouldn’t see me in flight. Nor would I put up much of a fight. I’d just curl up into a ball and beg for mercy. Maybe this new workout routine will change all that.
Well, maybe we'll stay in just a little longer.
There always seems to be some sort of low-cost or cost-free event going on in Portland, especially now that the chills of winter have begun to wane. Just this week, the boyfriend and I have been to OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industray) for their 21+ only event OMSI After Dark, and to the First Thursday Art Walk. The Japanese Gardens offered free admission on Saturday; the boyfriend and I jumped at this. The Art Museum also had free admission last Friday but we were unable to work it into our schedule. I do plan on visiting at some point, free or not! There have also been amazing experiences with food carts galore, clustered all over the city center and beyond.
Just a small portion of one of many food cart areas in downtown Portland.
My only regret is that we were unable to take decent photos for many of these events. It’s hard to get into the habit of taking as many pictures as possible while engaging in as much of the experience as possible. I had no idea it was so much of a juggle.
Also, the Saturday Market is back in business this weekend. I’ll probably wait until it is much warmer, though, to visit. Many might argue that the Saturday Market is one of the biggest identifying icons of Portland, but it’s always seemed like more of a gimmicky hippie-themed tourist affair that doesn’t quite represent Portland accurately. I would say that the art walks and beer festivals are more representative of Portland’s charms. Then again, it’s been a few years since I last went to the Saturday Market and things might have gotten more interesting since.
I definitely have a lot of great photos to share with you guys, as well as updates on the advances (or lack thereof) in my life. I’m still on the process of polishing my resume, but I think it’s mostly my own insecurities that keeps it incomplete. I’ll save all that for another post. It’s just that I’m obviously so busy…
... or not.
Posted in Photos of Oregon | Tagged portland
By alienman on March 6, 2010
Because so many of you asked, I decided to dedicate a whole entry to these puppies.
These are the lashes that I’ve been wearing for a lot of my FOTDs, lately.
Shisem 솔#
For a more natural look, these Sol Sharps have become my favorites, even more than the normal criss-crossed types like the XNS or XLS. You know how much I used to love and swear by the latter. My friend Susan sent me my first batch of Sol #’s and got me hooked. Just looking at them in the packaging, I thought they’d look too fake and too dramatic. The relatively short length and moderate volume makes it perfect for a daytime look or a downplayed evening look. It adds a bit of length and a bit of volume and the pattern isn’t so distinct that you’d recognize them as fakes so easily.
Continue reading “Ode to Shisem 솔# (sol sharp): All the past EOTDs with my current favorite false lashes.”
Posted in beauty, Reviews | Tagged false lashes, shisem
By alienman on February 25, 2010
Posted in Art
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
I am Alienman. This is my blog. I have sensitive acne-prone combination dry skin with an oily T-zone. Yea, my skin sucks. I have bulgy fatty monolids (aka single eyelids). I hate expensive over-hyped products that don't work. My female readers apparently dig my bewbs.
