Darkoshi

Went shopping for some new dressy pants for work, to replace old ones that have gotten tight on my waist.

I gathered an armful of candidates from the women's section to try on. Not a simple task, as most women's trousers get mentally knocked out of competition after a brief glance, due to either having no pockets or no belt loops, or being tight on the legs or otherwise shaped funny.

Out of that first set, a single pair had potential. They were comfortable and looked okay on me. Then I noticed that the front pockets were too small to even fit a whole hand in. Then I noticed that the back "pockets" were simply decoration. They were sewn closed with no actual pocket inside. I considered the effort it would take to sew real pockets into the back and to extend the length of the front pockets. Then I decided not to spend money on a pair of pants that didn't even have real pockets.

Then I browsed the men's section. The only problem there is finding items in my size - most are too big. After going back and forth to the dressing room several times, I chose 2 pairs. B'gosh, they were expensive though. And I'll still need to shorten them. (I consider myself average height at 5'4", yet even a pair of pants labelled "short" from the women's section were too long for me.)

..

This gear ring is a neat idea. But considering how much I fiddle with plain rings the rare times I wear them, one like this on my finger would be even harder for me to leave alone.


Video title: Kinekt Design Gear Ring
Posted by: Glen Kinekt
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2N6fsPjjg

Who thought up the wonderful idea of making a microwave BEEP 3 times every minute after it's finished cooking, until you take the food out? I do NOT NEED my microwave being impatient and nagging me like that. No, I have not forgotten that I heated myself some food, but I will go and get it when I am ready to do so. If I haven't done so, there's a reason for it! I do not need to be at the beck and call of a kitchen appliance!!

I am no good with jewelry. I put my hair up nice today and decided to wear one of my earcuffs. But I lost it. It must have come off while I was trying on shirts at Target. And somehow, it seems that I must have spent 3 hours in that store, so that it was too late to go grocery shopping afterwards, like I had planned. Maybe I'll stop by Target again tomorrow and check if the earcuff is still there somewhere in the fitting rooms.

I did get myself some nice new undershirts at least. I need to replace some of the 20-year old t-shirts with the sleeves cut off, which I have been wearing. Now I just need to make myself throw the old ones away... not going to be easy, that.

ho! for the first time while eating okra, i noticed how wonderful it is to eat the little tops off first! cute yummy little things that come right off by a gentle tug of one's teeth... like... like... little okra tops!

and what is it about cilantro that makes it taste, not like lemons, but like lemon dishwashing liquid? but i think i'm finally getting over that, finally beginning to appreciate the cilantro flavor itself... without thinking that the dishwashing liquid must have fallen into the food.

i didn't know that Saipan was a part of the U.S... well, sort of.

this black nail polish isn't nearly as startling to me as the cornflower blue one was. it's not even weird, really. it's just... black. it would probably be more impressive if my nails were longer. and pointier. or maybe if i was wearing black clothes.
heh. with the cornflower blue, the next morning, after stumbling out of bed and into the bathroom, seeing those blue nails woke me up with a "whoa!"
oh, and picking your nose with bright blue nails is weird, i tell ya.
oi, maybe i shouldn't have written that.
ahem - "carefully cleaning one's nose out" with bright blue nails...

while wearing nail polish, i'm noticing my hands do this annoying thing, as if i'm afraid to touch anything properly, as if i'm afraid that doing so would ruin the polish, ie., "ruin my nails". how... ucky. how not like me.

the other day in the bathroom at work, i was turning and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror, and i could just ...see... an earring on my left ear. a ring-sized loop one. then i immediately began thinking, hey, that would look pretty cool...

but, putting a hole (or multiple holes) in my ear(s)...?
i don't know about that.

and now i was just thinking it would be nice to have a hermes-symbol necklace or pin or something...
what is happening to me???? i'm turning into a girl!!
accccckkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!

no. this androgyne's growing up and becoming... dang, what's that word?
curious? exploratory? ermmm. nope. there's another word, dangit.

and someone seems to have just removed a post of theirs. i was reading it on my friends page and then went to open the comment page, but the page was no longer there. well, friend, the post didn't bother me...