Sarah Jamison

Ah ha ha! You think I’m going to clarify anything about Patience’s prophecy before its time? That’s adorable.

Okay Pinterest, I see your “Baby Wrapped in Christmas Lights.” and raise you one, “Toddler Inferno.”  

MAC Toxic Tale Lipstick

MAC Toxic Tale Lipstick ($16.00 for 0.10 oz.) is described as a “bright coral [with a Satin finish].” It’s a vibrant, medium coral-pink with warm undertones and a satin sheen. It had rich, opaque color coverage that glided on smoothly and delivered even color that wore well for five hours. It was neither drying nor hydrating over time. This shade is a repromote. NARS Kelly (P, $32.00) is pinker. NARS Grace (P, $32.00) is pinker. Guerlain Geneva (48) (P, $51.00) is similar. MAC Toying Around (LE, $16.00) is lighter. Dior Sunset (660) (LE, $34.00) is more shimmery. Estee Lauder Defiant Coral (P, $30.00) is glossier, slightly pinker. Bite Beauty Crush (P, $28.00) is lighter. MAC Lady at Play (P, $22.00) is slightly pinker. See comparison swatches / view dupes.

MAC 5 Alarm Lipstick ($16.00 for 0.10 oz.) is described as a “soft orange-red [with a Lustre finish].” It’s a muted, medium-dark red with warm, orange undertones and very fine gold shimmer with a luminous sheen. It had semi-sheer color coverage, consistent with the Lustre finish, which lasted for three hours. On me, it was somewhat drying over time, which tends to be my experience with this finish, unfortunately. MAC Excite (LE, $16.00) is more orange. MAC Fashion Trip (LE, $22.00) is brighter. MAC Cherry Glaze (LE, $20.00) is redder. See comparison swatches / view dupes.

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MAC Toxic Tale Lipstick

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MAC 5 Alarm Lipstick

MAC 5 Alarm Lipstick

MAC 5 Alarm Lipstick

MAC 5 Alarm Lipstick

MAC 5 Alarm Lipstick

MAC 5 Alarm Lipstick

unamusedsloth:

Cartoonist Josh Hara draws on his coffee cup every morning.

korrenraa:

Locke, Jean and rest of the Gentleman Bastards. From the book Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. I apparently got a friend to read this too EYEYEYEEEEE made my day.

And lo, he went forth onto TUMBLR, and beheld the fan art there, and he said: “This is the fan art thou hast made for thee and thine, bastards fans all, and I have beheld it, and it is good. Yea, verily, it is totes adorbs.”

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I’ve been scouring the internet for sweet bunny stuff (my daughter was obsessed with rabbits when she was little so it’s stuck with me – I always associate anything rabbity with her) and it’s been quite the adventure. Let me tell you, there are some pretty awful rabbit representations out there! Mostly, jewellers try to do something a bit clever and the result ends up looking like freshly hung game around your neck, not a wholesome, cute.. and crucially.. LIVE bunny! Anyway, I love this first one best of all.. it’s a tiny gold representation of the Sylvac bunnies that were made in the 1930’s and are very collectable now. The price is from £100 (gold, rose gold and silver options) and you can get an initial engraved on the bottom. They’re HERE.

This is the Alex Monroe version – a much more sophisticated bunny, all alert and ready to go. There’s so much detail in Alex Monroe jewellery – I have a beautiful bird necklace that I love. This bunny is £120 in silver or gold plate HERE.

Finally, a little Etsy find – and I love this for being quirky and different. It’s gold plate and $27 (international shipping) but listed as only one left….. hurry! It’s HERE.

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Last night, my friend John Scalzi was in Concord as part of a book tour for his new novel “Lock In”, so I went to see him and attend the reading.

A few weeks back, we were talking about signings and stuff, and I joked that my first book store signing event would probably be a pitifully empty affair—like, two people in the chairs, and both of them book store employees. So he said, “You know what? Bring something to read with you, and I’ll have you be my opening act. That way your first reading at a bookstore is sure to have a few more people than two, and you won’t have to get nervous in the future because you’ve already done this thing in front of a bunch of folks.”

So I opened for John by reading an excerpt from “Cake From Mars”, my humorous SF short story that was published in the Unidentified Funny Objects anthology. It went really well, and quite a few people came up to me later in the store and told me they enjoyed the bit. I’ve done two readings so far—one at Boskone, one at Readercon—but this was the first one I’ve done in a civilian setting, so to speak. John’s reading was far better than mine—he’s a seasoned pro with lots of experience, and you can tell that he knows how to entertain a crowd, which was a reminder to me that writing is part of the arts, and the arts are largely a business of entertainment. Note to self: work on presentation and public speaking skills.

(SIDE NOTE and GRATUITOUS ENDORSEMENT: Gibson’s in Concord is easily the nicest independent bookstore I have ever seen, and the people who run it are super-nice and friendly. It’s about an hour away from Castle Frostbite, but it’s such a lovely place that I am going to claim it as my home base bookstore for all future brick-and-mortar needs and events.)

I’ve not said much about the whole Hugo/Sad Puppies kerfuffle online because I have friends on both sides of the perceived divide, and because I think that the whole affair was largely people on both sides talking straight past each other. But what I will say is this: I don’t divide my social circle along political lines. My circle of friends includes liberals, card-carrying Marxists, conservatives, libertarians, and more than a few people with anarchist leanings. Politically speaking, I’ll never be entirely in sync with anyone in the room. And you know what? That’s totally fine. I don’t have to agree with you to like you. If your circle of friends only consists of people who are ideologically in agreement, you don’t have a social circle, you have an echo chamber.

Friends with diverging political opinions are like Amazon three-star reviews. They’re not fawning or flattering like the 5-stars, and they’re not clueless or unconstructively negative like the 1-stars. The 3-stars frequently offer the most incisive, insightful, and useful criticism of your work—those are the ones that often give you material to think and really evaluate the criticism. I have the best political discussions with people who are neither totally opposed to my political views and dismiss them out of hand, or in complete agreement with me on everything.

I have all sorts of political viewpoints in my circle of friends because I don’t sort people by Conservative or Liberal or any other political label. I sort them into two categories: good people and jerks. And both varieties come in all kinds of ideological flavors. I’m friends with John Scalzi not because we agree on politics ALL THE TIME AND FOREVER, but because he’s a genuinely nice guy who’s generous with his time and encouragement, the kind who will share his podium with a relative writing newbie to get acclimated. He’s never been anything but kind to me, so I have no reason to talk or think badly of him because someone else disagrees with him on the Internet. And I do my level best to be as kind as I can be to others in return, because when my name comes up in conversation, I would much rather have it make people say, “Oh yeah, I know him—he’s a nice guy,” and not “Oh yeah, I know him—he’s a total dickwaffle.”

(There are undoubtedly people who consider me a dickwaffle despite my best efforts, of course, but you can’t ever avoid the one-star reviews, folks.)

But when in doubt? And especially when it comes to Internet arguments? I’ll always tend to side with friends, the people I know personally to be Good Folk Indeed, even if I don’t line up with them 100% when it comes to political viewpoints.

Aaaaaanyway, that’s enough on politics and Internet slap-fights for a while. Have some serious author pictures from the reading instead:

Some dude randomly defacing the existing stock of John Scalzi books.

“Let’s talk about something called an Adjustable Rate Mortgage.” 

This woman is pleased. John Scalzi just saved her a bunch of money on her homeowners’ insurance.

Kloos, Scalzi, and Master Chang.

Serious author picture.

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Hello closet my old friend

it’s time to compromise again

I used to always dress so neatly

Accessorized and matched completely

But the baby, it has eaten up my brain

Nothing remains

Except the sound, of sweatpants

Expectation: 

Reality:

Pam wore it best. or disrobed it best?

[Perfect celebration for reaching 2500 followers! I remember when I was posting for 50 and 75 followers and I could never imagine it getting to such a place! Thanks to each and everyone of you!! Enjoy Pam showing off her greased up goods!]