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I recently purchased some high end makeup and I’ve been itching to try out new eyeshadow techniques. For the past year I’ve been wearing one eyeshadow for everything - boring! So I went on youtube to find out about Indian bridal makeup and I found some really awesome youtube clips. Check them out.

I liked the music in that one - maybe I’ll download some Arabic music. I also tried out the eyeshadow technique shown at 0:50. My eyeshadow is a shimmer and not matte, so it didn’t look the same but it was close enough. I’m happy with it.

This one really was a transformation and I can’t wait to try this one out as soon as I get more matte colours. I don’t think you can pull this off with the shimmer kind. =/

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One of the problems of being very petite (almost too petite) is that others invalidate my recognition that I have gotten chubbier. Yes, it is possible for a size 0 person to become a size 1 and *gasp* a size 2! And yes it is possible for people of these sizes to have too much fat. There is such a thing as accumulating fat internally - on your organs to be precise. Read this article: Thin people might be fat on the inside.

Anyway, when others (most often people who are larger than me, which is 99.9% of the adult population) decide to start working out because they want to lose some flub and become healthier, people generally support them. What happens when I convey the same ambition? I get that look. The look that says I’m crazy and I should trust the judgment of those who have no idea what it’s like to have a very small body that is far from being healthy (read: asthma, fatigue, poor stamina, weak muscles, etc.). I do not look at models and think “that’s what I want to look like” because quite frankly, their body types are unnatural and unhealthy for the majority of the population. So no, it’s not all in my mind. I think I know when I’m out of shape. I walk up one flight of stairs and I’m panting. That’s not good! And I refuse to use my asthma as an excuse for not being more active. Damn you asthma!

So anyway, I started doing my morning exercises again. When the weather isn’t shitty like it was yesterday, I intend to go for a half hour walk. I would like to do an hour but Waterloo is not good for my asthma - not sure why. So here is to being healthy - cheers!

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I think I mentioned previously that I’ve moved back to Waterloo until the end of August to work on my research. Well here I am living in my three-bedroom student apartment all alone. Ok that’s a lie - my hamster is with me too…and two house plants. But I’m pretty much alone since Tokki sleeps for the majority of my awake time and the plants are just plants. Jack came up this weekend and we hung out for a few days (long weekend) but other than that the place has been empty.

For the time I have been alone it has been weird getting into a pattern of living alone. Having people live with you definitely shapes your habits. For instance, when my two stupid roommates lived here with me I would try avoid going outside my room when I knew they were out there. Why? Because if I wasn’t asked really stupid questions I would get sucked into a socially awkward, brainless and/or ridiculously boring conversation. And then there is also the issues with rotting food. Personally, I like to avoid that.

Now that I’m here alone I’ve been wondering how to conduct myself. For instance, is it still inappropriate to not close the door when you’re on the can? Nobody is there so is it a big deal? Should I let my dishes pile up until I feel like washing them since I won’t be inconveniencing anyone? Can I take up all the room in the fridge without seeming like a hog? I know some of the answers might seem straight forward but since I’ve always had to share my space with other people, I have never had to question when such social norms are null. Null or nullified? Anyway, it’s weird. I took a piss with the door open…it felt so wrong.

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I checked my one e-mail that I don’t use very often and I found out that I had several books overdue from my school library. So I went to check my library account and found out that they have a HUGE fine against me and they have suspended my account. I distinctly remember renewing my books so that they will be due in September! And there is at least one book on that list that I had already given back at least a month ago. So now I have to go down there and settle this all out. I refuse to pay for their idiocy. =/

Btw, I had e-mailed them a couple of times before asking how I could change the contact e-mail for which they contact me by since I didn’t check that e-mail very often. They never replied. Seriously…idiots!

UPDATE:
So I went to the library to give some books back and pay my fine and I find out that the fine is WAY MORE than the fine listed online. ARGH! One book that was recalled had a fine of $25, which I managed to talk down a bit. Still, it was a lot. The rest of my books had a small fine each but there were a lot of them. This fine was from the time between their initial due date and the day I renewed them (6 days). So I really couldn’t justify refusing to pay since 1) it was my fault, and 2) if you don’t pay your fine the university won’t allow you to graduate. There are a lot of things over this year that could have prevented me from completing my program and graduating, and I refuse to let a stupid library fine be the reason. So I am now debt free and I can worry about other reasons why I won’t graduate on time. ARGH!

P.S. It is a REALLY nice day today. =D

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I woke up to a full blown thurnderstorm this morning. I don’t think that has ever happened before. Normally I feel quite down when we have rainy weather, but this time I feel quite relaxed by it. We’ve gotten a lot more rain than usual this summer and it’s a nice change from the droughts we’ve been having over the past couple of years. I remember how everyone’s lawns would be yellow and crispy, and now they are green and lucious. So beautiful! I hope we have more summers like this. I’m sure all those people who have to actually go outside today are glaring at me. =P

I moved back to Waterloo today and plan on staying here until my lease is up at the end of August. I met up with one of my MA friends and we walked around the area for two and a half hours just catching up on things. It was nice to be able to do that again (being at home made me have a very limited social life). I’m partially happy to know that I’m ahead of so many others in our program with the progress of my research. But I’m still worried about not being able to graduate on time. I’m in a stage now where I can’t really do much and I need to wait on a couple of things before I can get cracking on analysis and writing. I’m trusting God and trying not to worry.

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