Measure Your Life in Love

Oh Sweet Jesus, I found early shots of Orlando as George Villiers (Duke of Buckingham) in the new The Three Musketeers movie! Granted, I was terribly disappointed he wasn't cast as Aramis (my general favorite of the boys), but hey, these pictures make me feel not-so-bad about.

Cripes, can you say HOT LIKE SUN?! Only Orli could make a Pompadour look so good. And his hair is fucking Divine! 


With Earbuds in, haha!

My days, lately, have been long and frustrating. I have an eyelid twitch that just won't quit and I'm certain its because my JOB is stressing me the fuck out. I need escape.

Fortunately, my amazing family has invited me along for their summer vacation in THE BAHAMAS!! Yay! It's a 7 day cruise that stops in the Bahamas and basically lets us do nothing and be worry free and possibly drink until we forget our names. Thank GOD.

I wont be leaving until the end of August, but just to have that Light at the End of the Tunnel is enough to make the next few weeks endurable. Especially considering my previous hopes of a raise are probably never going to come true and I'll be looking to change job since I really jsut can't take the abuse from this place anymore. Whatever, that's another story. For now, we focus on the vacay!

Vacation Planning

What to Wear?
Isn't that the eternal question? And unlike some people, who just throw a pair of sandals and a bathing suit into a bag, I enjoy making an event out of every outing, every sit down dinner, and every fancy evening show! I LOVES CLOTHES OMG! 

I recently found a gorgeous floor length evening gown, with beautiful silk print, on sale for Fourteen Dollars in the junior's dept of Macy's. Yes, I still fit into Juniors sizes, and it saves me tons of money. This particular dress will be PERFECT for the one formal night that every cruise has (I know this from experience) in which all vacationers glam it up and take photos, etc. I have an array of more casual (but still sophisticated) things for wearing, but I am particularly excited about this one dress. Eeeee!

Shoes? OMG!
I love Shoes. I love shoes more than clothes. If I could go around naked all the time without getting arrested, I'm sure I would.. but I would still wear heels! They just make your legs look that good! Anyway, I anticipate I'll probably take upwards of five pairs of shoes (counting sandals and sneakers) on this cruise. I know I should work to economize, but you just don't understand the satisfaction of having a truly well matched pair of shoes for your outfit. It's like the stars aligning.. on your body! 

Preparation
Ok, certain things must be done in preparation of this vacation, and they must be timed to perfection. For example, I may need to get a trip of the side bangs (oh! I need to show y'all a picture of that!) a week before leaving. I know I'll need to get my underarms and eyebrows waxed approx two days before departure. And I must Nair the hell out of my legs the night before I get a spray-on tan. Yes, its intricate. Take into accoutn that I hate shaving (HATE IT) and I'm so white-on-white that no amount of "tanning" will get me respectably dark. So fake tan it is. 

Ok, and this has reminded me! I never posted a picture of what I did with my hair for Lady Gaga! OR OF MY LIGHTNING BOLT OMG!!

            

Am I not smoking Hot like fire? I know I am!!

Title: Round Peg, Square Hole
Author: punk_pony / windress 
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes 09
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Word Count: 2,082
Summary: Holmes has done the MATH, ok?!
Notes: This is a Prompt fill for shkinkmeme  prompt ""It's not that Holmes doesn't want to get intimate with Watson. He just happened to have had a glance at lil John once (at the Turkish bath?) and the sheer size of it scares him." Silliness and Crack ensues.

( Round Peg, Square Hole )

A woman in my office has the most fucking annoying laugh on the planet. And it's Loud. As in, the whole office can hear it when she laughs, and she knows it. But does she try to control herself? Hell no, she just disrupts every person within an eight mile radius until she is done having her social-gossip time.

Ugh. Have I mentioned that I hate my job? Because I do, hate it. Alot.
 
Anyway.....


More Journeying Towards Vegetarianism

Hows it Going? Still not that bad, to be honest. I have had a few moments in which I almost said, "to hell with it" and ate meat, but really those times have been more related to convenience rather than cravings. I have had startlingly few cravings for meat since starting this journey. That isn't to say I haven't thought wistfully of a few specific dishes from some of my favorite high end restaurants. It's just that I get to eat those so seldom anyway, I only miss them in an abstract sort of way. So, you know....

One thing I'm getting pretty damn sick of is having to explain myself to everyone. I know what people think of Vegetarians and Vegans, I've seen the way they look at my friends often enough over the years to practically read their minds. And I don't want to be thought of that That Kind of Vegetarian. I am not 'Holier-than-thou,' and I do not have some sort of crusade or vendetta against meat. I love meat, and will probably always love it. I can appreciate a well cooked steak as much as anyone. It's just now I have to appreciate it from afar. And not think about the way some slaughterhouses dismember still living cows as they send them down the processing line. ick.

Anyway, so I try not to be a bother. But it can be a bitch sometimes. Like yesterday, when my department had a meeting at 12 noon. Obviously, they supplied lunch. Awesome. I try to gently remind that, yes, I am a vegetarian now. And I know the place we order from has a Vegetarian box lunch option. But do they order a single item without meat? Nope, of course not (that's just be silly?). So I end up picking roasted chicken off my lettuce and focaccia bread while in the meeting, and it was that point that I very nearly said "fuck this" and just ate what I was given.

But I didn't. Go me.

I know these complaints are not new. Every single Vegetarian in this country has the exact same complaints, because we essentially are living in a prejudiced society concerning the consumption of meat. Oh, and double that for the State of Texas, where I live. Yes, Beef Capital of the World. Fantastic.

So far everytime I tell someone I've chosen to become a vegetarian, I always follow the declaration up with the explanation about how my father has gout and has given up meat for the purpose of no longer being in pain. And as an act of Solidarity, I did as well. And that's a great explanation, right? Plus, it's true. ....But. I don't know that my father is the real reason I gave up eating meat. I think his situation was just the impetus for the action, right time/right place sort of thing. I know myself well enough to know that I am using his story as a way to make myself more acceptable to people who do not understand. It diverts those looks of "WTF?" into exclamations over what I great daughter I am.

I am not being fair to myself, I know this. I gave up eating meat for myself, for my peace of mind and for my health. But at the same time I don't want people who have known me for years to wonder "what has gotten into me." Because, trust me, I was probably the last person on the planet anyone expected to go vegetarian. I guess I'm just not ready to handle the questions that essentially boil down to, "What is wrong with you?" 

Anyway...  (apparently my non sequitor for everything)

What's on the Menu?

Here we are, once again. It's Friday, which means I may very well be free-styling it out in some restaurant (also not as hard as I thought it would be). In the last couple of days I have eaten at Lupe Tortilla's, where 98% of the menu is beef or chicken related, and managed to both stay veg and save money by choosing their absolutely monstrous Ensalada Verde. It's a heaping mountain of spinach, tomatoes, Avocado, corn, green peppers, cheese, etc all smothered in a jalapeno cilantro vinaigrette dressing.  I'm talking huge hunks of Avocado. Delicious.

So I guess we'll see what the day brings. Here's the plan so far.

Breakfast
Kashi Strawberry Fields Organic Cereal
Soy milk

Snacking
Pears sliced in water
Prunes

Lunch
Possibly Thai rice and veggie stuffed imitation chicken from Gardein.
Artichoke and Garlic Hummus on wheatables.

Dinner
??? Veggie Burger form BK? I'm lazy.


I guess I should do work now.... except that its friday and I'm tired and want to go home. Also, I need to shop for my friend's birthday. OMG, its tomorrow! 

Title: Giving and Taking
Author: windress 
Fandom: The Authority, prior the reboot
Pairing: Apollo/Midnighter
Spoilers: none
Author's Notes: Written Nov of 2004 and only just posted here due to discovering its archived at an LJ comm. Just a drabble my mind thought up when I was trying to go to sleep. yeah, no luck there.

Disclaimer: Wildstorm owns these two gorgeous men. I wish they were mine, but alas, my house isn't big enough for two super beings with muscles the size of my head and a really strong affinity for getting into each other's pants. Pleasant as that would be to watch.

Additionally, if Wildstorm wasn’t such a cop-out, we might have actually seen scenes like this in the comic. And that one hokey page of Jenny running in on them in bed together does not count.

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( Giving and Taking )