posted August 16, 2009 09:01 AM              

i think we veer away from sun sign generalisms, but sometimes it is that simple. take the asc in account and it is quite telling.

posted August 19, 2009 05:13 AM            

Yay! Grad school starts in 12 days! I got to print up all of my syllabi online and I get to buy a new binder! Still don’t know what I want to do with the rest of my life! Yay! I wonder when I’ll feel like going on a date again…Maybe after grad school? Maybe after losing those last 10 (15) pounds? But as Jay-Z (oh wise one, ) said “I’ve got 99 problems…”

posted August 19, 2009 07:04 PM            

I am a Do, definitely…

Maybe not right now (nightgowns at home and yoga pants + band tees for chores) but I am crazy about what I wear. I’m not trendy at all, but I am a classic dresser and that never goes out of style. I hate the summer because I have much more to wear in the fall/winter months. I have many, many dresses – sundresses, sheaths, business-y, dressy, casual. I’m not a label person though at all. If I like something I see in Kmart then I’ll buy it! I really like inexpensive basic pieces by the bulk. Things like tank tops and camisoles (layering pieces) from Old Navy, the Gap, J.Crew, LL Bean, etc. I have about 30-40 in every color, fabric and print. Sweaters, yay, love. Cashmere, that is the splurge. I have a “go-to uniform” that pretty much works for any occasion – button down top (sleeve lengths vary) over tank or cami with skirt, pants or jeans. I just change the fabrics depending on the occasion. Throw on a blazer or cardigan (again, different fabrics) if it is supposed to be dressier. I love the vest trend too, I only have one in gray though…I am there with you Gypsee – I don’t have much black. Everything in my closet is apple green, teal, raspberry, violet, plum, royal blue, sunny yellow, burgundy and pants and skirts in many shades and patterns of gray and brown… I have black pants and a pencil skirt but I hate black tops, even though I get compliments if I wear one.

* Handbags – I have so many that I have to pack them away with the seasons like clothes. Leather, fabrics – I love those LL Bean totes, backpacks, sling backpacks.

* Coats and jackets – aaahhhh…my favorite thing. I have so many too. Jean jackets, lightweight jackets all shades of khaki, pea coats, car coats. My favorite is a wool, light beige coat with a tie waist. All of my scarves look great with it (that is another thing I have to switch in and out with the seasons, I have lots of scarves…). I also love my brown suede jacket. It is chocolate brown with the light brown stitching - gorgeous.

* Jewelry – I have a tackle box full of assorted “costume” pieces, 90% earrings, that go with everything I own (I love any kind and color of pearls). I don’t have many bracelets because of my “big boned” wrist. I do have a couple of silver cuff bracelets though (good for showing off the tats). I have 5 Fossil watches. It used to be that it was the only brand of watch I’d wear but I have others now too.

* Shoes – Zappos.com is my best friend (or it was anyway )! Pumps, flats, wedges, boots, strappy sandals – craziness. I have them all in those clear shoe boxes just piled up in my closet and under my bed. I have a bag full of flip flips in assorted colors and levels of bejewelment and bedazzlement hanging in my closet. What I actually have the most of though is sneakers. I think this is because I have size 11 feet and even on Zappos not every cool pair of shoes comes in that size so I have to make up for it in colorful sneakers! I have many different Converse (the purple hi tops are my personal fave), Adidas (the classic Superstars, or “shell tops” are my favorite) and New Balance (the only “runner” or “athletic” type I can wear comfortably for those purposes). I am afraid to get into Puma suede territory, I’ll have to have every color!!!

* Graphic tee shirts – yes these get their own category! I pick one up wherever I go, even take out places (I have so many “#1 Puerto Rican food in ____”, lol). They are always giving them out too, at charity walks and celebrations. I have lots of band and movie t-shirts too. I think I am making up for what I wanted and didn’t have when I was a child. Sometimes “the uniform” will consist of a ¾ sleeve French blue ruffle collar button down, a Guns N Roses tee shirt, khaki pants and Adidas tan suedes (with the baby blue stripes). The uniform makes it easy to mix and match.

* Make up – I don’t wear foundation but I do have concealer for the occasional red chin pimple. I don’t wear blush because I am flushed a lot anyway and my cheekbones don’t need any more defining. I do wear eye makeup, mostly the 2 shades of brown shadow and brown liner and mascara, if I even remember to wear mascara. Lips, I usually wear gloss. For an ethnic woman, I have “no lips” so gloss is the way to go for me! My favorites are cheap, drugstore brands – Cover Girl Lipslicks in Hipster or Revlon Lipgloss in Gloss Rose. I recently bought a pomegranate lip stain pen. It is pretty good, I put it on lightly over lip balm and then cover it with Hipster. The only things worth paying a pretty penny for would be the eye shadow basics, like the “2 shades of brown” from MAC (Espresso and Omega). because you can tell the difference in pigment, most definitely. I do have quite a few shadow quads by Cover Girl though just for fun days or nights out (when does that happen?). My nails are short and usually painted clear, pale pink or red/burgundy for special occasions. My favorite polish is "Not So Bora-Bora-ing Pink" by OPI. If I could have stock in that color I would, I have gone through so many bottles. But, my daily makeup is very muted and natural, nothing crazy.

*Scent – When I first started wearing scents in high school I wore what my mom wore – Giorgio Beverly Hills and L’air du Temps – then I started wearing “GapScents” (remember those?), Dream was my favorite and Coolwater Woman – I was into the marine/ozone scents. Then I noticed that spicy/oriental scents smelled better on my skin so I went into that deeply by wearing Shalimar and Youth Dew (the heaviest, and ironically, the old woman wearing-est perfume known to man). I then went to vanilla body sprays but now I wear Aquolina Pink Sugar. It is a grown up vanilla and I get so many compliments on it (when I go out). I actually have a “cheap” scent that I wear for doing chores and stuff – Celine Dion Sensational. It is a fruity-floral, wears out almost as soon as I put it on, but I love it. It peps me up and makes me feel cute, whereas the Pink Sugar makes me feel sexy.

I can definitely see the Libra Moon and 7th house stellium at work here. Where is the Aquarius rising? Well, I have those tattoos (inner forearms, back/shoulder). They aren't huge or anything but people are always shocked when they see them because I seem so preppy and conservative…SURPRISE!

posted August 19, 2009 10:20 PM            

Hilarious! I can so relate. I have fallen down stairs, tripped, fallen, walked into walls, and other klutz-like behaviors all in front of people (usually large groups). When I was 5 my mother brought me to an optometrist because I always left a store with a bloody-nose from walking into walls and/or poles but there were no problems with my eyes... I was just accident prone and off in my own world.
I can so relate to the 'high treshold for embarrassment' and 'take a hint sweetie'. Eh, I am a pursuer.

Anyway, I read your thread and thought it was hilarious (especially the bit about the boring eater boyfriend-*YAWN*).

posted August 20, 2009 10:37 PM            

As far as the embarressing moments? My Indian name could be : Walks With Toilet Paper Stuck To Shoe.
I have so many embaressing moments, I just live with them now, and laugh at my own stupidity.

posted August 21, 2009 01:55 AM            

I hate, hate hate when people say “she doesn’t dress her age”. Grrr. I don’t understand, does one’s taste just fade over the years? Do we have to become completely different people? I mean, I can see growing and becoming more enlightened but about our clothes? I'm not so sure.

posted August 23, 2009 07:38 AM            

Librarising - I have Sun and Mercury square Uranus and, surprisingly, Saturn sextile Uranus. it has to be the squares! Actually I never thought about the Saturn sextile Uranus aspect. I think I should read up on that. I'll take whatever good I can get from Saturn, generational or not...

On to more shallow stuff:

I saw the commercials for the new season of House...Hugh Laurie is so sexy and I am loving his new hair(plug, toupee)cut..

Season 6 shots:

posted August 25, 2009 05:58 AM            

Older..

(Much) Younger...

Wow, kind of reminds me of Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Velvet Goldmine...

I think my taste in men is pretty funny. It has changed over the years. When I was younger I used to go for the big, beefy types with dark hair. I think this is because I am tall (5’10” – 1.78 meters for Wheels!) and curvy (size 12-16, depending on my level of depression) and I wanted to feel smaller I guess so my earlier boyfriends were at least 6’1” and ‘roid-y. Guys who were skinnier always hit on me and I did date a couple – one Gemini “short term relationship” (a.k.a. temporary **ck buddies) and one Capricorn that was my longest relationship until The Scorpio. Actually, the relationship with the skinny Cap was the longest that worked! He was tall though (6’4”)…Anyway, now I am really wanting a slender man. Taller, still (at least 6’0) but definitely slender. I kind of like the difference now! My last relationship was “Beauty and the Geek” (according to my family, lol. My mom was the worst, she thought we were like this) I think it would be kind of awesome to be with a guy who is just slightly taller than me and skinner – it’s kind of hot: sexy, voluptuous and glamorous black woman and skinny, artsy white guy – sounds like a movie to me…

posted August 25, 2009 09:32 AM            

Gypsee – I don’t know, it looks like House is having an extended stay in the psych ward so, no love for him just yet!

I want to have ice cream for breakfast...

I wrote a whole blog post on ice cream once; it is my favorite food...

That just made me think about the way I say the word "blog". It is very New Yawk-ish, blawg=blog, dawg=dog, awn=on, awf=off...LOL, I do it a lot.

Today is my father's birthday, yay for him...

That last post actually got me thinking about the Cappy ex. He was handsome (he also had that black hair/green eyes combo), tall, slender, nice hands and he was really, really sweet. Back then, I was kind of bitchy sometimes but he dealt with it extremely well. He was awesome at dealing with the Leo attitude. This was years ago, he was in college full time and he worked really long hours and he would call every night if we weren't together. I would talk him to sleep…yeah, he would fall asleep when we were on the phone together. I was offended the first time but then I thought about how hard he worked…<Rrrrppp – SCREECHING HALT> Okay, that first time, I told him off, LOL! (funny how we re-write the past) but he was unfazed (as usual) and said “I have been working all day”, then I realized, he had been working all day. LOL! (I am an ass). He was a waiter and a huge flirt and all of the waitresses and customers appreciated that. One time he told me a story about this waitress that was flirting with him and I was PMS-ing and I yelled “I don’t want to hear about all of your bitches!” and he said, very calmly and seriously, “calm down, you are my only b*tch ” I cracked up of course! He was really funny. Plus he got along very well with my family and friends, which is not an easy feat. When you picture this guy, picture Sacha Baron Cohen as himself. He could be, not his twin, but his cousin at least...He was also very affectionate and very good at “the stuff” (another “Friends” reference)…Capricorns ROCK!

ADD and insomnia today…la, la, la, connect the dots, lala, lala, la

posted August 25, 2009 10:19 AM            

I have to do something. I did the Benadryl thing for years, but now, since I am not working, it does nothing to me. Oh my dog, I just realized that I could become one of those sleeping pill people. Like, one those “ Ambien isn’t working so the next step is intravenous doses of Propofol” people . Yikes. That is how it happens after all…

How does Martha Stewart only sleep 2-4 hours and still function? I only sleep about 2-4 hours but I end up dragging myself around all day, talking nonsense (typing nonsense) and laughing while I do it, LOL…

ETA: Cap was the first guy I ever said "I love you" to...and I was half asleep, lol (delirious). He was wide awake though and he said it back...

posted August 25, 2009 07:00 PM            

I just got my 3 ½ hours in today (1-4:30) and I feel okay. I read somewhere that people who get less sleep are more creative though, ah, there is the other side of that coin! I honestly hate sleep though. I wish I could stay up all day and night and not feel groggy. One of my professors said that sleep is like "self-imposed death", I love that, lol.I talked to the ex-Scorpio about that once and he said, “You could do that, if you were on cocaine”, lol. It would have been funnier if he didn’t pull up a website on it...

See, yeah, I understand the blabbering – and please, feel free to blabber on in this thread! I think you should try to date a pretty, Libra man, try online if you have to, just to see how it goes. Will the difference be refreshing or a turn-off? Sounds like a fun experiment!