[life] august-2017 update
Aug. 21st, 2017 06:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
reikaEvery so often, I miss the act of writing down things about myself that people may or may not care about. Tumblr really isn't the place for that for me, so even though I don't think anybody follows me here, I'm gonna start writing.
WORK
I am so happy with my job. Don't get me wrong--I don't love it each and every day that I go to work, but overall, I'm very satisfied with what I do, with my co-workers, with my manager, and with the organization itself. I would tolerate the (night) shift better if I wasn't so exhausted afterwards and if I actually knew how to organize my life so that I could do other life things efficiently on my days off. It's just that so many things drop off when I'm working two- or three-nights in a row-- the apartment becomes a disaster area, I only eat garbage or take-out food--that sort of thing. I do know that my life would be better if I set up a meal plan or a chore schedule of some sort for me and the hubby to refer to; but you know what, that's work and I'm still summoning up the motivation somewhere in my system to actually put that into practice.
K-BEAUTY
I don't know how this started, but I have been obsessed with skincare and have been purchasing various Korean beauty products left and right. Not to brag, but my face feels (and hopefully looks!) better than it has since I went through puberty. I passed by a Nature Republic store on my way home from Manhattan Chinatown earlier, and couldn't not buy the Banilla Co. cleanser and a gel moisturizer by Innisfree. I don't know--I'm not getting any younger and I was getting tired of my skin still breaking out in weird spots during the month (mostly due to period hormones) and/or looking so oily in some parts and so dry in others. I've been trying my own variation of the 10-step cleansing routine...let's be real, nobody's got time to do all that twice a day, everyday...so my version is more like the 4- or 5-step routine. I do have to admit though, the double-cleanse + toner + serum has changed my life. Essentially, I just think of my skincare routine as a daily self care ritual. Before I leave the house, I do it, and then same as soon as I step back in... and I feel so much better about myself and the world afterwards.
OTAKON
Con was fun this year, and Washington DC is a vast improvement over Baltimore, especially with regards to the size of the convention center and availability of good/interesting restaurants within walking distance of the con. First time going exclusively with the husband since 2007; we didn't fight this time around, and going to all of the fan panels has finally motivated me to get off my butt and submit one of my own for next year, maybe not for Otakon but for another East Coast anime con earlier in the year.
TV/NETFLIX
WORK
I am so happy with my job. Don't get me wrong--I don't love it each and every day that I go to work, but overall, I'm very satisfied with what I do, with my co-workers, with my manager, and with the organization itself. I would tolerate the (night) shift better if I wasn't so exhausted afterwards and if I actually knew how to organize my life so that I could do other life things efficiently on my days off. It's just that so many things drop off when I'm working two- or three-nights in a row-- the apartment becomes a disaster area, I only eat garbage or take-out food--that sort of thing. I do know that my life would be better if I set up a meal plan or a chore schedule of some sort for me and the hubby to refer to; but you know what, that's work and I'm still summoning up the motivation somewhere in my system to actually put that into practice.
K-BEAUTY
I don't know how this started, but I have been obsessed with skincare and have been purchasing various Korean beauty products left and right. Not to brag, but my face feels (and hopefully looks!) better than it has since I went through puberty. I passed by a Nature Republic store on my way home from Manhattan Chinatown earlier, and couldn't not buy the Banilla Co. cleanser and a gel moisturizer by Innisfree. I don't know--I'm not getting any younger and I was getting tired of my skin still breaking out in weird spots during the month (mostly due to period hormones) and/or looking so oily in some parts and so dry in others. I've been trying my own variation of the 10-step cleansing routine...let's be real, nobody's got time to do all that twice a day, everyday...so my version is more like the 4- or 5-step routine. I do have to admit though, the double-cleanse + toner + serum has changed my life. Essentially, I just think of my skincare routine as a daily self care ritual. Before I leave the house, I do it, and then same as soon as I step back in... and I feel so much better about myself and the world afterwards.
OTAKON
Con was fun this year, and Washington DC is a vast improvement over Baltimore, especially with regards to the size of the convention center and availability of good/interesting restaurants within walking distance of the con. First time going exclusively with the husband since 2007; we didn't fight this time around, and going to all of the fan panels has finally motivated me to get off my butt and submit one of my own for next year, maybe not for Otakon but for another East Coast anime con earlier in the year.
TV/NETFLIX
- One more week of Game of Thrones; this week's episode was BS, let's all be honest.
- Binging and finishing up season 5 of Elementary; it's the season where Nelsan Ellis (may he rest in peace) played a gangster that Joan was trying to reform. I prefer s5 over s4, especially since it's here where Sherlock truly considers Watson a necessary partner and the reason why he doesn't go back to the dark side, because he's afraid he'll lose her if he does that.
- omg The Defenders is so uninteresting. I keep thinking that my affection for Daredevil will keep me engaged in the storyline, but nope nope, it's not happening.
- Voltron s3, on the other hand-- SQUEE Lotor-oujisama. And my hats off to the team who called au!Shiro = Sven. It's these tiny details that keep me coming back for more.