Summer, Work, and Nail Polish
May. 9th, 2013 06:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tygatiMy thoughts are all disjointed and I hardly know where to start. I suppose I'll start with nail polish since pictures are easier than words oftentimes.
I got tired of the dark colors fast, so I did a quick and dirty glitter which survived a lot before chipping. It's China Glaze In The Lime Light with a glitter coat of Essence Glorious Aquarius for extra sparkle.
Dez came over Monday as usual and I attempted a water marble on her.
Note I said attempted. This is one technique which is a PITA and will not be repeated. -__- I added like five layers of glitter to pretty it up after all the trouble I had with the darn water.
This is what I have right now, something happy and summery which has now acquired me numerous compliments and one enthusiastic hispanic lady informing me that I could make "lots of money" in California painting nails. *laugh* She was so cute. Half her family insisted on taking pictures of my nails.
Anyway, this was Sally Girl 812048, Zoya ZP548 Apple, and China Glaze Lighthouse over a base coat of Zoya ZP485 Ginessa, which is basically a pearl white. I usually use my OPI white for sponge gradients, but it's streaky and since China Glaze is so thin I figured the pearl would make it extra shimmery. <3
So on Monday Dez and I got together with our friend Gnome for a "warm weather at last!" barbeque. I set up the badmitton net (by myself and while on the phone with Mom, much to her amusement) before Gnome showed up with munchies and Dez showed up with her mom who played several rounds of badmitton with me. <3 It was awesome. Dez, Gnome and I played croquet after lunch, which was cheezeburgers made from Rick's recipe. Mmm, yummy.
I didn't get my camera out, but Dez had hers and I 'borrowed' it to take a bunch of pictures which Dez has not yet sent to me. *hint hint*
On the work front, I apparently passed my interview because I got asked to take an 'assessment' today which, wow, I have not had to do that much algebra since high school, or that many fractions since junior high! @_@ I feel like getting my Calc book out of the closet since I am clearly very rusty. I suppose I'll find out next week how I did. There were apparently nine applicants, which makes me think my chances are questionable, but everyone who knows me/works with me seems to be pretty sure I'll get it. I wish I could be that optimistic, but in truth, I'm petrified. >_<
Oh, Tumblrs!
I've been amusing myself with Tumblr. I actually have three. ^^; tygati, of course, which is mostly landscapes and random interesting things, Doll Vs Camera which is where I'm stashing doll pictures, and Child of the Rainbow Brite Era which is exactly what it says. Rainbow Brite, Jem, She-Ra, Barbie, My Little Pony and whatever else I think of to screencap. :) I've been having a blast making animated gifs of things. I think next up I'll slow-mo screencap Firefly crashing into that dragon. ^.^
I also keep wanting to slash various characters. It's kind of amusing, looking back at these things with the eye of an adult. Tirek and Scorpan, Mr Moochick and his rabbit, Firefly and Melody... yeah. <3
I got tired of the dark colors fast, so I did a quick and dirty glitter which survived a lot before chipping. It's China Glaze In The Lime Light with a glitter coat of Essence Glorious Aquarius for extra sparkle.
Dez came over Monday as usual and I attempted a water marble on her.
Note I said attempted. This is one technique which is a PITA and will not be repeated. -__- I added like five layers of glitter to pretty it up after all the trouble I had with the darn water.
This is what I have right now, something happy and summery which has now acquired me numerous compliments and one enthusiastic hispanic lady informing me that I could make "lots of money" in California painting nails. *laugh* She was so cute. Half her family insisted on taking pictures of my nails.
Anyway, this was Sally Girl 812048, Zoya ZP548 Apple, and China Glaze Lighthouse over a base coat of Zoya ZP485 Ginessa, which is basically a pearl white. I usually use my OPI white for sponge gradients, but it's streaky and since China Glaze is so thin I figured the pearl would make it extra shimmery. <3
So on Monday Dez and I got together with our friend Gnome for a "warm weather at last!" barbeque. I set up the badmitton net (by myself and while on the phone with Mom, much to her amusement) before Gnome showed up with munchies and Dez showed up with her mom who played several rounds of badmitton with me. <3 It was awesome. Dez, Gnome and I played croquet after lunch, which was cheezeburgers made from Rick's recipe. Mmm, yummy.
I didn't get my camera out, but Dez had hers and I 'borrowed' it to take a bunch of pictures which Dez has not yet sent to me. *hint hint*
On the work front, I apparently passed my interview because I got asked to take an 'assessment' today which, wow, I have not had to do that much algebra since high school, or that many fractions since junior high! @_@ I feel like getting my Calc book out of the closet since I am clearly very rusty. I suppose I'll find out next week how I did. There were apparently nine applicants, which makes me think my chances are questionable, but everyone who knows me/works with me seems to be pretty sure I'll get it. I wish I could be that optimistic, but in truth, I'm petrified. >_<
Oh, Tumblrs!
I've been amusing myself with Tumblr. I actually have three. ^^; tygati, of course, which is mostly landscapes and random interesting things, Doll Vs Camera which is where I'm stashing doll pictures, and Child of the Rainbow Brite Era which is exactly what it says. Rainbow Brite, Jem, She-Ra, Barbie, My Little Pony and whatever else I think of to screencap. :) I've been having a blast making animated gifs of things. I think next up I'll slow-mo screencap Firefly crashing into that dragon. ^.^
I also keep wanting to slash various characters. It's kind of amusing, looking back at these things with the eye of an adult. Tirek and Scorpan, Mr Moochick and his rabbit, Firefly and Melody... yeah. <3
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Date: 2013-05-10 02:33 am (UTC)Lovely nails, as usual.