Sat, 20th Feb 2010
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Once more med school prom has come and gone I have the photographic evidence in my nail-polish stained fingers. There needs to be more (semi)formal events in my life so I can indulge my inner princess by wearing pretty, pretty dresses and makeup.
From a mask and makeup test a few weeks ago.
My mother once accused me of living in a made-up world of stories and fairytales. Of course, I found this vastly complimentary, but Mum actually intended it as a criticism of how I dress. I stand convicted. As you might recall, last year Bear and I went as a gangster and moll from the 1930s. This year the med school itself gave me a theme: masquerade ball.
Photos from the night (and the process of getting ready) below the cut.
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Tue, 2nd Feb 2010
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Looking back on some of my blog posts since starting work here at St. Martin’s Press, I’ve become slightly baffled by how much I talk about work. It’s like I have no life, you guys! How horrifying! It’s time I return to a self-centered, narcissistic monologue about my life.
(Not really. Except kind of really.)
Masquerade! Paper faces on parade!
I started this blog long before I was ever in publishing, but slowly and insidiously, the industry has infiltrated my entire existence–including social media. Cap’n Sweet Valley has me tweeting and Facebook-ing as part of my job description (not that I mind) and when I come home, it seems that all I can discuss/think/eat/breathe are books. I used to have hobbies! What happened to them?
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Fri, 27th Feb 2009
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Did a bit of practice on what I’ll be wearing tomorrow for prom. Alas, the waves will not work: my hair is either too short or…or I’m not sure what exactly. It curls just fine, maybe a little too fine as it refuses to wave. Oh well. Also, making a hairclip? Not possible with what I have, even with Krazy Glue, but I figured out how to stick the flower in my hair anyway.
My Mrs. Coulter outfit
This is what I’m wearing! I love my dress; I’m so smitten with the colour. Gold shoes, white elbow length gloves, faux fur stole, white rose in my hair…I’m excited!
My makeup
Here is the Scary Red Lipstick. I like 30s makeup on my face better than 20s. Ignore my weird hair; it just wasn’t behaving and I couldn’t get it straight again (even with a straightener). Therefore it is going straight back.
And now I’m on my down to New Jersey to see my Teddy Bear. Yay!
Tue, 24th Feb 2009
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I am apparently a knitting guru. Yesterday on the commute ride back home to Astoria from work, a random girl asked me to help her with her dropped stitches. Is it easy fixing a stranger’s work while standing on a moving W train? No. Did I do it anyway? Yes. Not that I’m a font of knitting knowledge myself; I just started a new pair of mittens that I may or may not have to unravel entirely. (Six inches of it! Watch as I cry.)
Nicole Kidman as Mrs. Coulter
I have changed my mind with regards to how I will style my makeup and hair for med school prom. As my dress is not period 20s, I will forego the flapper makeup for another time and occasion and instead ape Claudette Colbert’s look from It Happened One Night (a favourite romantic comedy of mine and Mum’s along with The Sound of Music).
As I’m researching fashion and hairstyles of the 1930s, I’m finding that a few of Nicole Kidman’s recent movies serve as great visual inspiration. While The Golden Compass isn’t set in any “real” time period, the art design team obviously went Art Deco with the movie’s look which is perfect for my needs. Australia is a little later what I want, but I love the idea of a white flower in my hair.
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