Now, about half a year later from reading the magazines monthly, I have completed changed my mind about what is “pretty and cute”. I used to wear no makeup at all except occasionally wear lip balm for chapped lips but now I wear light-medium coverage tinted moisturizer, concealer, mascara,, blush, and loose face powder about 90% of the time I go outside. I used to be obsessed with cute stationary stuff such as Hello Kitty, Sanrio, San-X especially lead pencils but not anything like makeup until I started reading the Japanese fashion magazines. I went from having no blush, 1 foundation, 1 mascara, 1 eyeliner, and a bag of lip products to 6+ blushes, 10+ foundations (I do have a lot of the same foundation because it’s a really small package), 10+ mascaras, 5+ eyeliners, and more than a makeup bag full of lip products. I’ve even attempted to bleach my hair because I just really want to be what is defined as “pretty and/or cute” in the magazines.

Of all the changes, I find myself using less lip products but focusing on real makeup such as foundation, mascaras, concealers, and blushes. I’ve also started shopping online for clothes, makeup, and fashion related stuff more often  but there are other reasons to this because where I live the stores don’t have what I’m looking for because the makeup I want is more readily available overseas.

Today, I realized this has come to a problem that I can’t go to sleep without buying the makeup I’ve been eying on. I just seem to keep on buying makeup and using it but not really knowing when is enough. I do know how to put on makeup that looks natural and pretty/cute at the same time. But the amount of time I spend on looking for the “next” cute/pretty makeup item online is rather wasting my time when I have more important things to do. I have decided to cut down the reading of the Japanese fashion magazines to only ViVi, CamCam, PopTeen, PopSister, and Ageha but this will be hard and it is still a lot of reading. I will report on the effects of decreasing the reading of the magazines and see if there are any changes in my behaviour and attitudes. Stay tuned…

-Intjgirl

Site for Reading Manga:

Mangafox

Raw Manga Downloads:

http://www.raw-manga.com/

http://sharing-comic.blogspot.com/

Japanese Fashion Magazine Scans:

http://community.livejournal.com/jmagazinescans

English Magazine Scans:

http://magazinesdownload.com/

TV Shows:

SurfTheChannel

The Listener – I started watching this show not because of the main actor is hot (well may be he is) but because I saw so many Ads of this show by CTV. The Listener has been advertised on the bus, downtown Toronto and what drawn me to it was the Sci-fi Channel logo, not the actual show or anything. I just thought it must have been sci-fi related and that intrigued me to give it a go.  But now I’m hooked, the concept of this show involved a ER paramedic with the ability to read minds and even sense people’s strong thoughts from distance. It is really amazing to see a show so realistic, based on a typical person’s life but with a twist of paranomal crime. I can’t wait for the third season…I am sure there will be one eventually probably this Fall.

Gossip Girl – I didn’t exactly like this show because it’s really unrealistic. People are so mean to each other–so many things go wrong, and yet the very people who betrayed each other are best friends but are tied by an imaginary bond influenced by some narrator called the “Gossip Girl”. I just find this unrealistic because they are rich so they can get some lawyers to find who “Gossip Girl” is, and then sue the crap out for her to shut up. The best thing about the show is their fashion style. They wear a lot of top designer and preppy clothing and the upscale setting is somewhat worth the watch. My favourite character is Jenny Humphrey. Hilary Duff will be on the show airing in October so I’m going to watch it. It’s a good time killer.

The L Word – Totally unexpected show. I thought it was cool how the episodes had titles that started with L or something along the lines. The  show is somewhat really graphic stuff and I’m not refering to blood or murder… You can’t help but be drawn to the character’s problems especially because Shane McCutcheon looks really like a pretty charming guy but is somewhat of a playboy with a good heart and I’m sure straight females watch this for that. And how can you psychologically tell if those who are gay? Just observe the way they walk; the way they talk does not matter much.

• I don’t like Harry Potter; I used to think it was okay from the movies; the books were nothing special, but now the sixth movie looked terrible from the first 20 minutes. Harry Potter movie 6 was full of crap–what’s the hype and rating on IMDB about? Probably the ratings were from majority of the fans who watched the new Harry Potter movie that just came out in theaters.
• I sleep really late and I get up really late. It’s become a bad habit that close friends know. I am trying to fix it but right now I don’t think I’m tired enough to go to sleep. I’ve read psychology articles stating that people who sleep less but enough (may be 6 to 7 hrs) actually live longer than those who sleep a lot. So it might be a good thing but my sleep times are still kind of crazy when I need to follow a normal schedule.
• I love vampire stuff but I just don’t like Twilight. I am addicted to vampire fiction, and those paranormal romance novels like MaryJanice Davidson’s Undead series featuring Vampire Queen Betsy. I also think the Trueblood TV series is a pointless one. The first episode was crap…nothing much happened and this is what you get from long and boring novels, which is series was based. The book was okay, but the TV series is popular because the actors were attractive to other people, but not me. I look at actors rationally most of the time so judging from their looks is not gonna trick me into loving their show.
• I like to dye my hair blue (partially and still trying now that I have blue hair dye but just trying to bleach it white first on black hair… Doh!) and no one I know seems to like that as much as I do.

The Excellent:

The Undead Series by MaryJanice Davidson

	Undead and Unwed First Betsy Taylor loses her job, then she’s killed in a car accident. But what really bites is that she can’t seem to stay dead…
	Undead and Unemployed Being royally undead isn’t all it’s cracked up to be–there are still bills to be paid. Luckily, new Queen of the Vampires Betsy Taylor lands her dream job selling designer shoes at Macy’s…
	Undead and Unappreciated Reluctant vampire queen Betsy Taylor may rule the topsy-turvy world of the undead, but now Betsy’s discovered that she has a long-lost half-sister who’s the devil’s daughter…
	Undead and Unreturnable Though she’s the vampire queen, Betsy Taylor is much more like a princess. In MaryJanice Davidson’s novels, this high-maintenance monarch is finally coming to terms with her new status…
	Undead and Unpopular With her birthday coming up, Betsy isn’t in the best frame of mind to face the powerful European vampires who have finally come to pay their respects…
	Undead and Uneasy Weddings are never easy. But when you’re Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor, they can become downright deadly…
	Undead and Unworthy Betsy’s husband, Sinclair, has been perusing The Book of the Dead, Betsy’s being hounded by a ghost who’s even more insufferable in death than in life…

The Good:

The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison Aut (Author), Marguerite Gavin (Reader)

The Bad:

Witchling (CD Audiobook) narrated by Cassandra Campbell - It's difficult to pay attention to the details of the novel due to its very boring, monotone narration. Nice cover art though, which is the main reason I tried to listen to this.

I sort of knew why Archie will propose to Veronica instead of Betty because he’s got the hots for the glamorous looks, money, and sweet life of Veronica, but not Betty. But honestly, that’s not true love at all. The news is everywhere…people are shocked! Betty is so much better than Veronica and I still in disbelief that in September the author will release the fist part of the 6 comic sega. I hope this is not some marketing gimmick and I really wish they in the end, he will either die or choose Betty!