-Everything in my apartment decided to break all at once. Plus our handyman cancelled on me twice, so fingers crossed our appointment today works out. (Don't hold your breath though). I've come to loath, yes loath, living in a rental. I want a house so damn bad I already put it on my 2015 resolutions list (because I still make those #nerd). It needs to happen, and it's going to happen. I rarely back down from a challenge even if it almost kills me!
And when I lose it, it's not pretty.
-My skin decided to crap out on me. It's gotta be the fall weather/summer heat mix we've been having, plus the Santa Ana winds are adding another layer of terrible. My face flakes off all day long, like a snake shedding. Okay that's a little bit of an exaggeration, I just look like I need to exfoliate. But here's the catch: I'm already exfoliating on the daily!! So, my coverup falls off and I'm left with a bare freckled face like I'm twelve again. It makes meeting with clients miserable. But! I have found some teeny tiny relief, with Skin&Co Roma products. I get my body lotion from them and they sent me a sample pack (God I love samples sooo muchhh!) of some face serums. And slowly, things seem to be getting better. I just need to figure out which serum is lifting the most weights and marry him (re: buy that product full size). So if you're wondering why the hell I've stopped doing makeup capsule posts, it's due to my parsel-tongue-skin.
At least I don't have a Dark Lord attached to my face #brighterside
-Quality time with my boo. Halloween happens to be one of our fave holidays, so the hubs and I have been carving pumpkins, making seeds, baking, and decorating like crazy together. We also have been watching all the classics, like Simpson's Halloween specials, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's cheesy as hell be we love it all. And scented candles are in every room, it's amazing. So that means more offline fun, and quite frankly I don't feel guilty at all about it (although I have missed a few hangout opportunities with friends by not being by my phone, bummed about that). Also the hubs has been writing me love notes every Sunday morning and its getting straight up Notebook in this house. Pretty rad that he's still down with my craziness after seven years. And I've been sewing him some dope Ninja Turtle PJ's. I forgot how much I love to sew, so I put in about 7 hours this weekend to make up for it.
Ugh I know way cheesy.
Thanks for listening to me vent!
The good news is that I've started my horror movie-a-thon as per usual, and I'll be breaking down some scary ones here on le blog for ya. I started doing this for my BFF Chloe and I thought I'd make it a tradition (see some good ones from later year HERE and HERE).
Why do I love scary movies so much? First of all, I used to be like most other people and couldn't watch a horror flick without peeing my pants out of fear (thats totally normal, right?...). Then, in the midst of getting my Film Studies degree, I realized I had to take a symposium class (i.e. a class in a movie theatre where we watch films and talk to the directors afterwards). It's way rad, but the downside? The teacher screens only horror movies. Um yeah no thanks. I waited until my very last semester to take it because duh.
I'm not gonna lie, I was nervous for those first few classes. I was prepared to hate horror movies and have to sleep with the lights on for the rest of my life. But you know what? After a few screenings, I got over my fear and really got into the films. I started enjoying the adrenaline rush that comes with a good quality scare, and appreciating the techniques that go into making a movie truly scary. Spoiler alert: there are a lot of terribly made horror movies out there that won't even scare the jumpiest of people.
After I was done with that class (and after I got over Paranormal Activity, that one got me good), I realized I needed to watch horror films on the regular. So, now I pepper in a few throughout the year via Netflix, and bing watch them during the fall. It's just me, the hubs stays well away during these viewings. He insists I pause them whenever he walks into the room too. He's a lil scary cat still, but I'll break him soon enough! Just kidding, it's cute.
So this weekend I watched The Conjuring, and it's a good one. Like you will be a little jumpy afterwards, but should sleep okay sans lights. (Side note: I had to sleep with my lights on for two months after writing a paper on Paranormal Activity. That's the only movie that's given me residual heeby geebies). I'll have The Conjuring breakdown for ya soon! Get ready for a non-scary version of this film!
Spoiler alert: it's just the new mailman trying out Halloween costume ideas (can't go wrong with the classic ghost option).
Have a great Monday!
xoHM
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