I know this is kinda a cop-out on Friday’s YOU, but I’d like to get to know you guys a little better! It’s a meme-esque thing, but in the comments. I know I’ll probably get a low turnout for this one *glare* because it takes more then two minutes *keeps glaring* but I encourage all of you that comment as well as all of you that are just lurkers to fill this one out!
Copy, paste, and fill out the following in comments!
1. Your name.
2. Why are you here?
3. Why do you wear makeup, if you do?
4. Location and age
5. What are you listening to and reading right now?
And as for me?
1. Your name.
Duh, Rae. My sister calls me Bayer, or Yar. (The transformation was something like this, and has spanned the years since we were old enough to talk: Rae —> Ray-bay —> Bay —> Bayer —>Yar-bay-yar [“but now it’s even! You can read the syllables backwards and it’ll sound the same!” was her excuse] —> Yar.) She also likes to pun that I’m the maker of Asprin (as it’s owned by the Bayer drug company)
Yes.
We are geeks.
2. Why are you here?
Because I have no self control and compulsively blog. Geeze, I thought we went over this one already!
3. Why do you wear makeup, if you do?
Because I love it. It’s not because I think I’m ugly or because I’m insecure – I love makeup. I like the long brush strokes, the precise concealing, the desperate hunt for the Holy Grail product. I love how you can take a beautiful canvas and enhance it. I love how you can make someone else realize that they’re beautiful – something you’ve seen all along, but something they’ve ignored because no one’s ever made them look in the mirror, pick out their favorite feature, and play it up.
I did my sister’s makeup the other day and she exclaimed “Wow, Yar! I’m actually… pretty when I’m not tired-looking!” She’s always been a hardcore-student, sleeping little and staying up late to study. She doesn’t believe me, but she’s one of the most gorgeous people I know.
4. Location and age
Canada, bitches! Under eighteen.
5. What are you listening to and reading right now?
Dido’s Safe Trip Home and Rainer Maria’s Catastrophe have been waking me up for the past few weeks – I’ve set my stereo to wake me up with music from my CD, and let it play as I put on my face in the morning. Depending on what kind of day I had the day before, I’ll switch one for the other. They’re both wonderful and I haven’t listened to much else in weeks!
Chronicle of a Death Foretold, for English.
If you don’t have time to fill this out now, this is when I encourage you to bookmark it and do it later. I moderate all comments, so even if you fill it out in a month, I’ll still get to read it!
