Once again, I have shaken up the look of this page. Probably because I am fickle. I like to keep things interesting (because this blog is soooo well read). I was considering changing the title too but I've already done that a couple of times, so maybe I'll leave it for now.
I have become completely enthralled by the TV show MadMen...as Cora of VintageorTacky would say, it's a "feast for the eyes" of 60's drama, fashion, makeup, etc. I'm almost finished the second season and the character development is spectacular! I'd have to say my favourite character is Betty Draper...though Joan Holloway is a close second. Betty's just so...relateable. She's a housewife to Donald Draper, ad exec, and has two young children (Sally and Bobby). There's just something about her that I like. Maybe it's because she's so dynamic - one moment she can be heavily depressed and the other she can be seductive and sneaky. If I were to choose a least favourite character I'd have to go with Peter Campbell...he can be so snobby and douche-baggy. And, sadly, Peggy Olson strikes me as a goody-goody and the best part of this show is the scandal. Peggy is kind and decent, but something about her is just too...safe. Ironically, Peggy and Peter have had this love affair thing going on since the first episode. Peter got married to another woman (Trudy) but on the night of his bachelor party, he went to Peggy. There was the issue with Peggy's surprise pregnancy too, however, I don't want to ramble too much about the nuances of this show, just in case anyone who reads this or stumbles across it, hasn't seen it yet, and wants to.
Anyway, I've been getting more and more into makeup and nail polish. What a girl I have become! I love watching tutorials on youtube (and while I rarely try to recreate these looks, they give me some inspiration to try my hand at creating my own) and when one of my favourite "gurus" has a positive review of a product that I have and that I love, I feel this glow of inclusion. It sounds foolish, but if I like a product, and this person who is watched and revered by so many likes the same thing, I feel so good about that. That sentence probably didn't make any sense, but that's okay too.
I'm planning on making pancakes for dinner tonight with berry compote and maybe I'll feel like taking pictures and posting them in a picture roll on my blog for the internet to peruse at its leisure. But for now, I'm going to drink a potful of Earl Grey tea and keep watching MadMen.
