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Oct. 25th, 2014 07:16 pmI read this article on current fashion's overconsistency a while ago and kept the tab open. At first I started to agree with it, but I don't think the situation's as dire as they make it out to be. You can actually tell a photo/movie from 1994 or even 2004 from one taken this year. The changes aren't as drastic as, say, 1864 to 1874 to 1884, but they're there. IMO it's less about us looking back too much and more about it being easier for the industry to make only minor changes in the big overseas factories.
Tried to make a purple gradient cake: lesson learned, you cannot do it with red and blue gel, it just makes grey. I eventually made a blue gradient but trying to get purple made me beat it so long that it's all kind of rubbery. /o\ My bagels came out so much better. I should stick with breads! After the cake's gone I'm going to try making kouign amman, a recipe for which I've had open ever since watching that episode of GBBO.
Once this whole crazy Halloween thing is over, I'm going to pick up my sewing area (Mom's living room) except for the Regency dress I'd like to finish for the Troy Victorian walk. Then I'm going to work on that sewing machine. I cleaned it some the other day with alcohol, but now I need to re-oil it. I would do it now except I don't know where Mom keeps the oil. Put in the zipper on that cute jumper dress I will never wear because I can't get a museum job. Make the two knit tops I bought fabric for months ago - most of the seams/hems don't need to stretch, so maybe I can even do almost all of them on the 99. I guess I'll just zig-zag hem the ends of the sleeves and the necklines (on the other machine)? They should go together pretty fast. And then I'd like to make a second pair of pants, maybe trying to add pockets this time. The pattern I have is very good otherwise, high-waisted and comfortable.
I'm starting to suspect that I've been moved to packaging at work not just because Robynn the Queen Decorator has returned but also because I'm not very good at doing the cakes. Which is kind of depressing because who wants to suck at something? But at the same time, I feel a lot more comfortable packaging because I could tell I wasn't very good at cakes. But I'm never going to get better at cakes if I'm not assigned to them. CONFLICTED.
Breaking out like crazy. So great, I was hoping that if I went to a big event with a lot of people and cameras my skin would look absolutely terrible and blotchy.
Tried to make a purple gradient cake: lesson learned, you cannot do it with red and blue gel, it just makes grey. I eventually made a blue gradient but trying to get purple made me beat it so long that it's all kind of rubbery. /o\ My bagels came out so much better. I should stick with breads! After the cake's gone I'm going to try making kouign amman, a recipe for which I've had open ever since watching that episode of GBBO.
Once this whole crazy Halloween thing is over, I'm going to pick up my sewing area (Mom's living room) except for the Regency dress I'd like to finish for the Troy Victorian walk. Then I'm going to work on that sewing machine. I cleaned it some the other day with alcohol, but now I need to re-oil it. I would do it now except I don't know where Mom keeps the oil. Put in the zipper on that cute jumper dress I will never wear because I can't get a museum job. Make the two knit tops I bought fabric for months ago - most of the seams/hems don't need to stretch, so maybe I can even do almost all of them on the 99. I guess I'll just zig-zag hem the ends of the sleeves and the necklines (on the other machine)? They should go together pretty fast. And then I'd like to make a second pair of pants, maybe trying to add pockets this time. The pattern I have is very good otherwise, high-waisted and comfortable.
I'm starting to suspect that I've been moved to packaging at work not just because Robynn the Queen Decorator has returned but also because I'm not very good at doing the cakes. Which is kind of depressing because who wants to suck at something? But at the same time, I feel a lot more comfortable packaging because I could tell I wasn't very good at cakes. But I'm never going to get better at cakes if I'm not assigned to them. CONFLICTED.
Breaking out like crazy. So great, I was hoping that if I went to a big event with a lot of people and cameras my skin would look absolutely terrible and blotchy.
