March 4, 2012
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An interesting corner of The Art Professor’s office. I was there for a video project with a group of students and The New Guy. Said New Guy told us that this was done with a hair dryer, but The Art Professor didn’t say anything about it. He has all kinds of wild stuff in his office, as befits an art professor.I lolled around on my birthday as planned. I went to a bookstore and bought an actual paperback novel and a tiny box of Godiva chocolates, cleaned up the living room, and relaxed. Later, I cleaned my nightstand and put fresh sheets on the bed, used a Kose or sekkisei lotion mask, and lolled in bed reading till my husband came in. I think I did enough lolling to last me for a while.
I learned about the lotion mask in Little Tokyo while visiting a friend of my youth a couple of years ago. You can see it in action here. My friend and I put these things on our faces and rested for 5-10 minutes as directed, and then told one another how youthful and bright we looked. I think the great thing about these masks is that you rest for 5-10 minutes. However, I really like it and can recommend it as an anti-stress measure.
Does it do anything at all for the skin? I don’t know. I can tell you that I now have less visible sun damage than I did a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, I don’t know what has caused this. I’ve used Erno Laszlo soap and Korres botanical treatments, often together, and of course I have been holed up at my computer most of the time and getting very little sun, so that might be it.
Of course, at the same time that I have been reversing the discoloration to some extent, I’m also becoming more wrinkled, so I don’t expect to end up looking fabulous. However, I do feel that the coming year will be a fabulous year for me. This may be the result of lolling about eating chocolate rather than of any rational expectation, but it’s quite a pleasant feeling.
I told this to #1 daughter, and she told me that she had had just the same feeling on her birthday a couple of months ago. She has ended an unproductive relationship and moved into a snazzy new apartment in that time, so that sounds pretty good to me.
Today there’s church, and the Australians’ blog, and I will also need to work on this church history book I’m helping out with. It’s volunteer, and should be fun.
