I am currently working at a Goodly William thrift store as a cashier and I have had a time of it.
Anyway, I was checking this customer out and she had two cds: a metal band I can't recall and Hilary Duff. I asked if she had checked the cds, she hadn't, so I checked and said that the Hilary Duff had a skip ring on it, but it wasn't bad and should play okay.
She said 'Oh, that's fine. I collect them for the aesthetics. They're so cool, like some sort of lost technology.' and inflicted psychic damage on me. I just paused for a second and I'm glad I at least had a face mask on to hide the confusion, read her total, and had to tell her we don't have a tap reader.
I need a new job asap...
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I used to think I hated makeup bc every time I did it I got viscerally upset. Something was wrong. That person in the mirror wasn’t me. The weird goop on my face felt bad and blinking made my eyes stick together. My prom and homecoming photos still weird me out, because the person in those photos doesn’t seem like they’re having a good time, and they don’t look like how I looked in high school. I swore off makeup after my senior prom bc I was sick of feeling miserable and alien.
Turns out I didn’t like makeup when it was a specific style imposed upon me by my mother. My wonderful friend @fruitbatvampiresociety helped me figure out what I do and don’t enjoy about makeup, and now I know what I like!
My makeup rules:
- I have to look like me. If my face shape changes, or the color/reflective was of my skin changes, or my lip shape is different, I will get intense facial dysmorphia. Me with makeup should just be a more colorful version of me without makeup.
- I have to have fun. If someone else is picking my makeup, and I don’t get a say in it, I’m not having fun. If I’m doing my makeup just because someone else likes it, I’m not having fun. Makeup should not be a chore. I should be the primary audience for whatever is on my face.
- I have to feel comfortable. The texture of the makeup should not be distracting or distressing. If it’s gritty, chalky, or sticky, it’s not going on my face. If wearing it means I’m constantly hyperaware of how my face moves, or makes me feel like I can’t eat/drink/cry/etc, it’s not going on my face. Anything I put on should be able to handle being touched and getting messy.
- I have to be able to do it in ten minutes. The time interval here is a suggestion rather than a hard rule, but the point stands. If I’m spending more time putting on makeup than I am getting dressed, it becomes a chore. I don’t want an art project at 8AM. I have watercolors for those. I want to put glitter on my face that vaguely matches my skirt and be done with it. (If Lemony wants to do my makeup for me then that’s different bc I’m not the one putting all the effort in. Then it’s a friend activity I get to share with them.)
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me: alright, time to finish theseone shots
my brain: digging~ your friend~ a grave🎶🎶
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