Happy Independence Day, US-ians! The look name is a mondegreen (misheard lyrics) from the Star Spangled Banner. I'm patriotic, in that I think that there are some good reasons for paying taxes and that servicepeople should be respected for the jobs they do and that everyone who has the legal right should educate themselves and vote in as many elections possible (even the local ones, which so many people seem to think “don't count”.) I also believe that universal health care should be part of that whole “promote the general welfare” thing; I think that anyone should have the right to marry or divorce whomever they please as long as the other party is of the age of consent and…well, consents [which is code for “I support gay marriage”- NOH8!!!]; I think that public schooling is very important and highest-quality education and critical thinking skills should be provided (part of both “common defense” and “general welfare”, in my eyes), largely so that we continue to have an intelligent, mentally nimble voting populace; I believe that all adult citizens should have the exact same rights and responsibilities; I believe that individuals should think about how deeply they get themselves into debt (because suddenly that $200 set of dishes ends up costing you nearly twice that, with all the interest and late fees and soforth) and that our government should -=really=- think before it gets future generations so deeply into debt. I wish it was possible for us to have something like The Vigil, because the idea of a group of utterly neutral, completely informed ombudsmen is damn cool (and currently unattainable; but one can hope.) I wonder why we're getting into wars - excuse me, police actions - in foreign countries and then trying so hard to keep people from finding out the facts about the conflicts; I wonder why our culture is now under lock and key for three human generations (75 years), effectively disenfranchising us from our own culture and criminalizing those who want to add their two bits; I wonder how the patent system got so forked up - to the other extent - that legal practices like patent trolls exist and flourish. I think that corporations are not “citizens”, and should not be allowed to donate as much as they want in elections or have any other special privileges (or rights - because, again, they're not “citizens”, they're not people.) I think all religions should be on equal footing, and that equal footing should not include being anywhere involved with our government.

And now that everyone's blood is boiling, and I've been targeted by the tea baggers for comment spamming and by the radical liberals for flaming, on to today's look. Shall we?

Part of the One Year Eyecolor Challenge (new colors used: 4)

Eyes

• MAC's Painterly, lash to crease
• Aromaleigh v1's Taintedlove, inner lid
• Bare Escentuals' Denim, outer lid / outer crease
• Aromaleigh v1's Whiteriot, center lid / browline...and sparkly fallout all over the place
• Bare Escentuals' Luxe, upper and lower outer lash line

The red is a bit much - I probably could have done this more nicely by using less of Taintedlove, and blending it with a softer red (like BE's Red Velvet Cake). When I applied Whiteriot, I patted it into place over the paint pot, but reloaded the brush for browline application. There was fallout all over my nose and cheeks...which is nice and sparkly and fireworks-like, which is why I did that :D

And here's a random picture of Glamour Puss, who loves to be near where I am. Not too close - he won't sit under my feet as I'm in the drafting chair, blogging away; and he's only recently begun sitting next to me while I rewatch Battlestar Galactica, he's never been much of a lap cat - but he definitely prefers to be within line of sight. Today he had assembled most of his toys on the upstairs landing, and played there for a while. In the photo are three refillable catnip mice, one feather-toy, and the canvas ribbon from one of my MMU collections' packaging.

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