Adventures in Skin Care

Johnny Cash had me in mind when he wrote “I’ve Been Everywhere”.

I’ve tried many many many combinations of products on my face and here’s what’s been the best:

Honey

Aspiring

Olive oil on my lower cheeks

Fasting on lemon juice

sweating

eating mostly vegetables

alpha hydroxy lotion

biotherm superactiv

sleeping before 11PM – perhaps hormone related

changing my pillowcase

cleaning face gently

scrubs once a week

astringents and a mask once a week

Most Absurd Websites

1. Peter Pan’s Homepage

Seen a website that was far and beyond what you thought the human imagination was capable of? Recommend it.

The 3 most motivational words

‘Virtually impossible task’

Being faced with a ‘virtually impossible’ task and learning that I have a lot to lose motivated me beyond belief. To stay in class, I had to complete 60 hours of research and 9 deep, personal, well thought out projects – in 10 weeks. I was essentially screwed – but I have never smiled wider in my life. I saw this as an opportunity to show people that I was capable of the ‘virtually impossible’. There is almost nothing as glorious and feel-good as knowing that you have done the impossible. And here I am, being given that chance.

Countless others have been motivated to greatness simply by being faced with what seemed like an ‘impossible task’. Peter Jackson and Lord of the Rings, for one. Nobody believed that J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic was filmable. Jackson proved them all wrong.

10 Things I learned from Zig Ziglar

That changed the way I looked

The 2AM Phenomenon

Something strange and stinky happens every night at 2Am. For me, it’s the most creative time of the day. If I’m really tired and compensating with caffine, it’s almost mind blowing – the chunks of unexpected delicious that my brain poops out.

Why? I haven’t the slightest idea. So I’m on the lookout for more about this midnight foshizzle dizzle deal. For now I’ll have to leave you hanging with a

to be continued…

My least favorite ending.

Did you know: If you chew 2 packs of Strawberry Bubblicious, then a piece of Extra Raspberry, the extra bubblegum tastes exactly like what I imagine dish soap would taste? Cause I just found out.

Why Blogging?

The ever impressive lifehack.org helped me out today. Saved me some problem-solving-related fatigue (my translation of the word stress):

How to use Your Blog To Make 2008 Your Best Year ever

Well I tried to figure it out own my own – but life’s always so much simpler when other people give you exactly what your looking for in yourself. And now here I am, giving that to you.