tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391798762890592266.post2949962009129826593..comments2023-04-09T06:09:52.868-07:00Comments on *tiny twinklings*: OPI: Gwen Stefani Holiday 2014 Collection ["Rollin' in Cashmere" trio, etc]Marisa Sprinklepuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14174436310379261208noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391798762890592266.post-89583483580210655542015-01-13T12:23:02.072-08:002015-01-13T12:23:02.072-08:00Haha I don't mind!! Architecture is a strange...Haha I don't mind!! Architecture is a strange field, education-wise. Until recently, Hawaii was the only school state-side to offer a doctorate in architecture; incidentally, Oregon has become the second. However, graduate degrees are only necessary for teaching purposes (I'm not even sure what one does with a doctorate, actually), which I had no interest in anyway, and my summer internship with an arch and engineering firm confirmed for me that I far prefer real world architecture practice to the aggravating absurdities of academia. Architecture school is just so rigorous and relentless, and once I am done I'm not planning on ever going back haha. They say college is the best time of your life, but this is most assuredly not the case if you're an arch student, and I am so looking forward to returning to normal life!!! After I graduate I intend to pursue my license (an approx. three year process) and embrace a healthy life balance :) :) :)Marisa Sprinklepuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14174436310379261208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391798762890592266.post-31308067316773225372015-01-13T06:08:42.961-08:002015-01-13T06:08:42.961-08:00How did you know, Marisa? Do you speak Italian? Ac...How did you know, Marisa? Do you speak Italian? Actually he's not your traditional tuxedo as he only has a handful of white hairs in a loose swirl on his chest. The rest of him is a dark brown/black. We got him from a no-kill rescue called The Goathouse Cat Refuge that is run by a friend of ours who is Italian, and she named him for his personality and smarts. He is the very imp of Satan!<br /><br />What an interesting degree! Will you stop there or enter a doctoral program? Get your architect's license? What's next? Loaded questions, don't you love them? NOT. Feel free not to respond! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135968514878220352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391798762890592266.post-29161733266427045112015-01-12T19:27:40.157-08:002015-01-12T19:27:40.157-08:00Picchio!! That is the most charming of names; is ...Picchio!! That is the most charming of names; is s/he black & white??<br /><br />ARggh I know I've read reviews about light greens that don't incite the red contrast so much; now I, too, am curious if it can be done!! Your hands have never seemed so very pink to me, but then, I for sure know a rosier someone: my big little brother. His skin tone is perpetually, and regardless of season, distinctly and irrefutably pink. Like, nothing but the pink. I find it to be pretty funny on such a hulking brute :)<br /><br />Haha well, Liz, I'm glad you asked! I will be finishing my professional degree in architecture. The official degree is B.Arch, or Bachelor of Architecture, which is actually a strange degree because professionally (for the purpose of achieving one's license) it functions as a Master of Science or Art in Architecture, if that makes sense. Professional programs are five years, and I was actually quite ready to be done this time last year so I am positively overjoyed to be on my home stretch!!Marisa Sprinklepuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14174436310379261208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391798762890592266.post-61732471217869098312015-01-12T12:20:43.765-08:002015-01-12T12:20:43.765-08:00I see what you mean about the dry down shade of Sl...I see what you mean about the dry down shade of Sleigh Parking Only, it loses some of that luscious purpley red velvetiness that you described so beautifullly. Still a rich dark color, but not the same as in the bottle.<br /><br />I've tried and tried to find a minty or seafoamy green that my pinkage will accept without recoiling in a flushed horrorshow of glowing redness, but have yet to find that elusive beast. I've now hit the point where a Pavlovian headshaking response kicks in almost immediately upon seeing these shades, which I'm especially drawn to in glitter/crelly formulas with complementary colors of blue in the mix. Actually pale, soft pastel shades of any color (except for grey) do not fare well with my ruddiness. I shudder to think what the pearly yellow you feature so well here, Rollin' in Cashmere, would look like on my nails. Sometimes I think I must have the pinkest digits on the planet. <br /><br />At least a cat can still look at a queen, even if she can't wear the crown. Of course, a cat would never be so foolish as to hanker after something so inanimate and inedible. Unless it was made of thin rustley plastic, in which case our cat Picchio would be all over that sucker. <br /><br />What degree will you be finishing this semester, by the way? Inquiring minds want to know!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135968514878220352noreply@blogger.com