It's officially spring in the Northern hemisphere, but I still wanted to do a quick catch up on winter, which, for the purposes of this post was January-March.
– So sad to have missed The Cult of Beauty exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, which closes on April 28. It features some truly amazing voices from the beauty arena, including Jill Burke (author of How To Be a Renaissance Woman) and Eszter Magyar (a.k.a. MakeupBrutalism.)
– Also bummed to have missed this exhibition on acrylic nails. Fortunately there's a book available!
– Dame Pat McGrath managed to break the internet with her porcelain doll-like makeup for Maison Margiela's spring 2024 haute couture show.
– There has been much discourse surrounding Sephora being overrun by tweens and their seemingly unquenchable thirst for…skincare?
– Out: "clean girl" makeup. In: the mob wife aesthetic.
– Could this be the oldest lipstick ever found? The jury is still out, but if it is in fact lipstick I'm enamored of the container.
– Don't forget to sign up for early access at the Black Beauty Archive!
– "Can skincare ever exist separately from harmful beauty ideals?" Enjoyed this piece over at Dazed, as I've been asking the same question for years but about makeup.
The random:
In '90s nostalgia, The Matrix and Office Space turned 25, while albums The Downward Spiral and Dookie turned 30.
So many amazing exhibitions in addition to the Cult of Beauty that I probably won't get to see: unicorns at the Perth Museum in Scotland, cute overload at Somerset House, bows at the museum at FIT, Barbie at the Design Museum, and Biba at the Fashion and Textile Museum – was dying reading this interview with brand founder Barbara Hulanicki about the makeup!
How are you? Are you glad winter's done?
It was a very busy summer indeed! I blinked and it was basically over. Let's try to catch up, shall we?
– Lots of beauty history bits and bobs, including Sephora celebrating its 25th anniversary, Guerlain unveiling a company archive (not available to the public, sigh), an interview with scholar Fabiola Creed for a history of tanning, and a profile of centuries-old brand Santa Maria Novella. I also enjoyed an inside look at the design behind this sunscreen bottle (which, while not makeup, needs to be in the Museum's collection.)
– New beauty books! I mentioned these a while back, but they have finally been released.
– Barbiecore and latte makeup were the top trends, along with fruit-themed aesthetics (various "girls" – tomato girl, lemon girl, etc.) Frankly, I've had enough of the same trends repackaged with absurd monikers. Barbiecore and latte makeup are pink and brown/bronze, respectively, and blueberry milk nails are just…baby blue.
– Is CBD beauty really over? And were "weird" lipstick colors ever out of style? (And would it have killed Harper's to link to my article on it?)
– Beauty's ugly side sadly continues with the shuttering of salons by the Taliban. 🙁 Other not-great developments: a rather dystopian collaboration between Microsoft Teams and Maybelline, Tiktok's "aged" filter, and a kerfuffle surrounding the prosthetics used for Bradley Cooper's role as composer Leonard Bernstein. While most agreed the makeup was not offensive in this case – Bernstein's own family gave their blessing – nose putty has fairly anti-Semitic roots. More on that later.
– Fashion designer brands continue unabated. As a fan of Prada's previous beauty line from the early 2000s, I'm particularly curious to see if their 2nd attempt will be more successful.
The random:
– One of the curator's idols announced her upcoming memoir. It's still a year away but I'm looking forward to it.
– In '90s nostalgia, There's Something About Mary, Hello Nasty and the furby all turned 25 this summer. I also watched Muscles and Mayhem on Netflix, a documentary about '90s hit show American Gladiators.
– Another Netflix documentary, this one on professional mermaids, naturally caught my fancy.
– I'm usually not bothered by celebrity deaths, but the passing of Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman, was quite sad for me as his show was a childhood staple (and honestly, even adulthood.) Plus, how fun would a Pee Wee makeup collection have been?
– Another thing I am feeling strangely saddened by was the death of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. I am not alone, apparently.
– At least there were some good exhibitions opening! While I couldn't go to them, "The Offbeat Sari", "Black Venus: Reclaiming Black Women in Visual Culture" and "After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art" all sounded amazing. I did manage to see "The Culture" at the BMA which was excellent. You might recognize this piece:
– Lastly, I did a lot of baking using a bounty of fruit from the farmer's market, which the plushies greatly enjoyed, and picked up a new (and unfortunately expensive) habit of flower arranging.
How was your summer?
Lots going on behind the scenes! Not necessarily a bad thing, but doesn't leave much time for blogging and social media. Realistically Curator's Corner will have to be cut down even further so that it's on a quarterly basis instead of trying to post it monthly…I know I should abandon it entirely but I can't! Anyway, onto some links.
– I learned so much prepping for the Museum's presentation for the Art Deco Society UK. You can check it out here (and see first-hand why I'm not a YouTuber.) I do hope to turn it into an article or maybe an exhibition.
– Another thing that involved quite a bit of research was an interview for El Pais on the history of glowy skin. Meanwhile, my makeup history partner-in-crime weighed in on the unrealistic hair and makeup in period films and TV shows.
– "I don't understand why makeup brands don’t have [women over 40] — we're the face of a lot of things and we're not the face of makeup right now." Allure points out the issue with brands that seemingly cater to the over-forty crowd: namely, they refuse to acknowledge that some mature women (ahem, like me) have not abandoned bright color and other vibrant makeup. Being over forty does not automatically sentence you to focus on hair and skin and wear only minimal, no-makeup looks, and just once I'd like to see a brand feature an old lady with glitter seeped in her wrinkles.
– If anyone can tell me exactly what Sulwhasoo and the Met are partnering for, I would be most appreciative.
– Been spending far too much time on Reddit and should probably cut back, as this post sent my blood pressure soaring. Coupled with this school calling makeup a "drug", makeup is experiencing a backlash. I'm not sure why people can't discuss it with nuance and acknowledge that while it has a long history of being a tool of the patriarchy to oppress cis-het women, makeup is so much more than that.
– Along those lines, I'm still ambivalent about companies selling makeup intended for kids – feels like an indoctrination of sorts into harmful beauty standards – but if they're going to do it, Zara Beauty's Mini Artists line is the way to go. At least they're trying to emphasize the artistic aspects and the packaging/names aren't overly gendered, unlike, say, Ulta's Petite and Pretty. It's also safer ingredient-wise than most kids' makeup and since it's water-soluble, much easier to remove than stuff formulated for grown-ups. Plus, Diane Kendal designed it, so it's quite sleek and stylish compared to other kids' face-painting kits on the market.
– Hate to break it to you, people of Tiktok, but layering mascara is not new.
– Between Isamaya Beauty's LIPS and E.L.F's O Face lipsticks, sexual makeup names (and packaging as well in the case of LIPS) continue to be attention-getters. Admittedly I purchased LIPS for the Museum, but I wholeheartedly co-sign this piece by Jessica DeFino on the ridiculousness of it. (Also, LIPS should be modeled after a vulva, no?)
– Some spring 2023 goodies – three of the five collections shown here were collabs (MAC x Richard Quinn, Clarins x Foxco and Shu Uemura x Nicolas Lefeuvre) so I'll just add them to the pile I hope to cover eventually.
The random:
– In '90s nostalgia, I'm watching Living Single and loving it. Get Hulu if you don't have it already so you can enjoy the hilarity. Also, two of my very favorite movies turned 25: The Wedding Singer and The Big Lebowski.
– If you weren't already petrified of AI taking over the world, let me introduce you to ChatGPT. I fear for the future of both my day job and the Museum.
– This absolutely ludicrous story is literally the plot of a Simpsons episode. Also, please stop throwing things at art, even if the artist was a terrible person.
– So as not to end on a down note, I got some test shots back from a professional photographer for the Museum's collection and they are stunning. Doesn't this little Paul and Joe fellow look extra jaunty?
How are you? How is your spring so far?
Plus links from…oh, the past 6 months. It's been a while.
– Signing up for this online makeup history course at the Victoria and Albert Museum as soon as it's open to the general public! Also hoping they hire me to teach a session should they provide another course. 😉
– Here's the latest on ugly makeup and "unsexy" beauty trends. Speaking of which, where does aging fit in the context of beauty? Spoiler: it doesn't.
– Saddened to hear of the death of the print edition of my favorite magazine. Along with the Stila girls, Allure magazine led to my obsession with makeup.
– Instagram trends are also dead, replaced by Tiktok ones. Recent popular looks include cold girl makeup and crying makeup.
– Amid speculation that the beauty influencer bubble has burst, could mascaragate be the final nail in the coffin?
– In case you were wondering, here's what it looks like to be covered in 30,000 crystals. (Courtesy of Dame Pat McGrath.)
– The Museum's Creative Director (a.k.a. the husband) gifted the Museum some proper archival storage. In their new container, I think these powder boxes look almost as pretty as they do out on display.
The random:
– The Digital Museum of Dress Accessories (DMDA) has given me so many ideas for the Makeup Museum. Plus, their gallery on beauty patches is fabulous, and I can't wait to see the one for compacts (on which I hope to partner with them!)
– In other museum news, I am not a fan of the recent trend of activists throwing food on works of art and no, it doesn't matter if they're behind glass. All it accomplishes is making things miserable for security, housekeeping and conservation staff. Perhaps a more productive method would be protesting the for-profit companies that are largely responsible for climate change rather than museums, i.e. organizations that are actually trying to do some good.
– '90s/Y2K nostalgia: finally got around to watching the second season of Vice's Dark Side of the '90s, along with documentaries on Woodstock '99 and Von Dutch. It was also the 25th anniversary of Lilith Fair.
– It happened a while ago, but I'm still heartbroken that my favorite duo split up. One half twisted the knife further by moving to L.A.
– But I guess maybe that's balanced out by one of my favorite bands reuniting and stopping in Baltimore on their tour! I honestly thought I'd never see them again.
What's new with you? Catch me up in the comments!
Links for the lovely long days of June.
– Unlike most other digital makeup, this actually seems fun.
– Move over, rainbow makeup. Here's a little piece on the importance of glitter for the LGBTQ+ community.
– In makeup history, L'Officiel had a fairly accurate, concise history of contouring.
– The acne positivity movement is gaining traction.
– Two predictions I made earlier are coming true: lipstick sales (and cosmetics sales in general) are taking off as the pandemic eases and makeup experimentation is continuing to rise.
– Do you remember the woman who got Gorilla Glue stuck to her scalp? I'm pleased to report she found a way to monetize the incident. With what she went through I'm glad she's making some money off it.
– Estée Lauder is getting into the men's makeup game.
This is why I don't trust the bulk of online reviews.
– Talk about a multi-use product.
The random:
– My former favorite band released yet another bad album. Admittedly I only listened to two songs from it, but that was more than enough for me. I feel so lost without them. 🙁
– On a happier note, how adorable was the winner of the Westminster Kennel Club show? Wasabi is a Pekingnese, not a pug, but still precious.
– Loved this roundup of vintage mermaid illustrations.
– Not traveling any time soon, but if I were it would be to New York to see this exhibition of sparkly jewelry animals and to London to see a show on Bridget Riley.
– I asked Museum staff to make a rainbow for Pride Month in exchange for some cookies. They were pretty happy to oblige, especially since I made their favorite summery cookies: lime sea-salt chocolate chunk.
How's your summer going?
Once again my schedule got completely off track. There's a lot going on behind the scenes and we'll just have to wait and see if neglecting the blog pays off. Anyway, here are some very late links.
– May was AAPI month, so familiarize yourself with these historic Asian beauty rituals before you partake in them and consider how racism towards Asians plays a part in beauty trends. It's true – I could write an entire book on the fetishization/othering of Asian women and culture in beauty campaigns.
– Allure has a good piece on the lack of fat representation in the beauty industry – a reminder that diversity and inclusion don't refer only to skintone or gender, but size as well. (I also think the industry is still doing a crappy job when it comes to regularly featuring anyone over the age of 35.)
– Now that the pandemic is on its way out (hopefully!), a lot of industry folks are looking into their crystal ball to see what post-COVID beauty trends might look like. Thankfully, it seems that color cosmetics will make a full recovery. This is confirmed by the spate of new brands sprouting up. Fashion aficionados will get both high and low-end fixes for their makeup cravings from Valentino's and Zara's new lines, while film company A24 (the one behind some of the creepiest horror films ever) is developing a line based on the hit show Euphoria. Also, former baseball player Alex Rodriguez debuted a men's makeup line.
– Speaking of which, the lovely Shybiker thoughtfully sent me a hard copy of this New York Times article on men wearing makeup. I can't say I agreed with everything, but it's a good summary of the current men's beauty landscape (manscape?).
– Wish I could see this installation sponsored partially by Chantecaille, who partnered with a UK-based charity to launch a public artwork project called Co-Existence. Over 100 elephant sculptures were made by indigenous communities in Southern India and transported to London, where they will roam throughout the city through the end of July. At the end of the project the elephants will be auctioned off and the proceeds will go local, community-focused conservation and land protection programs in South Asia. Corporate philanthropy is often bullshit, but Chantecaille seems to be doing it right.
– "Blue beauty" sounds about as legitimate as green beauty, but I'm happy to buy anything that is less harmful to mermaids.
– The Museum doesn't cover fragrance, but I do wear and enjoy perfume. One of my all-time favorites turned 20 years old this year. I had nearly forgotten about it since it's long discontinued, but fortunately I Need This Unicorn had the entire history of every Escada summer fragrance ever released. It was such a great trip down memory lane and extremely useful for those researching perfume!
The random:
– Utterly thrilled to see that the spirit of riot grrrl lives on in a new generation.
– In '90s nostalgia, a lock of Kurt Cobain's hair fetched over $14,000 at auction, while Friends finally got around to a reunion.
– The Nation had a thought-provoking exploration of the movement to abolish museums. I'm still confused as to how that would work in real life, but it's an interesting concept regardless.
– In addition to the mermaid obsession, when I was little I also was endlessly fascinated by jellyfish. But I didn't know until now that there's a species can live basically forever.
How was the month of May for you? Are you excited for summer? I'm not because I probably have to go back to the office soon, but at least I got fully vaccinated and was able to hug my parents for the first time in over a year.
I was too tired and sad to do a 2020 version of Curator's Picks and Pans, so I'm skipping straight to Curator's Corner for December.
– Mother has become a Dame! Huge congratulations are in order for Pat McGrath, who became the first makeup artist to receive damehood from the queen. I remember when she got the MBE in late 2013, so I was thrilled to see this.
– I was also really pleased to see Allure's digital feature on accessible beauty. Just wish it was in their print version.
– I was not, however, happy to see that the president of Japanese brand DHC is under fire for some racist remarks. The really sad part is that instead of making an attempt at any sort of apology he just shrugged it off, but I guess that's to be expected as he has a history of doing this.
– Interesting piece on beauty and makeup as instruments of political power over at Teen Vogue, the author of which will be releasing a whole book on the subject. I only hope the fable about Elizabeth Arden handing out lipsticks to suffragettes doesn't make it in there, as no one has been able to produce solid proof.
– Wallpaper had an article about the new marketing and branding for Shiseido. How nice that the company they hired gets access to their archives for "guidance" and "inspiration" but researchers like me are repeatedly shut out.
– While I'm being a cranky old lady, I must confess that new tech advances like digital makeup printing and Google's virtual makeup try-on service seem rather stupid. There's also Moi lipstick, which I grudgingly admit sounds somewhat interesting in terms of being able to match basically any color in the world, and I understand the need for reducing makeup packaging waste…but it also reeks of a futuristic dystopia.
– Sad news from happi.com (the irony): Benefit co-founder Jane Ford passed away. I imagine it was tough to go on without her co-founder and twin sister Jean, who died in January 2019. Flori Roberts, founder of her eponymous line that catered to Black women as well as Dermablend, also passed away. More to come on Roberts as I have mixed feelings about her.
– And because I'm lazy and various news outlets have covered them already, I'm linking to some articles on beauty in 2020 and what's in store for 2021. In 2020, the biggest trends I saw were the rise of TikTok, a slew of celebrity lines, an emphasis on skincare, experimental and "ugly" makeup, and video game/makeup and beauty crossovers, whether that meant a collaboration with a video game or beauty brands making an appearance in Animal Crossing and the like. Of course, the impact of Black Lives Matter and other calls for diversity and inclusion in the industry cannot be ignored; however, I refuse to see it as a passing trend that was unique to 2020. Both companies and consumers need to keep up the momentum.
The random:
– I love grey and yellow together, as evidenced by my wedding colors and some beloved Museum staff members, so I'm very in favor of Pantone's picks for 2021.
– "A virtual experience of high quality is not just second prize to being there in person, it may offer fresh revelations." Great piece on why digital museum exhibitions should become standard accompaniments to real-life ones.
– If Reservation Dogs is half as funny as What We Do in the Shadows, it will be hilarious.
– Memes were one of the few things that helped keep me somewhat sane in 2020.
Are you looking forward to the new year? I have to admit I'm not feeling optimistic, not just about the pandemic nightmare but the Museum and my family. It was more of a slow burn of trauma and grief in 2020 rather than the sudden, unexpected events that took place in 2019…and I'm not sure which was worse. I hope 2021 will be better but based on these past two years the outlook is bleak. :(
I was hoping to do a history of Day of the Dead makeup in addition to Curator's Corner, but as usual I wanted to tackle a very in-depth topic that I lacked the time to cover, so here are some links instead.
– Just gonna toot my own horn, again – I was interviewed for not one but two publications, both of which happened to be in German. I hope nothing was lost in translation! Here's a link to an article on medieval makeup in the Swiss edition of Fokus magazine, and photos are below for the October 2020 issue of Madame magazine. The journalist never made good on her promise to send a copy (as a matter of fact, never followed up at all) and it's not available online, so I had to enlist the help of a very kind Instagram follower in Germany to send it to me.
I got a whole big quote!
– Bobbi Brown in 1993, two years after starting her original brand: "I don't like women to look like they're wearing makeup." Bobbi Brown on her new line, Jones Road: "I honestly think people look better with less makeup…[Jones Road] is the ultimate no-makeup makeup." I mean, it's great she's sticking to her minimal aesthetic, I just find it funny that she's essentially starting the same line she did the first time around, despite her claims that it's completely different. (Also, everyone needs to stop with the "clean" jargon already!)
– Having said that, sustainable ingredients and beauty waste are real issues, as proved by some disappointing news on ecoglitter and sheet masks.
– We're all in the throes of Election Day anxiety (I guess Election Week at this point), so here's a timely article on how beauty brands were pushing voting more than ever.
– Beauty Matter had an interesting piece on the rise of the anti-haul. Believe it or not, there are some things I actively choose not to buy…would you like to see a Museum anti-haul?
– Why aren't more retailers doing this??
The random:
– In '90s nostalgia, here's a look back at 1994's Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Meanwhile, Oasis's What's the Story Morning Glory and Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness turned 25 on October 2 and October 23, respectively.
– Always hate to see a museum close, but I'm so curious to know how much a gun disguised as a lipstick would sell for. Also, check out the world's most haunted museums.
– I need to watch the mermaid episode of Hulu's Monsterland ASAP.
Finally, here are some of the Museum's staff in their Halloween finery. And candy, of course!
How are you? Did you have a nice Halloween despite the pandemic?
I've obviously been very busy given the neglect of this poor little blog, but I was still collecting links over the past few weeks. Here's a massive catch-up.
– Here's a great piece at The Hairpin on the myth of white beauty and how actress Lupita Nyong'o is helping to "loosen the claws of colorism."
– NARS will be collaborating with designer Christopher Kane for a spring 2015 collection. I liked the Pierre Hardy collab so I'm excited to see what colors they'll come up with. Other news of note includes the Hourglass flagship opening in L.A. and an upcoming collaboration between Sephora and jewelry designer Alexis Bittar.
– A study by Lancôme shows that most women start to feel old at the age of 45 but feel 5 years younger up to that point. I guess I'm an anomaly – I've been feeling ancient since I was, oh, 18.
– Oh, take your stupid survey and shove it, St. Ives. I'm with this author over at the Beauty Plus – I don't give a flying fig what men think of my makeup.
– In beauty history, Beautiful With Brains shares some 19th century haircare recipes, while The Cut reports on the recent discovery of the remains of an ancient Egyptian woman sporting hair extensions. XOJane also shares yet more deadly or dangerous historical beauty practices.
– Sigh. Date rape drug-detecting nail polish, like so many anti-sexual assault strategies, puts the burden of prevention on the victim. See why it's a misguided idea here and here. How about focusing our energy on, you know, teaching people not to rape?
– Rouge Deluxe has the full scoop on the Shu Uemura Shupette holiday collection. I know where most of the Museum's budget is going this holiday season!
– Is my dream of an effective hands-free hair dryer finally coming to fruition?
– In beauty trends, faux freckles are making their way back to the spotlight, and Topshop's new freckle pencil is proof. Also check out XOVain's report on it, which includes a very nice shout-out to the Museum and a link to my post from last summer on fake freckles. Additionally, it looks like drawn-on spots are here to stay through spring 2015, as evidenced by several runway shows at New York Fashion Week and London Fashion Week.
– Speaking of NYFW, let's take a quick look at the top trends, shall we? I hate to say it but I'm not crazy about the biggest one: the no-makeup look. Models were sent down the runway with literally no makeup at all at Marc Jacobs, while at some shows they were deliberately made to look as though they were sweating. Ugh. The only beauty look I really liked was Rodarte's slightly punk eyebrow rings, which sadly isn't even wearable for the average woman, i.e. me. I guess we'll see what the spring makeup collections have to say.
The random:
– So I'm not that bright. A new study suggests that children's drawings show how smart they are. Given my god-awful drawings (I couldn't really even do a proper stick figure) I fear my IQ may be lower than I originally thought.
– In other art news: Hershey Park, eat your heart out. A chocolate museum just opened in Brussels, Belgium. Must. Go. And you all know how much I love Morris Louis, so it's great news that images of over 1,000 of his works have been made available online. Of course, there is always some news that pisses me off, like this nonprofit getting serious funding for a museum devoted to the history of video games. Once again I wonder why no one wants to pony up for a beauty museum.
– Coming off the heels of my re-watching of Strangers with Candy, I'm especially looking forward to this new animated Netflix series voiced by Amy Sedaris and Will Arnett.
– Being the huge Sleater-Kinney fan that I am, I have pre-ordered this very special box set. October 21st can't get here fast enough.
– Finally, I am heading north for the Makeup in New York show this week and I can't wait! Last year you may recall I went to see the collection of lipsticks that were on display from the book Lips of Luxury. This year I'm going to see "Praise of Complexion" which features vintage compacts and powder boxes. I'll be back with a full report. Too bad I won't have time to pop over to Brooklyn to see the "Killer Heels" exhibition.
What's going on with you?
I was out of town last weekend, so here are links from this week and last.
– An editor at Refinery29 tests out a $500 nail polish made with 24k gold. As we know, I'm a sucker for over the top beauty products so naturally I want to try it too.
– As much as running makes me feel like death, perhaps I should keep doing it since a new study shows that exercise has anti-aging benefits for the skin.
– Speaking of anti-aging, a new study confirms what we already knew: teens are so fickle when it comes to products there's no point in trying to hook them early with anti-aging claims.
– Another unsurprising study shows that beauty is totally subjective (unless you're a plastic surgeon.)
– In offensive advertising news, Veet unveiled some truly horrific commercials. Fortunately the backlash was swift and fierce the company pulled them.
– Mental Floss rounds up 9 vintage beauty tutorial videos.
– Equally fascinating was a slideshow of vanity tables from Into the Gloss. I love the Marcel Wanders one!
– How gorgeous is this new Jo Malone collection designed by Michael Angove? And if you can't get enough pretty perfume bottles, check out highlights from the Masters of Fragrance exhibition over at Art Info.
– I was intrigued by this very interesting point/counterpoint between Slate and Jezebel on the politics (?) of not wearing makeup. I'm inclined to agree with the latter piece – sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
– I'm very curious to check out this new documentary on beauty standards.
The random:
– These fashion predictions from 1893 were truly hilarious.
– Loving this new hip-hop/art history Tumblr (via Hyperallergic.)
– One of the Curator's favorite artists, Marcel Duchamp, gets his very own dictionary.
– In '90s nostalgia, the Offspring's Smash turned 20.
– See, you CAN actually get a job with a humanities Ph.D.! Suck it, everyone!
– I don't care what this new study says. You will pry my weekend daytime naps from my cold, dead hands.
– Lots of Easter fun! Check out 10 internet memes as illustrated by Peeps, or find out what kind of Easter candy you are by taking this quiz. Also, did you know Peeps introduced flavors like Blue Raspberry and Party Cake this year? Hmm…that actually sounds kinda gross. Not as gross as jelly bean flavored milk, though.
– Back to the good Easter stuff – my parents sent me a truly obscene amount of candy. If you don't hear anything from me in the next few days it's because I've slipped into a diabetic coma.
How was your week? If you celebrate Easter, what are your plans tomorrow?