Home Sweet Home

I thought that moving was going to be hard, but its actually been much easier than expected. I'm all settled in and starting in on making plans, an addition to my goal list by the way, is that I wanna get a local library card.  We only moved here last the fall of 2011 and I never got around to it seeing as I was in college at the time. Also I started a new account on Polyvore, a collage site that somewhat specializes in putting together outfits from their data bank of clothing. If you wanna check out mine, just click this link here. Now to be honest these are the high end clothes, and I'd never be able to afford them so I use these as more inspiration to find items like those featured for cheaper...don't tell the brand names, they'll hunt me down. Just kidding but anyway, i'll be posting more soon as things get done!

Let's set some goals!

So summer is approaching, (only 3 weeks of the semester left, AAAAAHHH!) And I'd like to set some summer goals so that I can not waste my summer( it wouldn't be anyway but still, time to be uber productive!) So here's my summer goal list:

1. Make the most of my internship at Living History Farms- I'm super excited for this opportunity and want to use it to its fullest, including making friends with other interns, networking with employees and volunteers and doing well in the academic portion of the program.
2. I want to take tons of photos over the summer and post them here for you guys!
3. I'll be posting my summer book list in my next post.  I want to read at least half of those books over the summer.
4. Summer movie list will come after the book list! I'll prolly be working on this list forever but i wanna get through.....lets say a quarter of them over the summer.
5. I want to go to Zombie Burger!!!- I've never been there and hear that it's awesome, so I might just have to treat myself.
6. I should prolly learn how to drive...(don't make fun, I never got around to it)

So those are my goals for the summer! What are yours? leave them in the comments!!

That Moment When...

Okay so I have some terrible habits. I'm willing to admit that. Most of them are under control for the most part, save for singing in public and using the phrase "That Moment When" and following it with either a completely relevant and ridiculous statement or a really obvious statement. For instance, here are a few from the past few days:

• That moment when my mini-fridge with mustaches is sexier then most of the people I've met.
  
  (Pretty sexy, right?)
• That moment when you know you should study but your bed wraps its cuddly sheets around you and says "No!
• Or  the moment when you're 20 years old and act like a 5 year old cause you prefer cuddling stuffed animals and watching cartoons to partying
• That moment when I bought a perfume based off Eve(from the Bible) purely because the first line of the description was "You had one job to do, Eve!" (Original Sin by GeekChic Cosmetics)
• That moment when you're wondering whether or not to point out that the young gentleman who exited the room down the hall from you left his fly open...and unbottoned....barely has his pants on....
• That moment when you feel like a genius for solving today's crossword...on a monday
  
  (Like a boss!)
• That moment when I'm pretty sure you guys get the point of this list

So I guess the point is that....I need to be institutionalized..no but the point is that a little ridiculousness now and the is relished by the wisest men....or women....but I kinda over do it....so tone it down...then its relished.

new look

So I've changed things up alittle here, both with me personally and with the blog.

I changed the layout to a little more mellow, kinda earthy-esque background. I changed where somethings can be found and stuff on my profile. It's just a treasure trove of new-ness.

As for me, I got my hair chopped away, and my nails painted electric blue! So I'm feeling like a brand new and better me!

The loverly picture here was taken by Lisa while out on a tromp through the woods.

Halloween 2011 part 1

So tonight marks the first official event of halloween has taken place!! My older brother Joe had a Halloween party to go to last night. He need help to make his zombie costume, so he asked me. I had soooo much fun doing his makeup, and we got some great remarks on it, like, "Gross!" or "Nasty" or my personal favorite, "That's disgusting....Great job!" Here's the final pics:

A couple full face shots

The reopened gash on his cheek complete with homemade maggot

Neck gash once again maggoty goodness

joker-esque mouth gash

So I've decided that since there's still 7 days til Halloween I'll make a new post everyday of halloweeny goodness for you loverly few who actually read this, all leading up to the reveal of my costume on Halloween day!!

Leaving The Blue Room

Soon I'll be moving and in more then one way. My family will be leaving my home of 8 years and moving to a Newton apartment. And soon after that, I'll be moving into my dorm at ISU. I'll be leaving the comfort of my cosmos blue walls, and never looking back. It's a scary thought. But its a step in the right direction. The blue room is a safe zone, an accepted comfort. Leaving is almost going to be freeing of the chain that keeps me grounded to a need for that safety and comfort. Though...I will miss it. It holds many momories that won't be soon forgotten and despite it's small size, its lack of closet space and odd carpet, it was the my first real room and I'll never ever have another quite like it.

So I think I've got too much....

So I've been organizing my room and when I got to my makeup it was just.....well a)a mess and b)over crowded and c) omg!! i didn't realize i owned all of that! It's kinda great and kinda wierd. So I thought I'd show you what I found in the deep confines of the of my makeup drawers. So first things first heres what it looked like when I found it. While sorting it out, I figured out how much eye stuff I have as opposed to like face and lip stuff, so far all I've found is foundation and two lip glosses(in pretty much the same color) and 3 chapsticks, 2 of which I use for glitter application for my eyes. So then here's my shadow collection.. Even more outragous then my eyeshadow collection, my eyeliners were just everywhere! Like seriously I have every color of the rainbow almost! check it out!

So these are just the crayon liners, and I didn't swatch(lol,makeup guru terms) the neutrals other then the white. Then we had the liquid liners...

I have alot of glitter based stuff too, even mascara!!!(sorry that the mascara pic sucks) lol

Isn't it all great?! lol

College Apps

So, you can guess from the title that I've been working on applying to colleges(yay!) and for scholarships(needed desperately). In doing this I realized that I don't know what to write on my essays. I mean, when asked,"Please explain yourself as a person to us so we can judge if you're right for institution(which you're prolly not, but do it anyway). Oh, and do it in under 300 words." It's hard enough to answer that question in unlimited words. I had to look closely at myself just to realize that I did know a little of who I am but not everything....like not even close...at all. But here's what I sent to them so they'd "understand" me better:



I can't fully give you the answer to who I am, because I don't know that myself. I have no problem admitting this because I'm 18, not 90, my life is ahead of me and I haven't yet left the confines of high school or expierenced everything the world has to offer. But in my time trying to figure out who I was for this essay, I did come across a few truths of who I am and those I'll gladly share with you.

• My name is Katherine-Rose. I like my name, but it's long and people don't understand it, so I stick with just plain Katie.



• I'm a music addict, I can't live/study/ destress without it. At that, I'm also musically ADHD, having at least 3 music players open at once at all times.



• I love my family, all 3 of my brothers, my mother, my father, my step-mother and step sister, not to mention numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents, but at times its hard to get along. I strongly believe in the philosophy of "I'm not ALLOWED to hate you, I don't HAVE to like you, but I will ALWAYS love you" when it comes to family, especially my brothers (just kidding)



• I like food, this should be not nesscary to say(most people like food) but I don't just like eating, i also love to make it and study how to make it better.


• I have a blog where I better explain my thoughts and who I am, so check it out:http://howyouveremindedme.blogspot.com/

It went on for awhile, but it gave me an even better understanding of who I am and for that I am somewhat greatful....even if it took for frickin' ever to figure out how to word it.

halloween (spooky laugh along the lines of muahhahahahaha)

So lately I've been caught up in a make up fiasco surrounding the holiday of Halloween. It started out as boredom(bordem?) relief and became a half way hobby. I've always been sorts of the local go to person for zed makeup (yes, i'm that good lolz) and i've been improving my work on this medium over the years.

To the left is my friend Frei in 2008 in my zed work. It's kinda catoonish and in my opinion now, kinda cheesy. To the right is Frei this year. I started going for a more matte look trying to dull the skin and lips, and sinking in the eyes. It still needs work admittably(I mean I gotta do something about those eyebrows and i wanna get more indepth on the gash on the side of his face...maybe make look like it was sewn up and then burst open by maggots...idk. anyway the techniques I use for this kinda stuff never really prepared me for what I've gotten myself into now...girly halloween makeup? Its been kind of a wierd transition but i think I'm doing pretty good. tell me what you think of these:The devil inspiration

The imp-spiration(lol for the pun)

Inspired by Magenta from Rocky Horror Picture Show

So let me know what you think, just leave a comment :)

Hello.....

SO......I'm Katherine-Rose(Katherine, Rose, Katie-Rose, Katie, Kate, Rosie, Kat, etc.) but I do prefer just plain Katie. I'm apart of a fairly normal modern day family. I have a mom, a dad, 3 brothers(TK: 21, Joey:19, and Alex:15), a step-mother, and a step-sister(Kourtney:20). My dad, step-mom, step-sister and littlest brother live in Missouri, while the rest of us inhabit Iowa. I'm 17, and a junior in High school.I have a great bf, named Daniel. His family is great( Infact, I'm writing this in the room of his sister, Emily.) I'm kind of hard to describe but in general, i like: wierd music with good lyrics, cooking, camping, reading, and 80's movies. Most of my posts will be random, and will give you deeper insight in my mind( If that's possible for anyone to do without going insane.) so have fun reading =)