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smokingboot) wrote2007-04-12 11:45 am
smokingboot) wrote2007-04-12 11:45 am
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No meme!
No, too embarrassing! I cannot do that meme everyone's into, despite my desperate desire to be cuddled and flattered right now.
It has provoked some interesting thoughts though. Recently, a chum who's on the show was discussing cosmetic surgery with me. She knows a salariman's wife with considerable expertise on top notch under the knife enhancement. Apparently now is the time to do it, before the rot sets in; prevention is better than cure etc, etc. Friend is suggesting we go get a free consultation on what might best assist us. I am sanguine, ready to consider this a waste of time right now...and then I check out my skin and teeth. Uh-oh. the latter will only become important in dealing with Statesiders, cos they do seem to fixate on the horrors of British dentistry or lack of it. Why are our teeth so bad, I wonder? Bleaching those suckers looks more and more likely, but I really don't see myself wearing a retainer or resetting my jaw to straighten my overbite. And my skin...no, I don't want to turn this into a long post.
I read back and find I have found four instances of the word 'No' in this post. For now at least, I'm treating it as a decision made at the back of my head. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with cosmetic surgery - people should be happy with the way they look, and if that's what it takes, so be it - but don't feel the need right now, plus I'm too busy plus I've no money. And my honey is afraid I am going to be 'consulted' right into unnecessary unhappiness about aspects of my face/figure.
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awesome_places and the latest post on art_nouveau. Stunning!
It has provoked some interesting thoughts though. Recently, a chum who's on the show was discussing cosmetic surgery with me. She knows a salariman's wife with considerable expertise on top notch under the knife enhancement. Apparently now is the time to do it, before the rot sets in; prevention is better than cure etc, etc. Friend is suggesting we go get a free consultation on what might best assist us. I am sanguine, ready to consider this a waste of time right now...and then I check out my skin and teeth. Uh-oh. the latter will only become important in dealing with Statesiders, cos they do seem to fixate on the horrors of British dentistry or lack of it. Why are our teeth so bad, I wonder? Bleaching those suckers looks more and more likely, but I really don't see myself wearing a retainer or resetting my jaw to straighten my overbite. And my skin...no, I don't want to turn this into a long post.
I read back and find I have found four instances of the word 'No' in this post. For now at least, I'm treating it as a decision made at the back of my head. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with cosmetic surgery - people should be happy with the way they look, and if that's what it takes, so be it - but don't feel the need right now, plus I'm too busy plus I've no money. And my honey is afraid I am going to be 'consulted' right into unnecessary unhappiness about aspects of my face/figure.
TV's a narcissistic world, we can look at ourselves for too long. Other people's creativity is the cure. So for non-neurotic makeovers, check out
awesome_places and the latest post on art_nouveau. Stunning!
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They wouldn't have given you the job in the firstplace if you wertn't fabulous!
You are lovely
See, it's not really about age; doesn't matter whether you're seventeen or seventy, the impact of brown teeth isn't good; Every one else hardly seem to notice, but if the show went to the states (very unlikely I think) there would be no question; I'd have that gumshield in tonight, cos US viewers just won't accept a gurn of grime!
Re: You are lovely
I confess to temptation about the teeth. Mine are pretty foul, and I never smile with my mouth open in photos.
Just don't cut anything, or stick needles into it!
Re: You are lovely
Cutting...*shudders*
Tattoos are different
That does not mean of course they don't hurt, (they do, like buggery) but I did a ritual on a nearby (to the tattooist) site, and surfed through mine on a combination of endorphins and channelling the pain as energy.
It worked so well I was almost disappointed when the tattooist finished.
What do you want to have done, and where (on you)?
Do you have a tattoist in mind?
Re: Tattoos are different
But names of excellent tattooists are very welcome - I've got to find someone who uses EMLA or whatever it's called.