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the weekly currents

I want to attempt to start blogging on a more regular basis to try to keep in touch with the few that read this, and as a way of documenting my life better.  So, I'm going to start this series I'm calling, "the weekly currents" in the sense that I'll be listing my current project, favorite food, Ethanism...do you remember back in the old days of friendster and myspace?  Didn't they have a status asking what your current mood was?  Or your current music that you're listening to?  So, something like that.  Also, the unofficial writer from within likes that currents could also refer to water currents as in waves in the ocean.  It's like these are all just temporary things in life that pass.  Some moods or trends pass sooner than others, and some will remain for a season of life. So, first one, here we go: Current love: Ethan's first nike shoes Current podcast: NPR's TED's Radio Hour: Just a little nicer Current book I'm reading: The

Girly Winter Favs

Some of the things I've been using lately have been life-changing or mind-blowing.  OK, that sounds a bit dramatic, but it's almost not really an exaggeration!  Lemme explain... First and foremost, is the Eve Lom cleansing balm with muslin cloth product.  I've heard about cleansing balms for quite some time now from Fleur, a British youtuber / blogger since the beginning of 2013 (here are her first & second blog posts on the subject).  Unfortunately, cleansing balms have yet to really take off in the states.  I finally got a sample of the eve lom one by using my points from sephora, and was immediately hooked.  The cleanser has a good consistency of a bit of grittiness, but still remaining very gentle.  It has just enough oils to get all my waterproof makeup off, and leave my skin happy.  However, the real star of the show is that simple, unassuming muslin cloth.  It gives me such a great cleanse that I no longer use my clarisonic brush, feel the need to do any cla

stuck

Sometimes, when you're stuck, you may just be asking the wrong questions. Inspired from the prez himself: