Mineral powder foundation (i.e., Bare Escentuals, Aromaleigh, et al.) stays on even when you sweat. For reals.

whoa! Might have to get some of this. I don't even bother with makeup on hot days.

Thanks, Hil! That's a start.

Speaking of starts - the public channel here starts re-running "The Muppet Show" today! My beloved Kermit!

The first (and pretty much only) time I watched the show, I was in the very early single-digits ages, couldn't understand a word of the English, of course, was way too young to read the Hebrew subtitles, and obviously had all the cultural references flying so high over my head I had no idea there was anything there. I *loved* the show, regardless of all that.

It was probably my very first TV love, and it was deep and everlasting. I have a picture my mom took of the two-or-three-years-old me sitting and watching the show, with the biggest smile on not just my face, but the all of me (and she stopped everything, housework and all, with a baby on top, to take that picture, because I was just so mesmerized).

I'm thrilled by the opportunity to see all those crazy characters and their mayhem and their puns and their Kermit again. I have no idea if this love of mine will hold, after all these years, and I'm sure that most of the cultural references will *still* fly all the way over my head (not that I'm that much taller than I used to be). But I'm also sure I won't be able to *not* enjoy myself. I mean, come on, Kermit!

So tonight I'm going to be three years old again in front of the TV, and have my roommates mock me mercilessly, and have a great time.

It was good!

It was an entire weekend of pretty tennis.

You know Marion Bartoli is one of those mysterious people who you know have to be much, much more fit than the average person and yet, some how manage to look pudgy. What is up with that?

Mineral powder foundation (i.e., Bare Escentuals, Aromaleigh, et al.) stays on even when you sweat. For reals.

It's my newest favoritest thing EVER. I use the Loreal stuff.

Vortex, you can order samples from Aromaleigh's Web site, to see if you like the stuff without spending a lot of dough. Plus, you can try a few shades that way, to see what works best on you. Although they do offer a guide to determining your skin tone. Here's a chart of the colors of the Voile powder.

you know have to be much, much more fit than the average person and yet, some how manage to look pudgy

Physiology's a bitch. I watch so many people working out with such different intensities, and you have the chick on one hand who's reluctant to use any but the smallest weights because every effort makes her buffer and buffer, or the guy who's eating healthily and hauling VW Bugs that can't get rid of the pudge around his middle.

Oy. Morning. Oy.

Today was supposed to be a good day. Or at least a neutral one.

Being woken at five o'clock with back cramps really doesn't lend itself to a day going in that direction.

But I'm glad Nilly has Muppets.

It is HOT and I am CRANKY. t clutches coffee

I don't understand how people keep makeup on in the summer.

Sephora, baby. Stays on your face all day, even if you're on the dance floor. Not that I've been on the dance floor lately. God, I'm getting old.

After the Federer/Nadal match yesterday, I was glad Federer won (since there were a couple of times I was pretty sure he wouldn't), but I must declare Nadal officially ADORABLE.

He is. I got spoiled in the fifth set when it was still 5-2, and I was pretty sure that Federer was going to win, but I was still cranky because Nadal was playing fierce and he could have taken it. Of course, Roger's still my favorite as he is the Silent Yet BITCHY Swiss Terror.

Also? VENUS VENUS VENUS.

Wondering what to get that hard-to-buy-for relative for Christmas? [link]

Plei. Yeah Darby's is new. I have not tried it. Seems to be a love it/hate it thing! I think one of their big things is a tofu scramble that tastes just like diner scrambled eggs -- grease and all. Without having tried it, I seriously doubt it comes close to Seattle's Cafe Flora.