Dish #55 - Recovery, Douchebag & The Situation.

The Dish: Woah! I think I might have done it - excepting the totally unexpected breakdown I had yesterday evening on my way home (via the subway) when I had to slather some gloss on my dying lips. Just happened once ok? But other than that, I have been free of lip product for an entire 24 hours. I went to bed without applying anything and woke up this morning with surprisingly unchapped lips. I would run around the office to parade my happiness but such celebration might be a little premature.

What a Douchebag: Ok so I am a sucker for bad reality tv shows - like really terrible cheap reality TV shows. No I do not watch Jersey Shore but I might as well. ("The Situation" is just a little too much for me. Saying "The Situation" makes me feel like a little elementary school girl who needs to giggle everytime someone mentions the words "boys" and "cooties" separately or consecutively in the same sentence.) Anyway, I do, however, watch The Bachelor, not every episode religiously but definitely religiously the finale episode. I knew Jake would pick Vienna but who really cares? It's just so damn entertaining to see them cry and make a fool of themselves. The best part is when Tenley asks Jake what he means by the "magical physical spark" that's missing between them and Jake is just unable to put it into words...unable I'm sure because he is on national television. Let me wildly take a guess and assume it was something about the "magical physical sex appeal spark whatever you wanna call it" he had with Vienna, who looks like Dory from Finding Nemo by the way. Proof below:

Food Stuff: Definitely updating The Life Cooking Project tonight. (I know! I'm so behind on posts!) There's just been too much Olympics going on for the past two weeks.

P.S.
"The Situation": Now you know why I laugh every time? In case you didn't know, "The Situation" is his nickname due to the unsettlingly disturbing or alarmingly amazing appearance (depending on whether you're a cup's half empty or full kind of person) of his rock hard abs that he thinks can seriously cause a - no doubt very chaotic - situation when he goes out in public half naked, or fully naked, or whatever. Yah, someone please call 9-1-1. We need this guido arrested for public indecency.

Dish #54 - Day 6.

The Dish: It's getting easier each day. I have either gotten used to the feeling of dried lips or my lips are actually getting better. I really can't tell anymore. Rehab sucks.

Dish #54 - Day 3 of a Lipbalmoholic's Life.

The Dish: This is seriously difficult and it's only lip balm I'm dealing with. This is why it's so hard for people to quit cigarettes and drugs. Anyway, there seems to be improvement. My lips aren't drying up as much there is some plumpness in my lips again. But they became really red, like hot-1020s-pin-up-dolls-lipstick red..but it wasn't nearly as sexy. But I will not give in. I have a new trick. I put on a layer of lip gloss and I pat off the excess 5 minutes after; gotta have my quick fix.

Dish #53 - Day 2: Cold Turkey?

The Dish: I have an addiction. It's not immediately life threatening. I began my "rehab" process yesterday. Here's to Day 2. Oh, what am I addicted to?

Lip balm: Holy crap it sounds silly. But it is true. I was putting that stuff on at least 8-9 times a day, if not more. Apparently, here are 3 ingredients in common lip balm that can make your lips even drier as they are meant to cure cold sores: menthol, camphor and phenol. I have been putting this stuff on for years!!! My lips are so dependant on it to the point where, recently, even when I put it on, my lips remains irritated, red and dry. I feel temporary relief but it's drying my lips up one application at a time...

Goal: I'm trying to stick to lip gloss instead which is purely cosmetic. As Meg coined it, "lip gloss is the nicotine patch of lip care." It obviously doesn't give me the nice tingly feeling I normally get. I'm also trying to lower my application times to twice a day and eventually going cold turkey. Maybe tomorrow...but I can't possibly do it...my lips get so dry by the evening...they do not naturally retain moisture anymore. Another reason to quit.