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 I just watched Dawson's Creek (yes, I am rewatching the whole series) with the last episode Dawson's father (John Wesley Shipp) did and I'm very much regretting not meeting him when I had the chance.  He came to a sci fi con about an hour from us in November and I decided not to go because he was the only person I really wanted to see and I didn't want to drag the whole family.  Now...I regret.  


Seriously though, he is one hunk of a man.  I know I'm watching a show from 15 years ago but if you look at pictures of him now, he is still a nice looking man.  (I know he's also been in recent shows such as Teen Wolf and many soap opera roles but I've not seen any of them) I've read that he's very nice when you meet him, too.  That's my fear-that you sort of mold an actor's personality on the role you know them by and they don't turn out to be like that.  It is acting, after all.  Anyone can do it, even musicians.  But I enjoy hearing when celebrities are nice people.

Dawson's father is a strong father figure, but he makes mistakes.  He's flawed--he's known for jumping on Dawson for making "the wrong decision" when he himself has made mistakes.  His relationship with Gail and their roles as parents seem almost made up as they go along, not this perfect, united front of a parental team that so many tv shows portray.  It's good to see a show aimed at teens that portrays parents as the humans they are.  Parents don't always know what they're doing and this is evident in all the parental roles of Dawson's Creek.

My son and I are going to get flu shots today.  He's not looking forward to it but I said he could get a lollipop afterward.  I just keep hearing about how bad it is this year, and even though I'm not working, I don't want to spend my free time feeling like crap.  Plus, if my son gets it, he'll be home from school and we'll both be sitting around feeling like crap.  No thanks!

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 Well, flu shot fail.  MA retail locations will not vax anyone under 18.  So I asked to get mine anyway and they said they weren't sure if the insurance would cover it.  I failed to ask how much that would be, but now upon googling it it looks like it's $30 which is probably worth it just so I don't have to make a dr. appt.  So I guess it's back to Walgreen's tomorrow.  My son lucked out, but I plan on asking his doctor to give him one at his annual doctor's visit on Friday.  Poor kid.  I had to drag him out of the house just to get him to Walgreen's and now he's going to be surprised with it on Friday.  He didn't freak out about shots until he turned 5.  When he found out he was getting shots he hid under the table and had to be dragged out.  So now I struggle with whether to prepare him in advance or just spring it on him.

In good news, I found makeup that matches my skin tone!

You don't understand.  I'm 33 and I have always struggled with finding makeup that matches me.  I'm very pale but I have red undertones.  I could rarely find anything that wasn't too dark.  I go through makeup phases because I find something I think will work, even tried stuff on at makeup counters that looks fine in the store, and I get it home and it's awful.  Bare Minerals, Clinique, store brands, I tried them all.

The other day I saw a commercial for L'Oreal's nearly naked makeup.  Emma Stone may have swayed me.  I just love her and her coloring is like mine (although I'm still not entirely sure if she's really a redhead or not, and either way, it's much darker red than mine. Her blonde look is closer to my strawberry blonde).  Anyway her skin is pale like mine, so, false advertising or not, when she told me this makeup matches her skin I believed her and two days later I was buying the makeup.  It works!  Squee!

Now I just need someone to teach me how to put on eyeliner and shadow.  Seriously.  I am that much of a makeup newbie.  Apparently my mother didn't think it important to teach me.  Not only did I have gunky spider-lashes for ages before she at least taught me how to properly do mascara, but I've walked around wearing at the very most, mascara, eyebrow pencil and a little blush and foundation (when I happened to have some that I didn't notice was the wrong shade yet, ha ha)

When I was a teenager I could get away with that.  I have never figured out how to make eyeliner and all that look natural on someone like me with very light skin and light hair, anyway.  But now that I'm overweight I feel like I've not got much going for me if I don't wear a little makeup.

So we'll settle into the foundation and powder routine for a while and maybe someday Emma Stone will be in a commercial for some eyeliner and shadow that is just right for her and she'll save the day again.