Fake leprosy and a rant

Hexagonal patterns (like, just a bunch of hexagons all fitted together) make me think of disease and of people literally crumbling away into pieces. I think this is from a movie, but I'm not sure which one. It's a little scary. I was doing a jigsaw puzzle with hexagon-shaped pieces, and the program had a minor spaz out and the outlines of the pieces I'd already connected went darker all of a sudden and it scared the shit out of me. I guess it's a pretty strong mental association, because the creeped-out reaction of "ZOMGPEOPLEFALLINGAPART" was instantaneous.

Also, I'd like to just say right now that if you're going to volunteer to do something, don't whine about not getting credit for your hard work. THAT'S THE POINT OF VOLUNTEERING. You do something for other people who won't necessarily be able to give you anything--money, credit, cupcakes, whatever--in return. Just...either find yourself a real job, or shut up. . Anyways, that's the little brain-babble for today.  

And if you're going to work with kids, dress appropriately. Especially if you know you're going to have to play outside with them, flip flops are not such a bright idea. Neither are short skirts, high heels, or caked-on makeup. Dressing to impress is not the point. Dressing for a fun day at the beach is not the point. Dressing so you can do your fucking job is the point.

....Yeah, I'm not always fond of all my co-counselors.

And while I'm on the subject of makeup, here's something I've been thinking about. So a lot of girls wear makeup on a daily basis, right? And this is fine--I mean, if they want to look their best, and they feel that this is how they can do that, I couldn't really care less. But what I don't really understand is this weird hangup some girls have about not being able to leave the house without their makeup on. Let's take, as a theoretical situation, a girl who has never seen her boyfriend when she's not wearing makeup. In this situation, say the girl is older than we are, and the relationship is to the point where they're going to start living together. When does she stop feeling like she has to put on makeup before she sees her boyfriend?

Or if I, for example, wanted to make myself look more attractive to guys, so I started wearing makeup on a regular basis. The people I'm trying to show off for will never actually see what I look like. My eyelashes are only so long and so thick, I don't actually have well-accented cheekbones--whatever it is, isn't it sort of a pain to cover it up before people can see you?

Who knows, maybe I'm just an epic fail. This probably came off as a rant against the wearing of cosmetics in general, and it's not meant to be that. More like....examine why you're wearing makeup, because if it's for other people you're probably not doing yourself any favors?

Augh. I'm old-fashioned, I know.