Things I unironically dislike: New Year's Resolutions

It's a new year. That mean a new you. It's a chance to turn over a new leaf and get rid of that bad habit. Or gain a good habit. You'll just be a better person overall, starting January 1st.

Except you won't. It's already the 20th which means that half of you have already folded and reverted back to your old self. If you need New Year's Resolutions as an excuse to try and fix something about yourself, there's a high chance you really don't care about it all that much. It's just one of those, "I really should..." things that has been left on the backburner for months, maybe even years. No, if you really wanted to improve yourself, you would have started as soon as you possibly could.

Prompted by: people trying to lose weight for their resolution. Get out of the gym. You're just making my life more inconvenient. I feel absolutely no regret in being angry at these people for trying to be healthy because they don't intrinsically want to be healthy. They're just there because it's their New Year's Resolution and will be gone shortly, but not without making me have to wait to use equipment. Get out.

Things I unironically dislike: Starbucks

Starbucks, we used to be friends. Today is the first day that your profit-driven, customer segregating policies in regards to the registered rewards card comes into effect. No free soy, no free lactaid, no free syrup, and no free tall coffee (which costs 1.94 total in Alberta) with the purchase of a bag of coffee beans (which costs at least 12.99). And along with this policy comes the abandonment of Starbucks by myself and many other former customers.

Not having to pay for alternative non-dairy milk was the main reason that I registered my card. Yes, there is a buy 12 drinks and redeem for a free item in effect. But that isn't actually worth it for anybody who gets drinks with syrup and/or alternative milk. If it was only syrup, we have paid $6.00 for that next "free" item. If it was only soy, we would be paying $7.20 for that next "free" item. If it was both, we would be paying $13.20 so I hope that free item include tumblers (it doesn't). Way to penalize loyal customers who like having sweeteners or are lactose intolerant.

And seriously, TWELVE drinks? Why do you have to be so cheap? 10 is more reasonable if you reduced the cost of soy/syrup. I'm pretty sure that 5 pumps of syrup is not worth $0.50. For all your penny-pinching, I hope that the 0.50-1.10 you will be making off SOME drinks is worth losing the thousands of customers who each spend hundreds a year on your stuff. I mean, it's not like Starbucks is lacking the funds when you consider how much tax they're paying in the UK.

How to respond to the backlash: with absolutely no addressing of how some people feel about the issue. PR should all be slapped on the wrist and fired. The last time I checked mystarbucksidea, there were tons of ideas about not going ahead with this. And I would have screenshotted it but it looks like it's down...because there were too many negative boycott posts, perhaps. Good thing there's Twitter though.

As a consequence of this happening, I will never return after using up the remaining $2.00 on my Starbucks card. I will also do so in the cheapest way possible, because customers should reflect the values of the company.

I JUST GOT MY GOLD CARD A MONTH AGO TOO. I MEAN, DAMN. WHY YOU GOTTA BE THIS WAY STARBUCKS.

I hate Converse

Dear Converse,

I hate you and I hate your shoes. When I decide that I'm going to wear a pair of sneakers to go out, it's because I want to give my feet a break. Today was the first time I've ever worn a pair of Converse sneakers. After a few hours of sort of limping around in pain, I had to walk on top of the heel part. I don't think I'll ever buy another pair again. EVER.

Here, enjoy this beautiful picture of my ankle. It is surprisingly difficult to photograph your own ankle.

It's the same dilemma that one faces when wearing that pair of heels - they look fabulous but they will scrape your ankle raw. Except these sneakers are not glamourous and somehow scraped me ankles raw through a pair of socks. THROUGH THE SOCKS. I didn't even spend that much time walking around.

Yours truly,
Carmen Dam

P.S. I hate you

Why wasn't I born beautiful?

I am very average looking - subpar of that, even - so I am always resentful about the way genetics work. So, like the rest of the ugly people in the world who try, I use makeup which I am now realising is very aptly named. It bridges the gap enough that I can leap and maybe hang on the edge of the other side.

Anyways, today I tried Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly BB Cream #2. #1 is for people more pale than I am. The bottle is really cute, unlike the people who need to use it. I took a picture of the bottle like everybody who writes a blog review but I couldn't take a nice picture so here's a google link. The texture is jellylike (duh) instead of like lotion and starts off yellowish instead of greyish. This is good for people who are not pasty and do not desire to be. I do still put some beige powder on afterward because I don't particularly like having whiter skin but I don't really have to. It blends into a very nice matte texture and smells pretty too. I was a little concerned because I have sensitive skin but I didn't have any adverse reaction.

No, it did not make me look like the youtube makeup person who recommended this product. This fact is severely disappointing.