Kymaro Glamour Eyes – A Ridiculously Stupid Infomercial

They were originally $39.95 – Now slashed to $19.95! Like, OMG!

“Are you tired of your short, limp, lousy lashes? Is your mascara just not cutting it anymore? Fed up with metal eyelash curlers that look like torture devices? Then you need Glamour Eyes!”

This is one of the most amazing infomercials I’ve ever seen. The Kymaro Glamour Eyes – Eyelash Extension Kit. The infomercial claims that “women everywhere now can improve the appearance of their eyes without makeup, creams, or surgery!”

In the infomercial, as well as on the site, there are before and after photos of women without and then with the fake lashes. Of course, the before photos include women wearing no makeup, and the afters include them wearing makeup as well as the lashes. Keep in mind I don’t just mean eye makeup, I mean foundation, powder, the works. After all, they have to make the “before” shots look as washed out and dull as possible, right? One look at these women “before” and any man would cringe. “After”, and obviously men will be drooling at their feet!

What gets me the most about this all is that, while some of the women do have prettier eyes with longer lashes, on others it looks very unnatural. On one woman it looks to me like she has bat wings on her eyes. It looks kind of creepy, especially since most the images show women facing off to the side, whereas this one is looking directly into the camera.

“Don’t go to sleep… I will be watching you!“

In spite of the claims, the women all look very pretty in the before and after shots. Granted I guess it doesn’t say that they don’t look pretty, but it’s implied that they’re so much more beautiful after lash extensions.

“Your eyes are the most expressive part of your face, and nothing draws attention to your eyes like thick, luscious lashes.” Nothing draws attention like “thick, luscious lashes” – or an eye patch! I don’t think I have the patience to apply individual false eyelashes, so I’m going to go with the eye patch. Or perhaps I could try a thick layer of sparkling blue shadow. Yeaaaaah… That’s it.

As is typical with infomercials, the girls shown using mascara absolutely have no concept of how to apply it. What’s this wand?! What – where – what the hell do I do with this? Where do I put it? Mascara? Do I smear this all over the side of my face? Even better yet, is the typical little skit that infomercials like to throw in, so you don’t change the channel. They play a “game” of “Real” or “Fake” and of course the women Ooh and Aah and talk amongst themselves at each photograph. The first is a woman with eyes closed, wearing very obviously (and probably poorly applied) fake lashes. They all express disgust at the appearance and agree that they’re very obviously fake, by means of their pink “Real” or “Fake” signs. The next two photos are of women wearing the Kymaro Glamour Eyes lashes, and of course, all girls talk amongst themselves again, agreeing that those must be real. And the hostess, SHOCKINGLY, raises her sign to indicate that no! – they’re FAKE! *shock*amazement* Same goes for the next photo. Then the game ends and no one wins anything for playing. THANKS A LOT.

The best part of all this, is the price. For some fake lashes that look like they’ll take an 8 hr workday to apply correctly, it will lighten your wallet a full $20 not including S+H (when this post was first written, they were selling for $39.95, but apparently they’ve slashed the price). Considering the fact that I don’t even waste 15 minutes on making sure my hair looks good, I think I’ll pass. I’d rather waste my time on other dumb things, like MyCleanPC.

What Makes us Love Someone – or Something?

What does it mean to love?

Someone told me once that love, in the textbook definition, was basically recognizing value in the other person. I’d not heard this before, strangely. However, love is so many different things that valuing someone is only covering one aspect.

I have decided that recognizing value in another human being is the most sufficient reason for loving them. The textbook definition is lacking since love can be both a verb and a noun. It makes the most sense though to me – you love someone because you find value in them. You especially love people that you care about and are close to because they have incredible value to you. Christian love is for all people because all people are recognized as human beings that God created with a reason and a purpose for their life. Animals are to be loved for the same reason.

At this point I feel downright dumb for not having come to this conclusion much sooner. Love is so complex though, that I think there are a good number of people that would be surprised by the simplicity of this definition. However, it is the ways in which love is shared, felt, expressed, given, and received that make it so difficult to fully understand for anyone.

Of course, the Bible gives a clear image of the characteristics of love:

1 Corinthians 13:4-7, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

Love is defined in many different ways, for many different purposes. We may even “love” inanimate objects, at which point the textbook definition of love does apply since it pertains to the value that we perceive from a given object. What is it that makes us throw ourselves aside for another person? Why do we assign certain items a sentimental value? Yes, some objects bring back fond memories, but wouldn’t we be capable of re-thinking about those memories ourselves? Love has always been an interesting topic to me. What do you think? Do you hold a noticeably strong sentimental value to certain items? Why do you think that is?

Various Types of Geeks

A friend of mine had this in his blog, so I had to borrow the link. I definitely would say I am a bit of a geek, but this now gives new meaning to the word. I’m sure everyone fits into at least one of these categories!

How to Keep the Peace in an Argument Between Friends or Family

Not quite what I meant

So, I’ve come to discover that at times I wind up needing to play the “Middle Man”. In one respect, it has potential to get very frustrating. After all, who likes being caught up in other people’s problems, having to play the peacemaker while simultaneously absorbing the brunt end of each side’s aggressions?

And yet, at the same time, it can be a humbling and learning experience. You have the opportunity at that time to observe the frustrations and complaints of each side, and learn more about each individual person by taking note of the situation as a whole and what each side is bothered by/what their focus is on. Sometimes, this can give you a quite a bit more insight into what the other person is thinking, and what kinds of things are most important to that person.
Of course, you can pick up similar information from a person by being in an argument with them, but if you are acting only as a peacemaker, you may get a better idea of how they really feel. If someone is mad at you, they may be speaking to you with aggression and anger, or wondering if they can really trust you, or feel like if they open up to you they’ll only be hurt again (depending on the situation, of course). But if you are a middle-man, and you have the ability to simply listen, you can find out a great deal. Obviously, if you were put in that situation to begin with, they feel they can trust you and open up to you at least on some level. But it is for that very reason, that they are going to continue opening up more to you than if they were mad at you.

As the middle-man or peacemaker, you are viewed as very non-intimidating. Each person is generally just upset and wants to vent, and wants someone to listen and understand. The problem of course, is when one person asks or implies that you should take sides. It is at that point that problems can start and a barrier can be created between you and one or both parties. To play the peacemaker, regardless of how you feel or think about either person’s argument, you have to remain objective and focus on listening and understanding, rather than trying to convince one side or the other of anything. Your purpose is to help them, and understand them, and possibly help each side to understand the “opposition’s” argument – all for the sake of keeping the peace.

Playing the peacemaker for any sort of relationship (be it friend, family, or otherwise) can be extremely taxing on the individual stuck in the middle. But if you remain calm, firmly advise the other parties involved that you will not take sides, and simply listen, you will gain much information. In turn, use that information to gain an understanding. Learn from mistakes that other people have made, or even are presently making. Maybe no one is making a mistake, but you can always learn more by paying attention. Perhaps person A feels hurt that the person B doesn’t communicate with them more often, they feel like person B is getting tired of them. Without you mentioning anything about person A’s feelings, a talk with person B makes you realize that they feel attacked every time they try to talk to person A. Person B doesn’t feel like person A listens to them well.

As the peacemaker, both sides are complaining to you instead of hashing it out with each other. But this can work to your benefit. By listening intently to both sides and thinking about the real problems at hand between A and B, you can offer excellent advice to both parties as well as take away a wealth of knowledge for yourself. In this example, you could ask A how they might try to talk to B? What types of things do they say? How does A approach B? Take the answers they give you and suggest how they might get B to open up more if they approach B more calmly. Then you can advise B that perhaps A is wound up because they feel nervous from lack of communication. Perhaps if B first communicates to A that they want to be listened to and would like to finish before any response, A may realize where he or she needs to change actions within the relationship.

Then, you take the information you’ve learned from both sides and apply it to your own life. Is there a way you frequently communicate that may cause others to feel attacked? Could you benefit from opening your own lines of communication more with your significant other? What sorts of complains do the other parties have, that maybe you could reflect on and avoid in your own relationship?

There is always an opportunity to learn from every situation, even if it isn’t happening to you. Next time you are getting stuck in the middle, playing the peacemaker, think about what you can take away from it. How can you benefit from serving as the middle-man for two complaining parties? It is frustrating at the time, but you have a great potential to help two people as well as gain some wisdom yourself.

Very Clever Joke – Police Officer Makes a DUI Stop

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A police officer was staking out a particularly rowdy bar for possible DUI violations. At closing time, he saw a fellow stumble out of the bar, trip on the curb and try his keys on five different cars before he found his. The man sat in the front seat fumbling around with his keys for several minutes.

Meanwhile, all the other patrons left the bar and drove off. Finally he started his engine and began to pull away.

The police officer was waiting for him. As soon as he pulled onto the street, the officer stopped him, read him his rights and administered the breathalyzer test to determine his blood-alcohol content.

The results showed a reading of 0.0.

The puzzled officer demanded to know how that could be.

The driver replied, “Tonight I’m the designated decoy.”

Note: I obviously don’t condone drunk driving whatsoever, but you have to admit this is clever from a joke standpoint.