i finished my last dose of accutane today. well, technically i was on the generic brand isotretinoin (more commonly known as sotret?). i feel thrilled that i’m finally done with my cycle, but i’m interested to see where this is going to take me now. my symptoms have only been dry skin - especially lips and nose, but only one minor nosebleed. i did moisturize my face like nobody’s business, so that’s probably why that was ok. and i traded off between aquaphor and cocoa butter for my arms and legs to keep them from drying out too bad.
i’m excited to be done, but, like i said, i’m nervous. i know there’s a huge success rate, but a lot of people have to do it twice, and i hope i don’t. i feel like it put me in a lower mood than i used to be in, and i’m hoping that’ll lift now that i’m not on it anymore. but don’t get me wrong - i am so glad i did it. i used to have pretty bad acne, but now my face is as clear as the sky in july. i love it. love it love it love it.
i’d definitely recommend it to someone. i know there are 2385230 awful side effects, but they only happen to the vast minority of people, and across the board results are great. it was definitely worth being a little crabbier and having to apply chapstick about fifty times a day to have clear skin.
i’m currently reading jodi picoult’s “salem falls.” i just finished “the pact” and remembered that i had this one tucked away downstairs, so i pulled it out. i wish i owned “nineteen minutes.” i may have to buy it, but i have about a million books on that list, so we’ll just have to see. i really can’t afford to buy any more books on top of my college book costs, although i seem to be mysteriously addicted to the five-dollar-movie rack at wal-mart. good movies at an awesome price. i just can’t stop. seriously, who puts “catch me if you can,” “something’s gotta give,” and “A KNIGHT’S TALE” on the $5 rack?? seriously, have some respect for mr. ledger.
speaking of heath ledger, i am so pumped for the dark knight. seriously, it’s going to be awesome. i’m a little nervous because on all the trailers he looks really pretty terrifying. and i haaate scary movies, but i don’t think this is going to be that scary and besides, who passes up christian bale and heath ledger and batman and a midnight movie experience? all four great things. i’ll post my favorite trailer and a few screens.
scary, huh? oh heath. i am so sad that this movie killed you because you were so amazing.
sorry, i couldn’t find a good screen of batman, unfortunately. but let’s look at some more of these names, ok? michael caine, gary oldman, and morgan freeman, all fantastic. and maggie gyllenhaal replaced katie holmes, and it was about time that they got someone who can act their way out of a box into a movie (not katie holmes). we’ve already seen aaron and katie getting it on all over his apartment in “thank you for smoking,” and i don’t need to be blinded again. i just love maggie, especially in “stranger than fiction.”
also, side note - did anyone else know that the beautiful and talented nestor carbonell is in this?? i fell in love with him on LOST and i am so excited to see him again!
one more thing i am absolutely thrilled about in this movie is the introduction of harvey dent, who becomes two-face. and who better to play him than aaron eckhart? a brilliant actor (thank you for smoking, no reservations) who deserves such an awesome part. he always seems to play the “bad guy who’s really good,” but here he’ll just be the bad guy, so it’ll be interesting to see how he does that.
speaking of other fantastic movies, disney pixar’s wall-e comes out this weekend. some of their new movies have been flops compared to the greats, but i think this one will be another classic, like nemo did when it joined their ranks. cars was pretty good, but it barely scraped the surface. some of the others…just no good. anyway. wall-e looks promising. i just love disney pixar and it sounds like it’s going to be great.
i suppose i’m done name-dropping for tonight, but i can’t wait for either of these movies.
all i’ve been listening to for the past few days are those audiobooks still. i’m on “eclipse” right now, and about 2/3 of the way through, i think. i think this might be my favorite book. so good. the characters do tend to grimace, hiss, glower, sigh, and cry quite a bit, though. oh well. i suppose i can take a few sacrifices for a good book. i downloaded “anne of green gables” from librivox, where you can download a ton of audiobooks that are in the public domain, so i guess that’s next on my list.
my newest musical addiction, however, is charlotte sometimes. on her myspace she lists her influences as being Fiona Apple, Roy Orbison, Van Morrison, Carol King, The Everly Brothers, Death Cab For Cutie, Lisa Loeb, Simon and Garfunkel, The Cardigans, Tracy Bonham, Snow Patrol, Billie Holiday, The Postal Service, Buddy Holly, The Violent Femmes, Rilo Kiley, Tegan and Sara, so you can make your judgments based on that. i personally love her.
and courtesy of nice facts, here are some, well…nice facts.
did you know that males sweat 40% more than females? mon dieu!
and from the quick quotes quill:
“Models are like baseball players. We make a lot of money quickly, but all of a sudden we’re 30 years old, we don’t have a college education, we’re qualified for nothing, and we’re used to a very nice lifestyle. The best thing is to marry a movie star.” - cindy crawford
amen to having to use chapstick 50 times a day! but hey, small price to pay for clear skin.
I totally agree. I am finishing my last dose this week and am so excited not to have dry skin anymore!