Welcome to Chaos !!

Woke up at noon to sunshine and a blue sky. An absolutely gorgeous day! The first thing I did was to lay down a blanket outside and plant myself on it. I have a friend visiting so when she woke up we drove to Kaladi and then to some shops. Saw two items that I liked but I will think about it for a day or two first before I decide to whether make a purchase or not. That's how I operate. Enjoying our coffee......



Look how cute!



I'm feeling a bit tired and thinking about taking a nap outside for a while. I love sleeping outside.

A few months ago I started thinking more and more about the personal choices I make in my life and how that affects the environment and the animals. I already eat basically no meat, so far 2015 has been completely meat free although I am NOT a vegan but I do admire vegans for their lifestyle. I encourage everybody to eat less meat, read into what eating less meat would mean for you and the environment and of course the animals. ❤
Now I do use products to clean myself, to beautify myself and to clean my home. I decided to try to make better choices. Did I succeed? Well, here follows a personal inventory of my latest products. Here is where I FAILED (let's start with the bad first). I recently got a face cream from MAC in Vegas that I had seen advertised in a magazine. I decided to try it and I use it before work as a face moisturizer. It's called Mineralize Timecheck Lotion. I liked it and went into the MAC store in Anchorage and stocked up on another bottle since there is no MAC store in Kenai. While in Vegas I also exchanged some empty MAC containers for a new eyeshadow. I believe it's 6 empty containers (of MAC products) that you need to bring in to receive a new eye shadow or lip gloss for free but I might be wrong, so don't quote me on that. Anyhow, I picked out a new eyeshadow called Greensmoke. MAC from what I understand tests on animals. They used to be cruelty free (according to some reports that I read) but since they outsourced to China where products have to be tested on animals they are no longer cruelty free. So FAIL on my part.



I also got some new lip glosses. I ran out of my FAVE by NARS called Coeur Sucre and needed that one. Then I saw a gloss called Angelika and got that one too. I found out that NARS does not test on animals. But then I also got some other glosses by Make Up Forever and Sephora's own brand Sephora and those are not cruelty free. From now on I will stick to NARS.



Now here to some better choices. I got these shampoos and conditioners by Paul Mitchell. Not tested on animals. In fact Paul Mitchell is one of the first hair care companies to publicly oppose animal testing. I can say that The Detangler worked really well on my hair.



I got these really nice and yummy smelling lotions by Pacifica. Not tested on animals.
Good stuff!



And here are some products I've had for a while that I want to tell you about.
Eminence Organic Skin Care. I really like Eminence and my mission is to find some great day and night moisturizers by them to start using daily. Eminence products smell AMAZING and edible. The Honedew lotion is wonderful and I really like the Monoi Age Corrective Exfoliating Cleanser. It has small scrubbing beads (finely ground olive seeds actually) in it and I leave it on my face for a while before washing it off. Love it!



I know I have room for improvement and I am working on becoming a better person for this planet. That is my mission.

I'm at the office (Coffee Roasters) with a friend that's in town visiting. She likes quiet productive time accompanied with coffee just as much as I do. So here we are typing away on our Macs, having some office time. It's nice to spend time with a like minded person.
After this I am going to try some Thai food at a new food place that's in town for the summer. Then I need to groom Chhaya a bit. Still waiting for the warm sun. Craving new books to read. And that's about all I have to report for now.

I'm back in Kenai to the comforts of my house. Like we say in Sweden, "Borta bra men hemma bäst". Meaning - there is no place like home. I'm hoping for some warm sun soon because I want to lay out and tan and read. It was completely cloudy and windy here yesterday but improved a bit today, although it rained a bit earlier. Current temperature is 55°F. Now you got a weather report from Kenai, Alaska. I'm at home doing laundry and eating. Might go back to the Bush Company in a few weeks or so. Paying $1200/week for a room is steep, even if did OK at the club. I don't really want to part with that big of a chunk of my money. Anyhow, back in Kenai. Exciting!

This is what the stage at the Great Alaskan Bush Company looks like. As you can see, no pole. You go up one dancer at a time, unless it's showgirl show night or a box party. Box party means it's somebody's birthday or bachelor/bachelorette party and that person gets to lay down on a large "box" that gets pulled into the middle of the stage. A certain number of girls, usually four, will dance around the lucky victim and lightly abuse (spanking and boob mauling) and entertain them. The stage gets lit up by all kinds of lights and it's usually fun to go on stage at the Bush Company.
Showgirl show night used to happen Wednesday through Saturday when I worked at the Bush a few years ago. It seems to have changed to once a week now - Wednesday night.
The girls that do the shows are referred to as "show girls" and some of the shows that they put on are REALLY good. I loooove watching the shows.
The girls work on a theme and often wear elaborate costumes. I've seen them use fire, liquids, oil, candle wax, paint, glitter, milk, acrobatics, getting pulled onto the stage inside a suitcase, aerial silks - it's very impressive!
If you're in Anchorage, try to go to the Bush Company on a Wednesday evening for show night, you won't be disappointed.



This pic is taken from the upstairs where the dressing rooms are and the office. The regular lights are on here since the night is over. Note the cool wooden statues up in the left corner. The club reminds me of a rustic old time saloon/brothel.



Of course I needed some pics of myself on the stage. This is at the beginning of the night before any people were in the club (only a few) and we had not started stage yet. I could not decide which pic to use, so here are three. The more the better!







And this pic is taken from a small area behind the stage where girls change costumes on show night, apply some last minute lip gloss, fix their hair or outfit before their turn on stage and we also check our privates......you know pussy check. Tampon strings should not be hanging out when on stage, remnants of toilet paper is not SEKSI either or whatever else that could be hanging from the vagina. It is what it is.

Country Sunday at the Bush Company is over with and I'm in bed with Chhaya, showered with my hair up in a bun. When I first walked through the door I threw myself on the bed, stretched and petted Chhaya......something like this.



So country music is really not my choice of music to dance to but I don't mind it, I can deal with it once in a while. I only went on stage twice tonight and can't even recall what songs I danced to besides that I had no clue to what the songs were. We were supposed to have country music until 11 pm but ended up playing it all night until closing. Sundays are generally laid back and I had a pretty fun night. I had some great conversations both tonight and last night about religion, politics and theories about what happens when you die.
SO NICE to talk about something meaningful because I did also endure a couple of morons this week. So below basic that I just can't comprehend how some people manage to function in the world? Not only basic, super annoying too. Perhaps those are some behaviors that only come out in a strip club/bar setting? I did not dress country tonight, same style as usual. Some girls wore cowboy hats, tank tops and even chaps. They looked cute. Chaps on a nice behind is a good sight.



I got asked about my underwear, I guess somebody wanted to buy some for his girlfriend, at least that was his explanation. LOL. Well, once again.....I wear HoneyDew boy shorts style.



A Bush Company bucket. Used on stage when collecting larger amounts of money. It's faster to scoop up the money into a bucket.