Get a Make-up Consultation from Carmindy

I've loved playing with make-up since I was little. My parents still tease me about the clown red lips I sported when I was two. However, as I've gotten older, it's harder for me to reach areas of my face and grip certain tools. Unfortunately, the people who I ask for help usually leave me looking like a clown...

I watch What Not to Wear regularly, and like how Carmindy explains why she chooses the tools and products she does and then demonstrates proper application. I feel like this type of consultation would provide the needed instruction my helpers lack. Plus, she has her own line of make-up which means more stuff to play with!

On a deeper note, I also like that Carmindy tries to point out each woman's best features. I could benefit from this, too. Even if my make-up looks a bit off, I could fall back on my beautiful "X" and "Y," regardless.

Watch a Football Game with Shannon Sharpe

Indiana used to be the basketball capitol, but until Peyton Manning left the Colts there was quite a period of football mania here. (Whether this continues with a much-improved Pacers team and an almost entirely new Colts organizations remains to be seen.) Each Sunday we used to stop at Taco Bell on the way home from church and eat nachos while watching the game.

Before Mom had the opportunity to yell about "field golds" or ask what just happened, we would watch The NFL Today. Though the analysts' antics were pretty funny, none of them were particularly pro-Colts. Except Shannon Sharpe. He always seemed supportive of Indy's team.

So, as I watched the game today and realized that I've never been to Lucas Oil Stadium. Maybe Shann-on could help me get there!

Read the Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

This one seems easily do-able; I already own them. Remember when Border's used to sell huge tomes for $4.99 a pop? Well, if I horde one thing, it's books, and those deals were too good to pass up. The only problem was I never got around to reading them all.

Anyway, I have a Facebook friend who has committed to reading one chapter of the Bible each day. In fact, several friends have undertaken this feat. As weird as I sometimes feel having in this Judeo-Christian society having never actually read the Bible (aside from occasionally being a lector at Mass (yeah, I'm very familiar with "reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah")), it just doesn't appeal. I decided that since October is coming up, reading something Halloween-y would be an appropriate plan.

I can become more well-read and take a book off the unread pile. Killing two ravens with one stone?

Find My Mark Antony

No, not as far as love interests go; Mark Antony committed adultery and slept around a lot. Rather, I've always wanted to be Cleopatra for Halloween, and it seems like more of a couples idea. I have a penchant for kohl-rimmed eyes and brilliant leadership. I also like the idea of bewitching men with mysticism and intellect. If only I could pull it off...

On a side note, it's said Cleopatra - to show off her wealth - dissolved a huge pearl in vinegar and drank it. Cool party trick...