I start my new job tomorrow! And while I’m sort of scared and worried that I’ll not impress them, I am really looking forward to this new stage of my life.

Yesterday, I went to Bracknell to go shopping for any supplies I might need (by that I mean beauty supplies with an occasional focus on stationary). I wanted to fix my hair. I’ve dyed it so many times that it doesn’t hold colour very well at all. And though I’ve recently had it cut nearly chin length, and all the dead fluff is gone, it’s still not in the best of shape. But I wanted it back to my natural mahogany colour, so I bought some more dye.

BIG. MISTAKE.

As it turns out, the shade I got was just TOO dark. I look like a goth! As I never see any sun, my skin is pretty pale and fish-like, and this hair makes me look like Elvira’s fat sister. Grr.

So today when Ross gets home (he’s on the south coast visiting his parents for a couple of days), we’ll go out and buy some MORE dye. This time, I think I’ll just get a highlight kit, as I think the only way to get rid of this darkness would be to bleach the whole head, and that’s not something I want to do. Some highlights should sort it out nicely (I HOPE!).

Anyway, this past weekend, I talked to Ross and was able to get him to front me some cash for a new computer. My old one was making grinding noises and sounded like a machine gun. And I was having trouble uploading pictures from my cameras since there was no SD drive, and the USB ports wore out my (very expensive!) batteries.

So now I’ve got an HP Pavilion with SD drive, Pocket Media Drive, loads of other ports, 160G hard drive and over 2 Gigs of memory. Yummy!

I’ve also recently invested in a couple of new diaries. I’m the worst organised person ever, and my new job is going to mean BIG organisation. So I got a pretty purple diary which will be carried with me everywhere, and a smaller pocket diary which will be used at work. Yay!

I DID manage to buy some new makeup yesterday. I got L’Oreal True Match Super-Blendable Powder in Honey, which I’m HOPING is a good match. I tried it on my hand, and it disappeared… That’s a good sign right? :)  And I bought also a L’Oreal Paris ColorAppeal Trio Pro for Blue Eyes. It’s got three shades of eyeshadow which all work together nicely. You outline your lash line with one shade, wear the second shade as eye shadow, and the third shade is for highlights.  *shrug*   Lastly, I bought a L’Oreal Paris Glam Shine 6H in Everlasting Beige.  By the way, buying L’Oreal was completely unintentional.  There weren’t even any good deals on (for the record, No 7 and Max Factor both had free stuff deals going on… what was I thinking?)!! But the makeup did seem to be just what I was after, so no complaints….

Actually, the hair dye was L’Oreal as well! And I DEFINITELY am complaining about that! Grr. Toooooo dark!

Okay, enough bitching. Ross should be home any moment (I hope!), and I need to decide whether we should go ice skating, to see a movie, or just cuddle together all day.

Decisions decisions…

Another silly meme, this time stolen from my wonderful friend, Maz.

Go to The Urban Dictionary, type the answers to these questions in the search box, then write the first definition in the results list.

1) Your name?: Katie

A standing handjob performed usually in public places.

“So we went around back and my girlfriend gave me a Katie right there in the hallway”

An absolutetly gorgeous person. Someone who is so amazingly beautiful its almost physically impossible.

“That girl is so beautiful. She must be a katie.”

the name katie is usualy given to one who happens to do exceptionaly well at pleasing their partner. katie’s happen to be very good at making the opposite sex rather “turned on”. one would not regret having been with a katie.

“i want a girl like katie, one who can turn me on and tease me but do a good fuckin job at it ;) mmmbaby!”

2) Your age?: 26

750ml of alky

1 mickey + 1 mickey = a 26

3) A friends name?: Natalie

a sexual encounter with a someone you aren’t in a relationship with.

“i need a couple of natalie’s to forget about suzie.”

4) What should you be doing?:  Showering

To shower. Code for male masturbation and blowin giz all over the place.

“After Emmanuel talks to me he puts up his away message that says “showering” “

5) Favorite Food?: Corn

Something I shitted the other day that I never ate.

::Looks in toilet::
What!?… I never ate any corn!

Originating from the fine campus of Cornell University comes this unique, rarely used term. Saying that a girl is “Corn” means, she is so fucking hot, so beautiful, so utterly drop-dead gorgeous, that you would happily eat the corn out of her shit. Can be used as a great pick-up line or friendly compliment

“Damn bitch, you are Corn!”
or
“Baby, you’re more Corn than Green Giant”

6) Hometown?: Warren

when you take a shit, and laugh after.

“harry could be heard from the washroom as he let out a thundering warren.”

7) Favorite color?: Turquoise

Anal intercourse. A corruption of the French idiom, à la turc, meaning, in the Turkish manner, meaning anal intercourse.

“Do you like it turquoise?”

8) School you go to?: (went to) IUP

Best damn college in Pennsylvania

“Hell’s yeah i go to IUP, you can’t handle my skittles.”

Acronym: I Usually Party.

more accurate: I Usually Puke

9) Last person you talk to on the phone?: Mom

The constant flow of cash and ass whoopings until the age of 18.

“Dude my mom kicked my ass when I blew snot all over her new dress.”

10) Your last name? Williams
A slang term for Bills

“I’ve got stacks of williams’ I need to pay.”

Slang term for the Perineum (area between the male genitals and anus). Similar to Gooch, Grundle and Choad. First used by Jonathan Blostone and Jake Reed, this phrase refers to Robin Williams’ role in the motion picture Patch Adams. Williams’ performance is scatty and confusing, and no one can really tell whether he intends for it to be comedic or dramatic. It’s niether here nor there; niether dick nor ass.
‘Williams’ is used primarily in the South of England.

“He’s got a cracking williams.”

“Apparently he’s got a 16 inch williams.”

So after much soul searching, Ross and I decided that in order for me to find the job of my dreams, I needed to really focus on only applying for roles that would make me happy, no matter what money it is. So to combine my love of art and writing, I decided to pursue a career in marketing.

I started about three weeks ago, sending CV after CV out, registering with agencies and REALLY trying to find “the one.”

I finally got two interviews. One is a fairly local company who were in need of a Marketing Coordinator. The other is all the way in Maidenhead, and it was a Marketing Admin role. Both were amazing opportunities. I had the first interview last week, and they somehow liked me. They asked me to come back and give a 20 minute presentation to the Sales Manager.

The second job I interviewed for earlier this week, and they were great too. The money was fantastic, and the prospects were good for the future. I was divided.

Thinking I wasn’t good enough for the Marketing Coordinator role, I pinned my hopes on the second company since they seemed to LOVE me at the interview.

I was told I’d have an answer yesterday, and I never got the call.

Today, I had the second interview at the first company, and despite being sick and very nervous, I managed to NAIL the presentation.

I got a call within an hour and a half offering me this prestige position. I immediately called my agent from the second job and told them I needed an answer today. They came back to me quickly and said that I hadn’t got the job offer from the second job after all (a more qualified candidate came up), but that they were offering me a DIFFERENT position within their company.

Following my heart and my mind, I knew that there was only one job I wanted.

So next Wednesday I start a brand new job as the Marketing Coordinator for a company I will henceforth refer to as Current Employer.

Bam. I am ridiculously overjoyed.

I took the

Here be my results…

Your Existing Situation

Seeks a close and understanding bond in an atmosphere of shared intimacy, as a protection against anxiety and conflict.

Your Stress Sources

Distressed by the unsatisfactory state of some close association. Feels unable to do anything to restore affinity and mutual trust, and considers that she is tied down in an unhappy situation from which she cannot escape.

Your Restrained Characteristics

Wants to broaden her fields of activity and insists that her hopes and ideas are realistic. Distressed by the fear that she may be prevented from doing what she wants; needs both peaceful conditions and quiet reassurance to restore her confidence.

Circumstances force her to compromise and to forgo some pleasures for the time being. Capable of achieving physical satisfaction from sexual activity.

Your Desired Objective

Seeks the determination and elasticity of will necessary to establish herself and to make herself independent despite the difficulties of her situation. Wants to overcome opposition and achieve recognition.

Your Actual Problem

Anxiety and restless dissatisfaction, either with circumstances or with unfulfilled emotional requirements, have produced stress. She tries to escape from these by denying their existence, concealing her dissatisfaction behind a proud but illusory claim to self-sufficiency and independence.

Your Actual Problem #2

Depleted vitality has created an intolerance for any further stimulation, or demands on her resources. This sense of powerlessness, combined with frustration that she cannot control events, subjects her to agitation, irritation, and acute distress. She tries to escape these by stubborn insistence on her own point of view, but the general condition of helplessness renders this often unsuccessful. Is therefore very sensitive to criticism and quick to take offense.

Over on LiveJournal, a couple of my friends are doing a meme which goes like this:

- Go to Music Outfitters
- Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search function and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year.
- Bold the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate and underline your favorites. Do nothing to the ones you don’t remember/care about.

So as not to be antisocial, I went ahead and did my bit. And it makes me very sad….

I mean, I graduated in 2000. And while these songs will EMBARASSINGLY bring back a lot of happy memories… our music wasn’t really setting the world on fire now was it?

*sigh*

Here we go:

1. Breathe, Faith Hill
2. Smooth, Santana Featuring Rob Thomas
3. Say My Name, Destiny’s Child
4. I Wanna Know, Joe
5. Everything You Want, Vertical Horizon
6. Maria Maria, Santana Featuring The Product G&B
7. Bent, Matchbox Twenty
8. Amazed, Lonestar
9. I Knew I Loved You, Savage Garden
10. He Wasn’t Man Enough, Toni Braxton
11. Higher, Creed (ed. note: this song was one of two that changed my life… I know that makes me an incredible loser, but it’s true)
12. Try Again, Aaliyah
13. There You Go, Pink
14. Thong Song, Sisqo
15. Kryptonite, 3 Doors Down
16. Jumpin Jumpin’, Destiny’s Child
17. What A Girl Wants, Christina Aguilera
18. Doesn’t Really Matter, Janet
19. Music, Madonna
20. Back At One, Brian McKnight
21. Bye Bye Bye, ‘N Sync
22. You Sang To Me, Marc Anthony
23. I Need To Know, Marc Anthony
24. Get It On Tonite, Montell Jordan
25. Incomplete, Sisqo
26. I Try, Macy Gray
27. It’s Gonna Be Me, ‘N Sync
28. That’s The Way It Is, Celine Dion
29. (Hot S**T) Country Grammar, Nelly
30. Bring It All To Me, Blaque
31. Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely, Backstreet Boys
32. Hot Boyz, Missy Elliott Featuring Nas, EVE & Q-Tip
33. Back Here, BBMak
34. It Feels So Good, Sonique
35. Absolutely (Story Of A Girl), Nine Days
36. With Arms Wide Open, Creed
37. Be With You, Enrique Iglesias
38. Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You), Christina Aguilera
39. No More, Ruff Endz
40. All The Small Things, Blink 182
41. The Way You Love Me, Faith Hill
42. I Turn To You, Christina Aguilera
43. Never Let You Go, Third Eye Blind
44. I Need You, LeAnn Rimes
45. Thank God I Found You, Mariah Carey Featuring Joe & 98 Degrees
46. Let’s Get Married, Jagged Edge
47. My Love Is Your Love, Whitney Houston
48. Then The Morning Comes, Smash Mouth
49. Blue (Da Ba Dee), iffel 65
50. Desert Rose, Sting Featuring Cheb Mami
51. The Real Slim Shady, Eminem
52. Most Girls, Pink
53. Wifey, Next
54. Wonderful, Everclear
55. Oops!… I Did It Again, Britney Spears
56. I Wanna Love You Forever, Jessica Simpson
57. Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche ), 98 Degrees
58. Take A Picture, Filter
59. Otherside, Red Hot Chili Peppers
60. Big Pimpin’, Jay-Z Featuring UGK
61. Purest Of Pain (A Puro Dolor), Son By Four
62. He Can’t Love U, Jagged Edge
63. Separated, Avant
64. I Wish, Carl Thomas
65. U Know What’s Up, Donell Jones
66. Faded, SoulDecision Featuring Thrust
67. Only God Knows Why, Kid Rock
68. Shake Ya Ass, Mystikal
69. Bag Lady, Erykah Badu
70. Meet Virginia, Train
71. Party Up (Up In Here), DMX
72. Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do), Mya
73. Forget About Dre, Dr. Dre Featuring Eminem
74. That’s The Way, Jo Dee Messina
75. Swear It Again, Westlife
76. The Next Episode, Dr. Dre Featuring Snoop Dogg
77. From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart, Britney Spears
78. Crash And Burn, Savage Garden
79. Yes!, Chad Brock
80. The Best Day, George Strait
81. How Do You Like Me Now?!, Toby Keith
82. Where I Wanna Be, Donell Jones
83. My Best Friend, Tim McGraw
84. Broadway, Goo Goo Dolls
85. Dance With Me, Debelah Morgan
86. Don’t Think I’m Not, Kandi
87. I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack & Sons Of The Desert (ed. note: This is the OTHER song that changed my life that year. Slightly less embarassing than the first.)
88. Better Off Alone, Alice Deejay
89. What’chu Like, Da Brat Featuring Tyrese
90. Cowboy Take Me Away, Dixie Chicks
91. I Like It, Sammie
92. 24/7, Kevon Edmonds
93. Girl On TV, LFO
94. Bounce With Me, Lil Bow Wow Featuring Xscape
95. What About Now, Lonestar
96. I Don’t Wanna, Aaliyah
97. Independent Women Part I, Destiny’s Child
98. Shackles (Praise You), Mary Mary
99. Waiting For Tonight, Jennifer Lopez
100. Gotta Tell You, Samantha Mumba

Okay, so if you have been living in a bubble and DON’T already know about the creative genius of one Mr Joss Whedon (he of the giant forehead and creator of the Buffyverse), you probably don’t know about his newest amazing endeavours.

Thanks to the hilarity of the writer’s strike earlier this year, Mr Whedon was not allowed to let his juices flow. So he had to figure ways AROUND the strike to still get his unique voice(s) heard.  So what is the answer?

DR. HORRIBLE’S SING-A-LONG BLOG!

A three-part mini-series available online for ONE WEEK ONLY. The first part (ACT 1) debuted this past Tuesday. The second part (ACT 2) appeared yesterday. And the final part (ACT 3) will go up TOMORROW!

I will make my feelings on this very clear. If you are still reading this instead of going straight there and immediately viewing this one-of-a-kind event, you need to be bitch-slapped by Captain Hammer.

Expect a full review once Act III has been released.

Until then, dear readers… I bid you adieu.

As I mentioned recently, I had a job interview yesterday for a marketing role that I was really keen to get. As I also mentioned, it is a pretty senior role that I never thought I could get. Well, as it happens, I did really well in the interview, and they’ve asked me to come back in on Monday and give a presentation!

They want me to basically give a two part presentation involving

1/ a demonstration of how I would quickly and efficiently familiarise myself with their company and products.
2/ a fictional product they want me to develop a marketing initiative for

So I have four days to get something put together. I’m supposed to spend about 20 minutes talking, after which I’ll be given yet another grilling, this time by the Sales Director.  The job in question is to actually be the ENTIRE marketing department for this company! o_O

They’ve gone through two people in two years, and they want someone fresh, enthusiastic and full of ideas. I think I put it across very well that I am the person for the job….

Only now I’m wondering if I really am.  It seems way over my head. I don’t have any marketing qualifications, nor do I really have any concrete marketing experience. I haven’t claimed any experience I haven’t had, but I’ve “marketed” myself a certain way to achieve a good result. But now I’m sitting here doubting my own abilities and thinking of various reasons not to do the interview!

I’ve given presentations before. In fact, as an ex-flight attendant, I can boast experience of public demonstrations to up to 50 people at once! So presenting to two people should be no issue. Especially as this will be a big part of the job if I get it!

I went out today and bought a book titled “How To Market Your Business - A practical guide to advertising, PR, selling and diret and online marketing.”  I’m hoping it’ll help me come up with some great ideas.

I wish I knew why I so often talk myself out of the positive things in my life. I guess I feel like if I don’t try, then I can’t fail. What I need to get through my head is that not trying IS failing.

Bah.

I suppose my attitude isnt helped by the fact that I’m ill. I got a headache before bed last night, and I woke up with a terrible migraine this morning. I wound up in bed until 2 PM! I spent all day in excruciating pain, nauseous and feeling like I’d been hit by a truck.  A bath, some lemsip and a lot of quiet seems to have helped, but I’m still not feeling great.

Anyway, in other news, yesterday I attended the Endocrinology Clinic at the Royal Berks. I’ve been waiting for an appointment since I got back from Brno.  Basically while I was in hospital, they found out I had low cortisol levels, and as that can be life threatening, I was made an emergency priority when I got back.  (Of course, the fact that I STILL had to wait an extra 5.5 weeks despite my emergency status just shows how difficult the NHS can really be.)

The short story is that I am going back on Tuesday morning for the test that will determine whether I definitely have Addison’s Disease or not. They will draw blood, inject me with some horomone, and then draw blood again at half hourly intervals. If I have the disease, I’ll be on hydrocortisone for the rest of my life. BOO! If I don’t have it, they will slowly wean me off of the 25 mg per day I’ve been taking.

In other other news, Ross and I had a fight tonight. He left the house a couple hours ago, and I’ve no idea where he’s gone. I’m not sure I really care right now.

Not much updating being done lately. I’ve been busy with other projects. Most notably, looking for a new job. I realise that twice in the last month I’ve said I found one… but neither of them were any good for me, and I’ve found that I am simply settling for jobs that mean nothing to me.  Now that having a baby has been put off for at least two years due to my recent stomach surgery, I am wanting to put myself into a job I can love and grow with.

Because of this, I’ve decided (with support from Ross) to go after a job I’ll really love. I’ve settled on pursuing a career in Marketing, as it combines a knack for writing with a knack for art and thinking outside the square. I think I would be really good at it, and I’m very keen to find a perfect role.

So far, though, luck hasn’t been with me. I’m visiting a recruiter today to sign up for temporary work while I wait for a permanent role to come through. And tomorrow morning I have an interview for a Marketing Coordinator role. I think I’m too junior for it, but they’ve seen my CV, so they must know that I have limited experience. It’s well paying, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that I get it. Or at least that it helps me to grow in my interview skills.

The other thing I’ve been working on is a new website. I wanted a place to track my progress on my arts and crafts, so I have started kraftygurl.org. It’s pretty bare at the moment, but in time I hope it’ll be a haven for my artistic endeavors. Especially as I’m hoping to branch out from paintings to full crafts. I have so many ideas, and I’ve been taking pictures of some of my work for a while now.

In other news, I have been falling behind on my 101 in 1001 list. I’m not reading books as fast as I ought to (I have 26 of 50 completed right now), and I don’t visit the cinema enough. That said, Ross and I went to watch Hancock last week, and because I complained to the manager about a dickhead with his cellphone out the whole time, we got free tickets for any movie we want to see any time. I’m thinking I’d like to see the new Batman film on opening night. Bwa ha ha. We never got to the cinema at night, as it’s expensive. So it’ll be nice that price isn’t a consideration.

Last night we watched Sophie’s Choice on TCM, and it was so upsetting. Even though I already knew what happened (it’s a classic - doesn’t EVERYONE know?), it still broke my heart. Meryl Streep was amazing as Sophie. Her accent, her beauty, her drama. And Kevin Kline was excellent. In fact, I related to him a LOT. Maybe it’s because I’m a bit crazy, myself. I can kind of see myself as a mix of Sophie and Nathan. Eep.

Anyhoo… not a lot going on this end. Sorry for all the spam posts lately, but a girl’s gotta make a living somehow, and PayPerPost pays pretty well usually. Although none of my last 4 posts have been approved yeet, and it’s been DAYS. So I’m not sure what’s going on. I may have to complain.

Rather strangely, my tastebuds have changed a lot over the years. When I was a little kid, my mom practically force-fed us peanut butter. We had peanut butter toast for breakfast, peanut butter and jelly for lunch, and often she’d make “peanut butter candy” (a mixture of peanut butter, maple syrup and sugar) for a snack.

It got to a point in my teens where I couldn’t stand the stuff. In fact, even smelling it made me vomit.

But nowadays, I’ve found that I’m actually quite in love with Tesco Crunchy Peanut Butter. I think it’s because in the UK, PB isn’t nearly so sweet as in the states. It tastes more like… I dunno… mashed peanuts. :)

Or maybe my taste buds are finally sophistocated to some extent….

Then again… Maybe not.

How come every time I upgrade my wordpress (admittedly weeks later than strictly necessary), they come out with a new version? Can’t it just upgrade automatically? Life would be a lot easier. :(

Hrumph.

In other news, Volvic and Ribena make a great combination!

Is anyone else noticing the Great British Weather has been acting up quite a lot lately? One moment it’s raining profusely and the next it’s ready to melt your skin off!

Is it like this in the US as well?

In other news, I’m ridiculously sleepy these days. I can haz bedtime now?

Can I just say how horrible life would be if I wasn’t able to create stuff? I’m one of those ridiculously annoying people who can’t seem to function without art in her life.

And while I may not be as good as so many of the artists I admire, I like to think I have my own style which some folks can recognise and/or appreciate.

Lately my brain has been in overdrive with ideas. And although I think I’m starting to burn out a little (I started a picture this morning which I can’t seem to flesh out properly), I feel good about the stuff I’ve put out lately.

So without further ado, THREE (count em!) new pieces for your potential enjoyment.

Autumn Bride

Babe in the Woods

The Fog

Normally this would be where I wish everyone a Happy Fourth of July, and I do actually hope you all enjoy it. But for me this day is semi-tainted as it was one year ago today that my grandfather, Hubert Roosevelt Carpenter, died after a 20 year battle with cancer.

I was lucky enough last year to travel home for a couple of months from April - June. During that time, I saw my grandparents a lot. At the start of May, I tried to re-arrange my travel dates so I could come back to England sooner. I was incredibly annoyed when fate stepped in and insisted I stay in the US for another few weeks.

My upset turned to thankfulness when in late May, we got the call that my grandpa had been rushed to the hospital. My mother, my brother and I all drove there and stayed with the family until early morning. Though grandpa was very out of it, it was the last time I ever heard his voice or saw him move around on his own.  He was transferred to a bigger hospital the next day, and he spent the last weeks of his life there.

Happily, his ordeal brought a lot of our family closer together. We all spent our days (and some of us spent our nights, too) at his side. We even met up with a family member no one had ever known existed as she worked at the hospital.

Unfortunately, I said goodbye to my grandpa at the end of the first week of June, because I had to fly back to the UK. The rest of the family stayed with him, and I knew he was in good hands. Even though he fought for his life every day, and he gave us every hope he would survive, I think we all knew in our hearts that this was the last hopsital stay he’d ever have. When I finally got the call that he’d passed away, I knew he’d finally had enough, and I was thankful.

My grandpa was also my godfather. He was like John Wayne and Santa Clause in one playful package. I think of him often, and I miss him immensely.

So Happy Fourth of July to everyone reading this. And I hope that my granddad is celebrating in heaven.

So I spend a great deal of my online time reading up on random people/events on wikipedia. I realise that this makes me potentially one of the saddest individuals to ever live, but at the same time, I have an inherent love of learning which forces me to constantly fill my head with useless knowledge which will only possibly one day win me £50 in a pub quiz.

That said, now and then I come across something of interest and feel that it’s necessary to share.

Yesterday, I subconsciously took in a television advert which was playing in the background. I don’t know what it was for, but it advertised the fact that it was hosted by Niki Taylor. The first thought that came into my distracted brain was the fact that my little brother used to be absolutely in love with her. When he was 9 or 10, he even wrote her a letter to say how much he loved her and telling her that he couldn’t wait to grow up so he could marry her.  It was so cute and sweet that my mother couldn’t bear to send it out, so she kept it in her hope chest.  The second thought that came to my head was, “gosh, she must be old by now.” And the final thought was, “Oh yah… her little sister died.”

So these thoughts stayed on my mind for a while, and when I eventually retired to my computer for the evening, I decided to wikipedia Niki Taylor and her sister, Krissy. I was a bit curious about how she’d died, as I was quite young when it happened and couldn’t remember. For those interested, it was a heart disease they didn’t know she’d had. That said, the wikipedia article was HUGELY skewed, saying that she’d died of a cocaine overdose, without any proof of it. I wound up editing the article so that it said she “MAY” have overdosed, and that her family MIGHT have covered it up. It really was quite unobjective previously.

ANYWAY, I also learned that even though Niki Taylor has been around for dog’s years, she’s actually ONLY 33! Crazy.  But the thing that got me thinking (again) was the fact that the article mentions that Niki reckons she’s the youngest ever model to appear on the cover of Vogue, even though it is well known that that honour goes to Brooke Shields, who was 14 at the time of her cover.

So armed with the knowledge of the youngest Vogue cover model, I started wondering who the FIRST Vogue cover model was… And I went on an expedition to find out.

Imagine my surprise when I found that the first Vogue cover looked like this:

Erm. Odd. Somehow I don’t think a marionette is going to count as a supermodel. The earliest issue I can find with a PERSON on the cover is this one:

though I’m not sure if it’s a photo or a painting! Notice the date of July 20th, 1932. That’s 16 years after the first issue came out!! Granted, from what I can see, it didn’t start out as a monthly book. In 1916, there were three covers only (September and apparently 2 Decembers).

Anyway, I found a site which has all the covers (well… MOST of the covers anyway, as I don’t think it’s got more recent ones). It goes up to issue 301, though I don’t know how long ago that was.  Check it out if you’re interested. I, myself, am spent. :)