Latest articles posted in Permanent Lipstick http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/feature/29 2008-05-16T23:25:11+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2203 <p>After life&rsquo;s most recent events, I&rsquo;m so happy that I have all kinds of good news to share.<br /> As you may recall, I gave a shout-out to the beautiful Bianca last week because my current roommate is moving out, and I had my fingers c ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2155 <p>Oh what a tangled web is weaved in my above-ground professional life. <br /> <br /> Unfortunately, I let my company down on one specific project last week amongst the 5,000 other things I do. I actually cried about it (which I NEVER do) because ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2157 <p>Oh what a tangled web is weaved in my above-ground professional life. <br /> <br /> Unfortunately, I let my company down on one specific project last week amongst the 5,000 other things I do. I actually cried about it (which I NEVER do) because ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2151 <p>Last week I was getting to the point of a nervous breakdown. The work world was relentlessly beating at my door, social endeavors were as demanding as ever, I could barely get to my volunteer activities, and on top of all of that, I had my first s ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2114 <p>My life has been filled with all forms of stress lately between work and school, but let&rsquo;s just say that over the weekend I got by with a little help from my friends.</p> <h2>Maxwell&rsquo;s is the place to be!</h2> <p><br /> After finish ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2072 <p>Last week was really unlike any other with my social dance card, and after sweating through a week of statistics (for those of you who missed the news, I&rsquo;m back in school), along with my relentless work responsibilities, when Thursday arrive ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2042 <p>Last week I found myself in a rather peculiar place that you probably wouldn&rsquo;t think a flirty, feisty and fun girl like me would be.<br /> <br /> For the first time in almost a decade, I was again sitting behind a desk, furiously scribblin ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2016 <p>Even last week&rsquo;s stupid snow couldn&rsquo;t hold me back from the sweet South Sound escapades that I got myself into. Here&rsquo;s the lowdown:</p> <h2>Monkeying Around</h2> <p>Wednesday was the 100th Monkey arts community party where arti ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1981 <p>Spring is certainly in the air, which I can feel in my blood and in the excitement I share with all of the people around me. I&rsquo;ve always said that once outsiders spend a spring or summer in Washington they never leave. But as rain pitter-pat ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1960 <p>St. Patrick&rsquo;s Day is one of my favorite holidays because you know that I&rsquo;m the kind of girl who always looks for a good excuse to have fun.<br /> <br /> That&rsquo;s why my adventures from last weekend were the most excellent.<br /> ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1919 <p>I&rsquo;m the pretty lady you all know who loves to get her beauty sleep, which is exactly why I think that the time change in springing forward absolutely blows.<br /> <br /> I got to work an hour late on Monday, not because I&rsquo;d forgotten ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1895 <p>I&rsquo;d like to dedicate all of this week&rsquo;s words to one of the finest things in life: Independent women!<br /> <br /> Over the weekend I learned that two of my gal pals recently took the same plunge I have and bought their very own home ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1868 <p>I&rsquo;m very sad to report that I&rsquo;m currently down with the sickness that&rsquo;s going all around town, but lucky for me, this illness caught up with me after I had a fantastic end of the week and weekend.</p> <h2>Everybody loves a Nacca ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1857 <p>There are few things in life that make me happier than a three-day weekend. As a matter of fact, I think we should work only Tuesday through Friday every week. Since I probably won&rsquo;t get my way with that anytime soon, here&rsquo;s how I chos ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1821 <p>Now that this paper has edged into the political realm, I&rsquo;d like to offer my 25 cents on an issue which irks me to no avail.<br /> <br /> If you&rsquo;ve read this column for any amount of time, you know that I&rsquo;m always out and about ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1800 <p>This week everyone&rsquo;s favorite Carmen went through a roller coaster of ups and downs, but wouldn&rsquo;t you know, I survived as always.<br /> <br /> Here&rsquo;s what happened:<br /> <br /> Wednesday was Roommate Ian&rsquo;s birthday, an ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1772 <p>Without a doubt, meeting John Fluevog last Thursday was a tremendous experience and an honor.<br /> <br /> In case you don&rsquo;t know (you haven&rsquo;t lived if you don&rsquo;t know), John Fluevog is one of the most incredible shoe designers ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1727 <p>I&rsquo;m overflowing with excitement right now because tonight I&rsquo;ll have a chance to meet and party with one of my all-time heroes, and if you don&rsquo;t know this guy, please allow me to introduce you: John Fluevog.<br /> <br /> Fluevog ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Natasha Gorbachev http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1687 <p>Whoooo-wee! After all of that party time during the holidays, everyone&rsquo;s favorite floozy Carmen got wicked sick, and it knocked me out for the count two weeks ago.<br /> <br /> I was quarantined in my home (it&rsquo;s a good thing I love m ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1630 <p>This vacation has been such a good time that I really can&rsquo;t get the The Go-Gos out of my head.<br /> <br /> All of the dirty little details won&rsquo;t fit, so here are the highlights:<br /> <br /> Syd Vicious and I had the unique opport ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1599 <p>Sure, by the time you read this, Christmas will officially be over, but this season is continuing to be jolly for everyone&rsquo;s favorite Carmen.<br /> <br /> I made a conscious decision to not attend the Swiss Christmas party because it happe ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1555 <p>I can&rsquo;t wait to get this week over with because I have soooo much to look forward to during the holiday season, especially since I&rsquo;ve taken Dec. 21 to Jan. 3 off from work. YAH!<br /> <br /> Sure, there&rsquo;s Christmas and all, but ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1535 <p>Holy crap, this winter wonderland has been busy with all kinds of action, so let me just jump right in.</p> <h2>The Supersuckers are the best rock and roll band ever</h2> <p>Wednesday night I grabbed Suzy Stump, and we happily hopped on the bars ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1482 <p>While Natasha has been busy getting grumpy about the holidays, I absolutely love it. This season is one of my favorite times of the year.</p> <p>Just today roommate Ian and I decorated for the season.<br /> <br /> I broke out my actual Charlie ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1450 <p>This week I became one of the luckiest girls in the world because I got something that&rsquo;s going to help me with my personal finances, safety and general quality of life.<br /> <br /> I got a roommate! <br /> <br /> Hellooooo Ian!<br /> < ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1415 <p>All my life I&rsquo;ve been fortunate to have great guy friends who have a true sense of humor and great ideas on how to waste time.<br /> <br /> Lately, one of my dudes, Ryan, introduced me to something that I&rsquo;m now completely addicted to ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1363 <p>I&rsquo;m on the brink of my 32nd birthday, and I&rsquo;m honestly discovering more and more that growing up is really, really hard to do.<br /> <br /> Sure, there&rsquo;s a school of thought out there that says, &ldquo;What the hell, why bother ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1356 <p>Dear Seattle: I&rsquo;m breaking up with you, and I&rsquo;m officially and forever over you.<br /> <br /> After you essentially kicked me out of your city and your county when I decided I wanted to buy a piece of property, we were pretty much do ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1315 <p>Now that summer has come to a screeching halt, the one place you can find me most nights of the week is on my black leather couch, duly dubbed &ldquo;Little Italy,&rdquo; watching TV.<br /> <br /> People, including my editor, Pappi Swarner, cons ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Carmen Jones http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1280 <p>When you&rsquo;re somewhat of a newbie Tacoman like me, getting to know this city can often be a dangerous adventure.<br /> <br /> But unlike what my ill-informed 206 friends think, I&rsquo;m not referring to misperceptions that people have abou ...