Blogs

Featured Entries

Mod post: No wishlist posts in blogs

By Silvertree February 7, 2012

Please be aware that we do not permit swap-related content on profiles or in blogs. Please post this content only in the For Sale, Swaps, and Wanted forums, or in the Wishlists topic. ~from Swapping 101 Thanks!
- 5 comments
- 5,102 views

My patience is shot...

I think I'm finally at the point where if one more stupid thing happens with wedding stuff, health issues, or things involving specific people in my life, I'm going to just start screaming a string of obscenities while throttling the first person I come across. The wedding? Oh God. We can't pick a date, now. At all. Until C. hears back from her doctor, or the surgeon she's supposed to speak to, over what's going on with her back at the moment? Pffft. We're basically in a state of engagement stasis. She's got a bone chip on the fused spot of her spine, where the biggest, nastiest curve from her scoliosis is. I still am not certain I understand why they decided to fuse vertebrae together after the curve bent titanium rods, but there you go. So now everyone is shocked that there's a bone chip drifting around, which has been there for at least two years, giving her all kinds of issues. Nobody saw it on an x-ray until October, when a doctor down in Toronto peeked at it and went "How did people miss this?!". Ugh. This same doctor has also stated that he feels the curve is reasserting itself after years of not doing anything at all. Which is bad. Which is actually so bad he felt the need to tell her that if she doesn't get this looked in on, it's likely going to be a fatal health complication due to compression of internal organs. This would, I'd think, label it as an urgent situation. It's now almost December, and she can't get her own doctor to take it seriously enough that he'll get off his ass and do anything. His answer to the bone chip was to suggest physical therapy. The surgeon? Bleh. Nobody ever answers the phone at his office, so it's either finding the voicemail totally full, or listening to the phone ring and ring until a message gets left, that never gets returned. The doctor in Toronto hasn't been in his office for the past week, so she can't even get ahold of him to let him know what's going on. So, with this in mind, we're both eyeballing things and thinking it might be a good idea to continue to hassle the doctors every damn day, so we can find out when she'll at least get her consult with the surgeon, even if it pisses everyone off. If it's just the bone chip and nothing else that needs to be dealt with? Great, we can schedule the wedding, it won't be a big deal. If anything is happening with the curvature, as it still hasn't been totally confirmed, and this thing requires more extensive surgery? We're dicked until we know when the surgery itself is going to take place. Then there's the issue that swung around earlier this afternoon. Because someone has to come out to take a look at the thermostat in the cabin, and refill the propane tank, her mom made this gigantic issue about getting the cabin cleaned. At 10am. While we were on the phone. And complained that C. was not doing anything to try to help, beyond get in the way. At the same time as stating she "didn't have the time for this". I sat here and choked down my urge to ask to have the phone passed over, so I could inform her mother that it's nice to knock and see what's going on before blowing a door to a different living space open to rush in and clean, especially given the fact that the propane guy is not going to give a flying fornication about whether or not there's a half empty bag of chips sitting on a desk as opposed to in a cabinet when he comes in there tomorrow. Boundaries, much? It's called privacy. Considering C. pays them rent, I'd like to think she can get some of this every so often OMG. This also makes me wonder if we'll have her mother trying to come over once or twice a week to clean our apartment and complain that it isn't up to her personal standards. That ought to be fun. Two people with Fibro and other assorted ailments, in the same house, while one has to work a full time job to float most of the bills? Yeah, it's going to be a little messy. No, it's not going to ruin anyone to see some dust and cat hair drifting around. As long as stuff gets done, fine, whatever, it can happen on the weekends or in little spurts over the course of the week. A living area should not have to look like a museum anyway. I think I'm also a little more pissy over the interruptions than I otherwise would be, since C. and I were starting to have a conversation that was veering quickly toward a potential round of phone sex. If there's ever a way to wreck a mood, it's having a parent walk into your dwelling space unannounced. Everything else is pretty much standard. School is school, my health is still up and down as usual, etc. This contact dermatitis thing can hurry up and leave whenever it wants. Holy God, it itches. The only time it felt completely okay was while I was soaking in a hot bath before bed.

heartbreakangel

November 30, 2007

LieanaIylea's Blog

...

i am soooooo bored.. two posts in one day....... what's wrong with me?

LieanaIylea

November 29, 2007

LieanaIylea's Blog

ack...

hmm.. well.. first post.... ah well not a big flippin' deal. but oh well, still trying to figure out how this site works........ *yawn* i'll get it some day. but now i have a question: does anyone here play runescape or gaia? Runescape: Lieana212003 Gaia: Iylea Lieana of Hyrule

LieanaIylea

November 29, 2007

Welcome to the Abatoir

Philosophy of love

I feel sick to my stomach. My mind is knawing away at its own devices out of complete frustration with the opposite sex. I have this animal urge to obtain something that is mine and only mine, love if you will. But that alone negates the purpose of being wonderfully entangled with someone, if you want them for you and only you. No such thing exists and to want to obtain that is to desire the domination of a free trandscending body, which I don't want. I don't want to dominate someone and capture them into liking me, I'm just tired of watching romantic comedies about how these two people miraculously fall in love though some random encounter and then live happily blah blah. Good lord, Garden State was such a great movie and I love it, yet at the same time I never want to see it again! I got the soundtrack though, its dank. Anywho, I have some faith left that two people could intersubjectively (philosophically speaking) come together as one and be in love without domination or jealously or without the attempt to control one another. They could just exist as two Daseins in the blanket, under the blanket, cuddled up. Man I'm a cheeseball deluxe, but i don't care. I am madly infatuated with my Philosophy teacher and its a stupid thing on my part. A) because its distracting, the cute little things he does and the way he talks and his funny sense of humor and amazing taste in music, etc etc. because he is my teacher and teacher/student relations are a big fat no no. C) because I am almost positive he has a kid (barf) and who knows, perhaps he is attached as well. I know I have control with how nose over tail I can get, but at the same time I feel as though I'm completely helpless to his sexiness permeating and fogging my brain. Argh Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to really get what I want. I mean REALLY. Like to have him approach me one day and ask me on some casual date and then all of sudden push comes to shove and we're doin' the no pants dance in his giant bed. I really wonder what that would be like. I have to heed to the old saying that once you get what you want you never want it again, but hey, who said logic has to apply to a teacher student fling? Lord help me.

Meshuganah

November 29, 2007

Odd Thoughts from an Odd Duck

Extra Switch Witch Questions -- Winter 2007 round

Secondhand goodies? Absolutely, provided that they are hygenic How do you prefer your brownies? nuts are fine, prefer them in small pieces on top. Chips are a bit gooey for me. Frosting makes them too sweet. Appliance? (Sure, it's on the questionnaire, but we all want to know what you put anyways.) A blender, because that's what my brain feels like most of the time. Saliva issues? I will share beverages with the husband, the furkid, and one friend. My mom won't even let my baby have the last couple of bites of my lunch unless I transfer it to a paper plate. Close friends and I nibble freely off each other's plates in restaurants. In particular, my husband's best friend and I share similar taste in food, so often it's "You order this, and I'll order that, and then we can taste both of them." Band names you've always wished were used? Dionysian Debauchery Allergies to fibers/dyes? General preferences? Wool makes me itch. Preferences -- the softer the better. My friend laughs at me when we go shopping because I have to touch everything that looks soft. If it looks soft and then isn't, I feel a bit ripped off. Can you/do you burn candles/tarts/incense? Yes, yes, and yes. I use mostly unscented candles, but I do like sandalwood and a really good strong cinnamon when I can find it. Just developed the tart habit thanks to forumites, but don't have many yet. Burn headshoppy incense like a maniac. One of my goals in life is to get my house to smell like a pagan shop. How do you unwind after a terrible day? Depends on what flavor terrible it was. If I'm angry, I clean until I exhaust myself. If my feelings are hurt, a bath and a good cry. If it was a hamster-wheel day, zone in front of a movie I've seen a thousand times. Package rating? Knowing the girls here, I'm a little hesitant to say "any" but I shall be brave. Any. Ornaments? yesh, although my tree was skinnier than the package led me to believe. Small is good. Favorite candy? Pixy Stix and Lindt white chocolate truffles. In my closest group of IRL friends, the truffles are known as "candy bones" -- friend's dogs (my niece the poodle and my nephew the rat terrier) had these little bone shaped treats that they loved so much we joked that they must taste like candy. Hence they became candy bones. When we discovered the truffles, we liked them just that much, so they also became candy bones. BPAL in your SW box? either way is fine. I haven't thoroughly perused the last few updates, but if you think I'll like it (whether it's on my wishlist or not), I'll happily test it. Oops, I don't think I've crossed off stuff from Autumn round and a couple of recent forum purchases. Must do that. No worries if you dupe something though. Other B&B products you haven't tried yet (do you like being enabled)? I'd love to be enabled to most anything that will have positive effect on my Sahara skin and hair. The sugar scrub I got last round has been quite a success, but for some reason I hesitate to use it frequently enough. I should look the company up online. Once I assure myself that there is more, I'll probably loosen up about it. Links to good sites with easy DIY bath stuff recipes are equally welcome. Searching for a conditioner that will keep my ends from getting crunchy without making the roots greasy. Would also love something moisturizing that goes in the tub. I like my water a bit hotter than I really should, so it would help to even things out a bit. Gift ratings? again, I'm hesitating a bit here, but I'm gonna go with any. How did you find & fall in love with BPAL? Kind of an interesting story actually. Summer 2006, my best friend ran away from home for five days, went home for one night, and then lived with us for a month. This month has become known as Hairfest 2006 because we bought a bunch of hairband video dvd's and watched them all the time. This was kind of an "oh shit, this is what happens when you bury important parts of yourself for too long" for me. (The running away, not the dvd's) So one weekend the three of us were wandering around Hastings and happened on a copy of Gothic Beauty. They insisted that I buy it. There was an article about the lab and it sounded fantabulous. It took me a few more months to actually check it out, but when I did I found the forum and that was pretty much it. Gothic Beauty and BPAL have been big parts of my year of "more like me, less like you" Favorite holiday movie/TV specials? the Grinch! (animated of course!) The Rudolph with the island of misfit toys, most of them really, but Nestor the long eared donkey scarred me for life. Don't like that you'll shoot your eye out movie at all, have seen the one about the suicidal guy and the angel once. Love, love, love Miracle on 34th Street (any of them). Unusual (or not!) things you collect? I'm most actively pursuing the rebuilding of my gargoyle collection. (You said you're fairly new to witching, so I'm guessing you don't know me. Therefore, by way of explanation, a few years ago our lives took a huge left turn at Albuquerque. Details aren't relevant, but it resulted in about 2 1/2ish - 3 years in a church. I now refer to it as my Momentary Lapse of Reason. And because I was trying to be a Good Girl and do and believe what I was told, I got rid of a lot of my paganish schtuff. (a nice portion of my jewelry escaped by hiding, hee hee hee, and I found it during a Mercury retro. I was beyond excited.) Eventually of course, my inner Goth, inner pagan, and inner feminist banded together, kicked Miss Repressed's ass, and locked her in the attic for a change. And now I want my gargoyles and dragons back, dammit. Favorite comedian/comedy troupe? Um, I'm not so much into comedy. There was this guy that I saw on was it Showtime? years ago who was hilarious, but I've long forgotten his name. He had Korean parents, but grew up in Texas. So just the Texas accent coming from the Korean body was funny enough, but he had this routine about guys using flowers to get out of trouble and there was a conversion chart -- this offense equals this many flowers. Organic? Indifferent? I go organic when I can, but I live far enough from civilization that not everything is available or affordable. I'm wanting to make contact with the local Weston-Price (?)folk; I hear that quite a bit of good schtuff is available from individuals. Homemade? certainly not required or even expected, but much appreciated if it shows up in a box. Anything you can't ask for IRL? art supplies. No one would have a clue what to get me. Spicyelenore sparked an interest in painting and decoupage, and I'd love to give ATCs a shot. So those little packies of glueables would be lovely, as would ATC blanks. If you saw the Halloween issue of Somerset Studio you'll have a good idea of my taste. Stones/gems/etc? um, yes? I listed a few favorites on the questionnaire. Socks? The wilder the better. I especially like bright pink. Doctor Who? Haven't seen it in years. Loved Tom Baker. D&D? no The only people I knew in college who played were quite into illegal recreational substances, so hanging with them wasn't so much of an option really. Favorite artist, both contemporary and classic? Victoria Frances, eep, I'm so gonna have to come back to this one. My brain is blank. Any tips for SW virgins? Stalk, squee, use lots of bubblewrap, get delivery confirmation. Most important -- Have. Fun.

odd_duck71

November 26, 2007

melusine's Blog

Gaming

Video Game Systems Owned (mostly courtesy of the boyfriend): Nintendo Super Nintendo Nintendo 64 GameCube Wii Playstation 2 Playstation 3 Gameboy Advance Nintendo DS Video Games I Play/Have Played and Enjoy: Brain Age Clubhouse Games Final Fantasy I, IV, VI, VII, and VIII Guitar Hero Karaoke Revolution 1, 3, and Party Katamari Damacy and We Love Katamari Mario Party 4 and 6 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Justice For All, and Trials & Tribulations PixelJunk Monsters Puyo Pop Fever Rock Band Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2 Computer Games I Play/Have Played and Enjoy (on a Mac or iPad): Battle for Wesnoth Civilization Drop 7 King's Bounty Lemmings Mah Jong Medley Plants vs. Zombies RollerCoaster Tycoon The Secret of Monkey Island Shadow Era SimAnt SimCity Solforge Warlords Words With Friends Zoo Tycoon Board & Card Games I Like Apples to Apples Carcassone Cockroach Poker Euchre Magic: The Gathering Scrabble Skip-bo Uno

melusine

November 25, 2007

melusine's Blog

Movies & TV Shows

I like to watch. Movies I Like (* means particular favorite; all anime and foreign films best subbed over dubbed): The Adventures of Baron Munchausen All About Eve Amelie Annie Hall Back to the Future Battle Royale* Being John Malkovich* Blade Runner Brazil Brick* Broken Flowers Cold Comfort Farm* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Dawn of the Dead* Die Hard Dogma* Donnie Darko* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* Fargo Ferris Bueller's Day Off* Fight Club The Frighteners Ghostbusters* Ghost In The Shell Ghost World The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly The Graduate Groundhog Day* Heathers Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hot Shots How The Grinch Stole Christmas The Hudsucker Proxy* Inglorious Basterds Jaws* Joe Vs. The Volcano Labyrinth The Last Unicorn Legend Lord Of The Rings (all three) The Matrix Memento Men In Black Monty Python And The Holy Grail* Monty Python And The Meaning of Life Mulholland Drive The Never-Ending Story* The Nightmare Before Christmas Perfect Blue The Player Pulp Fiction* Punch Drunk Love The Purple Rose of Cairo The Princess Bride* Princess Mononoke The Royal Tenenbaums Rushmore* Say Anything The Secret of Nimh Space Balls Stand By Me The Star Wars Trilogy (the original one)* Stranger Than Fiction Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the original live action one) The Terminator Terminator 2* This is Spinal Tap Time Bandits The Truman Show 12 Monkeys* Unbreakable* Wait Until Dark Wall-E Wayne's World* Watership Down* When Harry Met Sally Whisper of the Heart* Willow* TV Shows I Like (* means particular favorite; all anime best subbed over dubbed): Alias America's Next Top Model The Big Bang Theory Breaking Bad Buffy The Vampire Slayer (mostly just the first three seasons)* Castle Cowboy Bebop* Dead Like Me (mostly the first season) Degrassi Jr High (the original) Dexter (mostly just the first two seasons)* Elementary Homeland House Hustle Jeeves and Wooster Justified* Mad Men* Misfits (UK) Monty Python's Flying Circus* Mr. Show My So-Called Life* Nurse Jackie The Office (UK) Princess Tutu* Roswell Seinfeld* Serial Experiments Lain Sherlock (UK) The Simpsons (mostly the earlier stuff) Skins (UK)* The Sopranos* Star Trek: The Next Generation* 30 Rock Trigun True Blood Twin Peaks* Veronica Mars (mostly the first season)* The Vision of Escaflowne* The West Wing The X Files (the first few seasons)

melusine

November 25, 2007

littleone101701's Blog

Turkey Day

Turkey day wasn't awful. My aunt wouldn't change my family's meeting n eat time because my lazy ass cousin "couldn't wait that long" so we just went to DH's. I went to my gramma's at like 9:30 last night because she stays up til 3am just like me. I found out that my asshole cousin didn't even show up so I'm even more pissed at him. Jerk's on welfare, won't pay my gramma rent ($100 a month for a 2 story house with at least 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom), won't work, but has money for beer and cigarettes. Sometimes, I hate my family. DH's wasn't too bad but I played with the nephew and pretty much ignored everyone else. I made a point of say that the best part of JJ(nephew) was that he has a return policy. DH's mom wasn't amused. He's getting cuter and is trying to talk now. He won't say yes when you ask him a question; he'll smile REALLY big and giggle. If you ask him to say yes, he'll shake his head no. I assumed he wouldn't say Jess either because it's so similar to yes but he tried. I am now "jah" and DH is "uncah". Pretty cute, I must say. I forced DH to hold him muahahaha! I'm annoyed with them all over again because they wanted Toys R Us giftcards or money for today so JJ's mom could go and buy what they need/want for Christmas instead of telling everyone something. Okay, that's cool if that's what they wanna do. I was under the impression that they were going to wrap it all and let the little nerd open them at DH's parents' place on xmas but nope! So now I have no idea what our money is going to and wtf is the fun of having an 18 month old at xmas if you can't see him tear into stuff and giggle a lot? Jerks. How was your Thanksgiving?

littleone101701

November 25, 2007

melusine's Blog

The Music List

Musicians/Bands I Love: Tori Amos (Scarlet's Walk and earlier) Bjork Ani Difranco Lisa Germano Yoko Kanno Metric (and Emily Haines' solo work) Beth Orton (first three albums) Liz Phair (first three albums) Radiohead R.E.M. ('90s and earlier) The Smashing Pumpkins Tangerine Dream Throwing Muses Amon Tobin U2 (mostly the '80s and early '90s stuff) Vangelis Suzanne Vega Faye Wong Musicians/Bands I Like: AFI The Antlers Fiona Apple David Arkenstone Badly Drawn Boy Sara Bareilles Barenaked Ladies (the first two albums) The Beatles Beck Belly Bloc Party Boards of Canada Bright Eyes The Brilliant Green Kate Bush Catatonia Neneh Cherry Counting Crows The Cranberries (first two albums) Julee Cruise The Cure Dead Can Dance Lana Del Rey Dessa Dido The Dresden Dolls Duran Duran Enya Esthero Evanescence A Fine Frenzy Florence + the Machine Matthew Good P.J. Harvey Sophie B. Hawkins Imogen Heap Kristin Hersh Veda Hille Hole Hum Michael Jackson ('80s stuff) Jimmy Eat World The Juliana Theory Ladytron La Roux Letters To Cleo Love Psychedelico Madonna Aimee Mann Sarah McLachlan (first three albums) Mediaeval Baebes Moby Moist The Mountain Goats Moxy Fruvous Muse My Chemical Romance Joanna Newsom Nirvana Nine Inch Nails (some) Heather Nova Sinead O'Connor Babatunde Olatunji OneRepublic Paramore Pet Shop Boys Pink Portishead Elvis Presley Pulp Rasputina Damien Rice Rihanna Santigold The Shins Sloan Snow Patrol Regina Spektor Supertramp The Tragically Hip ('90s and earlier) Weezer Kanye West (some) The White Stripes Amy Winehouse Musicians/Bands I Can Take or Leave: Bryan Adams (some of his early songs are all right; don't like the newer stuff) Aerosmith (like a few of their hits) The Beach Boys Christina Aguilera The Cardigans Collective Soul Crowded House (love a couple songs, not so keen on the rest) Delerium Depeche Mode Garbage Goo Goo Dolls Green Day Heart Whitney Houston Led Zeppelin Lisa Loeb Matchbox Twenty Alanis Morissette No Doubt Oasis Our Lady Peace Pearl Jam Poe Red Hot Chili Peppers Maaya Sakamoto (mostly just like the stuff Yoko Kanno composed for her) Skunk Anansie Soundgarden TLC Musicians/Bands I Dislike: Backstreet Boys Toni Braxton Coldplay Celine Dion Avril Lavigne Limp Bizkit Nickelback N Sync The Offspring Rammstein Britney Spears Spice Girls Sum 41 System of a Down Shania Twain Musicians/Bands I've Liked A Song or Two By, But Haven't Pursued Further Yet: A Fine Frenzy The All American Rejects Aqualung Azure Ray Bif Naked The Birthday Massacre Bloc Party Butterfly Boucher The Colour Death Cab For Cutie Fall Out Boy Alana Grace Gary Jules Lifehouse Modest Mouse Morcheeba Placebo Remy Zero Tool Yellowcard Veruca Salt Classical Composers I Like (my exposure is admittedly limited): Bach Chopin Mozart

melusine

November 25, 2007

Thoughts from Yuggoth

Samhain: Mmmh. Gnhh. Raargle.

WANT MORE! ...That is all.

Jenesis

November 25, 2007

Abstract Associations

Review: Lick It, Lick It Again, Lick It One More Time

Lick It: What else could possibly be more lickable at Yuletide? This is a candy cane perfume, minty, sweet and sugared. Lick It Again: Every holiday season should be full of lewd suggestions and filthy double entendres, right? This is a new take on last year's Lick It -- a peppermint candy cane with an extra jolt of sugar. Lick It One More Time: Every holiday season should be full of lewd suggestions and filthy double entendres, right? This is a new take on Lick It and Lick It Again -- a peppermint candy cane with a flash of vanilla and an extra jolt of sugar. Reviewed 11/23/2007 I realized that I have never reviewed any of the Lick It line when my bottles of One More Time came. So what else was there to do but put all three on and do some comparisons? Bottle: The original '05 Lick It is a very sharp, intense peppermint in the bottle, with just a hint of something sweet underneath. The '06 version is much more mellow to my nose, but '07 is very close to the '05 version. Wet: On application, all three go on very strong. '05 is immediately very sweet while still maintaining the sharpness of the mint. '06 softens as soon as it touches my skin, with the vanilla and sugar pushing the mint into the background. '07 reminds me of the original again, the peppermint staying strong as the sweetness swirls up, just like smelling a real candy cane. Drydown: The best wear comes from '05. It mellows considerably and has very little throw, but it lasts for hours if I bring my wrist to my nose. Smelling it is like licking your lips an hour after you've eaten a candy cane, a minty memory on your tongue. '06 has very little throw as well. The mint tends to fade out after a few hours, but the soft vanilla sugar lingers on my skin for much longer. There's something seductive about it, and it reminds me a bit of Snowblind. My skin drinks '07 like water. After less than an hour it is completely gone, with only a faint dusty smell left like I've been carrying around old books. Even the vanilla, which my skin normally holds on to for dear life, disappears without a trace. It's the closest to '05 in scent...while it's there. I love it enough to keep it and just slather it on every hour, but I'm wondering if the aging of the original is a factor in how well it stays so I'll be tucking a bottle away in a dark corner to see if it helps. If not, there's always a scent locket, right?

Rovylern

November 24, 2007

Ambitionless

Serenifly Tree

Kaylee: She is a mechanic and an engineer who loves strawberries, so a wrench, hammer, grease can, strawberry, or toolbox ornament would suit her. Jayne: He is a mercenary, so a gun, a holster, a jayne hat, boots, or something like that would be good. Book: He is a preacher. Well, books. Or prayer bead garlands, or a cigar (he likes cigars) Inara: She is a Companion, so anything fancy or Indian or Eastern would be good. A lipstick, a necklace, a lute ( I think she plays) Wash: He is a pilot and a goof. Hawaiian shirts and toy dinosaurs! River: She is childlike and ethereal and strange. A rag doll, or anything weird... ooo a mind-bent spoon Zoe: She is hardcore. A gun, A mustache (fan joke) Mal: He is the captain. A gun, boots, a spaceship Simon: A doctor's stethoscope (sp?), glasses, etc General: Christmas balls that look like planets, western-themed stuff like little tin cups, or leather saddles, ornaments in red, yellow, and orange (the Serenity logo's colors), and Chinese-themed ornaments.

Carmencita

November 22, 2007

Thoughts from Yuggoth

IGMO! (Yay for birthdays!)

Well, again, my Mum got my order She confessed she's been trying them all on! Go Mum European Order! Ordered: 25th OctoberCnS: 14th November Delivered: 20th November Ivanushka Samhain Perilous Parlor Gingerbread Poppet El dia de Reyes Vampire Tears March Hare Imp pack #1 1. Schrodinger's Cat 2. Katharina 3. Event Horizon 4. Embalming Fluid 5. Iago 6. Sudha Segara Imp pack #2 1. Bastet 2. De Sade 3. Fire of Love 4. Goblin 5. Whip 6. Incubus ...and (from the sound of my Mum's email) about twenty frimps! Hoorah! It's not actually my birthday until Dec. 14th, and I won't get these smellies until Dec. 1st, when Mum brings them up with her when she comes to my concert. I need my Samhain!

Jenesis

November 21, 2007

FG's smellies obsession

Current obsessions, wishes, yucks

I hoard/utterly LOVE and have in 5ml (but if you want to swap with me, I'll likely take more!): DEATH of AUTUMN, Spirits of the Dead, Minotaur, Oisin, Gypsy Queen GC loves: Morocco, Dracul*, Great Sword of War*, Black Forest I am fascinated by in theory but have not yet tried: Brown Jenkins, Hunter Moon, Voodoo Queen, Plunder, Great Whore of Babylon, Two Monsters, Eshe, Gennivre, Wezawine/Hold, El Amor et La Muerte, Green Phoenix, Mechanical Phoenix, Ivanushka, Shivering Boy, Christmas Rose* (for sentimental reasons want bottle even unsniffed) I *DETESTED*: Storyville (earwax!), Corazon (bile), Kingsport (underside of a dock), Monsterbait: Closet (cough syrup and metal), MB: Bloody Mary (cough syrup and feet), Zarita the Doll Girl (burning Barbie doll) *eventually to be a bottle buy

fountaingrl

November 21, 2007

Janet's Breeze

Jezebel

JEZEBEL
Biblical witch, priestess of Astarte, and general troublemaker. A true role model for today's upwardly mobile Modern Woman. A gloriously decadent blend of honey, roses, orange blossom and sandalwood.

I received Jezebel in a rollerball, mixed with jojoba.

Jezebel is SWEET. All orange blossom and honey when I first put it on, almost candy-like in it's intensity. It dries down into a softer orange, almost powdery on my skin but retains the sweetness.

I have to be careful with this one as it can overpower me with a sugar rush.

breezefaerie

November 20, 2007

Janet's Breeze

Hellfire

A scent celebrating Sir Francis Dashwood's Order of the Knights of St. Francis of Wycombe, also known as the Hellfire Club. A swirl of pipe tobacco, hot leather, ambergris, dark musk and the lingering incense smoke from their Black Mass.

Hellfire is the first imp I have ever owned and tried. I received it as a rollerball, mixed with jojoba oil.

The first time I wore Hellfire, I got all the rich smoky tobacco, the leather and smoke that the description promises. I wanted to be in a smoky cigar bar somewhere, listening to jazz and swirling warm brandy in a snifter. That only happened the very first time.

Since then, Hellfire smells very warm and sweet, very creamy on me. I really think that my skin amps sweet scents from the few imps I have tried. I like Hellfire very much as it makes me feel very warm inside.

I do miss that smokiness from my first wearing though ...

breezefaerie

November 20, 2007

Janet's Breeze

My Intro to BPAL

I was introduced to BPAL through another online community that I am an active member in, the LHC. Since first reading about BPAL I have spend countless hours pouring over the boards here, reading recommendations and reviews, reading about the different notes available in the different scents and how they play with one another. Apparently I have a new addiction! I have a huge list of what I want to try and a very small list of the few imps I have collected. I love the fact that BPAL takes inspiration from so many of the things I love, like HP Lovecraft and astrological signs. It amazes me that the names of the scents really do match the scent itself. I wanted to have a place that I could list what scents I have tried and what I want to try without having documents on different computers. (I'll admit, I'm bad and sneak minutes at work to read more reviews! ) That's what this blog will be for, a journal detailing my reviews for myself and my wish list.

breezefaerie

November 20, 2007

Ephemeris.

Updates

UPDATES 13/10 [Life//Notes]: Undergoing my first bottle sale as a result of the falling AUD. Breathe. it's okay. You still have 2 bottles of Midway Res. ;~; 25/08 [Life//Notes]: Quick Review guide uploaded. Random first impressions listed for frimps/blends I have received thusfar. Most of these equal the first batch on the waitlist for reviewing. Officially/Legally moving house 30/08/08. Many (4) assignments due one or two days before hand.

celestia

November 20, 2007

Thoughts from Yuggoth

IGMO!... Well, my Mum did!

As I'm at University at the moment, I get my BPAL orders (the Lab ones, at least) sent home, for a couple of reasons, mainly the shipping time fluctuations, but also housemates here are useless and never answer the door for post so I'd have to collect it from the PO every time. So every time a Lab order arrives home I get a bewildered email of "Some Alchemy potions have arrived for you" European Order! Ordered: October 30thCnS: November 14th Received: November 19th Black Forest The Lurid Library The Snow Storm - with a picture label, as far as my Mum described it to me. ...and seven frimps! (Namaste, Vampire Tears, Villain, Juke Joint, Seance and Oberon.) My Mum said that she liked The Snow Storm, and that it "smells wintery". I won't get to smell any of these until December 1st, when the parents are coming up to see my concert and bringing a few things, like a warm dressing gown, and smellies!

Jenesis

November 19, 2007

Ephemeris.

- E P H E M E R I S -

celestia

November 19, 2007

Ephemeris.

Katalogos

As a general guide-

Forever searching hunt for the perfect scents of:
Strawberries | Cotton Candy (fairy floss) |

I love the following kinds of notes/smells:
Sugared/Sweet Incense | Sugary Florals | Vanilla Bean
| Desserts | Violet | cream accord |
warm and musky Vanilla does especially and exceptionally well on me |
if all else fails, Amber with sguary sweet or creamy notes usually do the trick.

What does not work / i don't care for:
patchouli | red musk | wood | lavender | dark resins |
most BPAL honey| most BPAL sugar| some ginger | clove | lotus |
some sandalwood | piercing citrus | pine |
eucalyptus | orange anything | ozone

♥
Painfully constructed, divulged, extracted and over-analysed to collaborate a list of my utmost favourites.

♥
i had a good name for those and i obviously forgot it

BPAL Top Ten | swap list | current ISO
(i had a good name for those and i obviously forgot it)

What I am most wanting to purchase:
L'Autunno
Midnight on the Midway (original)
Fairy Market
Peacocks
Ava

I currently most crave:

Butterflies, Flowers, & Jewels Attending
Celeste
Candy Butcher, The (original)
Strawberry Sufganiyot
MB: Closet
Lump of Coal
Oval Portrait, The

Up and coming
Muddy Puddles
Muse of Fire
Battle Fairy in Training

Non-Bpal
Arcana- Lost for Words

All strawberry and/or cotton candy scents /blends
(non plastic is a MUST requirement) from other e-tailers.

Bottles
(picture labels; pristine condition; empty to full acceptable) :
Numbers record /keep track how many full 5mls i've bought to date.

(Empty bottle also good) Closet The Crumpet Rebellion Sugar Cookie 05

LE Australian Copperhead [1] Black Lace [1] [2] [3] Bloody Mary [1] [2] [3] Candy Butcher, The Closet [1] Fruit of Paradise [1] Glowing Vulva at Ryogoku Bridge [1] Haloes [1] Love's Philosophy [1] [2] [3] [4] Midway Resurrected [1] [2] [3] Perilous Parlor [1] [2] Peacock Queen 2007 [1] Snow, Glass, Apples [1] [2] [3] Snow White 2007 [1] [2] Sugar Cookie 2005 [1] Rose Red 2007 [1]

GC
Antique Lace Snake Oil (aged) [1]

Partials(would prefer fresh, 'young' partials to older, potentially wrong-smelling/over-aged ones)
Up to 1/2 a bottle is good:) Bottle, as always must be in pristine condition. Ava Muse of Fire Butterflies, Flowers and Jewels Attending

Imps: Any decants from my wanted-bottle list is also welcome.

celestia

November 19, 2007

Ephemeris.

Compendium

celestia

November 19, 2007

Ephemeris.

Memoria

Really busy, but i figured this was one of the more important aspects. Thanking the wonderful sellers whose items i have already received. Spendature to date: $xx.xx (Unbolded names indicate last transaction not yet received / accounted / paid for.) (duranorak and beazlebabe) to be included...computer not letting me edit the layout as usual. Will do tonight. burning_bryght (LJ) List of imps/bottles/scents received
Fruit of Paradise, Rose Red 2007, Gingerbread Poppet 2007, Fallen
The Candy Butcher; Hope: The Siamese Twins; Xanthe, The Weeping Clown
Chatrient (Bpal forum)
Bastet, Gluttony, Hetairae, Horn of Plenty, Knave of Heart, Madame Moriarity, Misfortune Teller, Rose Cross, Snake Oil (aged), Spellbound, Whip
Black Lace 5ml
Midway Resurrected 5ml; Midway Resurrected 5ml; Fruit of Paradise 5ml
claudiag (LJ)MB: Closet, MB: Underbed, Egg Nog 2007 empty 5ml -paid
Darkling (Bpal forums)Bloody Mary 5ml
engragedbunny (LJ)Black Lace 5ml
fullcircleagain (LJ)Beaver Moon 2007, Sugar Skull 2007, Rose Red 2007, Snow White 2007, Gingerbread Poppet 2007
habiliments / bookandbroom (LJ)Haloes empty 5ml -paid
Cheshire moon, Love's Philosophy -paid
halcyon_flight (LJ)Midway Resurrected empty 5ml
hayet (LJ)Australian Copperhead 5ml, Danube, Temple of Dreams
la_colere (LJ)Midway: Resurrected 5ml; Rose Red 2007 5ml
Mystery213 (Bpal forum)Lady Macbeth, The Hanging Gardens, Bloody Mary, Xanthe, the Weeping Clown, Blood, Titania, Dragon Tears, The Attrocious Attic
Opernimalus (Bpal forum)Amsterdam, Blood Rose, Brisingamen, Forbidden Fruit, The Hesperides, Jester, Jezebel, Port Au Prince, Seraglio, Siren, Skuld, Sudha Segara, Urd
Perosha (LJ)Crown of Success, Foundation of Fortune, French Creole, White light
Pugmom (Bpal forum)The Perilous Parlor 5ml
Voleuse (LJ)Black Lace 5ml
wylddancer (LJ)Beaver Moon 2007 empty 5ml; Hony Mone empty 5ml
xiangshui (Bpal forum)MB: Closet, Grand Guignol, Marie, Bayou, Midnight

celestia

November 19, 2007

Sign In

Blogs

Featured Entries

Mod post: No wishlist posts in blogs

My patience is shot...

...

ack...

Philosophy of love

Extra Switch Witch Questions -- Winter 2007 round

Gaming

Movies & TV Shows

Turkey Day

The Music List

Samhain: Mmmh. Gnhh. Raargle.

Review: Lick It, Lick It Again, Lick It One More Time

Serenifly Tree

IGMO! (Yay for birthdays!)

Current obsessions, wishes, yucks

Jezebel

Hellfire

My Intro to BPAL

Updates

IGMO!... Well, my Mum did!

- E P H E M E R I S -

Katalogos

Compendium

Memoria

Browse

Activity