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Tempest Teapot's Blog
 

Bpal 5/5's

These oils are on the "I don't care how much I have, I'll still horde as much as I can" list. Yes, I'm a dragon/crow. *means I've got at least 1 5ml right now.   ~NEW~ Phobos (omg MUST HAVE) *Wolf Moon ('06) *Lycaon *Proshitapathika Chimera Velvet *Xanthe, the Weeping Clown *Hope & Faith, The Siamese Twins Hell's Belle *Euphrosyne Apothecary, The *Katharina Brisingamen March Hare Tweedledee *Unicorn, The *Death on a Pale Horse Dorian Roadhouse Love Me Amsterdam Danube Hamptons, The Machu Picchu Mag Mell Santa Eulària Des Riu
tempestteapot

tempestteapot

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Monster Alice's Blog
 

Plots and Plans

I'm having a lot of fun making A Little Something for my Switch Witchee. It involves scissors as the secondary tool -- I'm just saying, hint, hint.   My plan is to send 3 boxes, but whether that actually happens or not may be affected by the Mercury retrograde we're in right now....   I remembered to add another thing that I like -- origami. I've never mastered the crane, but I do a mean butterfly.
monsteralice

monsteralice

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reenie212's Blog
 

Etsy!

Here are some of the things I like at etsy:   MINT LUSTRE glass and swarovski earrings. I really love the mint green color!     Bohemian Hammered Copper Earrings I'm a big fan of hammered copper, and these earrings are stunning!     black, gold and pearl necklace This necklace is gorgeous!     SALE-Delicate Heart Necklace I really love this gold filled heart locket.     Goldstone w/ mini-heart 3/4 inch earrings. Oooh, these look super sparkly and pretty!     Golden labradorite and citrine, herringbone weave 14K goldfill earrings. Wow, these are gorgeous! I love the vintage feel.     Yasmeen I absolutely love these hoops, although they are way out of my price range.     Verdigris Swaying Leaves I love leaves!     brilliant tree pendant I love trees too.     Luminous Egyptian Pyramids VINTAGE CZECH GLASS EARRINGS I love emeralds (even fake ones!)!     Don't feel confined by this list! These are just some examples of the type of thing I like. If you make jewelry/knit/paint/make pottery/take photographs/etc., I'd love to have it!
reenie212

reenie212

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Odd Thoughts from an Odd Duck
 

Holidays and Holy Days

Since someone (can't of course remember who at the moment) so helpfully posted a list of all the holidays during this round, I thought I should mention which ones I observe/acknowledge/celebrate.   The definites:   3/1 -- my wedding anniversary (17 years this year. Wow. That means we've been together for 21 years. Our relationship is old enough to order its own rum and Coke to celebrate.)   3/17 -- St. Patrick's Day (About half of my ancestry is Irish. The other half is German) Unfortunately, the holiday isn't big in this area. I'll put a bit of decor up in my office anywho.   4/22 -- Earth Day (There is normally some sort of local celebration, and I may go this year. I'll definitely plant something.)   The maybes:   I wasn't previously aware of International Women's Day. I'll have to google that one.
odd_duck71

odd_duck71

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captain diana's log
 

salon decants

Bat-Woman: out of the vial, it's a light, fresh, clean scent. slightly perfumey, but very pretty and soft. Reminds me of very expensive french-milled soap. drydown: moonflower, soft floral. very pretty! not something i would typically wear, but i wouldn't turn my nose up at a bottle!   Isle of the Dead: sharp fir-tree notes, like a pile of stickey pine needles. drydown: very faint pine notes, deep heartnote of something sticky and slightly bitter. interesting, but surprisingly soft. it's very classy... i wish it were a bit stronger, though.   Death of Sardanpal: spicy! cassia-type notes over something sweeter, almost like a faint citrusy note, probably the lemongrass. drydown: vascilates between spicy & sweet (honey/wine), and slightly citrusy, almost like citronella. there's also a note in there that's a bit dry and sweet, like tobacco. it sounds odd, but it is very elegant and sophisticated.   And there was a great cry in Egypt: already reviewed.   Carceri D'Invenzione: a pretty sweetness that smells a lot like the honeysuckle bush that used to grow in the back yard of the house where i grew up. something a little more substantial, powdery, but sweet. drydown: i want to bathe in this. it is so sweet and soft, slightly tropical. it reminds me a bit of the scent they pipe into the lobby of Treasure Island in las vegas. total winner.
Diana

Diana

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Eoywin's Blog
 

Switch Witch Help

I promise I will update my wishlist by the weekend, I promise!   I have super dry skin, so I always need lotion. I also love candles and tarts (I'd love some more Dark Candles and some more Fat Cats tarts). Foody / Fruity scents work the best.   I love villianess soaps, but am always willing to try out new bath products.   I love writing, and do sometimes at work when things get slow/boring. I usually keep a small blank notebook in my purse for this purpose. I can always use more small blank notebooks because I fill mine up really fast.   I think that's all for now!
Eoywin

Eoywin

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Whiskers and Whispers
 

My kitty has passed away.

My gorgeous little kitty cat has just gone to the other side now.   She had to leave today-I just got a call that she was so weak today that she couldn't eat, sleep or move much. A neighbour had to take her to the vet where the only option was to put her down. Now the house where she lived is so empty. I'll never hear those odd clicks and 'rrrrr' noises she used to make instead of meows. I'll miss her purrs and her soft fur and those bright white whiskers against a black face, her flashing green eyes, her elegant mannerisms-she was so expressive and intelligent, and so gentle-she'd never hurt a soul. Now without any feline presence in my life, I feel so lonely. The death of a pet is unbelievably harrowing to go through. It's the second time I've had this now. At least I still have her memories and I know she's still there, albeit in a place that I cannot reach for now-it almost feels like my departed loved ones are on the other side of a plane of existence, another dimension or universe that feels so close that I could touch it, and yet is physically inaccessible. But they are not gone completely.   RIP my beautiful furry friend. You're with your sister now, in a happier place.   eta: I just heard from my mum's friend who was looking after kitty as she slipped away. She mentioned seeing a pink glow in the conservatory where the cat used to sleep. It was probably a sunset reflection but I think it was more than that...I think she was saying goodbye as she followed the sunset, to join her sister among the stars. I think she's truly happy now.   I am wearing BPAL Bastet in her honour, as she was always a true divine feline to me.
yeahbutnobut

yeahbutnobut

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Korshka's BPAL Ramblings
 

Pictures, Pictures, and More Pictures!

I have bunches of pictures for you today. Maybe later I will write a real entry.   Mika and Brutus Playing   They are getting much better about playing and look how much Brutus has grown! Before: http://korshka.googlepages.com/IMG_1246-2.JPG Now: http://korshka.googlepages.com/Closing-the-Size-Gap.JPG   Other Pics: http://korshka.googlepages.com/Clash-of-th...uite-titans.JPG http://korshka.googlepages.com/PinDown.JPG http://korshka.googlepages.com/Playing1.JPG http://korshka.googlepages.com/Mine.JPG   My New Bling Bling I finally broke down and bought a scent locket from BPTP. I used my smellie money and a little from my tax return to pay for it. I was worried it would be too big, and it is fairly large, but I think it works. I love, love, love the design. It is very beautiful. Inside is an oval piece of black felt with Dragon's Milk. I thought when I first put it on, that Dragon's Milk is too soft a perfume for this, but it has gotten a little stronger. Now I get soft wisps of sweet, creamy dragon's blood. So nice - and no going all powdery like it does on my skin. Yay! Now I need to remember all the ones that smelt awesome in the bottle and did horrid things on my skin. http://korshka.googlepages.com/Locket.JPG
korshka

korshka

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Monster Alice's Blog
 

Switch Witch Spring 2007

Got my assignment, squeeee!   We don't have much in common, so I'm jumping on the stuff that matches my experience. I figure since I know I can get close with that, I'll start there before trying riskier things.   I wish she had included her size, but given everything else about her, I'm going to guess she's a Small.
monsteralice

monsteralice

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circe_blue's Blog
 

School woes

School Woes: Good news-The apartment complex I'm living is fixing things up, renovating, adding hardwood floors, washers/dryers, modern kitchens. including high speed internet and electricity to the monthly rent, etc. to the units.   Bad news-everyone who is currently living here are expected to leave and not come back till Spring '08 once their lease is up. So I'm pretty much out of a place to live once May comes up.   WTF. Seriously. I expected that once I had signed on to live here I wouldn't have to move again, but now I do? If I had known that this was going to be the situation, I wouldn't have lived here in the first place. It's just not worth it, to go through the hassle of packing all of my crap up, placing it into storage and bring it out again once I find another place. And moving back in '08 wouldn't be worth it either since I'm a grad student, and I'd be leaving soon after. This is a college town so housing is rough. Every place has a waiting list, or doesn't rent to students at all. One place near this university has a waiting list that goes back to 2005(!) Ugh. It's just really annoying. Also, I had planned to do summer independent research up here, but because of the lease thing, I have to place to live, I can't. People who wanted a place to stay during summer looked a while ago, and again, I didn't want to have to move my furniture. This on top of other school things.   I had spent hours and hours researching papers and sent a bunch of them to my professor so he could approve them or suggest which one I go for. Instead the first line of the e-mail I get back from him is "Sorry, I'm not excited for any of these" and later "Try looking for so-and-so, I might have a copy lying my office". I hate it when a professor has a paper in mind for you to do a presentation on, and not only doesn't tell you what it is, but wants you to attempt to download it from the internet. Where exactly? "Oh, just google it". This last part is a problem because I do not subscribe to any journals, and I sure as hell am not going to drop $32 for one 12 page paper. And, my school's library does not have this particular journal. Grr. I think he should've just lent me that copy so I could photocopy it or whatever intstead of playing e-mail tag for 3-4 days when I could be doing work He has given copies of articles to other students before, and when I asked him about this one the last week, he just told me to e-mail him. Ugh. I'm really frustrated. I hate hate hate doing presentations and I like to be as prepared as possible, and it looks like I'm not going to be as prepared as I want. Arrggghghhg
circe_blue

circe_blue

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Everything's Better with Ninjas in It!
 

First post - yay!

Hey all -   I'm mainly on LJ, instead of here, but I kind of felt like I should post something since I'm participating in the Switch Witch for Spring 2007.   I'm a total geek and dork - I love computers, roleplaying games, crafts, and pets. I have three cats, and I hope to get a dog soon. I love the community here - it really impresses me, how kind everyone can be, despite the occasional bad apple. I'm high strung and nervous a lot of the time, but I like to relax, too.   I plan to fill out some of those quizes in the Switch Witch thread, but I haven't really had a chance yet!
ktesedale

ktesedale

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Whiskers and Whispers
 

I think my kitty will die soon.

She's still alive, but I've never seen her so weak before. She's got stomach tumours, just like my other cat, but not as painful so we're not putting her down just yet. They're eating away at her life though. She's so old anyway, I knew it would be the end soon, I just didn't expect it to be that soon...I just hope I can see her again next weekend. It will be so sad to no longer have that feline company I loved so much.  
yeahbutnobut

yeahbutnobut

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Golb? Blog? Bolg?
 

List

Just a list to help me sort out what to order next.   Bottles: Obatala Sudha Segara Lightning (for my sister)   Imps: Eden White Rabbit Alice Arcana Dormouse Shanghai Kumiho Sed Non Satiata Dana O'Shee Hetairae Empyreal Mist Brisingamen Dublin The Unicorn Coyote Antique Lace Croquet Athens Pele Zephyr   Water of Notre Dame Wolf's Heart Block Buster High John the Conqureror Van Van   All of the Panacea blends
Maia

Maia

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Is Anybody Out There?
 

Play it again...

I don't want to go to school.   And next quarter I'm going to be whining about how much I miss this quarter.   Actually, I don't miss last quarter. I miss some things about last quarter, but not everything.
smallvoice

smallvoice

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Diplomatka
 

Payday

The last three days of the month are always my least favorite. I am not sure how this happened, but in my previous office (in the building that was torched during the riots) and in my new office on the third floor of another building, I am right next to the fucking cashier. This means that on the last three working days of every month nearly all of the 700 Afghans working for my organization come in to get paid.   So for three solid days, there are at least fifty Afghan men (and sometimes two or three women) crammed into the narrow 3-foot wide hallway in front of my door. They like to stand in front of my office door (which opens outward), essentially blocking anyone from entering or exiting. Often, I try to open the door, only to hit someone, who will then refuse to move. If I have to walk down the hallway to anyone else’s office in the building, the bearded men in their turbans and patus stare at me as if I were naked. Added to this is the smell and the noise. The smell—well, it defies definition. I can best describe it as a mix of sausage pizza, wet dog and used maxi pad. The heat of the summer amplifies the odor.   These people like to talk while they are waiting on their monthly pay. They talk loudly and ceaselessly, forcing Schwig, my Cheesehead officemate, to go out at least three times a day to announce, “Bubakshah (excuse me) shutthefuckup. Tashakour (thank you)”. Telling the crowd to quiet down usually works for only a few minutes as there are soon more people cycling in, getting their cash, and leaving.   This is another aspect of my life in Afghanistan I don’t want to forget about. The bureaucracy, the virtually non-existent banking system, the lack of faith in the existing banking system, the dearth of running water or perceived importance of bathing; the way the men stare at women who are not in burqas, the way this stare makes me feel. I have mixed feelings about Afghanistan. I hate it, especially on days like today when I cannot fly out to Kazakhstan because of snow, but then there is the guilt of having to leave good people behind. Good people who only want to earn a little money, own a house and watch their children grow up. The guilt of being a person who just can’t relate to their situations and their needs because I have never and will never experience such circumstances.   More on that later—got to finish washing clothes.
Confection

Confection

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Sourball Ho!
 

Retail Denial

I know I probably spend too much on what others might consider incidental or frivolous: perfumes, incense, candles and soap especially. This money could very well go towards more responsible things, like paying off the mortgage or saving for the eventual new car. I realize this, and still shop for little things anyway. Am I in denial?   Side story: there were some eBay auctions ending on Saturday that another forumite was holding -- I've actually met her in real life at a couple of Meet-n-Sniffs and she was very generous with her substantial collection, so I wanted to pay her back for her generosity. I gave myself a certain amount max to bid, and first thing Saturday morning I was sniped on a GC bottle I was bidding on. It really irked me, especially for a catalog blend, but I know in order not to be sniped I have to bid the very very maximum I am willing to spend. If someone snipes that, I have to be comfortable with the fact that they wanted it more than I did. So I bid extremely high on a rare bottle and won!   I was telling DH about it at dinner that night, and when I got to the end he rolled his eyes and asked, "how much was this tiny bottle of perfume?" I started to explain that this bottle was rare and that was the only one I purchased from her, but of course felt ridiculous doing so.   But I've justified to myself that it's more than a tiny bottle of perfume: this is a hobby. I have a nice-smelling hobby. I like smelling nice things and smelling like a nice thing.
dawndie

dawndie

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Is Anybody Out There?
 

More quiz me stuff

If I were a dessert, I'd be tiramisu... who'm I kidding? I'd be a pint of the best haagen daz. If I were an alcoholic beverage, I'd be hot buttered rum. If I were a type of music, I'd be Nightfall, by David Lanz. If I were a color, I'd be pale blue. If I were a fruit, I'd be a pomegranate If I were an animal, I'd be a white tiger. If I were a story, I'd be emo. If I were a car, I'd be a toyota. If I were a poem, I'd be my own. If I were a bird, I'd be a crane. If I were a BPAL oil, I'd be Et Lux Fuit. If I were a country, I'd be India. If I were a mythological being, I'd be a naiad or meliae (hamadryad of the ash tree) If I were an article of clothing, I'd be a well worn and loved hoody. If I were a reptile, I'd be a boomslang, and disappointed that I wasn't chocolatey. If I were a natural disaster, I'd be a monsoon. If I were a plant, I'd be a lilac bush. If I were a planet, I'd be Neptune. If I were a tree, I'd be a white birch. If I were an album, I'd be Our Lady Peace, Happiness is Not a Fish If I were a fabric, I'd be fleece. If I were a work of art, I'd be a Renoir. If I were a book, I'd be a fantasy. If I were an element of human emotion, I'd be hope. If I were a constellation, I'd be Leo. If I were a season, I'd be Winter If I were a flavor, I'd be Chai with milk and honey. If I were a geographical feature, I'd be a still pond. If I were a shoe, I'd be a fuzzy slipper. If I were an M&M, I'd be dark and blue. If I were a queen, I would have both national tea time and nap time. If I were a song, I would be an unfinished symphony. If I were a light source, I would be a scented candle. If I were a stone, I would be aventurine. If I were a kind of panty hose, I would be silk stockings. If I were a movie, I'd be a box office flop, but eventually I'd have a cult following. If I were a spice, I'd be cardamom. If I were a cosmetic item, I would be lip balm If I were a hot drink, I would be homemade cocoa. If I were a sound I would be discordant. If I were a famous person in history, I would be Anne Bonny. If I were a sport, I would be poker. If I were an actor, I'd be Angelina Jolie. If I were a musical, I would be the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. If I were a number, I would be 1. If I were an invention of humankind, I would be air conditioning. If I were a sexual item, I would be a silk cord. A long one. If I were an instrument, I'd be a cello. If i were an element I would be be fire.
smallvoice

smallvoice

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Monster Alice's Blog
 

100 Things About Me

100 things about me   1. Books fill my house, both on shelves and in heaps and cartons. 2. I have two dogs, both are mixed breed and come from the local animal shelter. 3. I’m not planning to attend, but 2007 is my 25 year college reunion. 4. I went to a women’s college, Mount Holyoke in central MA. 5. I’m childless by choice. 6. I have two cats, they come from the same litter from a feral mom. They are friendly, however, and like to cuddle. 7. I’m really short for someone who had good nutrition growing up. 8. I spent four years in a tight brace (a Wilmington Jacket) that went from just under the arms to my hips. I was being treated for scoliosis and I wore the brace 23 hours a day to force my spine back into position. 9. I was reading at a college level by 5th grade. 10. During the years that I was being treated for scoliosis I read an average of three books a day. 11. I used some of my hours out of the brace to go horseback riding. 12. I’d like to be an alpaca rancher. 13. My husband and I have been together for nearly 19 years. 14. I’m a tech writer by profession. 15. My hair is long, straight, and fine. I keep it my natural color, which is near-black with a silver streak just off of the center of my forehead. 16. I wear an XL or XXL/18 or 20, depending on whether the size runs large or small. 17. I love cicadas. During the last 17-year emergence I would walk down the road picking them up and putting them in trees and bushes, so they would die where it was cool instead of on concrete or macadam. 18. I grew up walking distance from an art museum, so I developed strong tastes in art fairly young. 19. I like Pre-Raphaelites, Art Nouveau, and illustrators whose pictures look like the part of the story they are depicting. I also like most Asian art, most African art (but especially ancient Egypt), and most Meso-American art. 20. I dislike most schools of art that look like the paint was thrown at the canvas, or are just big blocks of color. 21. I love theater. 22. I have season tickets to one of the local Shakespeare theaters. 23. I think it’s ridiculous to spell theater, “theatre”. 24. I was born right on the cusp of Scorpio and Libra, but there was a complication with my breathing and by the time I took my first breath it was Scorpio time. 25. I like beads and making jewelry. 26. It’s a good thing beads are smaller than books, because I really can’t resist them. 27. Okay, I confess, I have four boxes full of beads of all types. 28. I couldn’t control my credit card debt, so now I purchase everything with cash, which I replenish once a week. 29. I want to get a new-to-me used car this year. (Even though it means I’ll have a monthly car payment again.) 30. I love station wagons. 31. I tolerate my current car, which was affordable but is a sedan. 32. I usually drive a car into the ground before getting another one. The car I have now is my fourth in nearly 30 years of driving. 33. I’ve had one new car. I’ve concluded that it just isn’t worth the extra money to be the first owner. 34. I’ve been to England and Eire, but not Scotland (yet). 35. I love cloth of all kinds, and have lots of it, though never enough… 36. I like to sew, but I prefer to make historical garments rather than, say, work clothes. 37. I have two quilts in progress, one in WV and one in VA. 38. I’ve realized that the one in WV is actually pretty hideous – there are so many different fabrics that it’s hard to see the orderliness of the patchwork. I think I must have been manic when I was working on it. 39. I also spin yarn, mostly with a drop spindle, but I have a spinning wheel. 40. I collect pictures of people spinning. 41. I used to weave, but space issues have kept my loom folded since we moved into our house. 42. I’m bi-polar, as well as clinically depressed. I’m medicated for both. 43. I hate taking vitamins, but I do it to keep my husband happy. 44. I’m the oldest of my siblings. 45. I have two nieces, 9 and 5. 46. I sometimes enjoy cooking. 47. Most of my cookbooks are for international cuisines, though I do have The Joy of Cooking. 48. I’m over a foot shorter than my husband. 49. I let the animals get up on the furniture. 50. I wish I had more friends, but I’m not very good at starting or maintaining friendships. 51. I like the paint chip cards you can get in home improvement stores. 52. I once reupholstered an easy chair. It was not as hard as I expected, but it did take some specialized tools. 53. I like dark chocolate. Back when Hershey’s Special Dark was the only type you could get, I’d fight with my Dad to get the few Special Dark in the bag of Halloween miniatures. 54. Halloween is my favorite holiday. 55. I love The Nightmare Before Christmas. 56. I like malted milk balls and chocolate covered cherries. 57. I rarely drink coffee at work, because it’s a pain to make. 58. I have lots of tea at work, and I always look for tins to keep the different types in. My biggest tea tin is in the shape of a pink elephant. 59. I have toys on my desk. Most of them are Pabo figures of pirates, but I have the Fightin’ Eleanor of Aquitaine, D’Artagnan, and the Ice Witch from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (courtesy of McDonalds). 60. Also thanks to McDonalds I have the doll version of Capt. Jack Sparrow. 61. My favorite movie maker who no one else has heard of is Peter Greenaway (Prospero’s Books, Drowning by Numbers, Pillow Book, The Cook, The Thief…) 62. My favorite color is red. 63. I like to work with polymer clay, particularly the Premo brand. Mostly I cover small boxes and make jewelry. 64. I have a dozen matchboxes waiting to be covered. The best type of box is the type of tin that mints come in. I can’t get enough of those. 65. My holiday tree has many more skeletons on it than the average tree. Also more mermaids, and many, many more sheep. 66. One of my guilty pleasures is cherry Jell-O with canned peaches in it. 67. I like reading about archeology. 68. I read comic books, primarily those in the “Vertigo” line from DC. 69. I’m female, straight, and monogamous. 70. I like to make small block prints. This is usually called “eraser carving” though I don’t always use erasers as the printing black. 71. I’ve been inside the oldest roofed structure in the world (Newgrange, in Ireland). 72. I like spicy food, particularly hot peppers. 73. I keep a bottle of Tabasco sauce at my desk. 74. I like sushi, and always order eel, herring, and salmon roe. 75. I like pickled herring on crackers, too. Sometimes I get the type in sour cream. 76. I like creamed chipped beef on toast. Someone has to… 77. I like caviar, and get the cheap grocery store variety as a treat. Goes great on scrambled eggs. 78. I haven’t been able to eat scallops since an unfortunate incident of food poisoning decades ago. Which is a shame, because I like shellfish in general. 79. I’ve eaten (musk) rat. It was terrible. 80. When I make mac and cheese I like to put tuna fish and pickled hot peppers in it, then add a little A-1 Sauce at the table. 81. My religious path is eclectic neo-pagan, with a leaning towards vodou. 82. My magical practice is hoodoo. It’s practical, flexible in material requirements, and very adaptable. 83. I like to live near running water. The houses I grew up in, and our retirement house, all have streams on or near the property. My current house is on a creek that was forced underground in the 1930s – and yes, with enough rain it comes back up, right at a join in our foundation. 84. When I dream, I’m usually a black dog. My mother also experiences dreams this way. 85. I like mix tapes. I like to pick a theme, usually a book or movies, and pick out music that matches it. I also like to make collages for the covers. The one bad thing about switching to mp3s is that there is no point in making a collage for a playlist. 86. I like paper, all types of paper. I use it to cover boxes and to make small books. 87. I collect kid’s picture books with pretty illustrations. I keep some for myself, and give the others to my nieces. I buy most of them used. 88. I have no bump of direction. 89. I don’t like to shop at a malls if I can help it. I feel overwhelmed by the quantity of stuff in one place, and pretty soon start to feel guilty about being an over-privileged American. 90. Despite anything appearing above, I am not a goth. 91. I’m still on dial-up. 92. I don’t watch TV. I used to, but about 15 years ago we moved into an apartment so small there was no room for a TV, so we got out of the habit. When we got a house we were too cheap to buy a TV set, then when we were given a set we didn’t want to pay for cable, so we just never got back into it. We really don’t have time, anyway. 93. I like wool socks. In cold weather I like to wear them to bed. 94. In hot weather I sleep in the nude, and usually without a top sheet. 95. I don’t have enough closet space, so I use the trunk of my car as auxiliary storage space. 96. My big extravagance in the last year was buying an 8-foot table to do crafts on. 97. I get pedicures more often than manicures. 98. One of my favorite artists is Joseph Cornell. 99. I like musicals, and just saw “Into the Woods” for the first time. 100. I am tattooed on my right upper arm and my back. I have tattoos of a mermaid, Thoth, a labyrinth, the Lady of the Beasts, Scythian horseheads, and a great blue heron. Eventually I plan to have a half-sleeve on my right arm, and possibly one on my left also. I don’t intend to get any tatts in places that aren’t coverable until after I retire.
monsteralice

monsteralice

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Is Anybody Out There?
 

From the Quiz Me! forum

For SW help and general fun:   1. What is your favorite season, and why? I love them all, but I really love early winter/late fall, when most of the bugs are dormant because it's so cold, but it's not bitterly cold.   2. What is the most awe-inspiring or beautiful thing you've ever experienced? Being in love. Getting married. My sacred memories, too.   3. Which songs are guaranteed to make you cry? I Hope You Dance. 4am by Our Lady Peace used to do it to me, too, but for a very different reason.   4. Which ones are guaranteed to make you dance around like a giddy idiot? Breathless. Video Killed the Radio Stars. A few others.   5. Which book most changed your life or outlook? The Chronicles of Narnia   6. What was the most awkward time of your life? High school.   7. What do you adore the most in all the world? If you're really asking me what, it's my ever growing freedom from anxiety and depression ruling my life. If you're asking who... My husband, my mother, my cousin, my best friend, my cat, my sister, brothers, their children and my in laws.   8. What irritates you the most? People who drive really slowly when I'm in a hurry.   9. When were you happiest (besides now)? My wedding day.   10. What is the perfect meal for you? So long as it has a good dessert...   11. If you could dress in the clothes of any era, what would you wear? 1930's glam   12. What are your best dreams about? Life   13. What is your best "I was so drunk..." story? My husband's "Donnie's dead!" story- I've never been drunk.   14. What is the story of your first love? The story? Exhiliration, little birdies singing disney songs outside my window every morning, a ray of hope like nothing I'd ever experienced entering my heart, excitement like nothing else, feeling beautiful for the first time in my life, that sense of breathless desperation like, "This is IT. It HAS to be...", being incredibly naive and learning my lesson about trusting something that's too good to be true, becoming cynical and angsty and heartbroken and angry and self destructive only to eventually find my way to my husband, who would have formerly entered the category of "Too good to be true" but really, he's too damn good not to be true. There is no end to the story.   15. What is your favorite painting? It really depends on my mood. I ADORE Renoir- there's something about seeing the pieces in person that changes my whole perspective.   16. Who is your favorite Shakespearian character, and why? I don't know.   17. What is the best concert you've ever attended? I don't like crowds enough to go.   18. What is your favorite indulgence or vice? Indulgence: BPAL. Vice: Sweets.   19. What is your greatest regret (again, "no regrets" doesn't count!)? That I can't say I have no regrets. I would do things differently, given the chance, so it's a good thing I can't.   20. What is your favorite physical aspect of yourself? My hair.   21. What is one very interesting fact about you that hasn't yet been shared? I was in New Orleans just over a week before Katrina hit.
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Ghastly ghostly

Gah, the bit I've been dreading. I'd love to ramble on and on about how I never take a good picture, how this is the only recent one I have and I don't normally look this deathly. But the truth is I do normally look this deathly and rambling isn't a very effective diversionary tactic in a blog. The camera doesn't lie, especially when held by a six year old . Being photographed talking to my eight year old and standing in front of a dark cupboard probably wasn't the most flattering setup. Oh bugger it, you get the idea....  
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Blah blah blah me me me

Here are a few of the questionnaires I've struggled through lately.....   Layers of You   "Inside the Actor's Studio"   Because I know you like answering questions...   What's in your purse?
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If you knew me at all...

You'd know that...   *I hate the sound of tinfoil being crumpled   *I love cats   *I hate the smell of roasted nuts carts   *I love eating cookie dough. I always have to make extra, so that I have enough left to actually make cookies. magtongue.gif   *I hate silver jewelry, but love gold jewelry.   *I'm a huge cuddle slut, and I love curling up and snuggling with people I love.   *I hate almost all forms of peanut butter. The only kind of peanut butter product I can eat is Reese's peanut butter cups.   *I hate people who have no backbone, and don't stand up for themselves or their beliefs   *I hate helicopter parents, who constantly badger their kids, and don't let their kids make their own mistakes and decsions   *I love pumpkin (baked goods, pumpkin lattes, pumpkin chocolate, pumpkin body wash/soap, etc.)
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Layers of Me

LAYER ONE: -- Name: Maureen -- Birth date: Oct 3 -- Height: 5'9 -- Righty or Lefty: righty -- Zodiac Sign: Libra!   LAYER TWO: -- Your heritage: Irish & German -- The shoes you wore today: Brown & Ivory Adidas -- Your weakness: indulging lots of chocolate -- Your fears: That people will abandon me. That I'll never graduate. That I'll fail at life -- Your perfect pizza: Fresh mozzarella and basil! -- Goal you'd like to achieve: Becoming a super successful social worker, and help remove children from abusive environments   LAYER THREE: -- Your thoughts first waking up: I want more sleep! -- Your best physical feature: legs and hair -- Your most missed memory: All those crazy drunken nights with friends in highschool   LAYER FOUR: --- What instruments can you play? none. I'm super musically challenged. Although, I love playing the hand bells, but that doesn't particularly take much skill --- Are you ticklish? yes --- Are you shy? I'm super shy when I fist meet people. I'm much more outgoing around my trusted circle of friends though --- Are you a morning person? Not at all. I'm totally a night person   LAYER FIVE: -- Smoke: I don't smoke cigarettes, although I smoke cloves occasionally. I'm a huge hookah (shisha) addict though -- Cuss: Ugh, I hate the word "cuss". I curse! -- Sing: Not in public, and not for other people, but I occasionally sing in private for myself -- Do you think you've been in love: Yes. -- Like(d) high school: I did actually. I went to two different highschools (transfered for junior/senior year), and I have a great group of friends from both schools that I still cherish to this day. -- Want to get married: I do -- Believe in yourself: Eh, it depends on the day. I'm working on it -- Get along with your parent(s): I get along fabulously with my mother. My father is a huge abusive asshole, and I hate him. -- Like thunderstorms: Yes.   LAYER SIX: -- What do you want to be when you grow up? a social worker/therapist. I just want to be loved and to love and be happy in general. -- What country would you most like to visit? Ireland, Mexico, Scotland, Greece, Switzerland, Germany. Oops, that was was more than 1. magtongue.gif I love traveling, I desperately want to travel more.   LAYER SEVEN: -- Number of CDs that I own: A whole bunch, although they mainly exist on my ipod these days. -- Number of piercings: Two holes in each ear, and a closed up belly button hole, and a cartilege piercing. -- Number of tattoos: 0 -- Number of scars on my body: 4 surgical scars on my stomach from a shunt installation and a gall bladder surgery. Multiple scars on my head from cracking my head open 3 times, and having 4 brain surgeries. Scar on my knee from falling while running in a cross country meet.   LAYER EIGHT -- What crafts do you do? Photography. I would love to learn how to knit though -- Number of languages you speak: I speak english fluently, and I have a beginner's grasp on Spanish, although I'm trying to become fluent in that as well. -- Number of books you read in a year: A bunch I don't really keep track.   LAYER NINE: --What's your favorite season? Fall --Who's your favorite figure in History? Henry the 8th --Hair Color? Auburn red. I have the prettiest hair ever. My mom has forbid me from dying it ever, since so many people would kill to have my hair color
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