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| Sunday, May 18th, 2008 |
ailbhe
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11:38p |
Not for the squeamish: Milk and snot and potatoes
Life when you're one and three-quarters: constant swallowing makes it easier to breathe, so you glug milk like there's no tomorrow. Eventually, the mucus you're swallowing is rejected by the stomach or points north thereof, and comes back up, bringing with it all that lovely milk and several totally unchewed lumps of potato. Then the fever sets in and we can all heave a sigh of relief that at long, long last your immune system has decided to get cracking.
Oh, but now it's MY fault you're poorly and I'm utterly rejected in favour of Daddy. Until you want milk again, presumably.
It's hard to sleep when you're ill like this, though. For, ahahaha, everyone.
(As I recover, Rob is getting worse, and as Linnea recovers, Emer is getting worse. Oh well.) |
docbrite
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5:13p |
Report I'm hating the Cymbalta this time. Am experiencing narcolepsy -- yes, actual narcolepsy, where I unexpectedly fall asleep for a few minutes or more at a time. Can't wake up in the mornings because too much coffee makes me nauseated. Actually, I feel vaguely nauseated most of the time, but that might be because I'm not eating enough. I wasn't even able to do very well at the crawfish boil yesterday, and they were some of the biggest and best ones Mike has boiled in a long time. (I had a good time, though, and not as much trouble as I expected being around people and making conversation like an actual human, though one out-of-town friend who may or may not have been a little squiffy kept trying to put me on the phone with various unknown friends and relatives back home -- "Poppy! Talk to my sister!" I just ran away whenever I saw her coming at me with a cell phone.) Fortunately, we don't go to Grand Isle for the food. I just want to walk for hours on the beach and collect flotsam and empty myself out. I have the trip this week and a nice birthday dinner at Commander's Palace with Chris next week, but nothing to do on my actual birthday, which is May 25, a week from today. If possible, I would like my friend HST (no, a different one) to take me to the firing range so I can fire my first shots on my birthday. However, I'm too knotted up inside to call or even e-mail and ask him. I know he is reading this, so, in the typical, annoying passive-aggressive fashion of a pheasant under glass, I am asking him here. HST, please drop me a line if you want to, though I probably won't get it until Thursday or Friday. I'll have my cell phone with me in Grand Isle too, though service is occasionally unreliable on the island. I know you are probably knotted up too and I figure blasting away at things can only help us. My back hurts a lot, probably because I've been spending most of my time in bed rereading the Dark Tower books. I have some sort of fake-ass Darvocet from India, but am trying to save it for the trip, especially the aftermath of the car ride. Re: shooting, I'm strong enough in my shoulders and arms from weightlifting that I don't think the weight of a .38 will bother me, but I'm worried about my hand strength, so I bought a squeezy thing. Now I can't stop playing with it. That is my one-week-before-turning-41 report. I know it reads pretty bleakly, but hey, next year I'll be 42 and I'll have the answer. [Addendum: I won't be posting until I get home, either. I hear there's high-speed Internet access on the island now, but you couldn't pay me enough to sully one moment of my time there with it.] |
taraljc
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5:27p |
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sartorias
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3:02p |
swashbuckling Battle-Axe ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ninjahijinx offered free icons for anyone coming by, as a way of generating interest in their art and comics website here. I asked for a middle aged lady with some swashbuckling style, figuring, hey, even if it's only within the bone casing of our skulls (or mine, anyway) old bats can bucket too, eh? So I got this engaging icon, true to promise, meanwhile I'd gone exploring the site. Here's what amazed me--they've got a site for teaching art students world building as well as comics design. World building. Wow. Storytelling has been taking on so many different shapes with the interconnectedness of the web, I am still marveling. (And planning to splash around in the waters of podcasting, soon as I get a quiet morning! What else has been all that drama training for>) |
botmo
[ arielstarshadow ]
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3:33p |
Dwarven Necklace and Class Results The dwarven necklace is finished - well, not really because I have to re-do it due to the horrible job of crimping I did (it's really bad). I'm also not thrilled about the clasp, but it was the best I could find. I may wander through Fire Mountain's online catalogue and see if something jumps out at me. The dwarven necklace didn't want seed beads - most emphatically DO NOT WANT, it said, and then pouted for the rest of the week until I went to the bead store for the Beginner's Class (but also to seek out something to finish the necklace with. Here's what I came up with: Sorry that middle one came out blurry, but as you can see, I found a focal - they'd gotten in some bigger beads of the same type of agate, and there was this one, which had lots more green than the others, and that's exactly what I wanted. The smaller beads have green, and I wanted something to help make the green pop a little more. I think I succeeded. After that, I just finished it off with two more freshwater pearls on either end and a goldstone bead. But where are the matching earrings, Star? you ask. Well, the cheapy headpins I got at Hobby Lobby are too thick - the pearls won't go on them at all. So the earrings will have to wait until I either make my own headpin (I know how to do this now!! And I can create wrapped links!! WOOT!) or find a finer gold-colored headpin. This past Saturday was the beginning wire and crimp class at the bead store, so I took it. As stated above, I now know how to make wrapped links! I have to practice a LOT more, though, as mine tend to look a little wonky. But at least they are secure. In fact, I couldn't get a good enough shot, but the earrings below are made with wrapped loop link thingees, and I did them! I'm not thrilled with the design of the bracelet, but we were given very limited types and numbers of beads (they came in a little plastic baggie "kit" so given that, I think I did well. I started out with something much more visually interesting, then quickly realized I didn't have the beads to pull it off, so had to go with something else to get the required length. Then, I had more white pearls than red, so my options were again limited. At least, everyone else in the class liked it. The earrings are actually starting to grow on me. If they grow on me enough, I might re-visit the bracelet and even make a necklace as well. |
| Friday, May 16th, 2008 | |
bruce_schneier
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4:26p |
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| Sunday, May 18th, 2008 |
decantations
[ xanthvamp ]
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4:06p |
BPAL, the WISH LIST OK... since BPAL is so big, this is the post for just my BPAL stuff. I'll post my other wishlists, when I make them, in another post ;). ( The Wish List )The MUCH shorter current impable top 25: BEWITCHED - blackberry, sage, green tea, wild berries and dark musk. BLOOD - Essence of dragon's blood resin, thickened with myrrh and cherry, with a trickle of clove. BLOOD KISS - Lush, creamy vanilla and the honey of the sweetest kiss smeared with the vital throb of husky clove, swollen red cherries, but darkened with the vampiric sensuality of vetiver, soporific poppy and blood red wine, and a skin-light pulse of feral musk. THE HESPERIDES - Their perfume is that of sturdy oak bark, dew-kissed leaves, twilight mist and crisp apple. JUKE JOINT - Kentucky Bourbon, sugar and a sprig of mint. KILL-DEVIL - Sugar cane, molasses, oak wood, and honey. LIGHTNING - The electric tang of ozone, marine notes, and a drop of sharp rain. TEMPEST - The scent of the first gentle rain before the storm. UNDERTOW - lotus and juniper with a hint of mint. EMBALMING FLUID - A light, pure scent: white musk, green tea, aloe and lemon. CARNAL - Bold, bright mandarin paired with the sweet, sensual earthiness of fig. PERVERSION - Smoky rum and black tobacco with a whisper of steamy leather with a splash of crystalline chardonnay, layered over a sensual, sweet, and deceptively magnetic base of tonka. AKUMA - blood orange, neroli, and raspberry. ALICE - Milk and honey with rose, carnation and bergamot. EAT ME - Three white cakes, vanilla, and red and black currants. THE RED QUEEN - Deep mahogany and rich, velvety woods lacquered with sweet, black-red cherries and currant. THE KNAVE OF HEARTS - Crushed roses and blackcurrant tarts. TITANIA - white grape, white peach, iced pear, musk rose, sweet pea, moonflower and snapdragon. TOMBSTONE - A rugged, warm blend of vanilla, balsam and sassafras layered over Virginia cedar. COCKAIGNE - milk and honey, sweet cakes and wine. DRAGON'S HIDE - Dragon’s blood, leather and a hint of smoke. MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY - The scent of Irish coffee, dusty tomes and polished oakwood halls. OBATALA - Obatala’s ofrenda is soft, white and pure: milk, coconut meat, shea butter and cool, refreshing water. OSUN - Her ofrenda is thick with honey and herbs of love, passion and desire. NOSTRUM REMEDIUM - Black tea leaf, invigorating wasabi extract, sweetened by honey. ( Scents I want in a bottle. )Waiting for from decantmonkey, to see if bottle's desired: ( Incoming )When I determine which imps I'm actually willing to part with, I'll let you know. I am a hoarder, you see. But there are some that either I'm not a huge fan of or just don't work on me. So... soon. Really. ;) Current Mood:  contentCurrent Music: Indy 2/fussy Devin II"m not wearing anything today) |
evil_enablers
[ whitephoenix ]
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3:55p |
Selling things and an ISO. A few of my recent acquisitions don't really work for me, so I thought I'd pop by and see if anyone would like them? Shipping's included, of course. ( BPAL, DSH, and TAL: )Meanwhile, I just received a decant of PheroGirl: Dominance from Mara Fox, and I adore it. It's wonderful. It's also sold out at the site. Did anyone receive a decant or bottle that's now unloved? *hopeful* |
james_nicoll
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4:40p |
Kids these days
Went to MacDonalds and ordered a $1.49 cheeseburger. The clerk rang it up for a final total well over $2.50. When I observed that that seemed unlikely, he supported the case that it was $2.50+ by observing that that value was what the machine told him to charge. I was grumpy and would have ended the conversation by cancelling my order.
In the end, he figured out that he had punched the wrong button but it took the manager to straighten things out.
On the "the issue isn't "kids" but clerks - possibly tired clerks - who may be too dependent on their registers" front, I know that I also managed to completely derail a woman at a grocery store by handing her some extra coins after she rang in the value of bill I had given her. The idea was to make the change come out to a nicer value (non-penny containing) but the actual result was that she was terribly confused, couldn't work out the right change even with a calculator, and then took my word for what it was supposed to be. |
evil_enablers
[ ferol163 ]
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4:34p |
Yet another sales post... I ALWAYS prefer swaps, but I will sell if need be. I need to clear this stuff out. My wishlist is here, towards the bottom. Paypal to Ferol 1006 at aol dot com. If purchasing only imps, please buy at least three. Shipping $2.00 within the US, $3.50 to Canada and the UK. If you have any questions, want pictures of labels, or want to negotiate a price, just leave me a comment. I'm pretty easy. ( Smelly goodness beneath the cut... ) |
evil_enablers
[ jayzoe ]
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3:08p |
UPDATE: Villainess Sugar Cookie Whipped group order from Ivy Keep Original post here -- UPDATE: I got an email from the Ivy Keep that says the Whippeds have arrived! They should be shipping on Monday, so hopefully I'll have them in my hands soon and I can ship them on to you! Yippy!!!! |
decantations
[ belfrey ]
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3:57p |
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cadhla
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12:50p |
For those who asked... Current Mood:  chipperCurrent Music: Seanan McGuire, 'Wicked Girls Saving Ourselves.' |
evil_enablers
[ vintaged_lust ]
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2:53p |
Sylph's Springtime Bazaar Will ship to US and international (add $1) locations Perfumes 1-2 bottles $3.00 3-4 bottles $3.50 4+ bottles $4.00 Soaps $3.00 Other Bath products $5.00 - $7.00 depending on quantity and product ( Lush, Villainess, BPAL, and Propaganda ) |
evil_enablers
[ crystal_star_ss ]
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2:31p |
Is it hoarding if you didn't know you were doing it? Since Day 1 of trying it, I've been in love with Villainess's Shanghaied soap. Really, I don't think I've ever been this enamoured with a beauty product and regularly USED it. >o< Once I'm a poor college student, I won't be able to buy it anymore! Solution? Stock up now, just a few bars ^^
So I was organizing myself this weekend...and I found my 'just a few bars' came out to 9. NINE bars of soap. [Hey, they've had lots of sales lately *blush*]
I'm definitely good for a year xD
Just a little story I had to share...simply because [to me] to have so much of one thing is strange.
Anyone else had moments like that? You turned around and said "...I didn't buy THAT many, did I?!" |
evil_enablers
[ miss_isis_uk ]
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8:28p |
The bad timing bump! Click here!I have added new bottles of BPAL, Arcana, HAEE, NA and Possets to my sales post. I also have some BPAL seasonal soap bits which I desperately want to swap for the other seasonal soaps I don't have (anyone got L'Estate? *begs*) I'd love to get this stuff cleared before I go away next week. |
thebratqueen
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3:16p |
*looks cute and hopeful* Does anyone out there have the Battlestar Galactica soundtracks for s1 and s3? I ask b/c there's a couple of songs off of each that I'd like to have but unfortunately they only come in complete CD form. Anyone out there able to hook a sister up? *bats eyes* Current Mood:  hopeful |
fledgist
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3:11p |
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bpal_swaps
[ sadtomato75 ]
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1:40p |
to add to my swap list in addition to the bottles for swap i listed in my last post, i have the following 5mls to swap:
- Chrysanthemum Moon
- Sleepy Moon
- The Emathides
i've got feedback on bpal.org under sadtomato :) |
fledgist
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2:13p |
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cmpriest
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1:04p |
May 18, 2008 This afternoon at 2:00 p.m. Cory Doctorow will be at the library, signing books and being cool. I know his schedule says the “Seattle Public Library,” but it’s not the downtown one; you’ll find him at the Ballard branch, 5614 22nd Ave NW.
I’m going to zoosh out and pick up a copy of Little Brother as soon as I’m finished with breakfast, so I’ll have something new for him to sign.*
* Yes, I know what time it is, thank you very much. And alas, his other books are still in storage at my dad’s in Kentucky, where I stashed some of my finer favorites before making the cross-country drive.
[Crossposted to/from my website. If you'd like to comment, you can do so either here or there.] |
browngirl
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1:52p |
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fledgist
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1:45p |
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fledgist
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1:04p |
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beadslut
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11:49a |
Hat Parade Watching the Kentucky Derby has reminded me how very much I love hats. There are some bad hats out there, though. Good Hat  Bad Hat  It's not that hard, is it? |
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