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Fishnets and Frankincense
 

Lost dog karma, or spirit messenger?

I think I must have lost dog karma. Or maybe some lost dogs have valentina karma. Anyway, I got up this morning and looked out the window, and there was a German Shepherd-type dog running loose across the street. No collar, looking very lost. I went out and called it, but it was scared and ran off. I called animal control and told them to go looking for it. I don't live that near to a main street, but if the dog went about 6 or 7 blocks, it would encounter a busy street.   This afternoon after I went to lunch with my friend, I decided to drive back down to my office, because I'd left something there that I wanted to take home. I was kind of in a state yesterday when I left, and would have forgotten my head if it wasn't attached to me. So I'm crossing the intersection of a really busy street, and there's a smallish, German Shepherd type dog, running around the intersection. I turned and watched as people drove around it or slowed down, but didn't help it. I flipped a "u" turn and went back, pulled over, got out and got the dog. A man was right behind me trying to do the same thing, and we took turns hold the pooch as we waited for animal control. This dog was a young fella, collar but no tags, just been neutered, a sweet handsome pooch.   So was that my lost dog karma in action? And is it me, or was it a little weird that I saw two lost German Shepherd-type dogs in one day? They just wandered into my path. It seemed really symbolic, and considering my mood of the last couple of days, it really makes me wonder what that was all about.   I have a book on animal totems, and dogs are commonly associated with the various goddesses, especially huntress goddesses such as Artemis/Diana, Sarama (Vedic mother of the Dogs of Yama) and the Hounds of Annwn, the Celtic goddess. Dogs are seen as symbols of dependability, loyalty and faithfulness and my book says whenever the spirit helper is near, you will feel strong emanations of love surrounding you.   Lost dog karma or a spirit messenger, I'm glad I was able to help at least one avoid death by a 50-MPH SUV. I do loves the poochies!!
valentina

valentina

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Fishnets and Frankincense
 

to sleep, perchance to dream

Well, there's nothing like a good night's sleep to revive a person and my dream state must have cleansed my psyche of last night's abnormally wistful and weepyish fit.   I have the day off work, I'm going to meet a friend at a brewpub at noon for beer and burgers, and then I'm going to run off and enjoy the sunshine.   I would gather that BPAL cultists have really vivid dreams. Even if you didn't before, I'd wager that you did after you started using BPAL, because I think it has that effect. I think Beth is a shaman.   But dreams are great. Wild-ass shit can just whorl up out of the depths of the subconsciousness and you can have a real show for a while. (Does my adoration of the movie "Waking Life" make more sense now?)   I can tell the difference between "junk dreams," when my brain is simply blowing off the residuals of my day, and "big dreams," where I'm trying to tell myself something very important. I have gotten more efficient in my big dream process, for I had two of them last week, and they were brisk events. They got right to the point and I woke up from the power of the message.   I know a bunch of y'all are the same way, aren't you?   Dreams are fucking amazing. Ever had one that was a harbinger of something that was going to happen? That sense of deja vu, once it happens in your waking life, is pretty wild. However, I've gotten to the point that when it really happens, I think to myself: "Oh hell, I knew that!"   Did anyone else love "The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" as much as I did? You can pretend you've wiped your brain's slate clean -- but your heart still remembers. There's an enormous number of nerves in the heart center, I believe the concentration in that area is second only to the brain. I don't think their functions are entirely physiological machine-control, just like the brain isn't all about being a mechanical control center. There's something going on in the heart center that just doesn't articulate into words right away, but the emotional message is very clear.   I still am in a bit of a mood, aren't I? Well hell, that's OK. Tell me your weirdest dreams and make me laugh. Or tell me your saddest dreams, or most profounds dreams. I love 'em.   And for today and every day, smell divine and feel beautiful... someone always notices.
valentina

valentina

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Whiskers and Whispers
 

Ooh-wooooooo...ooo-ooo-oooooh...

If you hadn't guessed, that's the Doctor Who theme tune! I'm so excited because the new series has returned and is starting tomorrow! I love the new Dr Who, and I really want to track down some of the older episodes now.   Dr Who fans may want to check this silly link out for a laugh!   From time travelling doctors to real ones now...I think those sleeping pills my doctor prescribed me are really working. I needed something to reset my sleeping patterns into something a bit more normal (I go to sleep at 2am and get up at 11am-something induced by the drunk and stoned flatmates from hell at campus) but now thanks to those pills, I'm going to be early, and getting up early and feeling bright and awake (which is pretty incredible since I'm not usually a morning person at all!).   I think that little ritual with TAL Determination helped a great deal with me getting my coursework done-it's not finished yet, but it just gave me the impetus to get going and do some good solid work without distraction. I love getting those challenging questions done...they are daunting at first but when I get them done, I feel good!   I'm also excited because my Peony Moon order is winging it's way to me! I hope it gets to me before I go back to uni!
PurringPulsar

PurringPulsar

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Fishnets and Frankincense
 

(sigh)

Divas! The empress of this blogdom is going to fall under the spell of darkitysnark's third person Bob Dole-certified writing style tonight, since valentina wishes to disassociate herself with this sort of mood as much as possible.   valentina is terribly wistful, and almost sad. She may have to go sit around and cry to see if that helps. It was an emotional day at work, a long story that valentina doesn't care to recount, since it would turn into a detailed politics and government lecture and 'tina does know how deathly boring that becomes. Long story short, it was a day of goodbyes to people that valentina has known and worked with a lot of years, because they're leaving. Some of them 'tina knew longer and liked more than others, and a couple of them tugged very hard at the heartstrings.   It was an ending and it was bittersweet. Goodbyes are never easy, but valentina has to be thankful that she was able to forge such relationships. And there's also a beginning. The beginning is a little scary, maybe. Beginnings bring mystery and uncertainty, and like anything in life, there will be joy and sadness in what lies ahead.   valentina also realizes that she can be such an empath, but she normally assumes it's her imagination speaking. Several things in recent days have shown her that she should get out of her own way more often. 'tina has a bad habit of ignoring her inner voice, and her left brain and right brain spend a lot of time arguing with each other. Usually the left brain will overthink what the right brain is channeling out of her heart. Then the left brain realizes that the right brain was correct, and her right brain and her heart in unison say, hahaha, we knew it all along.   And even in the middle of all of this, there's a part of 'tina that is so fucking happy, she can't believe it. The empress of this blogdom wishes to inform you that tomorrow she has the day off of work and will resume her breezy first-person lingerie and shoe and BPAL chatter.
valentina

valentina

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Sourball Ho!
 

Idle hands

I thought I'd be heading down to my boss' house, but she emailed me last night and said she had a haircolor appointment that will suck up the morning so don't bother. So I caught up on a few little things, but then the afternoon became eerily quiet. I went for a walk and came back to no emails or messages. I watched Dr. Phil (while cleaning up in the kitchen & den), and no one called or emailed.   I think people are unofficially planning tomorrow off -- Boss Lady will be going until noon and her kids get up, then she's off too. Tomorrow's going to be dead dead dead. You know what that means: shopping! I'll probably place an order for the Villainess update. I should decide what to get Mom for her birthday next week. I need a small clothes and shoes update, so I'll poke around.   I should also do practical things, like vacuum and hang up a couple pictures that we bought frames at Michaels for and I've put the pictures in. If I'm really motivated, I should lug out the sewing machine (it must weigh 50 pounds, my grandma's old one) and finally finish my sleepshirt -- with cute bacon-and-eggs fabric! I have a pile of fabric that I've bought to make shirts and pillows and I should finally do something. Or take the embroidery silk I bought at an estate sale (a big bag, probably 50 spools, for $3) and add a design to a shirt or sweater.   Or, knowing me, I'll do none of the above
dawndie

dawndie

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Filling the Periodic Table
 

The pictures I promised!

Do you guys have any idea how hard it is to take pictures of your own hands? Excuse the fact that I'm tossing in a ton of pictures but no one picture really captures it.     A close up of the ring on my finger:     A close up of the ring with the ring I wear on my left middle finger (It's a bonzai tree, it was a gift from my dad):     A little less close-up:     In context with the other ring and my watch:     The amazing glow in the saphire:
antimony

antimony

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my entire imp box

my entire imp box aizen-myoo anubis arachne athens aureus ave maria gratia plena baba yaga black rose blood amber chimera come to me darkness death on a pale horse debauchery delight dirty the dormouse dragon’s bone dragon’s tears 2x endymion eos eris faustus fenris wolf 2x fire of love florence the ghost hellfire himerus horn of plenty hunger hurricane hymn incantation ingenue intrigue jabberwocky jazz funeral kabuki 2x katharina kurukulla la belle au bois dormant la belle dame sans merci la bella donna della mia mente lampades 2x laudanum libertine loralei love me manila masquerade 2x mata hari midnight 2x morocco 2x nemesis nephilim 2x nocturne o omen othello ouija pannychis 2x paris peitho penitence phantom queen queen gertrude ra rakasha rapture the raven red devil rosalinde salomé santa muerte santo domingo satyr scherezade serpents kiss severin shanghai shroud silentium amoris silk road sin siren snake oil sominus spellbound swank sybaris tamora tarot: judgement tarot: the lovers tarot: the moon tarot: the strength tarot: the temperance tarot: the the wheel of fortune tempest tezcatlipoca tintagel tisiphone titania titus andronicus tum twenty-one tzadikim nistarim umbra val sans retour van van velvet venom vicomte de valmont villain vinland wanda 2x water of notre dame whitechapel 2x wilde wings of azrael wolf’s heart 2x wolfsbane yerevan yggdrasil zorya
KymbaKhan

KymbaKhan

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Sourball Ho!
 

Not more updates!?!?

Oh crap. Just when I'm contented with my BPAL purchase, and we've gotten the gutters replaced ($2000 total), other favorite sites are updating too! Son of an Ass! (tm Samir in Office Space)   --Villainess has a huge update with a bunch more soaps. Crushed is back! It came and went so quickly I didn't have a chance to order the first time -- I'm a sucker for raspberries and chocolate. Plus I want the new Villainess signature scent (florals and leather), and Byzantium (resins and Egyptian musks), and Canaan (honey, berries and florals), and Krakatoa (tropical fruits! I coconut) and Vintage ("antique oak and yesterday's vanilla," what a great description!) and and and *falls over*   --feMaledictions is in the process of updating too, with a Sugar Butter Scrub! Oh jeez that sounds nice. I love her incense and she's added 4 new scents including The Golden Proportion (black vanilla beans! Where's my perfume to match? ) and New Rose (I love rose incense and can't find it very often, other than the bulk Indian incense packs at Cost Plus). Plus hemp soaps? And soy tarts? And a hint at 50+ new blends? *gets up off the floor, then falls over again*   BPAL is the priority, and every month I make orders there. But I like supporting these other small Internet businesses. If someone's making a good product and putting thought and heart into it, and bucking the bullcrap old-and-busted "retail" model, that's cool too.
dawndie

dawndie

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Filling the Periodic Table
 

OOh. My God! Squeak!

Today, for no particular occation, my boyfriend gave me:   This Titanium Ring!!!!!   It's not an engagement ring, we're not getting married until I finish my actuarial exams and he cleans up his credit. I had lost the stone from my old ring, and had jokingly told him he should get me a ring for my birthday. He told me he got this one for me just because he loves me.     The center stone is white saphire, the two larger side stones are moisenite, and the 4 smaller side stones are rubies. I'll try to get pics tommorrow.   I am totally twitterpatted.
antimony

antimony

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circe_blue's Blog
 

CnS Squeeing, Dragon Moon update etc.

I got my CnS today! Yaaaaayyy!!! As posted in the CnS thread, I ordered:   Peony Moon 5ml Embalming Fluid 5ml   Imp Pack: Dirty, Death on a Pale Horse, O, Danube, White Rabbit, The Hamptons.   Can't wait to try Peony Moon and O (mmm, naughtyness!) And of course, I'd like to have more Embalming Fluid. My poor imp is dead. I think I 'd it to death. There's no oil left (none, I tried, trust me) and 90% of the label has torn off. All that's left is an oil stained remnant that reads "EMB FLU". Unfortunately, it is not the cure for the flu unless smelling like deliciousness is a cure (and on this forum, who knows??). ********** Dragon Moon:The Dragon Moon celebrates the glory and vigor of Springtime: dragon’s blood resin, tea leaf, bamboo reed, sandalwood and cherry blossom. Huh, luckily for my credit card, I'll have to pass on this one. Dragon's blood resin turns weird and syrupy on me and gives me a headache. No thank you.   Midway: A bombardment of edible carnival indulgences. Funnel cake, caramel apple, cotton candy, salt water taffy and sugar tart. I think I read on the reviews that this smelled like pink cotton candy and on another like too much buttery caramel. I'd go for the cotton candy. Maybe. Snake Charmer: Sensual, sibilant, sexual and hypnotic: Arabian musk and exotic spices slinking through Egyptian amber, enticing vanilla, and a serpentine blend of black plum, labdanum, ambrette, benzoin and black coconut. I've been wanting to expand my horizons with some spicey, amber scents. Plus, coconut and vanilla?! I'm in! Wantwantwant.   Also, imps of Tweedledee, Tweedledum, Eat Me ("What are you wearing?" "Eat Me!!"), Mouse's Long and Sad Tale, Euterpe, and Sin.   Okay, so maybe my credit card didn't get off too easily after all.
circe_blue

circe_blue

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wendymehndi's BPAL Blog
 

My List O' Impies - Favorites

FAVORITES SILK ROAD (I am going to need a 10ml of this one!!!) A panoply of cultural treasures, spanning the herbs, flowers, oils and balms of the Romans, the Byzantines, the Mediterranean, the Levant, Northern China, Eastern Europe, Iran, the Bulgar-Kypchak, Mesopotamia, the Crimean Peninsula, Anatolia, Antioch, and North Africa. Belle Epoque Sweet opium, Lily of the Valley, vanilla, mandarin and red sandalwood. FAE A brilliant, ethereal scent: white musk, bergamot, heliotrope, peach and oakmoss. SNAKE CHARMER -- Sensual, sibilant, sexual and hypnotic: Arabian musk and exotic spices slinking through Egyptian amber, enticing vanilla, and a serpentine blend of black plum, labdanum, ambrette, benzoin and black coconut. The Lion A golden, spiced amber, proud, regal and ferocious. Nanshe Dream Formula IV. The Babylonian Goddess of Dreams, who bestows the power of Oneiromancy onto her priests. This blend opens up psychic sensitivity during sleep and aids in the understanding and correct interpretation of portents and symbols. Snake Oil By far, our most popular scent! Magnetic, mysterious, and exceedingly sexual in nature. A blend of exotic Indonesian oils sugared with vanilla. Stardust champagne, hyacinth, tuberose, ylang ylang and flashing white musk with jonquil, tobacco flower, white sandalwood and a pale poppy Black Rose Heavy, dark and floral: a blend of roses, with a touch of amber and musk. SUDHA SEGARA Named after the primordial ocean of milk where Lord Vishnu reclines upon the thousand-headed Naga. Sweet milk and warm, healing ginger with a touch of golden honey and our blend of Ambrosia. SCHEREZADE A master storyteller who possessed unfailing courage and compassion, a sharp, quick wit, and a true understanding of human nature. Saffron and Middle Eastern spices swirled through sensual red musk. THE RED QUEEN Deep mahogany and rich, velvety woods lacquered with sweet, black-red cherries and currant. Delicious!! I just wanna lick my wrist!! THE CATERPILLAR Heavy incense notes waft lazily through a mix of carnation, jasmine, bergamot, and neroli over a lush bed of dark mosses, iris blossom, deep patchouli and indolent vetiver. QUEEN MAB Warrior, Trickster and Goddess of Magic and Poets, she is one of the Tuatha De Danaan and the Queen of the Faeries. A very complex scent, both shadowy and fierce: black orchid, sandalwood, night-blooming jasmine, osmanthus, Somalian rose, and Chinese musk. La Fee Verte CHESHIRE CAT -- Grapefruit, red currant, dark musk, Roman chamomile, delphinium, and lavender. MOROCCO The intoxicating perfume of exotic incenses wafting on warm desert breezes. Arabian spices wind through a blend of warm musk, carnation, red sandalwood and cassia. Masabakes Thick black currant with the darkest, deepest myrrh, a drop of bitter mimosa and the slightest touch of mandrake dust. VECHERNYAYA The Evening Star - Three white musks with poppy and patchouli. GYPSY QUEEN -- Romany incense and candle smoke mingling with an alluring, body-warmed whiff of bergamot, neroli, Bulgar rose, carnation, and amber musk.
wendymehndi

wendymehndi

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wendymehndi's BPAL Blog
 

Rather Like Rather Much...

I Have and rather like (but still potentially swappable...) Holiday Moon (decant) :A Little Lunacy: This oil was only available for purchase for roughly 24 hours, begining 12/15/2005. Bamboo pulp and oude with green and white tea. Antony the green hills and grasses of the battlefields, the resinous incense from the prayers to his Gods, and a touch of the musky leather of his armor. Ambergris and frankincense with sage, and basil. Lurid Oberon orchid, white musk, bergamot, juniper berries, patchouli Nefertiti Egyptian iris and olibanum with red and white sandalwood, soft myrrh and a breath of North African herbs Desire Bliss the serotonin-slathered scent of pure milk chocolate EDEN fig, honeyed almond milk, toasted coconut and sandlewood. THE HANGING GARDENS This perfume is an interpretation of the Hanging Gardens by night, based on further accounts of its fruit and flora: date palm, ebony, fir, pomegranate, plum, two pears, quince, fig, and grapevine with plumeria, three gardenias and dry rose. MACHU PICCHU Sweet tropical fruits burst through deep, wet rainforest boughs, enormous steamy blossoms, over thin mountaintop breezes, mingled with the soft, rich golden scent of Peruvian amber. NAMASTE A Sanskrit blessing and word of greeting that bears a powerful symbolism. It represents the Oneness of all of existence, the union of matter and spirit, perfect wholeness. It is accompanied by a gesture: Anjali -- hands pressed together, fingertips heavenward, pressed together over the heart's chakra. This oil blend is a serene, soothing Indian blend, created to bring calm and joy to the heart and peace to the spirit. Sandalwood, jasmine, rose, patchouli, cedarwood and lemongrass.   COYOTE The Native American Creator / Trickster God of Chaos and Change. The warmth of doeskin, dry plains grasses and soft, dusty woods warmed by amber and a downy, gentle coat of deep musk. Gaueko Blackened sandalwood and misty lavender, with curling wisps of smoky tobacco, nag champa, and labdanum.
wendymehndi

wendymehndi

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wendymehndi's BPAL Blog
 

Need to decide

I Have and need to try, or to still decide... Umbra-East African black patchouli, cedarwood, vetiver and a dribble of cinnamon. Ulalume Red Devil Danse Macabre Dragon's Milk Eden fig leaf, fig fruit, honeyed almond milk, toasted coconut and sandalwood. Suspiro Ylang ylang with white plum, white orchid, jasmine, calla lily and lily of the valley. Freak Show (decant) fig, pomegranate and cocoa bean with lemon, bergamot, vanilla, mellow honey musk, calamus and tonka. Oberon Thanatos myrrh, Moroccan rose, mastic, tomb moss and a thin whiff of Greek incense. Machu Picchu Sweet tropical fruits burst through deep, wet rainforest boughs, enormous steamy blossoms, over thin mountaintop breezes, mingled with the soft, rich golden scent of Peruvian amber. Black Lotus Melpomene Kathmandu Marquise de Merteuil La Bella Donna Della Mia Mente Soft, lush myrtle and dry, sweet melilot with wild rose, pomegranate juice and peach blossom against a background of deep aquatic notes and a twirl of melancholy autumn breezes. Arcana Frankincense, rosemary, lavender, neroli, and verbena. Tintagel Spicy mulled wine flowing through the musky heat, warm leather and bright clash of armor, the damp branches of Cornish hawthorn, blackthorn, juniper, English elm and bayberry, and the magical tingle of dragon's blood resin.
wendymehndi

wendymehndi

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wendymehndi's BPAL Blog
 

Nope - no way - not for me!

Impies I Have, but they don't work for me So if ya see something ya like, let's swap! Make an offer...   Muse A light, invigorating floral and citrus blend. Tuberose, lotus and jasmine with a hint of lime. Medicine Show (decant) tobacco, balsam, ginger, elemi and rosewood, with a touch of opium to fuddle your senses. Czernobog A combination of three musks, with splashes of dark myrrh, vetiver and mullein. LE SERPENT QUI DANSE Violet entwined with vanilla and gardenia. Satyr Unleash the bawdy, unrestrained passion of the satyr! A ferociously masculine scent: sexual, vigorous, and truly wild.
wendymehndi

wendymehndi

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Fishnets and Frankincense
 

Randomly naughty shots of tequila

When you're out shopping for the lingerie with your man-thing or woman-thing or another girlfriend or a gay guy-friend, here's something to get a good laugh, or at the very least, a stunned look:   So you pick up the item -- the bustier, the panties, the bra, the frou-frou nightie, whatever floats your boat, and you hold it up in front of you and say: "Gee, I wonder how this will look?" The person you're with is going to mumble some sort of response. Then you take the garment and rather insouciantly toss it somewhere. I know the staff at most places might get a little fussy if you toss it on the floor, so toss it on a lower display rack or a countertop. Then you lean over, look down at it and say: "Oh, it's going to look divine laying on the floor!"   I know, I know, a lot of the underthingies that I buy are very functional and I want them to fit well to hold the girls in line and avoid VPL on the bottom, but it's a fun thing to do with an unsuspecting companion.   Speaking of underthings, I was at Victoria's Secret the other day and saw, on the sale rack, a bustier with a pin-up girl design on it. It was a size small, and there's no way that I'm a small. I have the shoulders and ribcage of a Soviet bloc swimmer. Well, maybe not quite that wide, but wide enough. I'm broad from the front, but narrow from the side. I know a woman who's built like me, but she's a bit thicker from the side. Not fat, she just has more volume than me. And her boobs aren't as big as mine, but she looks like she has two missiles jutting from her chest. They remind me of a horizontal version of the Grand Teton mountain range. She causes car wrecks.   I was at a party last night, end of the legislature. OK kids, I'm on the dark side of my 40's, but I'm well-preserved. I can pass for about 10 years younger than my chronological age. So one of my coworkers bought me a shot of tequila, because that's what I wanted. I decided a bit later to get some water, and went back to the bar. A really young guy who works down the hall from me came up and started giving me crap for getting water. I told him that I'd had a shot and I needed water. He thought it was so fucking cool that I'd had a shot, that he got a shot for himself and a shot for me. Somehow he made reference to younger men-older women. I told him to call me Mrs. Robinson. I asked him if he'd seen "The Graduate" and he told me that he hadn't, but he'd probably rent it on his way home.   So you know what my take is on this guy? He's probably gay. I mean, there are boatloads of gorgeous young women in their 20's in this building. As a guy in my office says, they're just smokin' hot. What is this guy doing, saying that crap to me when there's eye candy all around? And it's not like he's a total zero -- in fact, he's outgoing and kind of cute, but he's always pinged my gay-dar and now I'm even more convinced.   But he bought me a shot of tequila, so who am I to bitch??
valentina

valentina

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This Old Snark
 

Divided, We Fall

Snarky's feeling very torn today.   The house inspection was mostly good, with a few somewhat glaring Need-to-Fix-Before-Moving-In issues (leaky faucets, bad wiring).   She and The Mister have been left to marinate in the juices of an extremely thorough inspection report and whatever else that $1000 got them until Thursday evening, when they will meet with their agent to discuss any addendums to their offer.   Since another offer for $20,000 more is waiting in the wings, odds are the sellers will simply back out of the deal and move on to the next fish. Snarky is working hard to be OK with this, even though she's spent the last week mentally placing furniture and having Special Moments in every nook and cranny of this house.   She took over seventy pictures of the place during the inspection, for goodness sakes.   On the upside, her boobies have been deemed perfectly healthy (if maybe just a wee bit lopsided) and she is fairly confident that her lovely "modesty mole"'s (by which she used to determine the level of raciness of various necklines) biopsy will also come back clean.   Snarky was going to extoll the benefits of an anxiety based weight loss plan... but she just succumbed to the siren call of chocolate chip cookies, so apparently that point is not only moot, but revoked.
darkitysnark

darkitysnark

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Sourball Ho!
 

Quickie job bitch'n'moan

I've had a spate of aggressive sales-type people call for all manner of things: pitching a payroll service, hiring them as a salesperson or a Director, etc. I try to be pleasant but firm, and it's in one ear and out the other. I especially like when they try to get people's phone numbers and I guess I'm supposed to be all, "Oh, here's everyone's personal numbers, just because you asked for it."   I'm especially impressed with the lady today who seemed to be eating during the entire call. I don't know how she managed to interrogate me, write everything I say down and eat what sounded like a burrito. Really endearing.   My biggest fear is that I'll lose my temper and they'll end up being hired, and forevermore see me as that rude girl in HR who's nasty on the phone. Heh.
dawndie

dawndie

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littletingoddess' Blog
 

lots of stuff

Today was such a nice day... it's 8:30 p.m. and it's still 68 degrees outside! At work today, I actually got to spend most of my shift outside. The restaurant I work at is having "half price coney" day, which means lots and lots of customers, so the manager has been on a huge cleaning spree. I got to rake the picnic area outside, and it was so nice to be outside!   I did get annoyed with myself today... I had to listen to my crush and another coworker talk all about a third girl who my crush has a crush on. I felt myself getting jealous, which is totally unjustified. He's not mine... why should I feel jealous he likes another girl? Yet I did/do.   But, I'm stressed about tomorrow, too. Well not stressed, just not looking forward to it. We're going to be slammed, and my general manager will be a pain in the ass.     I do have a fun evening to look forward to, though! I'm going to see Slave to the System. It's been so long since I've been to a live show, I can't wait!!!   And I'm excited, I just ordered my first t-shirt from the Trading Post, the beautiful new Dragon Moon tee!!
littletingoddess

littletingoddess

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Fishnets and Frankincense
 

My favorite Dorothy Parker quotes

My signature line is a favorite Dorothy Parker quote, one of the finest declarations regarding lingerie that I've ever read. Dorothy was a writer, and of course an amazing wit with an acid tongue. Suicidal and alcoholic too, but also funny and smart and ahead of her time. Here's more Dorothy Parker quotes:   There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.   He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery.   I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.   His voice was intimate as the rustle of sheets.   Take care of luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.   It serves me right for keeping all my eggs in one bastard.   All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.   You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.   I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.   She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.   I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, after four I'm under my host.   (In answer to what she'd like for breakfast) Just something light and easy to fix. How about a dear little whiskey sour?  
valentina

valentina

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Court's Vices and Musings
 

Snake Charmer

Oh, crap, the regret hits bad. I can't believe I'm saying this but I will probably make a second order before the end of the Dragon Moon Update even through I promised I wouldn't... Snake Charmer: Arabian Musk. Benzoin. Egyptian Amber. Coconut and Plum be damned, I do think I must have a bottle.   I will be extremely broke for so long.
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