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Dec. 27th, 2010 02:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* My BPAL buddy got me Sky city (Before) for Solstice. O.o
* I can not wear the champagne scents BPAL makes as the note that creates the sensation of bubbles up the nose parses funny to me, but the champagne and absinthe, the sparkling cider, and the champagne and party hats were all stunning in the bottle.
* Apparently there were like 60 people at the Knows Perfume Will Call in Seattle. People drove from Canada and southern Oregon to be there for the Champagne and Mitzvah LEs. Wow. Just Wow. I hope this is translating into health for the store owner's business, as she seems like a nice lady and it's not a good economy for luxury goods.
* I don't know what happened while I was out, but the cats are stressed out tonight, poor things. The tetra colony is doing really well, and the orange and black guppy is still happily chasing his harem. I'm still a bit bummed about the blue guppy, as he was a pretty, pretty boy.
* It turns out I'd seen most of Angel's season three, except, of course, the ones on the dead disc. I can tell the ones I haven't seen the ones on there as they keep referencing them, and I've now seen all of the first two seasons. Sigh. It's nearly to that point on the 6Am angel iterations, so I'm thinking of trying to catch them this time around.
* When I was a kid, our Christmas Eve was this huge trek across two states as we tried to hit all the non-southern relatives in one fell swoop before rushing back to change for the late night church service. Looking back, my dad's fortitude for all that highway driving in snow and ice and relative toleration impresses the fuck out of me. I'm amazed he never shot anyone, really.
* Preliminary reports from a dig in Iceland are suggesting that monks from the islands around Scotland may have had a settlement on Iceland before the vikings got there. I'm going to wait for the official reports in peer reviewed journals before getting excited, but it would be interesting if it turns out to me true.
* Historical importance of frankincense and myrrh: http://www.silive.com/homegarden/garden/index.ssf/2010/12/gifts_of_the_magi_were_highly.html
I don't actually like frankincense. myrrh can be lovely in the right blend, but is not my favorite resin.
* "London: Tuberculosis Cases Have Increased 50 Percent in Last Decade, Lancet Says:" http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/health/21global.html
* People may have noticed the Gaia X-mas event was a little half assed. Apparently, they laid off most of the design teams, leaving two people to do the whole thing, copy, design, coding, etc.. One of those folks got a job offer and left mid stream, leaving one person doing everything but the art, for which ze borrowed artists off other projects in their spare time. The fact that they put up anything at all is pretty heroic on the part of the poor bastard doing it. I can only feel horrible about all the folks who lost their jobs so close to the holidays.
* Speaking of which, the dieing supermarket looks like it's been hit by zombie apocalypse rioters. It's down to cleaning supplies and a couple displays of perishables to lure in locals. The skeleton crew still working is understandably surly and demoralized. I can only hope they all get reemployed soon, but I'm not sanguine.
* Movie cake: http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/12/sunday-sweets-movie-time.html
* The Clutch:
* I blame Pjack:
* I can not wear the champagne scents BPAL makes as the note that creates the sensation of bubbles up the nose parses funny to me, but the champagne and absinthe, the sparkling cider, and the champagne and party hats were all stunning in the bottle.
* Apparently there were like 60 people at the Knows Perfume Will Call in Seattle. People drove from Canada and southern Oregon to be there for the Champagne and Mitzvah LEs. Wow. Just Wow. I hope this is translating into health for the store owner's business, as she seems like a nice lady and it's not a good economy for luxury goods.
* I don't know what happened while I was out, but the cats are stressed out tonight, poor things. The tetra colony is doing really well, and the orange and black guppy is still happily chasing his harem. I'm still a bit bummed about the blue guppy, as he was a pretty, pretty boy.
* It turns out I'd seen most of Angel's season three, except, of course, the ones on the dead disc. I can tell the ones I haven't seen the ones on there as they keep referencing them, and I've now seen all of the first two seasons. Sigh. It's nearly to that point on the 6Am angel iterations, so I'm thinking of trying to catch them this time around.
* When I was a kid, our Christmas Eve was this huge trek across two states as we tried to hit all the non-southern relatives in one fell swoop before rushing back to change for the late night church service. Looking back, my dad's fortitude for all that highway driving in snow and ice and relative toleration impresses the fuck out of me. I'm amazed he never shot anyone, really.
* Preliminary reports from a dig in Iceland are suggesting that monks from the islands around Scotland may have had a settlement on Iceland before the vikings got there. I'm going to wait for the official reports in peer reviewed journals before getting excited, but it would be interesting if it turns out to me true.
* Historical importance of frankincense and myrrh: http://www.silive.com/homegarden/garden/index.ssf/2010/12/gifts_of_the_magi_were_highly.html
I don't actually like frankincense. myrrh can be lovely in the right blend, but is not my favorite resin.
* "London: Tuberculosis Cases Have Increased 50 Percent in Last Decade, Lancet Says:" http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/health/21global.html
* People may have noticed the Gaia X-mas event was a little half assed. Apparently, they laid off most of the design teams, leaving two people to do the whole thing, copy, design, coding, etc.. One of those folks got a job offer and left mid stream, leaving one person doing everything but the art, for which ze borrowed artists off other projects in their spare time. The fact that they put up anything at all is pretty heroic on the part of the poor bastard doing it. I can only feel horrible about all the folks who lost their jobs so close to the holidays.
* Speaking of which, the dieing supermarket looks like it's been hit by zombie apocalypse rioters. It's down to cleaning supplies and a couple displays of perishables to lure in locals. The skeleton crew still working is understandably surly and demoralized. I can only hope they all get reemployed soon, but I'm not sanguine.
* Movie cake: http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/12/sunday-sweets-movie-time.html
* The Clutch:
* I blame Pjack: