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Saturday, January 12, 2008
7:17 AM (Eastern)
"Happiness is not a possession to be prized. It is a quality of thought." –Daphne du Maurier
Not much rhyme or reason to this post, I just wanted to iron out a few kinks.
Only a dozen or so Serge Lutens reviews left. So far, these three are my favorites. Perhaps it seems I've been racing through them, but eh, these samples have been gathered dust for a couple of years. What I particularly like about reviewing Serge Lutens is that it educates your nose, in somewhat simpler doses than Guerlain or Chanel might manage. I am missing Gris Clair, Rose de Nuit, Cèdre, Chypre Rouge, Bois et Musc, Bornéo 1834, La Myrrhe, Mandarine Mandarin, and Sarrasins, so those particular reviews will not be forthcoming.
I've been craving salads recently, which to me is unusual, I tend to choose steak-and-potatoes over a garden any day. Salads remind me of those simpering passives at Yale, not-so-secret anorexics under the guise of vegetarianism—call it reverse snobbism, I'll agree with you. The secret to a good salad, I have found, is a really good balsamic vinegar. I am not, however, quite at this stage of fanaticism (though I rather like their general suggestion that you drop a little on strawberries).
Back to working on novel. Decided to scrap Arthurian mythos and keep it modern and American, because I figure I should write what I know. I knew it was a good decision when I found I could retain most of the best material and trash the worst. I have this idea that the protagonist could be named "Nobody Lester", after the Odysseus trick, as a sort of feminist statement. Is that tacky? It does sort of flow on the tongue. Because I figure, when the love interest, in sheer puzzlement, tries to call her "Helen" instead, her middle name, mild but general discomfort should ensue. Note: "Helen" means "taken, stolen" in Greek, which is also the technical definition of "rape".
Along a similar vein, reading, concurrently, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Myth of Sisyphus which are almost diametrically opposed and equally excellent. Will blog later.
In my Google-Image-ing for art, I found this work by Hokusai, entitled Dream of the Fisherman's Wife!
Am I the only one who's caught between laughter and horror? This is downright bizarre. Just in case you didn't notice, there are two octopuses, not just one. It's sort of the extreme to all the examples you've seen thus far. Nothing in art is more marketable than a naked chick, as Tom Ford seems to know so well.
Here's a dose of cheese: German... disco? I know. It's rather brilliant. They were in Eurovision, ohh... sometime in the 1970s?
You know, I've revisited Juicy Couture, and, I actually think it's well-executed and I've been guilty of prejudice. It smells like everything else, sure, but I'd have liked it a few years ago.
I was thinking of spring and makeup, and I thought why, wouldn't these colors make a most excellent trio? Pity I can't dream up colors at a cosmetics company. Wouldn't that just be a dream job? The mint would have a watercolor quality to it, you know, like a veil on the skin, and the orchid would be flecked with gold, and the dove grey as a neutral when you want to be a little less adventurous.
Oh yeah, Dschinghis Khan, performed by the group of the same name. This was right in the middle of the German disco boom, along with Boney M and arabesque. Dschinghis Khan is a cult classic over here. Another song they did is Moskau, which had a reneissance about seven years ago when this hilarious finnish disco instruction video was uploaded by some Swedish guy. A must-see!! Watch and learn, I tell you! :)
Yeah, Dschingis Khan is a classic! The band I was in at the university played it, sung in mock-German close enough to the original. (We'd also sing Daddy Cool in German when we toured Germany or set up German-themed shows.)
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January 12, 2008 8:34 AM,
Oh yeah, Dschinghis Khan, performed by the group of the same name. This was right in the middle of the German disco boom, along with Boney M and arabesque. Dschinghis Khan is a cult classic over here. Another song they did is Moskau, which had a reneissance about seven years ago when this hilarious finnish disco instruction video was uploaded by some Swedish guy. A must-see!! Watch and learn, I tell you! :)
January 12, 2008 1:47 PM,
Yeah, Dschingis Khan is a classic! The band I was in at the university played it, sung in mock-German close enough to the original. (We'd also sing Daddy Cool in German when we toured Germany or set up German-themed shows.)
January 12, 2008 5:44 PM,
Haha... thanks for the vid, Audrey! Disco is funny enough in English. I can definitely see it becoming a cult classic.
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