Miscellaneous

[redbird]

• The Lush lilac-scented bubble bath smells nice, but it made my palms itch. Oh, well, I probably would have had to end that bath with a shower in order to rinse my hair properly anyhow.


• Moxy Fruvous's albums Bargainville and Live Noise make an odd segue, from the introspection of "Gulf War Song" to the satire of "Michigan Militia." (This one may make sense only to bohemian_coast and cattitude. And me, of course.)


• The phone rang three times today: cattitude, womzilla, and eve99. That's a well-behaved communication device.


• Julian really is a good tiger cub, even if he did bite me the first time I tried medicating him.


• The people at the Greenmarket do a good meatloaf, but I suspect Julian and I may be tired of meatloaf in a couple of days. For the moment, I'm happy: meatloaf and a tomato from local farmers, and rye bread from down in Washington Heights. I like living in a big city, and one of the things I like is that there are so many good, tasty, and otherwise interesting things available.


• The extremely cheap subscription to Smithsonian I'm getting (via a coworker) comes with a membership card, which in turn gets me into the Cooper-Hewitt Museum free (most of the Smithsonian is free to everyone). I wonder if they'll have anything I want to see in the next year.

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[treadpath.livejournal.com]

Yay! Moxy Fruvous!

[cheshyre]

Lush lilac-scented bubble bath
Out of curiousity, which one is that? Lilac is one of my favorite flowers/scents

[redbird]

It comes in bricks, at Lush's usual exorbitant prices; I gave one to elisem, and she might remember. Or you could go to the Lush store and ask about lilac bubble bath. As of May, they had only the one kind.

I am also extremely fond of lilac scent, so my reaction to this bubble bath this annoys me. So does having a partner who is, it turns out, allergic to lilacs in quantity: I either go to the Botanic(al) Garden [1] alone in lilac season, or he stands back and looks at something else while I imitate a very large bee, sticking my nose into every kind of lilac they have. (If/when we have a house with a yard, I may get to plant one lilac, at the end away from the house.)

<fx: pops stack> Fortunately, I have some rather nice orange-scented bubble bath, which I don't think made me itch. If it does, I'll go back to taking baths with cheap paperbacks instead of bubbles [2].

[1] I understand why New York City has three botanic[al] gardens; I don't understand why they can't agree on whether they are botanic or botanical gardens.

[2] I suppose I could fill the tub with bubbles and then read, but it doesn't seem to happen that way. [3]

[3] Multiple footnotes [4] in response to a brief comment may be a sign that I should head off to bed now.

[4] No, the "[al]" is not a footnote tag. And yes, this is getting silly.

[headgardener.livejournal.com]

Both bubbles and paperbacks or a magazine are essential for a proper bath. Must install proper reading light above bath, dear. Neck-supporting pillow, and chocolate, are desirable.

[crazysoph.livejournal.com]

But this is fun, for a post that offered not much to see.

I wonder what would happen if I showed up when you were in that tired period before bed? Ack, probably I'd be shown the door, as would only be right. But still, this was fun. *wink*

Crazy(what if it wasn't a work-night?)Soph

[redbird]

I'd probably make us both tea, and then regret the caffeine. And Julian would jump on you.

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

Have you heard them do "Gulf War Song" live? I did, at the Somerville Theater; they sang it without amplification, in a theater that seats at least 500. I cried.