Petals & Beans

More hormonal stream of consciousness, sitting here in my flying pig pajama bottoms and my Perfect Pooch Academy (dial 1-800-GOOD-DOG) t-shirt, drinking another cup of Jim's excellent coffee and watching CNN out of the corner of my eye. What makes me sad is seeing London police in checkered hats and civilized black and white, as if they're off to their office jobs, carrying automatic weapons. Also not very happy about amount and types of Republican legislation that have recently made it through. Noted, however, that Frist apparently has broken lockstep with Bush about stemcells. Heh. Must go back and read that. Also have Atlantic Monthly article to read on psychology of suicide terrorism. Must not forget self-imposed moratorium on political blogging. Is not entertaining, except to me. Sometimes. Bucky has had another breakthrough: I got a tail wag this morning. He is not a morning dog and usually all I get is the eyes briefly opening before he resumes morning nap. Must do something about quality of skincare. How can one have acne at this advanced age? At least I'm not drying up. Heh. Think I will explore Decleor line of aromaessences and balms. Oh yes, another place to spend hundreds of dollars. Like that is going to happen. Must finish transcript and bill today. That will cheer me up. Actually I am pretty darn cheerful. Had wonderful dream about petals and beans. Something to do with flowers and alternative protein sources. Oh. Maybe coffee beans. Hm. Also have been looking at fall clothes. First time in nearly five years that I might need something other than new sweats. Kind of exciting. Fun to look at Blogdorf Goodman (link at right) because she has amazing taste and would be a wonderful stylist. Wish she would be my stylist. She should start a consultancy. Hope you're reading, A. In other blog-related activity, made olive salad for tonight's muffalettas (I lead such a sheltered life ... am I the only one astonished by the fact that Eighteen Dollars Was Spent on Green and Kalamata olives? Did they have to pay union wages for the emergency harvesting of said olives? Eighteen Dollars!) and stirred a bit of the salad into creamcheese mashed potatoes last night (which kind of works against the new fall clothes concept). As Lex Culinaria (link at right) blog promised, it was AMAZING. Where does she come up with these ideas? And in today's scent report: remnants of last night's Lady Evangeline wafting up. Today's fragrance, however, will be Balmain's Vent Vert (new formulation) with notes of greens, orange blossom, lemon, lime, basil, rose, galbanum, lily of the valley, freesia, hyacinth, tagetes, ylang-ylang, violet, oakmoss, sandalwood, sage, iris, amber, and musk. According to NowSmellThis (link at right), new formulation is actually preferable to old in lack of bitterness. I have only smelled dupe of original and it was pretty darn bitter. But this Vent Vert is green, green, green and I like it. There's the subject of a blog for someone more knowledgeable than me: which new formulations are actually superior to the originals? *blasphemy!* Addendum: additional information about skin care brand cited by N: CdP is Cle de Peau ... which may be even more likely to change my life than Decleor (interestingly, both brands are owned by Shiseido which is also affiliated with Serge Lutens. I sense a global conspiracy). Why should I possess these life changing products, Bela? Because I'm Worth It! LOLOLOLOL