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[visionshadows]

so i was thinking about coffee this morning as i am inclined to do while waiting for it to brew. i like really good coffee. i am admittedly a coffee snob and i know it. i will drink not so good coffee if that's all that is available, but i don't understand how people can think it's good. i get caffeine for caffeine's sake. i really do. i suffer from that problem myself quite frequently. but there are people who drink bad coffee all the time and don't know the difference. one of the women i work with was complaining (jokingly) that i've spoiled her and she buys good coffee for home now. i think of it as educating my co-workers so they can recognize the good stuff. plus there's nothing like a hot steaming pot of really good coffee in the morning.

[goes back to drinking coffee]

in other news, the arcana layering notes decant circle has already shipped! how awesome is that? i'm not sure when it'll get here, but i'll do my best to get things decanted in a timely fashion. i'm waiting on some vials and cindy at MO pulled one of the bottles of black tea because of leaking issues. she's going to get more and send it out as soon as she can. but otherwise, all is good to go! i can't believe how fast it got here. i was expecting at least 2 weeks because we had so many of the special order ones. yay for arcana!

i can't wait for my bpal order either. i haven't got a cns, but i want those salon imps. *g* mmm...sniffies. plus there's a bottle of shub in that order and that's one of the ones i'm letting myself keep after the liquidation. so far the list is: anubis, antique lace, samhain (all versions i have), 'o', snake oil, snake charmer, jersey devil, hymn to prosperpine, punkie night, the masque, montresor, gennivre, misk u, shub, hungry ghost moon, tko, bitch, coyote, dee, morocco, luperci, black lily, the lion, three brides, haloa, geek, and gypsy queen. i have to spend a little more time with the order of the dragon and yule stuff to know for sure what i'm keeping of those. it's still a long keep list, but it's amazing how long the sell list is. i have a lot of perfume.

the house is slowly coming along. there's still so much to do and we've got very little table space, etc. i really want to get the shelves in the media room up so we can get the books and dvds unpacked. maybe over the christmas break. i'll feel better once that's done and i can see how much space i have in that room for a loom. *g* yes, it's all about me and my loom. i signed up for a weaving course at woolbearers in mt. holly starting the end of february. i needed a refresher course and that looked like the one to go with. plus i need a good yarn shop when i do really start working with the loom. if anyone else is interested in taking a fun class that makes you be creative, the course is either tuesday night, thursday morning, or sunday morning with friday being open for drop in weaving. i'm taking the sunday course personally because i'm not sure i can get there in time on tuesday. it's $170 for 8 sessions which includes supplies and use of the loom. i can't wait!

also, seriously people. talk to me. ask me questions. bother me constantly! i'm so bored!

Comments

[prettypinkkitty.livejournal.com]

I can't drink Starbucks coffee (coffee, mind) because it's so burnt. I have to get an Americano if I want like actual coffee.

Plus BPAL shipping is way fast - they're up to 11/30 now for CnS, and 11/25 or so for received! I'm very excited, my Shub is on the way! You're so good to liquidate what you only feel eh about.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

I am also incredibly bored. I only have to be here until about 1:30 today though, and I get all next week off. This has to be construed as a plus.

I went on a big kick of getting rid of things back in November and on December 1 I posted a big sale which I've added to and posted a few times since then. I've pared down a LOT, considering that I had about 150 imps up there it's amazing that I only have a few left. Of course I'm still acquiring things.

I want the line for keeping perfume for myself to be "something I could immediately remember the smell associated with and think of an event for which I'd like to wear it." Right now the line seems to be "Do I REALLY like this and would I really wear it as a perfume". It's a little overly granular and semantic of a distinction. I still have to think really hard to recall the smell of some of the bottles I have, and often never gravitate toward wearing them. I have multiple bottles of Lump of Coal, but never think about wearing them--I'd rather wear something that was 'chocolately, but also' like Arcana's DDLM or Little Ghoulie (plus their chocolate note works many times better on me than BPAL's). On the other hand, there are a lot of days I wake up and think that I want to smell like Snow White, or Winternights today. And I haven't been through all 4 seasons with a huge cache of perfume yet--just since August. I know what I wanted to smell like in fall was different than what I want to smell like now, so it's hard to anticipate what I may want to smell of once the winter is over. (not that it's really started)

you asked for being bothered. =)

[moon-lemming.livejournal.com]

I don't drink coffee often because I can't have caffeine, so it's pointless to me. so I wouldn't know the difference between good and bad. I'M A HEATHEN.

Also, sad but it gave me a little thrill to see Antique Lace in your list of BPALs to keep. I love it so.

[bethie-nova.livejournal.com]

Oooo weaving. I'm still looking for a good local yarn shop around here, but I did find something cool yesterday. There's an alpaca farm not too far from here where they sell shanks for spinning your own yarn. I'm keen to try that. Of course, they also have finished yarn as well. And the best thing - you can pick the alpaca you want the fiber from and they'll let you know when shearing time comes. How cool is that?
I've gotten to the point in my BPAL life-cycle where I'm thinking about how much yarn I could get if I didn't buy BPAL. :)

[schmarian.livejournal.com]

I'd rather drink Diet Coke to get my caffeine than drink crappy coffee. I hate Starbucks and love the Timmy's, too! over the summer when I was in Canada my boyfriend insisted on stealing Tim's mugs so he could have his coffee at home in them. they're great mugs. we would have bought them but they don't sell them. I'm excited about going to Saskatoon for New Year's because there's a local chain called the Broadway Roastery which has the best coffee I've had in North America. it's seriously better than any place in New York or Montreal I've ever been to.

and hey, I still want to take your Doc Buzzard off your hands. :) if you're willing to sell your Voodoo Queen empty I'll take that, too.

[alicia-stardust.livejournal.com]

I can't have coffee for the time being, but I used to love it. When I was going to school it was the only thing that woke me up each morning. And it was a newfound thing at age 21 since it was "bad" to have coffee where I grew up.

Of course, then I discovered that if I had really good quality coffee, I didn't have to pour an assload of creamer and sugar into it. I started walking around the Pearl District (Portland's art gallery district, which is also very pricey and high-end where stores are concerned) and I discovered some of the most amazing coffees.

On another note, your class sounds like it will be a lot of fun. And I love your BPAL "keep" list. They're all so lovely. :)

[iriedanym.livejournal.com]

My friend Rob teases me that I like "fru fru coffee". I tend to buy flavored coffee (they have a peppermint flavor out that I adore at my fave coffee place). Starbucks is the evil! Their coffee drinks are okay, but I'd rather splurge and buy local. In my town, there is at least one coffee shop on each block downtown.
By the way ::hugs::

[electricmayhem.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, coffee. I had some of the most fantastic coffee in Vienna. And now I'm back and the coffee my mom buys just doesn't compare.

[edenssixthday.livejournal.com]

I'll only get Starbucks if I'm getting a Pumpkin Spice Latte, Egg Nog Latte, Gingerbread Latte or one of their frappuccino blends. Otherwise, it's way too dark and burnt. I've been told that at Starbucks, you need to order the "light roast" if you don't like the burnt taste, but I haven't tried it yet.

I love a good cup of coffee. Unfortunately, the owner of the company where I works also loves a good cup of coffee, and his idea of good and my idea of good are very different. He dictates which coffee company we buy our coffee from, and most of the time, I don't like the coffee he likes. Fortunately, he likes to switch it up, so every 6-12 months or so, we'll start ordering from a new company, and on occasion, I'll like the coffee they bring in for us. But usually, I end up doctoring up my coffee with so much sugar-free vanilla syrup, Splenda and cream, that I wonder why I even bother with the coffee in the first place. I really should just switch to green tea.

[gegenschein.livejournal.com]

I don't know when you'll get anything decanted and shipped, but I just wanted to ask, if you get them done fairly quickly, that you not ship mine until at least January 4th. I'm away on vacation and won't return til the 6th. Thanks. :)