akathisia

-Slie

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab sells like a million scents. The one I'm speaking of, Jack, literally smells like Pumpkin pie with ice cream on it, on me anyway.
Plus they are all about the free samples. And since a little goes a long way on this stuff, they last forever!!!

Mmmm...I just put on Kabuki, cherry and star anise. It smells sort of like cherry incense, but sweeter. Like cherry pipe tobacco maybe. It smells all hippie-like. Mmmm...definately a randy scent.
And I saw a show about the whole scent attraction thing. Its fascinating. I'm definately more on the male side of things too because I can't STAND cuccumber but i love warm, spicey, foody smells. All my scents are spicy and food-like. I have onyl found a very very small number of floral scents i can tolerate. But why do girls where flowers if men are attracted to baked goods?
I love the science behind scent. Long before I met my man I was going to go to FIT to study fragrance marketing, which has a lot to do with learning how to actually make perfumes. I didn't want to move to NY so I didn't go, but I am still very interested in smell.

Oooh...your going to Portland...I'm so jealous!!!

My work attitude also tends to suck the proverbial turnip. But then again, I need to find a job that I actually give a shit about in the first place. Catch-22 I guess....

I drove past Corvalis on my way to the Indian Casino. Lots of trees in them there parts!!

Very tired...wirte more later!

We listened to a lot of Iron Maiden thanks to my man's brother! And before we left we watched the DVD of all the videos. I forgot how catchy wasted years was!!!

Gosh...what didn't I buy!!! I got a really cool bag, from a designer I've wanted to buy from forever. I bought a whole crap load of LUSH soaps from the new store. I had to get my Moonstruck chocolate fix and I was so ecstatic the Halloween set was out. More soap from a vendor at the Saturday Market. I unfortunately only got to one yarn store, but I got the coolest looking bright orange yarn with streaks of recycled silk through it. I couldn't find the other stores.
Oh...and some embroidery patterns, a vegan cuff bracelet, and two weird fish windsocks for my parents. Oh...and lip balm. Oh...and smelly stuff from Escentials.

They have so many cool shops, they're all small and sell local stuff, I was in absolute heaven!!!

I'm going to post the pictures soon. We shot well over 200, since we were rockin the digital camera. I need to sort and make sure I don't look gross!

Mt St Helen's is really cool. You can take all these crazy trails very close to the peak. It was the most open place I've ever seen, your literally surrounded by a steep drop and air, and a perfect view of the mountain. And there's elk there, just walking around. It was very cool, I highly recommend it, unless your afraid of heights, then it may not be so cool!

I wish I could make clothes actually...that would be far more awesome and useful...
I do like Neil Gaimen....I haven't read american gods yet though...I have it, I'm just in the middle of Tad William's Flower War book...which is rather long but I should be done with it the next time I get a chance to read (those are few and far between these days what with stabbing holes in people (I'm a piercer) and working on the house...and losing my wallet... oh well.........)