When real things happen to imaginary people

Whoo, the coffee from Besalu was particularly nummy today. I kinda-sorta wish I had another one, but no. I will just have to "make do" with more tea. Oh woe, not the chocolate-rose truffle tea!

I am not going dancing tonight, as my usual dancing companions have other plans. But! I AM going to see Blackbird Orchestra (with Nathaniel Johnstone and guests!) and Robert Riel's Bakelite 78 tonight, so yay! (A big thank you to marc17 for the suggestion and being willing to play chauffeur for me!)

But before that, I get to go for sushi, and then for a babycake from Cupcake Royale. Buttercream frosting, oh thank goodness. Plus I get to see minim_calibre, her charming spouse, and my beloved Princess Tickybox.

This weekend involves stuff for Mothers' Day (hi, cupcakegothmom!), and possibly going to IKEA to look for organizing-type furniture for my storage room. If I get my way, there are pink chests of drawers in my future, oh yes.

The official Work From Home day for my team! Which means the usual Friday treats of sleeping in (ohthankgod), spending time with the Stroppy One and the kitties, and coffee, quiche, and a pan au chocolate from Cafe Besalu!

Work From Home Friday also means that I can do laundry in between editing docs (whee?), and do the second part of the mud on head process. Yes, I'm going back to henna and indigo to color my hair. None of the demi-perm dyes I used were giving me a lasting blue-black, drat it. Which means NO, there will be no photos today.

There won't even be photos from Clubland tonight - both my usual companions for going out dancing are unable to go, so I'm going to spend the evening watching movies with the Stroppy One. And maybe cutting out the pieces for another ruffled skirt o' doom.

So what are you people doing for the weekend? Fun stuff?

So, this scratchy feeling in my throat: allergies, or a looming cold? I'm hoping for allergies. But it made me realize that I need to go buy more Market Spice tea.

I am mostly a tea drinker. Don't get me wrong, I love well-made coffee. But the key part of that phrase is "well-made". Yes, I am something of a coffee snob. I don't like coffee that tastes burnt, I don't like overly acidic coffee, and I think lattes and mochas have too much milk in them. My ideal cup of coffee is a double-shot americano with a dollop of caramel sauce dissolved in it. Topped with real whipped cream. Needless to say, I don't manage to get my ideal coffee very often.

So I drink tea. I was raised drinking Market Spice tea, which is a black tea strongly flavored with orange and cinnamon. Currently, the teas I drink the most of come from Mighty Leaf (clicky-link!), which has glorious teas such as Pear Caramel Truffle and Chocolate Orange Truffle.

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Lipstick. Yes, I went and purchased the Kat Von D lipstick in Homegirl. And it is indeed my Perfect Lipstick. I'm not kidding; it's that perfect dark pomegranate wine color I've been searching for for a couple of decades. Of course, the catch is that it was a limited edition color for (from what I can tell) the past holiday season. Argh.

So! If any of you reading this happen to have a tube of Kat Von D's lipstick in Homegirl that you don't want, let me know if you'd be interested in a trade. I have unopened boxes of limited edition MAC lipsticks in Queen's Sin, Bing, and Burnin' to offer. I also have a barely-used tube of MAC Hang Up (which would be sanitized before being sent off, of course), an entirely full jar of MAC glitter in a dark purple blue, and several other hardly-been-used MAC goodies that I have to go dig out.

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Today involves job hunting (::sigh::), and doing the finishing work on the clothing sale document. Yes! The clothing sale will be posted this week!

I tend to be more of a tea drinker. I like tea, plus tea pots! Pretty tea cups! Mad tea parties! So, y'know, there's this whole bonus whimsical thing tea has going for it. But lately, I have been craving coffee. Don't get me wrong, I still have my pot of tea in the mornings, but I've also been having a double-tall americano in addition to that. My guess is I've been craving coffee because of, oh, my insomnia being worse and the ongoing sense of (mostly good) overwhelmed-ness I've been dealing with. But whatever the reason, I've been drinking more coffee.

(Dear Self, remember to call and set up the consultation for the sleep study your doc wants you to go on. With love and mild exasperation, Your Memory.)

Boots! It is all the fault of maiaarts that I am coveting a pair of Dr. Martins for the first time in a couple of decades. But, really, how could I resist the notion of 14-eye docs with leg and foot bones on them? (clicky-link!) Seriously, look at them! They would be absolutely charming with pink ribbons for laces, worn with fluffy skirts and little fitted jackets. I really REALLY want them. Like, put them on my wish list, am poking at my budget want them.

Speaking of boots, if any of you are contemplating purchasing the JUMP Sparky boots (clicky-link!), be aware that the calves are snug. They fit me, and have stretched out a bit to now zip up easily, but they are tighter through the calves than the JUMP Bjork boots.

(Also, check Ebay for them. That's where I got mine, for considerably less than Amazon is charging.)

Skelly-foot boots ... skelly-foot boots ...

Coming soon to this LJ! A review of mirandaluna's book In The Blood. But the short version of the review is: it made me overwhelmingly nostalgic for the 90s-era Goth scene. Especially for the 90s-era Goth scene that didn't quite exist, but that we all assumed must exist in other cities that were cooler than the ones we lived in.

- I'm trying to exert some willpower and not 1) go brew a second pot of tea, or 2) go buy an acceptable-but-not-great americano from the cafe. I feel like I need more caffeine, but I know it will only be a temporary fix. Sadly, my not doing either thing is not so much because my willpower is strong, but the fact that I'm craving GOOD coffee.

- I am idly (well, not so idly) trying to decide if I want to do something completely insane right after SDCC. You see, the day after we come home from the giant con, I could take the train down to Portland, meet up with cass404, and attend a Motley Crue concert with her. Because we both have silly hair metal pasts, and really? Going to see ridiculously theatrical RAWK shows while dressed in full Cupcake Goth apparel is one of my favorite silly things to do.

(Why yes, I've been listening to the "Eyeliner and Aquanet" playlist on the iPod, why do you ask?)

But wow, I'd be tired from the con, and my schedule for July is already kind of nutty. But it's very tempting.

- As a semi-related tangent, I realized that my office decor is sadly lacking a couple of posters. I need a poster of Prince Charming -era Adam Ant, a poster of Shout At The Devil -era Nikki Sixx, and perhaps one of the promo posters for the album Lestat releases in the Queen of the Damned movie. (What? The promo material they made for that looked great. (clicky-link!) Pity the poster doesn't actually, y'know, EXIST.)

Am I craving coffee enough that I'm willing to settle for the somewhat mediocre coffee available at the coffee stand in the cafeteria? Or will I sigh and have a pot of (very tasty, but not what I'm craving) tea? Why is there not a coffee shop within walking distance of my office? I realize that Redmond is not quite up to Seattle's coffee shop on every corner level of insanity, but still. Vexing, that's what it is. Very vexing.

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I would like to extend my condolences to those of you who were hoping for more summer weather. My walk from the bus stop to my building this morning included red and orange fallen leaves swirling around. Which made me incredibly happy, but probably depressed the Orb-worshipers around here.

Weather like this makes me want to start my yearly re-reading of Something Wicked This Way Comes early. But no, I will wait until the Proper Time, which is October.