A mish mash of thoughts, with a dash of comment whoring...

[annwfyn]

• I have a new LJ icon! This pic was taken by the lovely reindeerflotila on New Year's Eve, up in Hatfield.
  
  The full size picture, without the cropping and photoshopping, is here:
  
  
  
  There's an adze in the background too.



• I appear to be wearing conventional perfume. This is strange and peculiar, for I don't normally like it. pierot's mother gave me a bottle of Poison, by Christian Dior, for Christmas, and it actually seems to smell quite nice on me. This is strange, peculiar, and I feel strangely guilty about it. I am cheating on my BPAL!
  
  This has, however, made me mildly curious. I know I have a lot of BPAL whore on my flist, but do people wear other perfumes? I mean conventional perfumes - Chanel No 5 and the ilk? And if so, which ones?



• I know that I have a collection of geeks on my friends list. This does, of course, include a number of people who play *hiss* World of Warcraft. As many may know, I too waste my time on this particularly crack-like computer game, after being injected with my first fix by the ever dubious pierot, who wanted to be able to scream "what the hell is this moron doing in the Outlands? And why is the mage trying to tank for me? Who's doing DPS?" without me staring at him blankly.
  
  As a result, I have a selection of Warcraft characters. My favourite is my Gnome Rogue (who is nearly level 30 now), but I've got a couple of others, including two which I quite like, but who's names I really dislike.
  
  My question to the Warcraft geeks out there is "is it really worth spending £12 to re-name the two characters who's names bug me, when neither of them is my primary character?" and "if it is, can anyone help me come up with a name for an Undead Warlock who looks a bit like a voodoo priestess, and a rather pretty Drenai Hunter?"



• I have a new book! I spent money, foolishly and frivolously, on amazon.co.uk, and now have a book on medieval hunting. The really sad reason for this purchase? My latest piece of tat original prose (I'm adding to Sally's Collection Of Unpublishable Novels) has just hit 10,000 words, and is set in a pseudo-medieval fantasy world. I need to know more about medieval hunting for the next 5000 words. I also need to know more about side saddle riding, and am wondering if there's any way I could somehow find my way to getting a side saddle riding lesson in the UK, but suspect this may be me being unnecessarily obssessive.



• I need to go skating soon, especially as I got ice skates from pierot for Christmas. Right now I know this weekend is right out, due to crazy levels of larp commitment, but what about the second Saturday in January? I know that wildrogue and molez are provisionally up for it. Are you guys still free? And who else would like to come along? I promise, I'm not very good. I did skating classes when I was a kid, but I don't think I've skated properly since I was about ten or eleven, so it'll be hideously awkward all round.
  
  Anyone?

Comments

[madwitch.livejournal.com]

I am a designer perfume whore. Angel and Eau de Star being my primary addictions, but the sister bought me Gucci Rush for Christmas, so I'm happily indulged.

I used to wear Poison. It was my first designer perfume love.

[adze.livejournal.com]

I like the icon, and the new layout, too. And now, when you use that icon, I can look and think "See that blur in the background? That's me, that is."

With your Warlock, I'd personally send all her stuff to another character, delete her and start a new one, with all the stuff sent back, and the new name, because she's not very high level, and it won't take long to get back there.

I also have a present for Ravi when she gets to 30 or 31.

Ice skating I might be up for - I've never done it, and have always wanted to try...

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

are you dressed as a schoolgirl?

[lilitufire.livejournal.com]

I wear Dolce and Gabbana's Light Blue as a daytime perfume and *cough* Burberry London as an evening perfume. Neither, clearly, on the brand name (though Burberry is less hideously embarrassing in Tokyo) but purely because they smell nice on my skin. Which hates Poison something chronic :)

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

I'm wearing a white shirt, tie, and then jeans. I do have a plaid skirt to go with the outfit, but lacked the courage to wear it for NYE.

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

I think ms_rodger (an old school friend of mine) had a bottle of either Poison or Tendre Poison when we were in fifth form which I tried a little bit of and liked.

Never bought a full bottle however, mostly because I've always loathed the smell of most perfume counters and don't get there to try or buy anything.

I'm told that Poison is quite an adolescent perfume, which makes me pout a bit, as I do really quite like it.

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

Why?

Surely NYE is about dressing up!

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

But I am shy and nervous about such things!

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

~confused~

Didn't i see you wearing a tartan skirt for some crow-girl...?

[madwitch.livejournal.com]

I wore nothing else until I fell for Angel. Adolescent or not, it's a lovely scent. My parents used to bring me bottles of it from this little shop behind L'Opera in Paris, which is owned by the factory that makes most of the designer brands. They can sell it, as long as it's not in the branded bottle.

I have to hunt that shop down, it's so much cheaper, and my Mugler/Gucci addiction can be costly.

[sea-cucumber.livejournal.com]

Normal perfume makes me sneeze lots and lots so I can't really wear it, although there are ones I like! There is one called Burberry brit (I think) that I got a free sample of when my sister bought the big bottle in new york, and there is another one in a tiny bulbous bottle with smooth circles on it that smells nice too but I can't remember what it is called!

[anonymous-james.livejournal.com]

My question to the Warcraft geeks out there is "is it really worth spending £12 to re-name the two characters who's names bug me, when neither of them is my primary character?"

I'm not a wow geek, but I have played an mmorpg.

I would suggest that
a) It isn't worth it.
b) That if you really have £12 or even £24 pounds spare, you should give it to me, or perhaps better still the charity of your choice.

[anonymous-james.livejournal.com]

I don't know where you'll be skating, but I might potentially be up for it.

[wildrogue.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan to me. Let me know when and where.

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

I was told that poison was more for the mature lady. though perfume sellers are notorious liars.

I tend to wear some Chanel man thing, but only when I need to feel like I should be wearing a suit - not day to day.

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

I skate once a year at Christmas time at hampton Court palace (though we got the time wrong this year - woe) so i suck beyond belief, but let me know when you're thinking of performing "embarrassment and blood on ice" and we might come along to make up for our Christmas failure.

HCP is a rather pretty place to skate, if you're looking for somewhere.

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

I used to like Poison. It didn't smell like 'perfume' :)

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

Yes, but not with a very tight white shirt, opened to show off my bra!

Cloud was much more restrained in her dressing.

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

Fair enough!

Bah! Stop being all worthy at me :p

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

Oh don't tell me to give the money to charity! :p

I have a set amount of disposable income, and it's normally about £30 a month to spend on something which is not food, bills, my normal donation to the Dog's Trust, or petrol, although it is sometimes as high as £70.

What I'm trying to decide is whether the amusement I will get from having properly named WoW characters is worth me putting some of my spending cash towards it, as opposed to another book, or some clothes, or something similar.

I think the fact that I spend money on things that some people may find silly (like books on medieval hunting, or perfume that smells of toffee apple, or lingerie that no one other than me and jez will ever see) is not in doubt.

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

Streatham Ice Rink, at a time to be decided later on.

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

Is there even an ice rink there away from Xmas time? I thought it was a seasonal type of place?

ATM we're looking at Streatham, as being accessible for both Elle in Feltham, and me in Surrey Quays. You would, of course, be very welcome as would your lovely lady wife.

[molez.livejournal.com]

So not caring how easy it is for me to get there!

HMPH! Some kind of friend you are.

:P

Re: Bah! Stop being all worthy at me :p

[anonymous-james.livejournal.com]

I was mostly joking.

I'm hoping 2008 becomes my "year of charity", but who knows...

I'll revise b to

b) If you really have £12 buy something like a book, or better still some lingerie that only you and Jez will ever see

Re: Bah! Stop being all worthy at me :p

[anonymous-james.livejournal.com]

hmm, odd, why did it put my comment down here? Go figure.