I had a great first meeting with my doctoral committee today and am in that rare antsy can’t-wait-to-get-to-work mood, but I have to wait because my mother-in-law isn’t here to sit with the toddler yet.
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Yesterday I received my first order from Whisper Sisters, purveyors of fine perfume oils. I found out about it from Gothic Charm School. I ordered a scent called Goth Club 89, which is described as
Goth Club '89 - if you were there, you know the smell. Heavy resins, candle smoke, nicotine, clove, incense, absinthe, with a hint of intoxicating florals and vintage dark patchouli to balance everything out.
The Lady of the Manners said it delivers on exactly what it promises, so I thought I’d try it.
(Sidebar: This was a late night impulse buy. Occasionally I do those. They’re always under $20 and always silly. Others have included a Krang t-shirt and movies including Hot Rod, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, and all of the Librarian movies.)
First, the Whisper Sisters packaging is beautiful: a little sheer black fabric bag with a business card, tiny plastic skeleton and spider and bat toys, and the perfume bottle plus a little sample vial. When I put the scent on, I wasn’t sure about it. It was a bit strong and medicinal.
But once it settled in and my body chemistry modified it, I loved it.
Specifically, I felt as this was how I should have been smelling my whole life.
The reboot?s soundtrack was considered before animating began, says composer Sunna Wehrmeijer
“Big and epic but also sparkly” is my new personal tagline.
I had a feeling this morning that I needed to revisit Zen Habits and it turned out that I did, for this article.
#100DaysOfCode 2/100 Completed @freeCodeCamp Applied Accessibility, Responsive Web Design Principles, CSS Flexbox, CSS Grid, and Build a Tribute Page project.
#100DaysOfCode 1/100 Completed @freeCodeCamp Basic HTML & HTML5, Basic CSS, & Applied Visual Design.
Got excited about things that are more widely used than the last time I worked with CSS: border-radius, variables.
Had some trouble wrapping my head around HTML5 forms, since I’m a dinosaur and still have CGI code in my head… But I finally understood that label encompasses, you know, the label for the actual input element, and that name tells you, when you receive the submission, what the submitted input actually is answering… I think that in my own code, though, I’ll be commenting a LOT to keep all of these bits straight in my own head.
Drawing with CSS is blowing my mind. CSS interactions… I think if you couldn’t do it with CSS in 2002, I probably don’t know how to do it. Exciting to learn new stuff!
Aquariums (American English plural) always feel like transcendent and magical spaces to me.
If MAGIC is aligning ENERGY with INTENTION in order to bring about CHANGE, VOTING is a MAGICAL ACT. Thank you for voting, for using your power to make the world a better place.
Hi yes @sfosternyc is 100% my pretend Broadway BFF.
Me: I think I’m going to embrace my age. I’m thinking of reading Marion Zimmer Bradley and Mercedes Lackey.
W: Are you a middle aged woman in the 1980s?