Am I really about to whine about Facebook?

Yep.

My brain needs clearing

My brain is a jumble.  Let me clear it.

While I don’t feel bad that I hate my cat, I feel bad admitting that I hate my cat.

I haven’t got this kiln to work yet.  And until I get it to work, I don’t want to start any new pieces for fear of them sitting around for an undetermined amount of time in a fragile greenware state.

I want to play roller derby.  I want more tattoos.  I want to have a tea party.  I want a rose garden.  I want to move.  I want to travel.  I want to know if my hair is turning gray yet.  I want to enjoy cooking & eating healthfully.  I want to not gag on cold salads.  I want some friends again.

I need to remind myself that I should have plenty of time to make most of these things happen, but I just do not work that way.  All these things circle me and scream at me.

Last, but not least, I wholly endorse the Springpad app/website.  It is very helpful when you have an insane amount of important things you want to remember to do.  Like make alien terrariums.

Spoiler: everybody lives

Fair warning: heavy family crap.  No promises as to this being the least bit interesting.

I act like a rock, but I am not one.  Well, maybe one of those “fool’s gold” rocks that flakes apart.

Hippie shit & roller derby

So I am reading this book, “The Power of Now.” I am only up to chapter 3. There is a lot of mumbojumbo, and I am having a hard time sticking with it, but I’m committed. I like the idea of it, even if I can’t get over the vision of the author wearing lots of beads and flowy clothes. And burning a lot of incense.

Obviously, I don’t have much to report yet, but so far, it points out to separate “you” from your ever-chattering mind. To observe your thought processes as an outside entity… sort of interesting. “Negativity” counts as mind-chatter, and you are encouraged to quickly note a sudden turn of misery or moodiness. As a bystander, it’s a little easier to get to the root of things. I realize that made no sense, but like I said, I only read 2 chapters. Maybe my beads and flowy clothes still need to be earned.

Fragrance Oil Finder Website!!!

I stumbled across this today, and am DELIGHTED with it!!

The way I found if was sort of through a spiteful internet search.  You see- an Etsy seller sold a soap with a fragrance oil that was DIVINE.  I have been messing around with making shampoo, and I wanted to use this fragrance to scent the shampoo.

I contacted her, let her know that I wanted to replicate that smell for my hair, and asked if she would mind sharing it with me.  I sort of half-expected a NO, but what I got was not only a NO, but also a little rant about how I was trying to steal her product scent.  Yes, really.  She also went on and on about how she spent months perfecting the scent through blends of fragrance oils.

A little deflated, but also a little annoyed… I had a hunch that not only WAS it a single fragrance oil… but she was dumb enough to copy & paste the exact description of the fragrance oil directly from the product website.  I copied a snippet of it…. googled, and beheld the website below:

http://www.fragranceoilfinder.com/catalog/index.php

It told me EXACTLY where the fragrance oil was sold… and she did indeed copy & paste the entire description.  Teehee!

Okay, fine.  I guess you can make arguments to support her case.  But she didn’t need to outright LIE about it.  A simple, “I’m sorry, but I would rather not share” would suffice.  Further, if you are that concerned with secrecy…. WRITE YOUR OWN DESCRIPTIONS.

That’s all.  I win.  =)