Anais, thank you, but I really didn't do anything--just threw some clothes in a box and write a check.  Everyone here at work has been so generous, and M is the one who dealt with UPS and measured the @!#$$ boxes (which are gone, gone, gone!  Hahahahahaha).  I'll pass your kind comments on to them.     I'm glad you're enjoying the oil; it was underused at my house.

Moonchild, I told my mom about my results and she laughed and laughed.  For some reason my ISFX tickled her funny bone (she's an ISFJ) and she keeps mentioning it.  Heh.  She's so easily amused.   8)

I think the clog is gone.  I bought some Ten Minute Clog Remover (TMCR) and some sulfuric acid just in case.  I wanted lye but you can't find lye anymore.  What if someone wants to remove a clog or make soap or dissolve a body?  What are they supposed to do?  Anyway, I followed the directions to a T (a rarity for me)--6 oz of TMCR, wait 10 minutes and gently flush with cool water.  Nada, nix, nothing.  I added 6 oz and went to the Kitty Suite and washed my hair and played with Agatha (who was very upset because I wasted some of our play time washing myself--what, I can't just lick myself clean like any respectible animal?), and in about 1.5 hours rinsed again.  Slightly better.  So, I poured some in (pooh on this measuring stuff), turned on the bathroom fan, closed the door and left it overnight.  This this morning I let the water run, gently, for 40 minutes or so.  I think it might just have worked.  I'm going to let it set overnight tonight, too.  I found a hair catcher at Wal-Moo (they're in the plumbing section.  No wonder I never saw it before) and some Rid-X to bump up the bacteria level in the agitator after using the TMCR, though it's diluted enough so I doubt there will be any problems.  I looked it up on the internet and the sites all agreed that normal household use of bleach or lye won't damage septic tanks.  I bet that wimpy pseudo-lye like the TMCR won't cause any problems either.

Hair:  Modified Gibson with my Sophie and Lucy sticks with the lampwork puppy dog head.

Cats:  Evil and spoiled.  Gorey's a bit sniffly but still feels well enough to bite the hand that feeds him.

BPAL:  La Bella Donna Della dia Mente (Soft, lush myrtle and dry, sweet melilot with wild rose, pomegranate juice and peach blossom against a background of deep aquatic notes and a twirl of melancholy autumn breezes)--light, slightly fruity and floral.  Decent staying power, since I can still smell it and it's noon.  Pretty but not special.  Aquatics really don't do well with me.

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ME, TOO!  I'm so excited. I love Nightmare Before Christmas.  I will see anything Tim Burton makes.  They've come out with some really cute Halloween stuff w/ NBC theme.  I love Jack the Pumpkin King.  Danny Elfman's voice is awesome, as are his compositions.

Khrome, hairsticks won't even begin to hold the braid up against my head.  For I am Queen Slippery Hair with strands of teflon (tm).  

Modified Gibson today with a tatted bun cover on the inner bun (from the LHC craft swap) and decorated with my Crimson Bloom Individualstick.  Washed my hair last night and the clog is gone and I finally got a strainer to keep the hair out of the drain.  Hey, it only took 6 years.  

Gorey's sick again and the vet can't see him till Monday evening.  I'm not sure if I can keep that appt because he's not always on the porch until sundown.  I may make it anyway.  Last night he was coughing and his eyes were goopier than usual.  He's still eating well and is still chubby.  He does have that strong animal smell the cats tend to get when they're sick.  Agatha smelled like that when the mass on her chest was getting infected.  

Agatha and I played for over an hour last night.  I wore her out.  Ha!  Miss Indoor Kitty is getting soft.  

BPAL:  My 7/21 order came in!  Whee!  I got frimps of Nefertiti, Bloodlust, Santo Domingo, Nine Mysteries, Darkness, Iago, Malediction, and Maenad.  I tried Nyarlathotep (the blackest of ritual incenses charged with flashes of ozone) today and it was very pleasant for 5 minutes then it changed into that annoying spicy scent again--there must have been patchouli in it.  I tried Kurukulla (three lotus blooms and three roses) next.  Wet, it smelled like bubble gummy floral with a hint of wine.  The bubble gum was the lotus and it doesn't smell like bubble gum but it kind of does and if you smelled it you'd know exactly what I mean.  Anyway, it's all lotus on me.  I'm not sure about it, but I did get compliments and I can amp up the rose with my Lucy's Kiss.  After Kurukulla wore off (faster than I'd like) I tried Darkness (Blackest opium and narcissus deepened by myrrh) which I would never have tried on my own since I'm very wary of anything that has "black" in the description now as every other scent I've tried turns into that blah spicy thing.  However, I like this.  It's not like anything else I've liked, it's heavy and not sweet and just a bit perfumy, but I really like it.  I'm glad I didn't lay money on whether I'd like Kurukulla or Darkness better.  Darkness is on my big bottle list for sure.   8)

You make me more and more curious about BPAL.  And ELGEBA sounds like "love at first sniff"
I need to check it out.

I want to list all of the BPALs I"ve tried so far.  I could write them down but I'd lose the paper.    I wish I could sticky this but I"ll try to remember.  

These are the ones I've actually tried.  Starred names are the ones I've liked.

Bewitching Brews
Blood--my skin amps the clove and destroys the cherry
Blood Amber*--nice variation on amber but doesn't last
Bon Vivant*--nice but doesn't last at all
Dana O'Shee*--very nice but no throw and it lasts not
Delirium--beautiful, then turns into lemon Kool-Aid powder
Jack*--delicious
La Bella Donna Della Mia Mente--meh
Mata Hari--too perfumey
Ouija*--pretty dried flowers and woody scent
Penny Dreadful--migraine x 2--fool me once, shame on you....
Scarecrow*--smells just like straw.  Amazing but I don't want to smell like straw.
Voodoo--patchouli.  ick
Zephyr--nice enough but meh

Funereal Oils
Darkness*--still not sure why I like it but I do.
Embalming Fluid*--lovely but it doesn't last at all
House of Night--another nice floral, nothing special
Zombi*--

Dark Elements
Burial--darn patchouli anyhow

Sin & Salvation
Envy*--too sharp on its own but very nice with Embalming Fluid
Dirty*--nostalgia-inducing, doesn't last long
Dorian*--sweet creamy vanilla.
Hellfire--dark musk.  ick.
Magdalene*--bad at first then white short lasting floral
Roadhouse*--light surprising scent, doesn't last
Rose Cross--too much frankencense
Vice*--would rather the cherry lasted longer, will try locket

Love Potions
Jezebel--smelled off.  maybe the sandalwood?
La Belle au Bois Dormant*--fruity floral, not too fruity.
Lucy's Kiss*--rose, rose, rose
Maiden--nice enough but meh
Nefertiti*--floral to wood to myrrh; unusual, very nice
O--cloying vanilla
Snake Oil--nice in the imp, odd on my skin
Vixen--patchouli
Whip--update; hideous with my chemistry now. Sigh.

Diabolus
Bluebeard*--very nice, but too masculine for me
Bloodlust--didn't even try.  Patchouli
Catherine--the rosemary did weird things with my skin
Fenris Wolf--musk.  sigh
H ellcat--argh!  it's poison!
Maenad*--very nice at first but sweetens too much on the drydown.  
Nosferatu*--love the wine note, but I get that in Blood Rose
Rage--nice enough but not enraged, more like piqued
Wicked--Jasmine slaughtered the rest of the notes and gave me a headache

Mad Tea Party
Alice*--lovely warm spicy light floral
The Dormouse--meh, no staying power
Jabberwocky--toxic
The Lion*--nice but not as nice as Bastet
March Hare--amped clove, killed the apricot
The Red Queen*--like very much but no staying power
Two, Five, and Seven*--very winey, not much rose
White Rabbit--turned into baby powder

Illyria
The Apothecary*--deep thick scent nice for rainy days
Desdemona--nice unexciting floral
Iago--didn't try.  Black musk
Lady McBeth--turned into Bubble Yum
Queen Gertrude--violets turn powdery on me
Rosalind*--lovely, but only lasts an hour or so
Titania--a bit too fruity
Viola*--another nice flower/wood/myrrh scent

Wanderlust
Gomorrah--black herbs.  sigh
Hollywood Babylon--musk
London*--great rose
Santo Domingo*--great layered with Elegba
Vinland*--very nice, but doesn't last

Rappaccini's Garden
Black Rose--update; no longer works with my chemistry.
Blood Rose*--nice winey rose
Moon Rose--meh rose

Excolo
Aizen-Myoo*--unusual, almost peachy
Bastet*--warm and spicy
Centazon Totochtin*--hate the drydown, LOVE the wet.  Will try scent locket
Elegba*--you put the rum in the coconut...
Eve*--lovely warm floral
Kurukulla*--bubblegummy but nice with 2, 5, & 7
Lilith--black musk
Nuit*--musk, but it behaves itself
Nyarlathotep--black incense
Queen Mab*--flowery but not too sweet
Sacred W hore of Babylon--this must have patchouli in it
Santa Muerte*--unusual pretty floral, good staying power

Voodoo Blends
All Night Long--cinnamon burns my skin
Black Cat*--smells just like Bogie
Water of Notre Dame*--I usually don't like aquatics but I like this one.

LE
13*--white chocolate floral.  a bit light
All Saints'*--Gorgeous incense/floral.  
Devil's Night*--smokey then sweet.  Nice.
Fruit Moon*--FRUIT!  Fruit, fruit, fruit, fruit.  Truth in advertising here.
Gypsy Queen*--Another incense-y floral.  
Harvest Moon 2005*--mulled apple cider!  Mmm...
Jacob's Ladder*--Still yet another incense-y floral and I still haven't had enough.
Lick It*--CANDY CANE!  dries down to vanilla, though.
Midway*--too foody to wear, makes me hungry, but a great room scent.
Mistletoe*--shiny dark green scent but doesn't last.
The Peac0ck Queen*--almost too perfumey but not.
Pumpkin Patch #1*--Eh.  A bit too cinnamony.
Pumpkin Patch #2*--CHOCOLATE!!
Pumpkin Patch #3*--fades very quickly
Pumpkin Patch #4*--nice, but fades very quickly too
Pumpkin Patch #5*--Pumpkin, ivy, and wood.  It works.  Huh.
Rose Red*--Wonderful fresh rose.  Wonderful
Snow White--Cold scents are not me.
Stardust--Perfumey.  I'll give it another go before deciding.
Sugar Skull '05*--Half a star really.  The drydown is nice but it's very boozy initially.  I understand it mellows with age, though.
Trick or Treat*--A bit foody but nice with Sugar Skull
Yuletide*--light berry with a touch of spice.

I've been feeling off all week.  I teetered on the edge of a migraine all weekend and Penny Dreadful sent me over the edge.  I found out Monday lots of migraineurs had headaches and I figured the weather was going to change for the worse.  It did; it rained.  My head's still kind of iffy; I won't drink any hot tea for fear it'll trigger a migraine and I won't even look at Penny Dreadful, but I don't know....  I keep losing my train of thought and bumping into things and groping for words worse than usual.  Just a bad week, I guess.    Thank God I'm not premenstrual or it might have killed me. It may yet.  

Hair:  Ear to ear lace braid, then simple bun with a two-strand braid held with my Sparkling Heart Gemstix.  The poor little sticks are swallowed up by my bun--all you can see are the goldstone hearts twinkling bravely against the Wad o' Hair (tm).  I'm going to have to save my shorter sticks for other styles; they look too weird in a single bun.  

I need to update my hairstick list.  I just ordered the Montana Sparkle Shadowstix.  I liked the bead since it's one I don't have, but I don't do blue.  There matters rested until 10 last night and I remembered I just ordered a blue top!  Embroidered with silver circles!  Whee!  I don't know if it fits or not, but hey, you gotta take some risks when you're serious about accessorizing.   8)

Gorrito is back.  He was gone for 24 hours.  He has not been neutered, so I know he was off making little Goreys as though one weren't enough trouble.    

Agatha's eating again.  Last week she'd take 4 days to eat a small can of food and then daintily nibble at her kibble (Emily Dickenson, eat your heart out   )  but she's making up for it now.  Last night she ate a whole can of food and a whole bowl of kibble.  

Bogie and Rumpole are Bogie and Rumpole.  Omnipresent, omnivorous and ominous.

BPAL:  Yesterday I tried H ellcat (hazelnut, buttercream, honey mead, rum and sweet almond) which I thought would be right up my alley after my successes with Elgeba and Dorian, but ewwewwewwEWWEWWWWW!  It smelled acrid and horrible and burned my skin.  I washed it off and it still burned.  All I can figure is it was the honey mead.  Shudder.
Magdalene today (white roses, labdanum, and wild orchid).  In the imp it smelled funny.  Not bad, but almost bad.  I think it was the labdanum as I understand it's a resin from an evergreen.  Anyway, as it dried the funny smell disappeared and it turned into a light sweet very white floral.  It almost made it to the end of the day.  Not a big bottle scent but it's nice for almost headache days since it's too light to trigger one.

It's all hairsticks all the time here today.  I'm wearing 3 mini buns with my Miss Scarlett Shadowstix, Warm Glow Individualistix, Crimson Bloom Individualstix, and Vampira Swingstix.  I'm expecting messages from space to broadcast from the back of my head any minute now. 

I am going to Wal-Moo and buying a large plastic storage container to use as Agatha's litterbox.  I'll cut a small door in the front but she'll have to shovel the stuff over the high sides from now on.  She's already kicked half of the new litter in the floor, plus she dragged the bathmat into the box to help cover everything.  She used to do that to the towels stored under the sink until I finally wised up and removed them.  She also OWWWoowwwwooowwwwoooo'd 4 times last night and kept waking me up. I'll put her outside if she keeps it up--right out the window, I will.

Yeah, right.   

BPAL:  Fruit Moon (green apple, apricot, blackberry, black cherry, black and red currants, cantaloupe, English pear, guava, lemon and lime, orange, mandarin orange, kiwi and mango, passion fruit, papaya, Georgia peach, raspberry, plum, tangerine, pomegranate and strawberry over a luminous blend of lunar oils).  Beth was not kidding.  This is FRUIT!  At first it's too fruity for me and I got a hint of koolaid powder, but as it dries down the more exotic fruits come out.  It doesn't last too long though.  It's nearly gone now; it will need to be re-applied.