Angel Spun--Wooo, yeah! Rock on!

Lisabelle--The festival was fun and I now have a lot of garlic in case any vampires try to get into my place. I think I might have heard of the apple festival, but there's so many I can't keep track of them all. Yep, I've heard of the, er, thingy festival! (the forum censor is fun!) I'm not sure if "interesting" is the right word, but it certainly looks ummm....crazy. lol

Work--It's going okay. Yesterday and today the 1st year kids were sharing their speeches. I got to hear about the lecherously cool pig mayonnaise and one boy called another boy erotic. I just shook my head and laughed/groaned. 

I want to make toilet paper mummies with my elementary school classes for their Halloween lesson. I know even if I tell them to bring their own empty toilet paper roll, some are going to forget so today I was walking around the JHS bathrooms, looking for empty rolls. Much to my amazement, I found 11 of them. Since I can't go through toilet paper that fast by myself, I think I'm going to be searching for toilet paper rolls everyday until Oct. 25th.

Oh, I nearly forgot. A, the girl who won 1st place in the district wide speech contest, came in 2nd in the prefectural contest. The top three get to go to the national speech contest in Tokyo, so she'll be competing in that next month! I'm amazed and her teacher is even more amazed since in all the years he's taught, he's never gone past the district level. Although the town's board of ed probably won't pay for me, I'm going with them all the same. I want to see her compete (as well as do a bit of shopping). I hope there aren't any expectations that my school will do just as well next year. It seems like a total fluke that we've made it this far. The planets must be in alignment or something.

Hair--Fenugreek soak and herbal ACV rinse yesterday. Hair feels nice.

On Sunday I was messing around, trying to make whipped shea with cocoa butter. I think I need to use less cocoa butter and more carrier oil the next time I do this. The butters got whipped, but perhaps because of the ratio of cocoa it seems to have set a lot harder than I thought it would. Still, the end result isn't as sticky as plain shea so I'm happy.

Curlgirl--Er, no to the emulsifying wax and steric acid. The recipes I looked at didn't mention anything about them. I guess I'll try one more time without the emulsifier and if that doesn't work, I'll order some. Is emulsifying wax hair-safe?

Lisabelle--There's a thingy museum?! lol, That's definitely the first time I've heard of it. You have shunga? Ohohoho, you naughty woman!

La Diosa--lol, My kids are totally crazy. Some being crazier than others. Thanks! I'm glad you like the avatar. It's actually from two years ago, but I felt like bringing it back for Halloween.

Work--Finished up the 1st years' speeches. What funny thing did I hear? Oh, the boy who wrote about a fart named Jaga did his speech. Before each speech, the kids had to hold up a card with a vocabulary word they're using that the rest of the class doesn't know. Well, he had "fart" on his card. He kept pronouncing it as "faht" so the teacher asked me to pronounce it for the class. That was soooo embarrassing, but soooo funny as well. I needed a couple of tries before I could say it because I kept laughing. The kids enjoyed saying it, though, and the boy's speech was hilarious.

Finally made my first good batch of whipped hair butter on Monday. I used the last of my shea and incorporated the shea/cocoa combo I made the week before. I also added more rose hip oil and used camellia oil. Since I used a lot more oil, the butter was a lot fluffier and was like buttercream frosting. Maybe it's because my bathroom is cold, or maybe the way it sets, but it's a bit firmer than when I first made it. At any rate, it's a lot softer than my second attempt at whipping butter and easily melts in my hands.

BPAL--My first eBay purchase and the imps I was sent by a lovely member of LL arrived yesterday. It was really hard to decide which to try first, but since I had paid for it, I went with the eBay.

*Hunger Moon, A Little Lunacy limited edition (from eBay): ozone, white sandalwood, crystalized white amber, verbena, oak moss, clary sage, white citrus rind. At first I wasn't sure if I would like it when I sniffed it in the bottle and put it on. "Pweewww," was the first thing that came to mind. But after the dry down, it was really pleasant and not at all overpowering. I don't want to be one of those people who bowl people over with their perfume/cologne, so "quiet" scents like this will probably be good for me.

*Les Infortunes de la Vertu, Sin and Salvation general catalog (forum member): leather, oak moss, orange blossom, amber, rose, French florals, incense. In the bottle it smelt quite interesting, but it didn't seem to agree with my body chemistry. While it smells nice, it doesn't seem very "me". A lot of the reviewers on bpal.org think it would be good on a man and I agree. If I had a boyfriend, I would totally test it on him have him try it. Perhaps it's the leather scent. On the positive side, at least I know that leather is an ingredient I should stay away from and I have a fragrance that would work on a future boyfriend (should I ever get one).

Movies--On a Vincent Price and "Beach Party" kick for some reason. Bought the latter on iTunes and put VP's line in my siggy. And besides "Beach Party," downloaded "Twice Told Tales." I think my favorite segment is "Rappaccini's Daughter." I don't want to spoil anything, but to me it's rather tragic and I love Beatrice Rappaccini's clothes! Every time I watch that part of the movie I think, "Oh, so sad....I wish I had her wardrobe!"

edit: just remembered what I wanted to write. I must be feeling nostalgic and so I bought "Beach Party." While I wasn't born until 18 years after it came out, I remember watching the Beach Blanket movies on TV when I was a little kid and wishing I was the blonde lady in Eric von Zipper's gang.

Weird dream--A couple of days ago I had exactly that. I can't remember most of it, but the part that sticks in my mind is when I woke up and discovered that I had grown a beard and mustache. I was surprised, but not terribly shocked. In the dream I thought, "That's what I get for not plucking my mustache hairs for two days." I tried trimming my beard and mustache so it didn't look so bushy. And for some reason I also cut my hair so it looked like a longer version of Hugh Grant's Floppy Hair. It was quite cute on me.

Well, the weird part wasn't my new facial hair or the fact that I gave myself a bob. The part that disturbed me the most in the dream was the fact that I couldn't pass as a guy! I looked in the mirror and thought, "I can't go out like this! I look like a woman with a beard (as opposed to a man)."