I need a girly icon, damn it

Update of absolutely no substance whatsoever:

Over the holiday break, I picked up some new scents from Bath and Body Works. I grabbed some more Tropical Passionfruit lotion (why can I only ever find the lotion in the store? It's so fragrant, I don't like mixing it on top of shower gel of a different scent!). It's still good, but I've had two breakthrough favorites so far: Magnolia Blossom and White Tea & Ginger.

The White Tea & Ginger makes me physically ACHE for the whole line of tea-accented lotions and body washes they put out about five years ago. I still have a little left of my Red Currant and Thyme Tea lotion/shower gel, and I'm going to cry when it's gone. However, White Tea & Ginger is a worthy successor; the scent is so clean, which is as good as I can describe it. I need to go and buy some more online (they only had the one bottle in the store or I'd have bought them out of it.

Magnolia Blossom is subtle in the same way as the White Tea & Ginger, but whereas the latter smells almost tasty, Magnolia Blossom is much more earthy. Not bad BO-and-dirty earthy, like you would describe people when you call them earthy, but sort of fresh-air outdoors-y earthy. I used up half of the one bottle I had before I switched to a different one so I can savor that some more.

Haven't opened the Sheer Freesia or Night Blooming Jasmine that I bought yet. I must have been wowed by Night Blooming Jasmine, as I seem to have three bottles of shower gel and two things of the lotion, but I am saving opening that until I use up the shower gel I already have in the bathroom. I'm surprised I bought a Freesia-scented lotion; usually, I don't care for Freesia. I'd go smell it except that I am currently still sniffing my hands for that intoxicating White Tea & Ginger scent. Wouldn't be able to smell it all.

Nothing to see here, I guess. Unless you, too, are a total girl about scented lotions and want to girly-chat about it. Do, let's!

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Aww, the Department Head just had her first baby like less than half an hour ago. She called her lab herself to tell them, and they're spreading the word around. The girl bringing the glad tidings is beaming like a crazy person. Methinks she would like to be next (she got married a year and a half ago, so it's probably on the agenda after getting her degree).

Okay, I may not luuuurve kids, but babies are always a reasonable excuse for joy, neh?

Speaking of, ecmyers sent me this story, which also made me go aawwwwww: Johnny Depp is awesomer than you ever knew. Like I said to him and feiran, I totally get it. I get choked up thinking about my baby niece being unhappy, let alone seriously ill, and she's not even mine. If I had teh monies, I would totally...well, okay, I'd spoil myself first, but I might be persuaded to give to charity involving children living longer.

Once they're adults, though, shoot 'em. Just my policy.

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Before I forget: Happy Birthday to newly published author jethrien! Congrats and all the best to you on your natal day!


(But reckoning by my natal day, yes reckoning by my natal day...I am a little lad of five! Sorry, saw Pirates of Penzance again recently, so it's still in my head.)