schadenfreude | Day 57

February 26, 2017 - 25 Things About You

Everyone at my house is puny today, I've been caring for and cleaning up after people. I'm mentally exhausted so I'm taking the lazy route today.

What is your middle name? Lou
What was your favorite subject at school? English and Sociology
What is your favorite drink? A tie between coffee and Coca Cola
What is your current favorite song? The one I keep playing over and over right now is 'What Am I Living For?' by Solomon Burke
What is your favorite food? Fried chicken - actually, I'll eat chicken any way except raw
What is the last thing you bought? Hot dogs and beer at the Chili Cook-off yesterday.
What is your favorite book of all time? The Stand by Stephen King
What is your favorite color? cobalt blue
Do you have any pets? Chan, a seal point Siamese, Wiggles, a yellow tabby, and Baxter, a pup someone dumped on Wal-Mart's parking lot.
What is your favorite perfume? Anything in the Oriental spicy category but my favorite is Opium by Yves Saint Laurent
What is your favorite holiday? I love everything about Halloween, hands down, but I also love gathering with my whole family at Christmas.
Are you married? Not any more.
Have you ever been out of the country? If so, how many times? I've been to the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Scotland.
Do you speak any other languages? No.
How many siblings do you have? I have an older sister, an older brother, and a twin.
What is your favorite store/shop? Macy's, but I absolutely love to hang out in Earthbound Trading Company.
What is your favorite restaurant? FD Grillhouse or Dublin's Pass, they're both fantastic.
What is your favorite movie of all time? For content, I'll have to say The Shawshank Redemption, but to look at, the original Point Break with Keanu and Patrick Swayze.
What is your favorite TV show(s)? Taboo, The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Better Call Saul, and Supernatural.
Movie or television crush? Tom Hardy for the moment.
PC or Mac? PC
Which phone do you have? Samsung Galaxy S5
How tall are you? 5'3"
Can you cook? Yes. I wouldn't be asked to host a cooking show, but I know my way around a kitchen.

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Wow, I also love Opium by YSL. A few months ago I bought Black Opium, but it has nothing to do with the original. Opium perfume is one of my Great Classic favorites!

Great choice, Shawshank Redemption, what a great movie.

I have to ration the Opium, make it last as long as possible. I love it but have a hard time justifying the expense. The next time I go shopping, I'll sample the Black Opium, to see if I like it. Thanks for the recommendation.

You are welcome. It has just a nostalgic hint, very tiny one, but it is a "modern" perfume more of the style of brand Juliette has a Gun

Edited 2017-02-27 23:09 (UTC)

I absolutely adore ambergris, but cannot and will not buy it due to sperm whales classified as endangered. There was a shop here in town that little waxy cubes, that smelled exactly like ambergris, that we could rub on pulse points. I'm sure it was synthetic because it was after the ban in 1973. However, the shop is gone and I haven't been able to find anything remotely similar since the late 1990's.

I'll definitely look for Juliette Has A Gun!

I'm aware of certain perfume ingredients and fixers that are banned right now or sold in minimal quantities. I agree with you. Well, sometime ago I was very much into perfumes in a blog I used to write. So right now I have no idea how it goes for these brands, how synthetic the components are. Hope you find something you like. I personally prefer the old time perfumes, collect them, do not use them, they are extremely overpowering. But it's a pleasure just to know I got some of the classics :) xx

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