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Drive-By Post Before I Vanish To Do Laundry
Someone online mentioned a Beauty & The Beast Castle that I need to go see while I'm in France. Is this ringing anyone's bells?
Also...
Also, I went to Giverny today, which is where Monet painted and it was utterly gorgeous and so, so peaceful, I just wanted to stay there listening to music and looking at the flowers, in this lovely, hazy misty morning, with a truly lovely dove-gray sky and the birds chirping.
What was less fun was that while I was walking to Monet's house I had my head turned and walked straight into the lamp post that was for some unfathomable reason in the middle of the sidewalk. Seriously, it was a total slap-stick moment; I expected to see Charlie Chaplan hanging around. Almost as painful as it was embarrassing.
Also...
-What does Gojyo's shampoo smell like? I assume, with his hair, he probably using something fairly quality, but I can't think of what. I'm tempted to go with Tea Tree Oil Shampoo, which smells minty and green and tingles pleasantly, but since that's what I use, I'm not sure it's allowed.
-During the summer![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
pzb, my mother, possibly renegadekitsuneand I had a conversation about the ikkou's musical taste, which is notable for the way every single person said immediately, 'Gojyo listens to rock.' Which is kind of a gimme, but still, aren't we sympathico? So my question is, what are the ikkou's musical guilty pleasures? What is the music that Gojyo plays that Hakkai actually likes? For Gojyo himself, I think he wouldn't admit to liking Ray Lamontagne, but would because that artist has this wonderful sense of romance combined with the doubt that love even exists. (Go listen to "Jolene" - it's gorgeous and totally on my 'Forget Me Not' playlist, and only smillaraaqis going to know what that means.)
-During the summer
pzb, my mother, possibly renegadekitsuneand I had a conversation about the ikkou's musical taste, which is notable for the way every single person said immediately, 'Gojyo listens to rock.' Which is kind of a gimme, but still, aren't we sympathico? So my question is, what are the ikkou's musical guilty pleasures? What is the music that Gojyo plays that Hakkai actually likes? For Gojyo himself, I think he wouldn't admit to liking Ray Lamontagne, but would because that artist has this wonderful sense of romance combined with the doubt that love even exists. (Go listen to "Jolene" - it's gorgeous and totally on my 'Forget Me Not' playlist, and only smillaraaqis going to know what that means.) Also, I went to Giverny today, which is where Monet painted and it was utterly gorgeous and so, so peaceful, I just wanted to stay there listening to music and looking at the flowers, in this lovely, hazy misty morning, with a truly lovely dove-gray sky and the birds chirping.
What was less fun was that while I was walking to Monet's house I had my head turned and walked straight into the lamp post that was for some unfathomable reason in the middle of the sidewalk. Seriously, it was a total slap-stick moment; I expected to see Charlie Chaplan hanging around. Almost as painful as it was embarrassing.
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Yes, yes, that's money he could just as easily be spending on something IMPORTANT, like more booze and smokes! :)
I'm not entirely convinced Gojyo's quite as vain about his appearance as he likes to put on; he's certainly not terribly careful about how he dresses, so I can very easily see him being less than picky about haircare. His mom really beat in the message that he was ugly, and for all his talk of being handsome the way he reacts to the girls praising his hair makes me think he has internalized some of that, even if he tries not to show it.
The one thing Reds have going for them is that they're really heavy and strong, right? (I don't smoke, but the ex favored Marlboro Lights, which were heavy enough to make me gag even as second-hand smoke, because Reds were "too strong".) That seems a very Sanzo thing, somehow, no delicate coffin-nails for that boy!
Plus, aren't a lot of Chinese cigs super-cheap because so many of the supposed "Western" brands are actually locally-produced counterfeits? Apparently the price difference is soooo huge that there's even a thriving black market importing the fakes to the US...
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Yes. Gojyo has a lot of pride on the surface, but he's also extremely insecure because of his stepmother's abuse. *nods* He's no fashion plate, but he doesn't have to be because the ladies love him in spite of himself. X-D
Yerp. I found the Reds to be way too strong. I have a few theories about Genjyo and the Reds. First, they were the first brand he'd ever smoked. It took me a while to try different brands when I started too. But I did eventually experiment which brings me to the second theory: Genjyo is allergic to change. Having been cast adrift too many times in his life, he'll cling to whatever constants he can get. Also, there's a concept in Shaolin Buddhism called "eating bitter". Basically, the idea is to suffer in order to make yourself better. Thus Genjyo likes his cigarettes the same way he likes his coffee: harsh and bitter.
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Yup. From what I understand, Marlboro is the most overwhelmingly popular brand out there. Betcha part of that is due to those old Marlboro Man ads.
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And you have a really good point about Gojyo having internalized his mothers ideas about him being ugly. Like, that scene that multiple authors have written about rubbing mud into his hair as a kid to make it not red is totally canon in my head.
And "eating bitter" is the perfect way to describe Sanzo.
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Doesn't it just? That's why I pegged him as being Shaolin Buddhist even though he has probably never been to the Shaolin Temple in Henan Province.
Heh. I don't blame him for being less than thrilled with change and not being in control of his life. It's been my experience than life does not improve or, in the rare instances it does improve, the improvement doesn't last long.
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*nods*
And yeah, cause who doesn't love being Kannon's bitch? I mean, I love the girl dearly, but I would not want her to have a hand in MY life.
I have to admit, change for me is usually good - or at least, the awesome things stay, but change... even when it's good, it is by it's very nature stressful, which sucks.
And maybe you should start glueing the good changes with superglue to get them to stick? Because live is change, all change equal bad has just got to suck.
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I think I'd blow a gasket if Kanzeon ever showed up. I love her too, but she'd drive me batty. Then again, I wonder if that what my gods are doing: Making my life hell to make me better. I just wish I knew what the plan is. Nothing like striving for a goal when you don't even know what the goal is.
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TBH, I probably don't have a right to complain. Some of the things that happened to me are/were my own damn fault. My present poverty is due to my refusal to give up trying to make a living as an artist and go get a normal job (that I would loathe) like everyone else. =-P
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Seriously? All regular jobs you hate that much? *raises eyebrows*
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Trust me. It's not for lack of looking that I've rarely found and been hired for a job that I like.
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Nobody pays to do the kinds of jobs I would like to do. Things like library technician aide, filing, data entry, etc. Things that don't require interaction with customers. The libraries here take only volunteers and work study students. The other kinds of jobs are always lumped in with receptionist/ secreterial positions which means I'd have to do telephone duties and talk to customers.
I don't expect you to understand why I don't like normal jobs.
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