Impractical

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Got me some Peppermint Twist* soap from Bath’n’Body Works the other day! I feel all festive now!

Speaking of Christmas, I have discovered the Universal Wish List Button on Amazon, and nothing is safe. I mean, I’ve got a couple dozen entries for Zulugrass, for god’s sake. Then I cruised around for vests and pocket watches, stamped on every single Cinematic Titanic production, and topped it off with a stack of doll clothes. Then I sent it to everyone who gets me presents, all six of them.

I don’t actually expect to get most of this stuff, if any. (I mean, for chrissakes, Zulugrass is $8-9 a strand. Given my usual gift range for friends is $10-$15, two strands are right out.) After all, I’m mostly planning to get a new computer, since the Bhelliom is not living up to its name as the all-powerful granter of my desires. But I like having the list around so that, if I ever decide I need to get myself something, I can remember the things I actually want.

So, what’s on your silly impractical wish list this year?


*I don’t think it’s called this exactly, but it’s close. Actually, I think the “Peppermint Twist” is a dance from the fifties. Or, if it wasn’t, it should have been.

Comments

[michellerz.livejournal.com]

Thank you for letting me know about the universal wish list. I now know what to do with my week off for Thanksgiving. ^_^!!

and OMG, It's Tough To Be A God...You just made my day that much brighter. Realizing that it's a damn shame it's not on my iTunes, I'm now off to find a copy of the "Road to El Dorado" Soundtrack! Yay!! :D

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

ALAS, the version on there is a duet by Elton John and Randy Newman and nowhere near as badass, although it does have more lyrics. The movie version was hard to come across, has inferior sound quality, and contains all the sound effects. And it's not on my computer anymore. I'll try to dig it up from my iPod, but that'll take a while ...

On the plus side, the soundtrack other than that is totally awesome, and has more songs than the movie, most of which are brilliant.

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

Twisted Peppermint, and yes, the Peppermint Twist is a dance and a song about the dance.

[sunshine-shaman.livejournal.com]

Have I ever told you about the pocket watch that I have but never use? Because if I haven't, I am now. It needs a battery, but other than that, it's just peachy. You like? You want? I'll show you when I get home.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yeah!

[sunshine-shaman.livejournal.com]

And didn't that one Disney special we have on beta include the Peppermint Twist? I don't know why, but I kind of remember that. I sense that it was in there along with Elvis' Teddy Bear and Rock this Town. We'll have to haul the ol' beta out again and see if it's there.

[mathsnerd]

Drat, now I need to go to Bath and Body Works.

Only one impractical wish this year: http://www.amazon.com/Sandman-Death-20th-Anniversary-Bookends/dp/B00139TIR8/ref=reg_hu-wl_item-added

[jadewing.livejournal.com]

WAAAAAIT!

I'm guessing - guessing - you haven't used the soap yet. Now, a few years ago, I got myself a bar of peppermint soap, along with some, uh, salty peppermint grainy stuff. I don't think it was bath salt but I'm not 100% either way. The point being.

You know how water tastes really really really cold after you eat a peppermint? THIS VERY SAME PROCESS IS APPLICABLE TO ANY SORT OF PEPPERMINT-THEMED SCRUBBY LATHER. I thought I was being festive. I thought I'd smell delicious. I thought the rules of Peppermint-Cold-Beverage-Phenomenon wouldn't apply to me. BUT THEY DID. HEAVEN WEPT, AND THEY DID.

You know that cold awful time in between getting out of the shower and being somewhat dry with your clothes on? It amplifies the cold. Not mildly, either (though this may depend on the mint strength!) but, like, now there's a bitter minty edge to it.

AND SO. When you use the soap, be prepared to be very, very, very cold immediately after ceasing of showers, and/or shower in the Sahara to compensate, and/or wait until summer, at which point I speculate it will be an entirely relieving process rather than distressing, as no one needs to be even colder after getting out of a hot shower in November.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I do indeed remember that (I still tell the story), and I've been using the soap for a while. But I only use it on my hands, as B&B stuff on the rest of my body dries it out.

Your warning: it was taken to heart.