I have heard...

that it is the fabulous

chocolate_limes's birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, chocolate_limes! EXTERMINATE!! Er, I mean CELEBRATE!!

Rerun #3: Originally posted 12-16-04

There is a product, created by Glade, that is being advertised on TV. I had the misfortune to view said advertisement. The product is called Scentstories, and purports to tell a story using scents.

A story.

Using scents.

You put a "disc" in, and it "tells a story in five scents, one after the other". (That's a relief. I'm glad they didn't try to tell it with all five scents simultaneously.) The disc has pictures of rainforests and waterfalls on it, but you cannot see the pictures after you put it in the device.

This is unusual. Many cultures have amazing storytelling traditions, oral tales that are passed down from one generation to the next. Here in the States we apparently are developing a new tradition: olfactory storytelling. I like that we have five scents, because this means that Glade can follow the traditional plotline of introduction...action rising...climax...resolution...epilogue.

I can just see it now: you put in the Scent Disc, and the scents begin to disperse...Perky, adorable young woman turns to geeky husband..."Aww, they just kissed!" she says dreamily.

"Honey, I thought you'd given up the smack," he says sadly.

Renfest entry, part one.

Last day of festival was today!

I hung out with atdt1991 for most of Festival, and visited every clothing store on site in a near-fruitless attempt to get him a headkerchief. It was a journey nearing epic stature when we were pointed back to a place that we had already stopped in at, and found that they had an entire basket full of them, at a quite reasonable price.

bob_the_mighty left the booth!

Both of them said many really funny and witty things, and I can't remember any of them because I didn't bring any paper with me.

Except I showed atdt1991 the Supah Sekrit Privies, and he named them "The Privies of Solitude", and so they shall be known henceforth.

I also got stuck in the parking lot for an hour. Yes, you read that correctly, an hour. I ended up putting my car in park and perusing the photos I took today.

In an effort to distract you all from the fact that I can't remember a thing I will now dazzle you with pictures.

( Here be pictures, aye. )

Renfest entry part two.

So my lovely friend bookwench2096 and her co-conspirator put on a lovely show today...they call it the Fox Hunt. It was quite funny.

( Enter for images of the fox hunt...the quest to find the Foxiest Man at Festival. )