Interesting stuff to read.
I'm not going to pretend like I know what Darfur is about and I don't really see much use in the geek book (altough I like the idea :D), but apart from that, I'd read them all.

i bought some lettuce for my rabbit

do you have any pics of this rabbit?

Various scents; Armani Code, Paco Rabanne Ultraviolet and Givenchy Pour Homme(? - their is a purple one ond a blue one, I have the purple). I bought a Ted Baker wallet (that only holds cards, and a bit of cash. No change allowed). And some Egyptian cotton linens for my new bed which should be arriving this thursday.

Wooo hoo! :clap:

I KNOW! Finally I wont smell like a tramp anymore!! Also, that quote mad eme notice my terrible grammar mistake, I used 'their' instead of 'there'. :(

Lol. Yeah, I didn't buy it as a manual, lol. :p I think it's a bit more tongue in cheek than that; but interesting nonetheless. And hey, there's a chapter called 'Zombie 101'...gotta love it lol.

There's a reason to buy it. If it has zombies or ninja's, it's cool.

I don't know chuck you might still smell like a tramp. :clap:
What ever happened to soap and deodorant? :thumb:

Scent free soap and deodorant, so they dont clash with whatever fragrance you wear.

Also, I noticed another mess up I made thanks to a quote; 'mad eme' instead of 'made me'. I dont know what is wrong with me :(.

I do the same thing!

:beer:

As do I!

That's boring. Most ALL guys wear deodorant. And actually, perfumes predate deodorant by quite a bit. So I'd actually pose the question, "what ever happened to fragrances?"

EDIT: Not that I care. Wear Axe! Wear Old Spice! Smell indistinguishable!

I don't wear axe either it smells like LOSER. I just get sickened by people who wear too much cologne/perfume, its supposed to be an accent not a bath. If used in discretion i can stomach some perfume on women to a certain degree. I mostly date surfer girls and they tend to stray from vanity, which i prefer in women and men alike. And thats my point also, your not indistinguishable if your wearing cologne or perfume, your sheep for spending hard earned money to smell like every other guy in a club.

I'm getting high school locker room flashbacks but it was mostly Old Spice.

Ah well yes, it just seems to be that the most popular fragrances are also some of the loudest (Le Male and One Million come to mind). And because they're not that popular with men, they have not a clue as to how to apply them. So really, even a relatively light fragrance could be overdone by the wrong application.

As for the bolded part, what? :laughing: Maybe if you wear AdG or Curve (the go to fragrances for guys who don't care), then definitely. But that's not so in my case. Costume National 21, By Kilian's Back to Black, Hermes Ambre Narguile, etc. I can guarantee I would NOT smell like every other guy in the club. And also, it's not that expensive. My collection is largely made up of samples and decants, which tend to range between 2.5 and 7.5ml and range in price from $2.00 to $25.00 (depending on the fragrance). In my case, I've gotten quite a few for free because, thankfully, I have a forum dedicated to fragrances with very generous members. I've had some for over a year, which I can't say about deodorant. And I smell better too.

Funny you should mention the uniqueness of your fragrances. I looked them up and they are all rated in the top 50 for most popular colognes for men. That tells me you may smell more like other people then you believe. Also Kilian back to black is a very modest $225.00!! for 50 MLS? LOL Cost wouldn't be an issue to me but theres nothing unique about those fragrances according to the majority of the population everywhere. OK i'm done.

I'd love to see that list. Costume National 21 is ignored even on the forum I'm a member of, FILLED with fragrance fanatics. Hermes is very well known, so I wouldn't be terribly surprised by Ambre Narguile. Back to Black is an amazing fragrance, and wouldn't be surprised by that one either. And trust me, By Kilian isn't the only house to overprice. Add to that list Creed, Bond no. 9, Clive Christian, Amouage, and Xerjoff. I'm assuredly missing some, but these are the biggest offenders. They tend to put a lot of care into packaging, which is kind of bullshit. I like good packaging, but not when it's gonna add over $100. That's why I bought a 7.5ml decant for $20 on eBay. It'll last me at least a year.

But yes, I'd love to see the list. The whole thing is, the figures only tell the story for people who care about them, and therefore purchase them. These people are in the minority. The average person wouldn't know Costume National. The average person knows about the ones sold at JCPenney's and Bon Ton, not Bergdorf Goodman and Aedes de Venustas.

Admittedly i just used google to check those various colognes. And i readily admit that most surveys and/or ratings are based on small groups of people and averaged out over population density, I just thought it interesting they weren't quite as obscure as you let on. Packaging is becoming a problem with lots of things. why not put the added resources into making a better product or giving me more of the product, rather then giving me a fancy gold plated case to hold it in. I won't begrudge you your foo-foo juice. Stink on. :band:;)

http://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=C...jersey&cad=rja

Back on track. Got this in the mail yesterday. Sorry admin my gracious apologies for the sidetracking.

Ohh no. They're far from obscure. There are obscure fragrances out there, like Knize Forest (only available for purchase in Germany), but most aren't worth the trouble. Although it is a nice green fragrance.

And yes, us fragrance fanatics have the same sentiment. If they could just put out small bottles in plain packaging, we'd all be ecstatic. Until then, we just rely on decants. And thank you! I shall. :tramp:

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Decent quality from the 70's :)

Heh. My drill has that exact same tightening system.

A sample of Creed's Original Vetiver:

http://secure.strawberrynet.com/Imag...9581920405.jpg

And also one of Bulgari's Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert Extreme:

http://www.perfumezilla.com/images_p...-spray-men.jpg

There's Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert (green tea), Eau Parfumée au Thé Blanc (white tea), and Eau Parfumée au Thé Rouge (red tea). I hope to try them all at some point.

Don't they all? :D

I'd never imagine you would buy cologne...

Really? It's been well discussed in the past that Canwll has quite the fragrance collection.

I guess I missed that...

Nope.

Oh.
Didn't know that :).
All Drills I have do :)

Haha! :D Yup! I'm full of surprises. I enjoy everything dealing with the senses: food, fragrance, music, art/design, etc.

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Been meaning to get this book for a while. I must say it covers a surprisingly broad range of musical genres - indie, hardcore-punk, extreme metal, pop, folk, drum & bass, you name it. I agree with a lot of the choices in this book and I was very surprised that I have quite a lot of them! I've learned some very interesting facts about a lot of albums too. But of course there has to be a few duff entries as well especially towards more recent years, I strongly doubt albums by Limp Bizkit and Britany Spears should be considered essential...

Gonna make a list of albums from this to download soon enough.

I read it. And found so much crap.
I have more than 1001 albums in my record collection and I can tell you, I win.
It's a nice read though.

Britney I understand because it's essential to the pop world and the artists that followed in her steps and started popping up more using her formula.

Limp Bizkit on the other hand....I don't know about. I enjoyed Three Dolla Bill and I bet that's the album they probably put in that book but I don't know if I would call it essential.

It was Chocolate Starfish that they put in the book. I can't really understand how that album could be influential or essential considering nu-metal was already well and truly established when that album came out.

That album was the put together pretty well and almost all of the tracks ended up being singles because it was that good but as far as being influential. I don't get that part.

Beatles - Revolver album cover T-shirt
Joy Division - b&w band photo T-shirt

cassettes I already listed in the music acquisition section

Want the revolver shirt!

I went to Best Buy to buy this...

http://cdn3.digitaltrends.com/wp-con...ax-wg-1-bl.jpg






I ended up buying this instead, $2,300 difference.

http://www.samsung.com/us/system/con...AA_GI-XL_2.jpg

So you DIDN'T buy the pentax?
Damn. It's nice.

Ah well.
My dad once went out to buy this:
http://static.fonq.nl/data/producten/21028-groot.jpg
And came back with...

http://stijnkraft.ebenau.net/daily/2007/may/10.jpg
Who then stayed with us for seventeen (!) years.

They didn't have it. Amazon has it though for $75 less than retail, soI'll be getting it soon.