Just a short entry to prove that I'm still alive...and am living proof that drama, trauma and stress do not a classier or wiser person make.
I am a big fan of girly, pretty-smelling things, especially soaps, shampoos and conditioners, and I'm very pertickeler. I've been known to spend a good half hour in a drug-store aisle on the hunt for the Next Great Scent, that herbal, lemony, bracing, mind-clearing scent which will raise a shower just that far above the ordinary. But yesterday, when I was doing just that, I forgot the cardinal rule: Beware thou the conditioner fart, that one bubble of conditioner at the top of every bottle that you have to get rid of before you can safely squeeze the bottle to smell the scented air. Which is why I grabbed a bottle, opened the top, brought the bottle to my nose, squeezed, breathed in, and smartly shot a wad of strawberry-scented conditioner straight up my left nostril.
And people trust me around sharp needles?!
Posted by Ryan at November 7, 2007 10:26 AMI bet you smelled fake strawberry all freaking day long. Awesome. (That it happened to you, not me. >:D)
Be well and come back soon.
Conditioner fart. Why is it just the conditioner and not the shampoo too? Know what I mean?
At some point, I need to introduce you to the ways of BPAL if you like smellies. Gods know I have enough to share. With most of WA state at this point.
And I'm glad to see you posting. I was worried. Thank you for poking your head up and letting us know you're still hanging in there.
Posted by: moiraeknittoo on November 7, 2007 11:33 AMGlad to see you back on my screen again. Life sure can suck sometimes, but it's better than the alternative....
Sorry to hear about the conditioner....
Come back soon!!
Posted by: Alotta.knittin on November 7, 2007 12:10 PMIf you like lemony-herbally scents, you might want to smell Avalon (I think that is the one)(nyaa) they don't smell like chemicals.
Glad to know you are at least out and about enough to shop for conditioner (sorry about the nostril full.)
I wish you well, and look forward to your complete blogging return.
Posted by: picadrienne on November 7, 2007 12:55 PMWe've missed you! And, of course, you reward our dedication by making me, at least, laugh so hard I almost choked on my lunch. Oops. If you like happy smelly things, check out Faerie Made stuff (I think their website is just their name). They have these shea butter sugar scrubs that are absolutely to DIE for. And no nose-endangering burping involved.
Posted by: Jocelyn on November 7, 2007 01:00 PMUmm, that's happened to me. Horribly embarassing too, because I had a friend or two with me who just Couldn't. STOP. Laughing.
BPAL is great. I have a ton of friends who use their stuff, but I've been too chicken to put in an order (or is that miserly). BPAL is great for girly-girls who only want to smell girly not look girly (no ruffles please).
Posted by: Seanna Lea on November 7, 2007 02:03 PMOh, thank goodness you're back. I was getting worried that there was something catastrophic going on in Mossy Cottage-land. Too bad about the strawberry nostril douche. I mean, I love strawberries to eat and shampoo with, but probably not to snort. Feel better and come back to full bloggishness soon.
Posted by: Barbara on November 7, 2007 02:14 PMGlad to see you back. Just the thought of conditioner up the nose makes my sinuses hurt.
Posted by: Ginger on November 7, 2007 02:28 PMOh Ryan, I'm giggle-snorting WITH you...not AT you.
really.
Posted by: Laurie on November 7, 2007 03:54 PMDo you have a Lush bath/body store nearby? Try the Happy Hippy shower gel. It's perfect, it will blow your mind!
Posted by: sarah on November 7, 2007 06:43 PMOh, dear... you almost made me snort wild rice through my nose. I ought to know better than to read your blog with food in my mouth!
Glad for a new post; hope you're doin okay.
It's always so nice to hear I'm not the only person who has experiences like that. (You know. You're in line at a cafeteria, and you grab the parmesan cheese for your spaghetti, turn it over and beat on the bottom to get it to come out, since it's always so slow . . . two dozen people watch you dump half of the jar because the last person to use it left it open on the pour side. Yay.)
Glad to hear you're alive! I hope things get better soon!
Posted by: Emma M. on November 7, 2007 09:10 PMRun to yer local grocery and purchase(not ingest) Bodycology's Grapefruit/Shea Butter body wash.
Mmmmmm.
Posted by: kt on November 7, 2007 09:42 PMI highly recommend one particular version of Lush's bath bomb (which sounds more dangerous than it really is. It doesn't really explode in your bathtub...it just sort of fizzes erratically. I, for one, was a little let down by that, but I digress). The one scent I love madly and can use without feeling like I've decided to open a brothel is called Nuit Etoilée (Starry Night), but only in Québec. This re-name is totally bizarre, because it bears no relation to the name they give it in English Lush stores, which is, by far, the best name for a bath product I've ever seen: "Waving, Not Drowning."
Hang in there, honey.
Posted by: Lee Ann on November 8, 2007 07:14 AMHey, there you are! We've missed you. :)
Sorry about the conditioner up the nose...it's happened to me as well, because I am a compulsive smeller. Must smell all the shampoo/body wash/lotion/whatever before making a choice! A while back, a friend gave me a bottle of lemon-verbena lotion that is the best-smelling stuff ever. I'll have to demand to know where she got it, because I'm almost out!
Posted by: jules on November 8, 2007 09:55 AM{gasp, choke, wheeze} Conditioner fart! Oh, you're killin' me!
Meanwhile, I'm very glad that you're still among us. Hang in there. We're all thinking of you.
Posted by: Kristen on November 8, 2007 11:17 AMGirl you are always cracking me up!
Been thinking about you!
I have something to tell you but I have to do it in person. I hope to see you sometime soon!
Posted by: Naomi on November 8, 2007 04:24 PMGlad to see you are okay--I was afraid that the driveway moss may have gotten revenge. Or something. I am also glad to know that I'm not the only one who snorts....oops, I mean smells things. Hugs to you, TMK and Frankie!
Posted by: Nancy O. on November 9, 2007 07:33 AMGlad your head is still above water!
Posted by: Annie on November 9, 2007 10:22 AMOh my, I'm still laughing. Poor you, stuck with that smell for the rest of the day!
By the way, be careful with those needles. Just in case.
Somehow I'm having trouble relating to this post...
Posted by: Cuzzin Tom on November 10, 2007 05:05 AMRyan, just stopping by to say hi and hope that you're doing ok. Cynthia
Posted by: Alotta on November 10, 2007 07:22 AM