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So many things about yesterday made me happy!

The fangirls, they didst watch the last episode of Doctor Who, and lo, the fangirls did go thud, for it was good.

They didn't Doomsday it! Yay!

[Doomsday: verb. To follow up a brilliant first episode of a season finale with a thoroughly mediocre conclusion.]

The stir-fry I made for the gathering seemed to go over really well. I'll probably be making it again.

Note to self: post recipe at some point.

Afterward, yunatwilight helped mirrored_echo and me with character creation for a game she'll be running. This may sound strange, but going through the numbers helped me solidify some things in my character's personality and backstory.

By the time we were done, it was getting late-ish, so yunatwilight and mirrored_echo went off to bed. wired_lizard, nevacaruso and I stayed up to talk shop. And by 'talk shop' I mean sniff all of wired_lizard and yunatwilight's BPAL. Reviews - mini or otherwise - forthcoming. Yatta!

Oh, and before any of this, I got to beta read wired_lizard's latest fic. Duuuude. She made me care about Gwen, and lemme tell ya, that takes mad skillz! The fic in question can be found here.

How did I cap off this wonderful day? By waking up the next morning with the cat snuggled up to me. I feel like I should be purring happily.

BPAL Mini-Reviews

The Good
Sniffs of Aizen-Myoo, Baobhan Sith, Mantis, Verdandi, Yerevan and Holiday Moon made me significantly bump them up on my 'must acquire' list. Yum! I also had another sniff at Shanghai, which kept it high on my to-get list.

The Bought
Procured myself imps of Bewitched, Dirty and Les Fleurs de Mal. Initial impressions were quite positive. My skin still smells like all the various scents I tried last night, even after a shower, so real reviews of these will be coming later.

The Ugly
Something in Crossroads made me very, very allergic. The fact that it smelled like menthole-y booze to me didn't exactly help. Sadly, this is one of the ones with no list of ingredients, so I can't tell what notes to avoid.

The white rose in Ophelia was a sweet and pleasant one, but something underneath it smelled like mouthwash. Bleh. I can only hope it wasn't the lily. It would suck to have my namesake hate me.

Bayou went to soap in me almost immediately. A lot like New Orleans did, come to think of it. No luck in Louisiana for me, I guess.

Fallen was bitter. Really bitter, with a perfumey undertone. Pass.

Sea of Glass proved a much-needed point for me. Citrus smells nice; Lemon Pledge, alas, does not.

Aeval was interesting, but decidedly not-me. Something in it made my head feel swimmy. My guess is the musk.

Shug-Niggurath smelled foody to me, which must have been the ginger, but it's way darker a scent than I'm looking for. This is another one that made my head spin a bit.

I got not a whif of loganberry from Vinland. Unfortunately, as that was my main attraction to it.

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I'd smelled and liked Black Rose before, but alas, that imp had gone bad and I couldn't get a reprise, now that I'm more educated. Note to self: locate this one elsewhere.

More Martha!

I already knew the rumor about Martha being removed as a companion because of 'poor audience reaction' or somesuch was a crock of bs, but here's concrete proof:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/07/02/46692.shtml

Not only do we get my girl for another season at least, but she'll be guest starring on Torchwood as well - and making them competent with her sheer presence, I bet! *incoherrent love*