a few frustrations

Well, it helps to stop reading secondary sources and reread the primary source.

Now, I have a collection of thoughts that I know haven't been written on yet, although I'm not sure if they hang together in a coherent argument. I guess the problem now is that I'm not entirely sure if I disagree with the criticism that's out there or if the text is ultimately as deep as I'm making it out to be by suggesting that it is what the going criticism says it is, but it's also more than that. At this point, all I can do is to try to write through it and figure out what I think by writing things that I think I might think. Sound confusing? Go figure...I'm confused!

In other frustrations, I am trying to move over to parabens-free lotions and body care: so far, the deodorant switch has worked out (crystal), I fully heart my new face lotion (alba botanicals), but the search for parabens-free dandruff-control shampoo (crucial given my dark hair and habit of wearing all black all the time) is not going well: I used to use this stuff from lush that smelled like a roof being tarred, then switched to Neutrogena T-Gel. Today I tried Avalon Organics' stuff and not only do I have flakes galore, but my hair also has the consistency of straw. Not good. Any further suggestions?

To contrast these frustrations, I have my lovely daemon here. Or rather this is the daemon that I am. According to the 20 questions they pose over at the golden compass website that focus I think unduly on your relationships with others--do you like to talk to strangers, do you like to talk to strangers at a party, do you like to talk to strangers in a house, do you like to talk to strangers with a mouse.



Netflixed
Once
I loved this movie about how friendships develop intensely, at different stages of intensity for each party, how friendship can cross over into romance and tiptoe back again. And the music is really moving--a little emo, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.