This [link] is probably my favorite description on their website.

"Dude, you TOTALLY need a can of fake duck."

NATLBSB

They also sell chocolate hemp milk, which totally cracks me up.

Recycling related: Yesterday NW DC had a electronics/hazardous waste collection site set up and they expected 1800 cars. There were apparently 700 in line 2 hours before it opened. The neighborhood is now planning on organizing "Toxic Taxis" to regularly take things to the centers for people rather than waiting for the city. It'll be interesting to see if it works.

I ended up buying the dog a new crate while out because she can no longer hold her head up while standing in her puppy crate. She's pointedly ignoring it, but I'd like her to get used to the idea that it's her room before she goes to stay with my parents next week.

I've got a bunch of old electronics stuff I need to get rid of. Need to figure out where the centers are.

I'm in the camp of Reusable Grocery Bags/Totes, Yay! But also in the camp of Have Two Dogs, Need Bags For Poop When We Go On A W-A-L-K.

ION, remember the links I posted to the cool-ass steampunk jewelry? And how I said that if I bought any of it, The Boy would say he could make it?

We were at a fetish-y event this weekend, and one of the vendors was a jewelry designer -- The Boy bought me this: [link]

(And then later, said, "We get machine parts like that at work ALL THE TIME -- I could totally make that!" All I could do was laugh and laugh and then show him the post I made predicting that he'd say that.)

Anyway -- shiny! Steampunk-esque! I loves it.

Cool, Tep!

Very Cool Teppy!

While in Brooklyn on Friday, something in the angle of the light, the caveiness of the bridge we were walking under, and the sound of having an elevated train go overhead did something to our group and the following conversation happened - which still cracks me up:

"This is like the opening of a novel..."

"where people are living under a bridge?"

"No! more like passing through on their way somewhere, wearing Victorian clothes and carrying laptops."

(so I had to chime in) "Passing through on Segways? Or, velocipedes?"

"Oh wow! Totally Segways! With the ribbons from those little hats streaming behind them! Cool! Yeah! Like that! What's a velocipede?"

... all of this, before we got to the bar.

That necklace is fantastic, Teppy!

So my fever broke! I don't know if it's going to stay broken, but I'm so relieved right now. I got a little overzealous, though. I put clothes away, showered, cleaned the kitchen up, and scooped litter boxes. Now I'm collapsed on the couch. I feel like I ran a marathon. I need to remember that feeling better does not equal healthy. Oy.

"No! more like passing through on their way somewhere, wearing Victorian clothes and carrying laptops."

Known as Jilli Going To Work?

... sorry, sorry. I'm delighted that Steampunk is taking off and becoming well-known. It just cracks me up to see all sorts of posts on, say, the steamfashion LJ comm where people are asking for help incorporating Steampunk elements into their everyday wardrobe.

Teppy, the necklace is lovely!

I need to remember that feeling better does not equal healthy. Oy.

No, it does not. Trust me on this. I left the house yesterday (yay for putting on makeup and proper clothing!), and found this out pretty quickly.