Is "wake up and smell the roses" a thing people say?
Your grey is gorgeous, Consuela, whatever vowel you use to spell it. Good luck with the recruiter.
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-t - Oct 14, 2013 6:21:37 pm PDT #9027 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Juliebird - Oct 14, 2013 6:24:48 pm PDT #9028 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Stop and smell the coffee.
Lee - Oct 14, 2013 6:27:56 pm PDT #9029 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I thought it was stop and smell the roses.
§ ita § - Oct 14, 2013 6:30:22 pm PDT #9030 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought that was what Juliebird was conveying.
-t - Oct 14, 2013 6:34:05 pm PDT #9031 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's what I thought, too. There's a Glade commercial that's confusing me. Doesn't exactly have the same meaning, does it?
Amy - Oct 14, 2013 6:45:18 pm PDT #9032 of 30000
Because books.
I think "Wake up and smell the roses" could be intended to mean, "Your house will smell awesome from the minute you wake up, and all goddamn day long." But it's still kind of dumb.
Zenkitty - Oct 14, 2013 6:49:04 pm PDT #9033 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Stop and smell the roses, wake up and smell the coffee. Easy to smash them together.
I've given up on covering the gray. Or the grey.
I stand with you on this, Conseula. I don't think I look better, but I'm sick of the allergic reactions to the dye, and how dry and frizzy it makes my hair. And my gray is pretty, as it turns out; it's silvery.
Connie Neil - Oct 14, 2013 6:57:04 pm PDT #9034 of 30000
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I have rather nice grey, and some odd blonde streaks. I'm OK with that.
edit: I'm not OK with the thinning, but I'm too lazy to do anything about that. Though I have changed the part in my hair. Yes, I'm doing a combover.
-t - Oct 14, 2013 7:06:29 pm PDT #9035 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think "Wake up and smell the roses" could be intended to mean, "Your house will smell awesome from the minute you wake up, and all goddamn day long." But it's still kind of dumb.
But the whole thing is "People don't say wake up and [other sensory verbs] the roses, they say wake up and smell the roses". Probably some other stuff after that but I was too distracted by the wrongness. It's bothering me. Don Draper wouldn't sign off on that. I hope.
Not that I've ever bought any Glade product. I might if they made something that really truly smelled like brewing coffee, because I do like to stop and smell the coffee, as it happens.
Yay for pretty gray hair! I don't have much yet, but the strands I have are kind of sparkly, which pleases me greatly.
§ ita § - Oct 14, 2013 7:14:21 pm PDT #9036 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My father went grey localised, my mother went salt and pepper sprinkled all over. I had used to want streaks, but you have to have hair for that. I desperately hope I get sprinkled all over. Please please please. I would dye to compensate for that, or just shave shorter. Something.