More Stuff Phoebe Likes

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Phoebe 162No Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoebenorth.com%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2Fmore-stuff-phoebe-likes%2FMore+Stuff+Phoebe+Likes2009-12-18+19%3A48%3A00Phoebehttp%3A%2F%2Fphoebeeating.dreamhosters.com%2F%3Fp%3D162

Reminder: I am not a Buddhist. I like stuff. These are some things I’ve been enjoying lately:

• CB I Hate Perfume – I don’t hate perfume. Actually, I love perfume. But I bought a bevy of sample sizes of CB I Hate Perfume’s scents about a month ago, and they’re amazing, more experiental and delicate than most scents. I have In the Library (musty, reminds me of a cabin in the woods), Wild Hunt (which smells like a forest), Winter 1972 (pretty, faint, wintery in an intangible sort of way), and M#3 November (like Winter 1972 but sweeter, with an underscoring of brown sugar), as well as single note accords in Old Leather (amazing, masculine, sexy) and Soaked Earth (exactly what it sounds like–there was a smudge of some on my scarf and I wondered why it smelled dirty). I’d love to try more of these–maybe gingerbread? Or musk? The only problem with them is that they’re faint and fade quickly. But they smell so rich–I bought them while I was working on NaNoWriMo, and I can tell you that the library of my fictional school, Sacred Grove, smells just like In the Library. Just like it! Love it.
• Scribblenauts – I’m fairly unabashed about the fact that I’m a casual gamer. The last time-sink game I played was Shenmue back in 2000. I get frustrated when games demand my time–which is why I gave up on Animal Crossing and Nintendogs. I want games to be engrossing on their own terms, but not demanding; I also like them to be creative. Scribblenauts is great–a treat to play, though the controls can be a bit fiddly. There’s nothing better than conjuring up God and Satan and letting them duel it out. Except maybe conjuring up Cthulhu.
• PlayOn Digital Media Server – We don’t pay for cable. But I love TV, and we do have a NetFlix subscription and a Wii. I spent $20 to get the beta version of PlayOn for Wii and now can stream NetFlix and Hulu and even YouTube to my television. When I was sick last week, I spent all day watching Family Ties reruns. Awesome!