melanielaw

melanielaw @ 2006-11-29T15:04:00

2006-11-29T23:04:05Z

First Clairol changed the whole persona of Herbal Essences. They went from a romantic hippy basking in the invigorating blends of 3 botanical herbs to an in-your-face fragrant punch of an overly excited athletic bimbo.
I hate everything about the new Herbal Essences. The old Herbal Essences was whimsical, sophisticated with a variety of kinds to choose from. My favorites include: for fine and limp hair: Marigold Flowers, Angelica, and Thyme, the fruit essences, the Rainforest Flowers- passion flower, patchouli and vetiver (despite the reoccurring image of someone trampling through a rainforest, picking flowers.) And the Citrus Lift with pink grapefruit, verbena, and bergamot.
Even the directions were better: “Massage into wet hair and indulge in the luxurious lather. Surrender to the intoxicating fragrance…”
But best of all was the Herbal Lore: “In India, vetiver is known as the oil of tranquility. It is thought to settle nerves and create a feeling of balance and grounding.”
Now it’s called “Herbal Head Games”. One of which dares you to ponder: “What is the most popular sported played in the nude? Answer on conditioner” Are you kidding me? First of all: a) it’s obviously volleyball b) who cares? c) shut up
Also, the colors of the bottle and shampoo are way too obnoxious. I for one, really like bright colors, but even I can not stand they’re use of eye pulsating yellows, greens, and pinks – all in one bottle. It’s just too much to see first thing in the morning, when your eyes haven’t fully adjusted.
And, yes I will agree it smells delicious, but the old ones smelled really great too – and with more variety too. But really, it's almost overpowering.
But anyway, the switch all happened a few months ago and when it did I stocked up on the old herbal essences before it was too late. But the other day I had to get some conditioner. I decided on Garnier Fructis, but I took a glace over at the Herbal essences – to see if they had come to their senses and switched back – and they had raised the price. It used to be $2.50 and now it’s 3something - which is still really cheap, but they’re pretty much making the consumer pay for the cost of changing the bottle and product – at least to some degree. Not only that, before the change they would always have coupons for a dollar off or buy one get one free. And/or they would them bundled up so you would get 2 shampoos for the price of one. You don’t see that anymore, and I suspect you won’t for some time.
I just cracked open my last bottle of Herbal Essences – one of the originals- Rosemary, Jasmine and Orange Flower. It will be the last of the soothing colors and aromas enjoyed in my morning routine. Let’s enjoy the Herbal Lore for old time sake: “Scholar in ancient Greece tucked fresh rosemary sprigs in their hair to boost their memory. Others used it to ward off evil spirits. Could be the secret to an unforgettable hair day.”

I'm not a nerd.... nerds are smart

2006-11-01T08:02:22Z

On a recent trip to Game Crazy Jeff and I discovered that Family Guy now has a video game. We promptly bought it. This is my Family Guy game review:
The story line and game sequences provided ample amount of excellent Family Guy Esq. humor and vulgarity. Many of which seemed to cross usual TV boundaries. One of the levels you’re in a hospital room containing bed after bed of pregnant woman, with their legs spread. As if that’s not disturbing enough, you jump on their stomachs and babies of aliens and Quagmire shoot out. Hilarity at its finest. Another level you’re in a prison shower room filled with guys washing each other sensually and chasing one another in a playful manner. There are so many laugh-out-loud sequences and jokes. Many direct quotes from the show, other times they refer to events from particular episodes. The comedy of the game is awesome and that’s about it. Comedy is, after all, their expertise. The game play itself is probably the worst game I’ve ever played. Never have I come across a game so repetitive. PAINFULLY repetitive. I got to the point where I didn’t even want to watch other people play it, which is really too bad, because the in-between parts are really entertaining. While playing you switch back and forth between Peter, Brian, and Stewie. While you’re Peter you constantly kick children and punch old people; which is funny at first, until it just keeps going on like that forever. Brian is constantly sneaking around a prison. It’s even worse because you have to be really patient and wait for whomever to turn away and then run or crawl by. If you get caught, then you have to start over again, and again and again. Room after room you have to carefully sneak by guards, inmates, guards again, until you go insane. I’m fairly certain they slapped the game together in a week and were concentrating more on the funny aspects of it. The game was maybe 2 hours of entertainment before we could take no more. There is probably hours upon hours of repetitive game play left, but I’m fairly certain I will never play it again. I think it might be worth buying used for no more than $7, unfortunately we paid oh so much more for it (but not as much as most new games).

melanielaw @ 2006-10-20T11:07:00

2006-10-20T18:11:26Z

Deep Thoughts
By Jack Handey
Many people do not realize that the snowshoe can be used for a great many things besides walking on snow. For instance, it can be used to carry pancakes from the stove to the breakfast table. Also, it can be used to carry uneaten pancakes from the table to the garbage. Finally, it can be used as a kind of strainer, where you force pancakes through the strings to see if a piece of gold got in a pancake somehow.

melanielaw @ 2006-03-24T11:54:00

2006-03-24T20:08:33Z

So last night I was sitting at home, watching tv when I noticed the chinchilla doing wierd stretches. What's he doing, I wondered aloud. Jeff went over to look at him and asked "Is that his penis?" I hurried over. No sooner than seeing the giant errected chinchilla penis, he bent over and proceeded to suck it. Needless to say, I was horrified. (and amused)

New Obsession

2006-02-08T19:35:16Z

I started playing this gamecube game called Animal Crossing and now I'm addicted. It's soo fun! You live in this little town and you go around and run errands for the townfolk and they give you stuff in exchange. You even get your own house to decorate. There's some sort of academy that comes around to judge your decorating. My house has pretty much become a storage room with all of the crap people have given me or that I found, so we'll see how that goes. One of the more quality things I've found was an Armoire in a tree. I've also found a shirt at the dump! (You can change clothes too) Oh, and what's weird about the game is that it goes by actual time. So if the town store closes for the day on tuesday, you literally can't go in until wednesday.
Jeff has a game on it too (his house is across from mine) and he already paid off his house, so now he gets to have a basement installed. I'm jealous.