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I think I'm going to Uwajimaya's tonight. I need hair dye, but I could get that at Sally's right off the max station. I want seaweed and ramen and tofu and edamame and potstickers, and funny soda pop and snack items made from sesame seeds. I will attempt to resist buying anything from Hello Kitty or the newest issue of Gothic & Lolita Bible. Because that way I'll have more money for Pirate's Gathering, and new bodices aren't cheap. Just food and hair dye.

Lush's Alkmar soap smells exactly like the Silky Underwear dusting powder, which I also have, but don't use very often because I tend to wear black pants to work and then I have white dust all over it if I'm not super careful. Although now that's summer I'll be using it more often anyway, because it helps when I get sweaty. But, yeah, the soap smells super-yummy, oh yes. And now I'm off to take a pleasantly smelly shower.

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So I found out from a post in feminist_rage that all women capable of childbearing are to be considered "pre-pregnant" and should be counseled on "preconception" health care. Whether we plan on having kids or not. Whether we have sex with boys or not.

If you read the article, it makes it sound like women should never drink, smoke, or clean catboxes, because God forbid, we might get pregnant at any moment. The only reason we should stay healthy is because we might have an oops! and end up preggers! Never mind that they mention, in the article, that women in the US with higher infant mortality rates are usually poorer. Dead babies or babies with birth defects isn't due to lack of health care or good food or non-dangerous jobs or all the other shit that often comes with being poor, no, it's because I didn't assume I might get pregnant at any second and take care of myself accordingly!!

*pissed off*

I understand where they're coming from, I truly do. But, jesus, can't you encourage women to consume more folic acid because it's good for the women as well, instead of because they're potential incubators?

Many of the comments in feminist_rage made references to The Handmaid's Tale. It's not hard to see why.

I didn't go to Uwajimaya's. It's too hot, I say.

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* 1 cup light cream
* 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
* 1 2/3 cup Irish Whiskey
* 1 teaspoon instant coffee
* 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 teaspoon almond extract

Aka: Yep. I'm going to try my hand at vegan Irish Cream again. Last time I used a recipe on vegweb.com that used coconut milk. It was tasty and boozy but not quite what I wanted. Coconut milk doesn't taste like coconuts per se, but it does have a distinctive taste, and that recipe tasted too much like coconut milk. ourglasslake has suggested I try cashew milk, which near as I can gather is just cashews and water in a blender and is very neutral-tasting and creamy.

Silk Soy Creamer doesn't have any sugar in it, and sweetened condensed milk has a ton of it. Maybe a ton of soy creamer and sugar for the first two ingredients? Nah, not fatty enough... cashew milk and soy creamer and sugar? I have everything else already except the whiskey. I'll get better whiskey this time too, I think.

*cackles maniacally*

Also, tonight I have to bug my parents to clear their crap off the table so I can use it to cut fabric. My list pre-Gathering: rikell42's shirt and pants. Another skirt for me, and mending my corset--there are stitches popping out in the front.

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For my own notes, blah blah:

http://www.reddawn.net/costume/skirt.htm
Skirt pattern! Oy, lots of gathering.... but I admittedly don't like the way the skirt I have fits at my waist. And I have enough fabric for two skirts, one blue and one green, with plenty left over. But only one for now, I think.