Dave N. wrote: Wed Dec 07, 2022 3:42 pm

enframed wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:33 pm I've always been into perfume, used to buy it and wear it regularly, and have read much about it, but since getting into the wine business that took a back seat, since it's (for good reason) frowned upon to wear it at work. Last night I took a class on perfumery and am thinking about moving from wine into that. More classes scheduled. We'll see. I'm getting tired of the wine business.

I’ve been interested in pottery lately. I’d like to take some classes. I’ve also become interested in olive oils. Strange how these new interests dawn on a person.

enframed wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 1:08 pm

Dave N. wrote: Wed Dec 07, 2022 3:42 pm

enframed wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:33 pm I've always been into perfume, used to buy it and wear it regularly, and have read much about it, but since getting into the wine business that took a back seat, since it's (for good reason) frowned upon to wear it at work. Last night I took a class on perfumery and am thinking about moving from wine into that. More classes scheduled. We'll see. I'm getting tired of the wine business.

I’ve been interested in pottery lately. I’d like to take some classes. I’ve also become interested in olive oils. Strange how these new interests dawn on a person.

The company I work for imports olive oils and vinegars (which is just wine gone 100% natural) and occasionally other food stuff for staff consumption. Olive oil is a whole world like that of wine or coffee or tea: so many varieties, aromas, flavors, &c. Of all the oils we import I prefer Monte Iblei Gulfi DOP from Vittoria area of Sicily. Good balance of fruit and spiciness. Not sure what variety(ies) it is.

Second perfume class take, I'm digging it. Three years ago I took a perfume class at the place holding the current one, this was just before COVID. The theme of the class was "Rock and Hedonism" and the assignment was to build a scent that fit that theme. I made a scent I called "Six Pack" (after the Black Flag song, of course), using only six ingredients (two were "accords," so technically more than six in it) and tried to make a perfume that evoked sweat, beer, cigarettes, and bearing grease. Unfortunately I lost the little vial I made...The good thing is that the perfume lab keeps a record and sample of every scent developed in every class, along with the formula. I'm gonna remake it in a few weeks. Stoked!

enframed wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 1:08 pm Second perfume class take, I'm digging it. Three years ago I took a perfume class at the place holding the current one, this was just before COVID. The theme of the class was "Rock and Hedonism" and the assignment was to build a scent that fit that theme. I made a scent I called "Six Pack" (after the Black Flag song, of course), using only six ingredients (two were "accords," so technically more than six in it) and tried to make a perfume that evoked sweat, beer, cigarettes, and bearing grease. Unfortunately I lost the little vial I made...The good thing is that the perfume lab keeps a record and sample of every scent developed in every class, along with the formula. I'm gonna remake it in a few weeks. Stoked!

Dave N. wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 2:28 pm

enframed wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 1:08 pm

Dave N. wrote: Wed Dec 07, 2022 3:42 pm

I’ve been interested in pottery lately. I’d like to take some classes. I’ve also become interested in olive oils. Strange how these new interests dawn on a person.

The company I work for imports olive oils and vinegars (which is just wine gone 100% natural) and occasionally other food stuff for staff consumption. Olive oil is a whole world like that of wine or coffee or tea: so many varieties, aromas, flavors, &c. Of all the oils we import I prefer Monte Iblei Gulfi DOP from Vittoria area of Sicily. Good balance of fruit and spiciness. Not sure what variety(ies) it is.

Second perfume class take, I'm digging it. Three years ago I took a perfume class at the place holding the current one, this was just before COVID. The theme of the class was "Rock and Hedonism" and the assignment was to build a scent that fit that theme. I made a scent I called "Six Pack" (after the Black Flag song, of course), using only six ingredients (two were "accords," so technically more than six in it) and tried to make a perfume that evoked sweat, beer, cigarettes, and bearing grease. Unfortunately I lost the little vial I made...The good thing is that the perfume lab keeps a record and sample of every scent developed in every class, along with the formula. I'm gonna remake it in a few weeks. Stoked!

There’s one I wear periodically that they sell at Powell’s Bookstore. It smells like books. Not musty old books, but it evokes an aroma of new paper and fresh ink. Fruity, I know, but the nose wants what the nose wants. I’ve never been in Powell’s, so I’m not sure if it smells like the store or not.

The idea is going for a new modern breed of punk that’s infused with drum n bass.Think the dead kennedys mixed with squarepusher with a dose of death grips.

Strictly looking for musicians around the same age as me, in their 20s ,who have experience being in bands and playing shows.I write lyrics myself,but another lyricist is more than welcomed.Most importantly,looking for those who HATE all things left-wing and who don’t bow down and cater to the PC mob or are desperately trying to get acceptance from them and who wouldn’t dare cowardly fold under controversy or criticism.So if you’re with that PC agenda…that toxic far left activist feminist pro-biden pro-experimental covid vaccine that wasn’t yet fully safe and effective,then this is definitely not the right fit for you.

twelvepoint wrote: Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:34 pm I love the Dead Kennedys and feel like their music broadened me and opened up my mind when I was young and had a rather parochial existence. But there’s also a lot of paranoia and conspiracy theories with DKs and I think for folks who naturally latch onto that kind of stuff, I can see where there’s an intersection with right wing, anti government types.