Thursday update

[lunabee34]

1. I got the cutest cat mug with some lovely tea to brew in it from amejisuto! <3 <3

And a postcard from oracne! <3 <3


2. I finally signed the contract with MLA for that book chapter they accepted on teaching Harriet Jacobs literally years ago before the pandemic, so looks like that is actually coming out this year. I'll believe it when I hold it in my hot little hands. LOL


3. We spent a great day searching out a new cologne for Josh since his beloved Fresh Cannabis Santal has been discontinued. I think he has settled on Atkinsons 41 Burlington Arcade. It has some of the same notes as his beloved scent (patchouli, musk, vetiver), but introduces some new notes that he really likes (me, too LOL).

I'm digging the new perfume lines that Dillards is carrying; the flagship in Atlanta has even more brands that I wanted to smell. I was disappointed that Jo Malone and Van Cleef and Arpels, for example, are only stocked there.



4.

Quarterly Review of Literature by T. Weiss

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


So, apparently the Quarterly Review of Literature once held an international poetry book competition, and they would publish the winners (4-6) in one volume; I can't tell how often the competition ran (yearly?) or if it still runs, but the winners got a chapbook of poetry published, a thousand dollar prize, and a hundred books, which is a pretty sweet deal.

This volume contains Dissolving Borders by Lynne Knight, Moondog by Jean Hollander, The Weight of the Heart by David Citino, Is This the Way to Athens? by Barbara D. Holender, and Across Bucharest after Rain by Maria 'Banus in translation by Diana Der-Hovanessian and Mary Mattfield.

Really enjoy Knight's collection (although the preponderance of seed for semen gets tedious), Citino's collection, and Holender's collection. Do not care for Hollander's collection at all and am mostly neutral to 'Banus's collection.



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Comments

[corvidology]

The cologne sounds lovely.

I still find it funny that all the men I know in England have a signature cologne while hardly any of the American men I know wear one, so good for Josh!

[lunabee34]

That is such an interesting divide. Not very many of the men I know wear cologne either. A fair amount of the students I teach seem to wear cologne and rather too much of it LOL but not so many of the grown up men.

[corvidology]

In general at least, I think American men are far more hung up on colouring within the lines.

It's like going to a US wedding where all the men are in that one suit they own or in a navy blazer and khaki trousers.

European men, even the ones who aren't following the latest fashion, aren't scared to exhibit a little individuality, perhaps a more unusually coloured suit, a fun tie, etc. My older brother in an insurance broker who works primarily with banks, a pretty conservative profession, and amongst his many suits he has ones that are green and even aubergine coloured.

Don't even get me started on men's hairstyles! ;D

[lunabee34]

I love men who aren't afraid to play around with fashion. I'm afraid that does not describe Josh. LOL I'm just pleased he now dresses professionally. It was a journey to get him to realize that he could not teach in white t-shirts and jeans. *headdesk* Now he dresses beautifully in slacks and, yes, jeans sometimes, but polos and dress shirts and other professional attire. But all quite within the box.