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wilson's 'sociobiology'
Apr. 12th, 2024 02:19 pmi've received 'sociobiology' by mail - which i've ordered a while ago; it's used and yet absurdly expensive for a book. thing is, i've been reading sociobiology for a longer while - dawkins, miller, sapolski, et cetera - and haven't yet the very first, original book which kickstarted the field; so i've decided to fix that. i haven't started it yet, but i've skimmed a bit and it seems highly enjoyable.
right now i'm still reading reich, but approaching the end - now on the 10th chapter; soon, perhaps this weekend already, i'll catch up on the journaling.when it comes to essays, there's some i have left unfinished and also i'm thinking about the loss of culture of debate and rules of debate thing; so i'll probably write that once i have the energy and motivation and once the text shapes itself in my head (please be patient, i have autism). fun fact: i normally write my essays in an hour or two, and even 'the woman who would be emperor' only took me several hours to write, but i've 'carried them' in my head and tried various wording out for some days before that. essays turn up mostly ready in my head and then i pour them onto the keyboard. it's an interesting process.
i also ordered myself a pair of pants and some cosmetics, and now i'll probably be getting perfume; as usual, a mini-tester of tom ford 'lost cherry' and also lolita lempicka 'green lover'. this month i definitely cannot afford a full bottle of tom ford, not even 30ml, as i'm buying plane tickets and organising a journey (meeting a close friend in the uk by the end of may,and i wanted to have the flight booked and all the documents prepared earlier). i've had moments of feeling uncomfortable not smelling of 'lost cherry', though, it's the extent to which is has become my signature, so i absolutely need it in some shape or form. i'm definitely getting a full bottle whenever i can. 'green lover' seems to be one of these androgynous, masculine-but-sweet fragrances, has a nice bottle although it's a definite downgrade from the old 'l'eau au masculin' bottle.
for comparison: this is 'l'eau au masculin', and this....
this is 'green lover'
their other men's fragrance, 'au masculin', has been reformulated as 'lempicka homme' and also suffered a big bottle downgrade. again, the same unfortunate process i've bitched about on my website. i have both the old 'au mascuilin' and the new 'lempicka homme' in my collection; it's a very similar fragrance, i couldn't quite say it's worse since it did lose a bit of its originality, but some mistakes of the original composition were improved. otoh, longetivity and sillage suffered a lot. great loss in parameters, and of course in bottle aesthetic.
once again, this is the old 'au masculin', and this...
well, this is 'lempicka homme'. downgrade to hell and back.
they're still quite original when it comes to fragrance composition, though, so probably worth trying out; i want to get hermes 'eau de rhubarbe ecarlate' and test out another hermes fragrance, and get myself some of tom ford 'bitter peach' (that's an incredibly sensual one...) for the summer, but i can do it the soonest in may. i have to save money as is. i've spent the week mostly on preparing for the uk trip in advance, aside from work. regardless, my point is that the downfall of lolita lempicka i've wrote about (kotteism.neocities.org/reflections/r08) continues the unforutnately concerns the men's fragrances and their bottles as well. oh well. you know what little point to gendering perfume i see anyways.
i'm very satisfied because i managed to outdo the assholes who caused me grief at work and made them look like total idiots - it's a long story, but basically they looked down on me for being an autist and [homophobic slur] and didn't want to cooperate with certain things so i did them alone and did better than them. oh well! suck my figurative dick, i suppose.
oh, and i pressed 50kg (110 lbs) at the gym which is also something i'm proud of lmfao. granted i only did 10 reps on that instead of my usual 40 but it's still an improvement. i've been enjoying training a lot lately, might jump in for some cardio on saturday evening; i love a good cardio, gives me so called 'runner's high'. i'm becoming one hell of a gym bro lately. paying attention to what i eat for the sake of it... fucking insane but i guess in the good way.
i should post here more often, actually. i'll repost this entry on neocities too, but only when i journal the next few chapters of reich, so that it's a coherent update. that, forunately, should be soon; if i have something to add after today and maybe next 1-2 days, i will. see you soon.
right now i'm still reading reich, but approaching the end - now on the 10th chapter; soon, perhaps this weekend already, i'll catch up on the journaling.when it comes to essays, there's some i have left unfinished and also i'm thinking about the loss of culture of debate and rules of debate thing; so i'll probably write that once i have the energy and motivation and once the text shapes itself in my head (please be patient, i have autism). fun fact: i normally write my essays in an hour or two, and even 'the woman who would be emperor' only took me several hours to write, but i've 'carried them' in my head and tried various wording out for some days before that. essays turn up mostly ready in my head and then i pour them onto the keyboard. it's an interesting process.
i also ordered myself a pair of pants and some cosmetics, and now i'll probably be getting perfume; as usual, a mini-tester of tom ford 'lost cherry' and also lolita lempicka 'green lover'. this month i definitely cannot afford a full bottle of tom ford, not even 30ml, as i'm buying plane tickets and organising a journey (meeting a close friend in the uk by the end of may,and i wanted to have the flight booked and all the documents prepared earlier). i've had moments of feeling uncomfortable not smelling of 'lost cherry', though, it's the extent to which is has become my signature, so i absolutely need it in some shape or form. i'm definitely getting a full bottle whenever i can. 'green lover' seems to be one of these androgynous, masculine-but-sweet fragrances, has a nice bottle although it's a definite downgrade from the old 'l'eau au masculin' bottle.
for comparison: this is 'l'eau au masculin', and this....
this is 'green lover'
their other men's fragrance, 'au masculin', has been reformulated as 'lempicka homme' and also suffered a big bottle downgrade. again, the same unfortunate process i've bitched about on my website. i have both the old 'au mascuilin' and the new 'lempicka homme' in my collection; it's a very similar fragrance, i couldn't quite say it's worse since it did lose a bit of its originality, but some mistakes of the original composition were improved. otoh, longetivity and sillage suffered a lot. great loss in parameters, and of course in bottle aesthetic.
once again, this is the old 'au masculin', and this...
well, this is 'lempicka homme'. downgrade to hell and back.
they're still quite original when it comes to fragrance composition, though, so probably worth trying out; i want to get hermes 'eau de rhubarbe ecarlate' and test out another hermes fragrance, and get myself some of tom ford 'bitter peach' (that's an incredibly sensual one...) for the summer, but i can do it the soonest in may. i have to save money as is. i've spent the week mostly on preparing for the uk trip in advance, aside from work. regardless, my point is that the downfall of lolita lempicka i've wrote about (kotteism.neocities.org/reflections/r08) continues the unforutnately concerns the men's fragrances and their bottles as well. oh well. you know what little point to gendering perfume i see anyways.
i'm very satisfied because i managed to outdo the assholes who caused me grief at work and made them look like total idiots - it's a long story, but basically they looked down on me for being an autist and [homophobic slur] and didn't want to cooperate with certain things so i did them alone and did better than them. oh well! suck my figurative dick, i suppose.
oh, and i pressed 50kg (110 lbs) at the gym which is also something i'm proud of lmfao. granted i only did 10 reps on that instead of my usual 40 but it's still an improvement. i've been enjoying training a lot lately, might jump in for some cardio on saturday evening; i love a good cardio, gives me so called 'runner's high'. i'm becoming one hell of a gym bro lately. paying attention to what i eat for the sake of it... fucking insane but i guess in the good way.
i should post here more often, actually. i'll repost this entry on neocities too, but only when i journal the next few chapters of reich, so that it's a coherent update. that, forunately, should be soon; if i have something to add after today and maybe next 1-2 days, i will. see you soon.
