My Self-Control Is Nil to None

I am beginning to believe that the piped-in music they have at Trader Joe's is secretly transmitting subliminal mind control messages intended to make you spend obscene amounts of money. It is so hard to resist! Take today - I went shopping this after with the goal of buying bobby pins (so I can stop roommate's), purple hair dye (doing that again this weekend or next), and apple cider vinegar (experimenting with a vinegar rinse on my hair). I came home with:

• a 42-pack of small terrycloth hair ties. They are too small to use as ponytail holders (I don't think I could get a third of my hair into them!), but I have a lot of taper, so they should be fine for tying off my braids, and gentler on my hair than the ones I have. Also they are bright cheerful colors!
• 3 large claw clips. I bought these before I realized I don't actually know what to do with them. I FAIL GUYS. Any tips?
• ridge cut red bliss potato chips (with olive oil!). All natural chips are SO MUCH BETTER than Lays. It was a difficult choice between these and the popped potato chips, which I've had before and are delicious, but I was swayed by the temptation of eating communist chips.
• old-fashioned salted blister peanuts. OM NOM NOM. I love peanuts, enough to ignore an (extremely mild and usually only when they come in candy bar form) peanut allergy, because OMG SO GOOD. These remind me of the tins of Virginia peanuts my grandpa Jenkins gets sometimes.
• Refresh Citrus conditioner. Silicone free, full of essential oils and natural ingredients, cruelty free, and IT SMELLS SO GOOD. I'll see next wash if my hair likes it - it's a little more expensive than Suave, but not unreasonably so, so if works well and I can make a bottle last more than a week might switch over. We'll see, yeah?
• tangerine juice. Mmmmmm. I've never had before, and it's great - similar to orange juice, of course, but without the flat, kind of bitter aftertaste that makes me really dislike orange juice. Just nice and crisp and tart and light. I wish I'd bought more than just a single drink bottle.

And the vinegar, hair dye, and bobby pins, of course. I think I will have to abstain on any more shopping trips for a few weeks so my bank account can recover.
Also, on second thought, I probably won't be able to dye my hair tonight. That would be because our sink is nigh-on inaccessible. And that would be because there is a GIANT-ASS COUCH IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR ROOM. Roommate was supposed to get exchange student a sleeping bag last night, since she didn't bring one with her, but roommate failed to do this. We didn't want to make exchange student sleep on the floor or whatever, so. We went down to the lounge and stole a sofa. OH THE DRAMA.

Another Damn Music Post

4 Liz Phair Songs About McShep (And One About Ianto Jones)

1. Polyester Bride

I was talking, not two days ago
To a certain bartender I'm lucky to know
And I asked Henry, my bartending friend
If I should bother dating unfamous men

And Henry said,
"You're lucky to even know me,
You're lucky to be alive.
You're lucky to be drinking here for free,
'cause I'm a sucker for your lucky, pretty eyes."

This song is so ridiculous! And I can totally imagine John doing this when he is seventeen and really really gay and fighting with his dad over going into the air force, and having fantastic teenage angst over ever finding a hot boyfriend to fuck him. Hee!

2. What Makes You Happy

But don't worry, mom, I met him in a restaurant
And all this time I've been getting to know him
He's got an ex-wife in Pasadena
And sometimes she's a mess to deal with
But mostly we've been living here uninjured
There's a silence, and she says:

"Listen here young lady
All that matter is what makes you happy
But you leave this house knowing my opinion
won't make you love me if you don't care to."

Rodney has pretty much exactly this conversation with his sister when he tells her about John. She is skeptical, at best - hey, she's met John, she knows what a mess he is! Not to mention knowing how badly Rodney screws up most of his relationships. Rodney's tentative 'I really think this could work' is so endearing though.

3. Fuck and Run

I woke up alarmed
I didn't know where I was at first
Just that I woke up in your arms
And almost immediately I felt sorry
'Cause I didn't think this would happen again
No matter what I could do or say
Just that I didn't think this would happen again
With or without my best intentions
And whatever happened to a boyfriend
The kind of guy who tries to win you over?
And whatever happened to a boyfriend
The kind of guy who makes love 'cause he's in it?

OH JOHN, YOU HAVE SO MANY ISSUES. Because none of his hook-ups have ever loved him! And he just wants a boyfriend! Who will love him and squeeze him and call him George baby sweetie John. Luckily, Rodney wants that too, so cuddling and schmoopiness and complex equations for all are in the future.

4. Supernova

You walk in clouds of glitter and the sun reflects your eyes
And everytime the wind blows, I can smell you in the sky
Your kisses are as wicked as an F-16
And you fuck like a volcano, and you're everything to me

'Cause you're a human supernova
A solar superman
You're an angel with wings afire
A flying, giant friction blast
You're a giant, flying friction blast

John about Rodney, obviously. Because only John Sheppard would compare his boyfriend to a jet plane; he's just that much of a dork. Also, he is maybe just a little hardcore in his romantic feelings? Just a little. But it's still sweet. (Also: giant friction blast? Kinky.)

5. Extraordinary

You think that I go home at night
Take off my clothes, turn out the lights
But I burn letters that I write
To you, to make you love me

Yeah, I drive naked through the park
And run the stop sign in the dark
Stand in the street, yell out my heart
To make, to make you love me

Just because Ianto is the Tea Boy does not mean you should underestimate him (Owen, take note!). Nor does it mean he is boring and not important enough to be shagging the boss or have the boss madly in love with him.