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la_marquise ([personal profile] la_marquise) wrote2015-03-09 04:02 pm

Meme Day 6

Five Things You Can't Live Without

This says 'things', not people, so the marquis is not included. But he and the cats go without saying, really. Otherwise:

1) Lipsalve. Assuming I can find the blasted thing, that is! I always have a lipsalve about me. Also handcream and tissues.

2) Hot water. I know many people who aren't human before coffee. I can manage without coffee, but I do not function well if I can't feel clean. Showers are wonderful.

3) Water in general. I am seldom far from a drink of water and worry if I don't know where I can get one. Water gets everywhere, with me -- my writing is full of it (as [livejournal.com profile] jpsorrow once sagely observed); I'm a water sign in both western and Chinese astrology and my metaphors of self tend to be water-based.

4) A pen or pencil and something to write on. The one draw-back to a shower is the difficulty of making notes while taking one.

5) The radio. Radio 4 has been the soundtrack to my life, since earliest childhood. My mother has it on all the time, and now I do, too.

Day 1 - Ten random facts about yourself
Day 2 - Nine things you do everyday
Day 3 - Eight things that annoy you
Day 4 - Seven fears/phobias
Day 5 - Six songs that you’re addicted to
Day 6 - Five things you can’t live without
Day 7 - Four memories you won’t forget
Day 8 - Three words you can’t go a day without
Day 9 - Two things you wish you could do
Day 10 - One person you can trust

Skirt of the day: skinny jeans. I was out on my bicycle earlier.

[identity profile] athenais.livejournal.com 2015-03-09 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you think of other people in water metaphors? (I am a Leo and a Rooster, myself.)

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/ 2015-03-09 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
It depends on the person. Some people are watery. Some are more fiery or aetherial.

[identity profile] dancinghorse.livejournal.com 2015-03-09 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Water sign here, too. And I live in the desert. Lip balm and moisturizer close to hand.

For writing in the shower: there are slates and pens made for divers. Look!

http://www.scuba.com/scuba-gear-249/Miscellaneous-Slates.html

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/ 2015-03-09 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh! Thank you!
And solidarity. Us water types should stick together.

[identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com 2015-03-09 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I am also a lip salve junkie....

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/ 2015-03-09 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a very very useful thing.