Polyquaternium 10

[jere7my]

Polyquaternium 10 wins the award for Shampoo Ingredient Most Likely to Be Pursued by Marvin the Martian. It's listed on the bottle of Nexxus Therappe that sits at eye-level above the shower doors, so I have a lot of time to contemplate it while showering.

Rocky Horror was fine; the floor show, as usual, was horrendously long and bad enough that the audience began to get restless halfway through, but nothing traumatic happened to the print. (I suspect that the director is a frustrated choreographer; she keeps adding more and more dance numbers each year. 45 minutes is really too long for a pre-show.) A few friends of mine turned up: our cellist and our other guitarist from Scottish class, and Bodice Girl from ConFusion, who nearly fell over me; only my speedy gallantry saved her from landing on her bum. The cellist claimed she was not emotionally scarred, despite coming from a fairly conservative Episcopalian household.

As previously intimated, I was surrounded by copious pulchritude, which is really enough to get me through just about anything. One tiny young woman was spilling out of her little lace bra every time I saw her; the crew member working alongside me in the booth had simply enormous breasts, barely restrained by a fishnet top. Another woman had a fun-size Mounds bar tucked into her cleavage, and I was unable to avoid the the obvious remark. (She laughed; it was fine.) Voluntary, cheerful display of creamy flesh for mammophiles like me; how can I complain? It's a fun, bacchanalian sort of atmosphere at some times, and tense and annoying at others; I managed, and got out at 3AM.

I spent most of today sitting in front of my computer, ripping CDs and downloading software and writing filters and trying to customize my alert sounds. I took a break for dinner (Kendra cooked two kinds of ravioli from Trader Joe's, crabmeat and artichoke, oh my) and two episodes of King of the Hill, then read K a chapter of Harry Potter before she went to bed. Now, obviously, I am up far too late, so this shall be cut sho

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[flammifera.livejournal.com]

My long-standing bewilderment actually drove me to ask about Rocky Horror at demo practice yesterday. J&K and Bree and BDan explained it to me, while your co-SWIL-president helpfully and reassuringly contributed that she didn't like it, and her husband even *more* reassuringly contributed that he'd never seen it.

They did not manage to inspire me to go see it, which throws out the theory that I do whatever Justin suggests, heh.

[jere7my.livejournal.com]

They did not manage to inspire me to go see it, which throws out the theory that I do whatever Justin suggests, heh.

But it is fun, and not just for the ogling, though there are plenty of guys in drag to ogle as well. As a B-movie group experience, it can't be beat. If there are enough people there who know what they're doing, it can be an absolute (dissolute) hoot.

And the music really is catchy. Except for the hot dog song.

[flammifera.livejournal.com]

While I enjoyed Sager and letting go of my inhibitions for a night and showing off, I must confess that guys in drag are either not-attractive or disturbingly pretty, but either way, not a huge desire to ogle them. ;)

And I'm not sure how many (if any) B movies I've seen, but I don't think I'd enjoy it -- it sounds like a bad-quality, scary (remember, I'm a huuuuuge wimp) movie. And if I'm gonna watch a bad-quality movie, it's either action or romantic comedy, not something with 'Horror' in the title.

heh, sorry to disappoint ;)

[echo-eriol.livejournal.com]

I love Bree, don't get me wrong, but--sheesh--the preshows!! To this day, I cannot hear Thriller without cringing. All Rocky audiences really want is debauchery and virgin popping, then the film with all of its glorious debauchery.

I really do miss Rocky though ::pouts:: I can't believe that there isn't a group in London.

[jere7my.livejournal.com]

I really do miss Rocky though ::pouts:: I can't believe that there isn't a group in London.

Well, Rocky misses you too, dear. I knew there was something missing from this spring's show...I theorize it was cat ears.

[elysdir.livejournal.com]

True enough re Marvin the Martian, but I think Polyquaternium 10 actually comes from a Star Trek episode. I think it's probably one of these items:

* The substance used to power the Larinnian ship (and later stolen to use as a dilithium substitute to get the Enterprise home) in the TOS episode "A Touch of Power."

* The mineral they mine on the mining planet where there's a revolution in the DS9 episode "Rocks."

* The 10th planet of the Polyquaternium system in Zeta sector, in the Voyager episode "What Price Endymion?"

* The priceless radioactive metal in the wooden box that they have to carry as a peace offering from Atchafalaya to Benazir in the Enterprise episode "Harm None."