smell ya later

Let me get nasally nostalgic on you here. Nasalgic, I think, is the technical term.

Do you ever smell something and it reminds you of a moment from your childhood? That happened to me the other day. First, some backstory. Don’t worry, it’s really quick.

When I was a kid, Sunday morning was Donut Morning! Then we would visit my grandfather and uncles. It was awesome.

See? Super short story! But you needed to know it because that is what I thought about the other day!

I went to the gym, and when I got out of the car, the smell in the air reminded me of one of those mornings. I am not totally sure why.

Now, it’s possible that there was something in the air that smelled like my grandfather’s house. Also, there IS a Dunkin’ Donuts near my gym. So the smell of donuts COULD have been around. (Also, a great marketing move!)

Oddly enough, there is also a food processing plant next door. Which smells like ketchup most of the time. I don’t think they make catsup, but I don’t ask questions…not after what happened last year.

Anywhooooo, the air smelled like Donut Sunday.

I tell you all of this because a company in Paris has created an oPhone! For olfactory funness where you can text smells to people! Instead of just texting an emoji of a cup of coffee, the phone will emit a coffee smell!

So far, they’ve sent the smell of bread, flowers, and “the smell of Paris 300 years ago.”

I’m not sure if that’s something you want to send. People didn’t really shower much back then, so…you know...not flowery.

You know what’s a better smell? Donut Sunday! That’s what I would like you to text me. Actually, just bring me a donut. And a coffee. And a sundae. On a Sunday. Just text me that every day is Donut Sunday. I don’t care if it smells. In fact, please make it NOT smell.

I’m off to wax nostalgic. With scented candle wax.

Enjoy Everything.

-dj

master of dreamland

Do you ever wish you could control everything you do in your dreams? Of course you do! Everybody wants that!

Well, a company in California says they figured out how you can with a special headband that you wear on your head. Unlike the headbands I wear on my knees.

This headband keeps track of you while you are sleeping. Like your brainwaves and when you’re in REM sleep and stuff.

When you are in a deep sleep and dreaming, it creates lights and sounds that will make you aware that you are dreaming without waking you up. Then, when you know you are dreaming, you do whatever you want in your dreams!

What would you do in your dreams? There are so many choices! I mean, theoretically, we dream every night. So you could do something different EVERY SINGLE DAY.

One day you could be a princess stuck in a western movie and you have to save the town from an evil group of hedgehog outlaws.

I know. Hedgehogs in little cowboy hats is one of the most adorable things I can think of, too. I might dream of that for a few nights just for fun.

After that, you could dream that you’re a rhino space adventurer! You have a huge rocket ship that lets you go to different planets in search of magical treasures hidden by evil pirate waffles!

Then you could dream that you’re sitting on a bench drinking coffee and reading a book on a warm day in Paris!

Well, they don’t ALL have to be so crazy. It might be nice to relax for a night.

I totally want this. As long as it’s not like Inception. Because I’m pretty sure bad stuff happened in those dreams.

I’m off to check my totem.

Enjoy Everything.

-dj

the citrus experiment

I've been testing out citrus. I found that some citrus items have been showing up in the stores in very fun bags with cute cartoon citrus-people on them. When I see cute citrus, I buy!

If you sell something in a fun package, I'm pretty much guaranteed to get it. I'm easy like that.

Normally, I would avoid citrus. For two reasons:

One: It's expensive.

Other: It's really hard to peel.

Bananas are good. EASY to peel. Citrus-peel always sticks to the juicy fruit center! I never had an easy way to peel it off!

Until now! A very wise friend of mine told me to roll it. Put the fruit on a table, then put my hand on it and roll it around firmly. That separates the fruit from the skin a little and makes for an easier peeling. And it totally works!

Now I'm trying all sorts of fun citrus! I even found the Sunkist Citrus Wheel online to help me with my shopping. Seriously, you have no idea how excited I am now that I can peel my citrus!

I plan on taking a trip around the entire Citrus Wheel. It might take me long time, but I believe that I will be a better, if not Vitamin C-er, person at the end of it.

So far: Cara caras: check. Blood orange: check. (And extra fun because you can pretend to be an Orange Vampire. Hsssss.) Navel oranges: check. Clementines: check.

You better look out Dancy Tangerines, I'm comin' for you next. You could say you danced your last tango-rine in Paris. (You don't have to...but you could.)

I'm off to roll my citrus.

Enjoy Everything.

-dj