Short Hair.

On Wednesday I got a hair cut.  It has been so hot and muggy and my hair is so fluffy that - now that it has been too short to pull back into a pony for a couple years - I can't stand it.  I nearly asked my hair dresser to shave my head, but he always resists my more extreme suggestions.  But it is short now.  I haven't had hair this short since I was six.  When I was six, it was against my will and done by a neighbour who cut her boys' hair.  (This is prior to the summer of love .)  It was not a success then, and I went on to have hair down my back for most of my life (never *quite* made it to my waist).  I cut it above the shoulder when I turned 50, as my birthday present to me.  In Vancouver there is quite a large remnant hippie population, and I can see that long flowing grey hair is less appealing from the outside than it feels like from inside.

This is AMAZING!  I don't quite know how to style it yet, but I am having fun trying various goops.

My hair is not quite as short as my Mom's - but pretty close.  My mom and I are only 18 years apart, and we look very much like sisters these days.  Oh well.  Eventually we're gonna both look like Grama, so we might as well get used to it.  :)

I feel a little silly flipping my hair back without the hair.  :)

PS - since I cut my hair very short, the sky has clouded over and given us blessed relief from the heat.  No rain, but much cooler.  Typical, eh?  :)

Holy Moly

When I logged out just now, I had to log back in right away so I could comment on the ad I was presented with:

http://www.blurb.com/partner/livejournal

Apparently, livejournal is partnering with blurb, so that each of us can create bound copies of our livejournal in a physical form.  It is a weird idea.  I mean: I love books both for the content and for the sensual pleasure of a well-bound book[1].  So, I kinda find the idea appealling, but I can also see that it is a silly idea.  Very silly.  Out of the non-linear multiple-narrative context - who would it interest?

But: holy moly.


[1] - yes, yes: obligatory hur hur hur   :)

More experimentation

So, no doubt you remember the whining about the bofocals[1].  Whine whine whine.

So, this week I bought myself two pairs of glasses - one reading pair and one distance pair.  I really like the reading pair - I can see the whole page and the whole computer screen in the whole of the lens and it is in focus all over.  Yay.  I like the distance pair, since I can see far away and the ground - and watching TV is very clear.  Yay.  I had hoped they would go as dark as the old darkest photogray - but no.  So, nearly a pair of sunglasses, but not really.

The trick is that neither pair does the other task "good enough".  With the distance pair, I can see the bus number, and the ground when I step on and off, but once on or while waiting, I can't text.  With the reading pair, I can text and read, but can't see the bus number, nor are people across the living room (we haz a little living room) in focus.

Oh well.  The reading ones are really cute.  :)

Edit - [1] - bifocals.  Why can't I see these typos until umpty hours later?