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[kjpepper]

Woke up with the oddest thought evar in my head.

"You should start small, handrolled dreadlocks."

Even odder was that I found myself seriously considering it.

Pros:

• Them posts I occasionally make about having to "tame the fro?" history.
• morlock won't whine about my hair getting in his ear/nose/mouth anymore.
• it would pretty much look like I had braids in anyway. Just on a more permanent bases.
• Soooooooooo much less bother OMG.
• You know I'd look wicked hot in them.

Cons:

• Not that this is too much of a concern, but my dad would kill me.
• Me? commit to a hairstyle? I'm not big on the idea of something I can only undo with a razor.
• I couldn't do the yarn thing anymore. Which I guess might be okay, maybe I am getting a little old for it. I have been doing it since high school, after all. But it _is_ my signature look, y'know? It does my little heart good to get multitudinous compliments on the hotness that is me when I do bother to dedicate the 8 or so hours of my life to doing it.

So... jury's kinda out. But I figured I would record the thought so it would stop bothering me.

Faaaaaaaat paycheck today. Course now I have to decide whether to use it to a) pay down Mr. Credit Card b) pay down Mr Credit Line at Bank of My Ass and finally close that stupid account, c) fix Bellnoire or d) splurge on some more frames, redeem my GC at Newbury comics on posters and continue with the decor of my house. Tough decision.

Oh forgot to mention - at the behest of sundart, I read Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys, and finished it a couple of days ago. Excellent book. No, seriously. So far this confirms that the only Neil Gaiman I really didn't like was American Gods, happily it seems to be a fluke. Though now I feel like rereading it just to make sure I don't like it, especially since Anansi Boys seems to be in the same spirit, though the story is a lot simpler. I also finished Mirror Mirror this week. Once again, Gregory MacGuire does not disappoint. You would think his formula of taking a well known story, putting another spin on it, and rewriting it from scratch would get old, but he does it with such imagination and well nailed turns of phrase that it doesn't. I'm a little leery of starting Lost, as I never really did like A Christmas Carol, but I suppose I'll get to it the next time I'm stomping about complaining of nothing to read.

Well, time to go tame the aforementioned fro and head off to work. Those words hold so much less anxiety now that the Dread Project Roberts has sailed away from Florin for the year.

...has it ever occured to anyone that that's a really doofy name for a pirate? No doofier than a princess named Buttercup, I suppose. Reminds me, really need to make that Vizzini icon.

Comments

[sundart.livejournal.com]

1. you are never too old for yarn.
2. Yes, dreadlocks would look super hot on you. But so do a lot of things having to do with your hair.

[sydneycat.livejournal.com]

What she said. :-)

[(Anonymous)]

Dreads could be mega-cute. Plus, you could always tie yarn into them. Not as braids, but perhaps more like you'd decorate a maypole? Or like a friendship bracelet?

And I hated Lost. I thought Mirror, Mirror was only OK. I really liked Wicked and Stepsister, so I very disappointed with his later efforts.

[extrajoker.livejournal.com]

What they said.

Also....

redeem my GC at Newbury comics on posters and continue with the decor of my house.

I still have Sark's "Succulent Wild Woman" poster. I've been thinking of bringing it to work and leaving it in a "FREE" pile, but will give it to you if you're interested.



I really didn't like...American Gods...Though now I feel like rereading it just to make sure..., especially since Anansi Boys seems to be in the same spirit....

Mr. Nancy is one of the titular characters of American Gods, so Anansi Boys is kind of a sequel. Well, more of a spin-off, really. I liked both, but I know others who'd agree with you. (When Diane started reading it, she said she couldn't get into it; I don't know whether she ever finished.)



Once again, Gregory MacGuire does not disappoint....I'm a little leery of starting Lost, as I never really did like A Christmas Carol....

Lost isn't a retelling of A Christmas Carol, is it? One of my co-workers (who liked Wicked, but not Lost) said it's original to Maguire. And reviews on Amazon.com mention Scrooge in passing, but don't indicate that this is a reworking. Anyway, the only Maguire I've read is Wicked (which I thoroughly enjoyed). But I think Rachel has read all 4 (Lost, Wicked, Mirror, & Confessions).