Wow, the journal is on page 5! 

Maroula--Thanks again! The accessories kit arrived today. Perhaps I should put the furisode on and say to my mom, "Look at what I bought!"

Khrome--lol! Did you have trouble getting both odangos to look the same? I can get the one on my right to come out, but the left odango looks mishapen. I wonder if it has to do with being right handed.

Job Stuff: I saw an ad for a job fair at Borders next week. I'm gonna go and apply. It would be nice to get a job there; I love that store.

Hair Stuff: Washed scalp and length. I used some Aubrey Organics gel today and had to get it off. Hmm, not much else to say about my hair other than: "I wish it was 39 inches long already."

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ROTFL!! I tried again yesterday and I still can't get that style to work. I think I'm throwing in the towel until all of my layers are at least elbow length. 

I don't know what happened with my browser, but from Friday until this morning, I could log into LL but when I would click on a board, the top of the page would say "Welcome guest." I'm glad I can finally login and reply to posts. It was annoying to be able to read posts but not reply to them. 

Anyway, did a CWC wash yesterday. I'm due for a ACV rinse, but I don't feel like doning one yet. I really should, though. I'm not sure when's the last time I did one.

BPAL is evil. After visting their site several times, I compiled a list of 13 imps I want to get. Whether or not I acually buy them is another story. >_<

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lol! One of my friends always uses a body spray so I think I'm going to try and get her addicted to this too.   

Hair stuff: Washed tonight. I'm not actually due for a wash until tomorrow, but Borders is going to have a job fair that day and I don't want to go with 4th day hair. Ick.

Finally did an ACV rinse. I changed how I did it and hopefully it was a change for the better. Here's the steps to my experimental rinse:

1) Used 1 1/2 Tbs of ACV and instead of working it into my hair like shampoo, just squirted it on while lifting sections of hair. That used about half of the rinse.

2) Added more water to the condiment bottle, stopping 1.5 inches from the top.

3) Added 3 squirts of honey to the ACV and shook the container until the honey was dissolved. There was a nice frothy head to it (looked like beer, but smelt like honeyed vinegar). *interesting*

4) Dunked the ends and squirted the ACV on the length as usual. Let it sit for a couple of minutes and rinsed.

5) Did the final C of the CWC and did the rest of my shower duties before rinsing that off.

My hair is still damp, but it feels so nice and soft! When I was rinsing out the AO conditioner, it felt so silky and I kept thinking, "Aaaaahhh, lovely." If this turns out well, I'm going to stick to this ACV routine and possibly add honey to the AO conditioner when I do a CWC.

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That's what I thought after reading about it in 13bodies' journal and seeing it mentioned on another longhair site. Let us know if you buy anything from them.   

Hair stuff: Put hair into a bun today and used the Ketylo sticks. I'll be happy when my layers are all the same length. I don't really like the stray hairs that don't get bunned and end up sticking out from the main coil.

I like the results from adding honey to the ACV rinse. My ends and length don't feel as dry as they used to when I would add NG's aloe vera conditioner to it. I guess I'll use this method in the future.

Job stuff: Went to the Borders job fair today. I wasn't completely expecting to be interviewed at the fair, but I was. I guess that was a good thing; killed two birds with one stone. After signing in, I had a pre-screening with one of the employees and I guess that went well. The only question that I was really stumped on was when she said, "Tell me about yourself." I don't like that question. It's too broad for me; it's so much easier when they ask questions with a narrower focus.

After the screening, she showed her notes (or whatever she was writing) to the manager and I got called for an "interview" several minutes later. I was surprised at how short the interview was. I was expecting more questions like the ones from the screening, but the only real questions I got were "Tell me about yourself" and "Do you have any previous retail experience?".

I think I was only in the manager's office for a few minutes and I was rather worried about that. I can't believe I actually asked, "Should I be worried that this was so short?" The manager kind of laughed and said no and that making it through the pre-screening was a good sign. So after I fill out the on-line application and do the personality test, he's going to call my references and I'll get a response in a few days. He wasn't kidding about the personality test. The sucker was 37 pages long.

I hope I get that job. But if not, there's a largeish job fair a couple of weeks from now and I'll go to that.

Good luck on the job!  Those personality tests that are so long should be banned in my opinion.  Unless interpreted by a qualified professional in conjunction with interviews, they can be very misleading and provide questionable value to the employer.  (I'm speaking as a person that has worked with those tests for many years in the mental health field).  But don't let the test worry you - I'm sure you did just fine.

I hope you get the job!!!  No worries!

Good luck on the job.  I have to admit I think personality tests are obnoxious ...g