Tanai: One of my friends on the east coast described the humid air like "breathing soup."
Humid days are a rarity where I live, but I certainly know the feeling of sweating and never drying off. Still, I prefer that to having every inch of your skin hurting because it's soooo dried out. Dry weather actually causes my skin to break out and become very irritated. So yeah, I'd totally rather have the moisture there than not.
   Besides, you can always walk indoors somewhere and not be troubled by static.

Drear: Oh, I love fog. Everything is gray and figures seem to disappear into the haze. Waking up very early in the morning before our marine layer disappears is so awesome! Rainy weather is my favourite though. I try to have nothing to do with the sun...which is quite difficult in SoCal.

Hair: Last night at practice, I wore my hair loose, parted naturally on the left side and all wavy from being in a braid during the day. On the right side, I had a decorative metal barrette holding my hair behind my ear. I'd never tried that style before, but it seemed to work ok.
   During a break, John 3:16 was standing behind me as I was seated in Lizard's kitchen and asked, "Did you put colour in your hair?" I shook my head and said no. Then he said something about my hair having a lot of highlights.
Granted, I was sitting directly under a recessed light, which are very bright, so I'm sure my waves were reflecting light like crazy.

Today, I was able to do a WTC after all. Leave-in crème on the length and heavy serum on the ends. I did the funky, spiky bun style again, so I wanted the ends to be wispy. But they ended up looking pretty normal - the serum didn't make much of a difference. I've thought about doing this style again next Halloween and putting aloe gel on the ends so they stick straight out in spikes. We'll see.

Music: A very good practice last night. My brothers were laughing and joking around with me and each other and we have the harmonies on the last song just about nailed. My father even listened to me...a little. Our road guy, Riddles was there, learning how to control the video segments. And the new male backup singer and the new bass player got official band nicknames: The Kingfish and C-Bass respectively.

Work: When I got to the office this afternoon, there was something of an uproar. My mother explained to me that the area manager of customer service sent a nasty e-mail to the area president of the company regarding ME and cc-ed my boss! My boss then talked to my mother about it. Apparently, the area customer service manager had accused me of saying and doing all sorts of untrue things, basing part of it on a conversation that he allegedly had with me over the phone that I don't believe ever happened. Pretty sure I'd remember.
   Anyway, my boss was really upset and told my mother that if the accusations were true, that I would no longer have a job. When he returned from lunch, he asked me about whatever this customer service fellow was alleging and I of course told him that none of it was true and that he (my boss) knew me better than that. He seemed to believe me. One of the last things I heard before I left for the day was my boss arguing with the guy over the phone.
OYYYY!!!!!!! What a day.

Other Stuff: So I've been rather upset ever since but I'm trying not to let it faze me too much. I know the guy is nuts. I listened to Bella Morte on the way home and sang along. Music always helps me deal.

Now, my nails are happily sporting a new OPI manicure: A smoky, Tim Burton-ish violet called Parlez-Vous OPI? On the nail of each ring finger, I have a black cat head.

Right now, my bed pillows are being washed following the heavy EVOO treatmet that I did a few nights ago. Hope they dry before I have to go to bed tonight.

Anyway, that's all for today. And that's more than enough!

Drear: Quote:

Those would be called dehumidifiers. Rarely needed in desert country.

Tanai: Nah, I don't wear shorts either...and I'm probably the only one in SoCal. These old legs just ain't what they used to be. And whoa nelly @ -5°! You must live in the northeast.

Hair: Had to clarify today with a modified schedule this week. I'll be doing a WTC on Wednesday.
   As planned, I used my sister's Enjoy serum as a leave-in instead of EVOO. It works. Today's style was the half-bun thing with the ends left out. Didn't quite turn out as spiky as I would've liked, but...whatever.

Other: Possible band practice tomorrow night. And speaking of bands, my father's is playing at Bates again this Sunday...if it doesn't rain. Pity because I love being at Bates in the rain.

No news about the slanderous slimeball at corporate, and that's good news, I guess.

3 days into a new manicure and it's already chipped! Seems it doesn't matter whether I use drugstore or designer nail polish...the result is the same.

Oh and...2 days 'til payday.

Tanai: Yeah, my pedicures usually last about a month as well. Mani's, maybe a week if I'm lucky. But I deem painted nails a necessity! For strength and æsthetics.

Hair: CWC +leave-in crème + EVOO (on ends). I detangled my hair before my break today so it would be smooth and ready to style by the time I got to escape to the ladies' room. And thank goodness! Because it took me about 20 tries before I could make a decent flipped ponytail!

Angel Fires Back: My boss left work early today, and on his way out the door, started teasing me about the things that the area sales manager from corporate was accusing me of. I know that he wasn't serious, but that was the bloody last straw. After he left, I sent him a very matter-of-fact version of the e-mail that I'd been drafting for him earlier. Basically just explaining that I take my integrity/trustworthiness very seriously and I'm not going to just lay down and take it when someone attacks those values. It wasn't a nasty e-mail, but it wasn't a nice one either. I just pray that he doesn't take it the wrong way when he reads it tomorrow morning.

WALL•E: Watched this movie last night with my family & my sister's bf. I went into it thinking it was going to suck and be this huge rip-off of Short Circuit. Wrong! The movie makes the strongest statement of any Pixar film to date and is full from beginning to end with humour, emotion and PLOT! Great story. In the end, I was almost moved to tears...by a movie about robots. In any case, I absolutely recommend it. 2 thumbs up.

In Gothly News: Jillian Venters (aka: The Lady Of The Manners) is releasing a book based on her popular Gothic Charm School articles in June of 2009. As a longtime fan and student of her work in goth etiquette, I am absolutely shivering with anticip....pation! The next time I have a few little dollars to spare, I might pre-order a copy from Amazon.

In Other News: New manicure needed before Thanksgiving dinner. Designer colours not required.