Drear: Thanx. And yes Jillian Venters used to go by the Gothic Miss Manners moniker until she was contacted by "some people in the legal profession," as she puts it, who informed her that she was infringing upon the real Miss Manners' intellectual property by borrowing the name.
   She now goes by "the Lady of the Manners" and the site to which she posts her fabulous articles is called Gothic Charm School.

Trisha: I hear ya, sistah! In fact, I've already pre-ordered my copy.

Tanai: Hunnay, I don't know where or how you got the idea that Pixar films were for children, but I'm sure that watching a few would change this notion for you. Part of maturity is having an open mind. Another part of it is having good taste.

Hair: I got to do the WTC this morning as planned, so my hair will not have to suffer without one for an entire week...like last year. Although, I may do an overnight treatment at some point during the 4-day weekend. We shall see.
   In any case, my Detangling Leave-In Crème is now (finally) officially beginning to run out. It was my only leave-in today. I know I've said it before, but I'm amazed how long this product has lasted. Almost a full year! I have a shopping excursion planned for this evening, so I might pick up a new leave-in while I'm out about town.

Style for the day is my old, reliable single "Hop Sing" braid.

Music: No practices this week, obviously. I plan to send my band brothers a Thanksgiving e-card tonight. If I can find Boscoe's e-mail addy, I'll send him one too.

Saturday is Grateful Ed's wedding, and since the members of Picus Maximus will be there, he wants us to do 6 or 7 songs from the rock opera. It's an all day event and should be pretty fun.

Sunday, as I've mentioned earlier, is Bates.

Other Stuff: Huzzah! I finished a new manicure this morning, just in time for Turkey Day. Hope it holds up.
   It has also come to my attention that OPI top coats suck! So I'll be picking up a bottle or two of good old fashioned clear nail polish from the drugstore while I'm out tonight.

And speaking of shopping, it wouldn't have been possible tonight had today not been payday. I made it!

Anyway, I figured I'd write this entry somewhat early since I'll probably be buried in potatoes and pumpkin pie ingredients later tonight. Hope everyone has a very happy Thanksgiving and a kickin' 4-day weekend.

Let the holidays begin!

Sakina: The length isn't the culprit when making a flipped ponytail. For some reason, I can never get it to part right. Strands come loose and then I have to do it all over again. Sometimes, I wish I had one of those Topsy Tail or Pony Flip tools just to guarantee that I'd be able to get it right on the first try.

As for the pix, they were taken very close together. The first one was in a professional studio, the second was at home. My eyes are greenish blue (I'm the product of a blue eyed mother and a green eyed father) and kind of dark. They look and behave exactly like the ocean - usually dark turquoise, but they can look lighter or darker depending on how light hits them. They've pretty much been the same colour since birth.

And I wasn't exactly mellow...or cute.

Curlgirl64 & JL: Thanx.

Tanai: My hair colour faded to light brown before I turned 1, which is common. The eyes really haven't changed much. Isn't it sad that I'm not such a chameleon as you?

Hair: It was after 11 AM before I got into the shower, so a W-CWC was in order. I've washed all of my hair 2 days in a row. *shrug*
   Today, I finally used the last of my Restoratives Detangling Leave-In Crème. There really wasn't much left, so I compensated with VO5 shine spray. Hair stayed down to air dry while I ran errands.
   While I was out, I tried to pick up another bottle of conditioner and a new leave-in, but my card was declined. So I'll have to use whatever leave-in's are around. My sis has a few and I still have an almost-full bottle of EVOO, so it's no big deal. Probably better that way, really. Not having to spend $$ is good.

At the moment, my hair is braided. But for the wedding yesterday, I twisted and pinned it up into a double bun updo with black rose barrettes for decoration. My mother said that my hair was "darling" and that she "loved the flowers or bows or whatever they [were]." I had to use hairspray to keep errant strands in their place, but it wasn't a lot. I had tendrils falling down at the sides and they curled up a bit when the air became insanely humid. Again, my mother said it looked great.

Other Shtuff: Grateful Ed's wedding was nice. His wife is Jewish, so they had a fairly traditional Jewish ceremony. The reception was, in a word, long! And when my band finally went to play, 2 guys weren't there and 2 others were too drunk and uncoordinated to play well. It was a disaster.
   Plus, there was a heavy mist pouring down on us and our gear all night, so we had to be careful about electrocuting ourselves. Thank God it was only a jam session.

This morning, my sister told me that my old flame, elder goth K, was now engaged to some girl in a cult religion and was selling his entire Star Wars collection for a down payment on a house so they could move in together. I went to check for clues on his MySpace page and, strangely enough, it was gone. This new girl apparently doesn't approve of her fiancé using MySpace. My sis is already under the impression that she's a total control freak. I'm not sure whether I feel sorrier for K or his bride to be.
   Even weirder is that this news hit me like a punch in the stomach. I have no idea why because I've been over K for quite sometime. It's been almost a year since I stopped seeing him and I've moved on. He's certainly allowed to do the same. But it's all rather odd...
   Bleh. Whatever. Surely I have better things to do with my life than worry about guys who didn't make the grade.