Fisher2: Thanx, kiddo.

Trisha: *hugs* And actually, the exchange started quite easily. Let's hope that Lippy keeps up with their end of the bargain and sends the correct items back to me just as promptly.

Holy Freaking Heifers: Angel's fat. Fat, fat, fat. Bluh. A few days ago, I jumped on the scale out of morbid curiosity...and was rewarded with morbid reality. A few ounces over 119. Lock up the Godiva boutiques.
   No time like the present to jump back into nocturnal power walking.

Hair: Friday WTC. Washed with diluted Herbal Essences Color Me Happy shampoo, treated for an hour with Pantene Nourishing mask, rinsed and finished with Suave Soothing Lavender Lilac conditioner. Only leave-in spray on the ends and length today as I was typically busy. Style will be a single braid.

Weather: Cool and cloudy. It was 100° for a week, now it's supposed to rain tomorrow. I don't get it either.

Other Stuff: So, one week until May, which will mean a new avatar and a new measurement.

This weekend I'll be hanging out with the family since some are here from out of state. Then, next weekend is Bats Day. My buddy T (who isn't goth) and I will be meeting some other folks from a different forum that day. Should be interesting.

Hair: CWC + leave-in spray + serum. Hair seems content - it's drying at the moment. Sometimes, it seems like it's getting longer every day. I'm really starting to notice it now...as are other people.

Music: My father and his guitar player have decided that they want me to learn Shelby Lynne's song, Restless. No pressure. Might as well ask me to cover Reba, Trisha or Martina. I told him I was flattered that he thought I was so capable.

Other Stuff: Been indulging other artistic outlets as well. At the moment, I'm working on another pair of wooden wall crosses.
   While rifling around in my armoire for a hot glue gun, I ran across these, which kind of made me smile:





Some experimetal drawings that I did in my senior year of high school.

This one made me somewhat wistful:



From 4 years ago. It was my first ever attempt at drawing a skull and was done after midnight in the light of a single candle. Very rough, obviously. My bf at the time said that he didn't like it and I've not picked up a pencil since. *sigh*

Anyway, the 'rents are out visiting with my aunt and her bf. I guess the whole gang's getting together for dinner tomorrow night, and there's talk of going to the zoo or Wild Animal Park next week after my cousin (aunt's daughter) and her daughter arrive.

Until then, I'll be poking at my creative veins...or zoning out. Whichever's easier.

Everybody: Wow, you guys are way too kind. Thank you and God bless you for the compliments - they were quite unexpected (and definitely undeserved).
   No, I'd never considered framing any of my work, but those particular drawings are actually tiny in real life. They were renderings for a particular technique that I was working with for an art class assignment at the time. The 2nd one actually made its way to becoming a poster, but heaven knows it certainly isn't framed or displayed anywhere. My mother tucked it away somewhere with the rest of my school projects.
   And yes indeed, as most folks here will recall, that particular bf was quite idiotic.

Other Creative Endeavours: Finished the set of wall crosses that I'd been working on today:





I zoomed in on one of them to show the detail of the decoration.

Hair: *sigh* Once again, it seems I've reached a dead end. An all-too-often recurring reminder of why Herbal Essences products don't work for me. Those who have read my journals as Angel Spun may remember the struggles I had with Herbal Essences and how every seeming epiphany would inevitably give way to disappointment.
   Now, even after their supposed "makeover," it seems that the joke is still on me. Though the shampoo was diluted, that old, familiar chemical burn has reclaimed the back of my neck. This is truly it for me. Back to Pantene, yada, yada. I've said it a million times before.

Today had the usual CWC + leave-in spray + EVOO routine. Style was a flipped ponytail.
Instead of clarifying tomorrow, I'm going to attempt to offset the drying effects of the Herbal Essences shampoo with a COW. When I get paid on Friday, I'll run out and get a bottle of Pantene Purity shampoo for clarifying next week. Restoration will be the objective for the rest of this week.

Other Stuff: My cousin was in the backyard visiting with the rest of the family when I got home from work today, and I got to meet my 2nd cousin (cousin's daughter) for the first time. She is 6 months old today.
   My sister and her bf came over and the lot of us (8 + a baby) went to the Roadhouse for dinner. I stuffed as many free peanuts as possible into my purse as I wanted something healthy to eat at work tomorrow.

Anywho, that's about it for now. My Advil PM is kicking in, so I'll be comatose as soon as I finish typing this.
Until next time, friends.