Curlgirl: Thanx.

Hair: CWC yesterday & today. I've started adding Pantene Color Volume conditioner to my regular conditionings since I happened to have it around.

Already I fear I'm tiring of the new serum and its greasiness so I'll try using shine spray on the ends tomorrow instead.

Style du jour is a bun. Yesterday I did a twisted updo and used barrettes to secure the ends instead of bobby pins, which seems to work better. The trick is covering the barrettes with twisted hair. It's not a huge deal if they stick out a little since it's a funky style anyway.

Music: The gang was all there at Lizard's place last night. Another fellow was playing lead guitar so my father played bass, which left Lizard free to just sing. And he still messed up half of the lyrics.
    Chatterbox was there when I arrived as she has been for the past few jams. Sometimes she joins in on guitar and sometimes she sings with us. Nice enough gal but she never shuts up.

Boscoe has moved his studio into Lizard's music room so he's often there as well. He was one of the 2 founding members of the band and everyone there is intimidated by him. Everyone except my father (who went to high school with Boscoe) and I (who have known him my entire life). So we think it's great to see him more often.
    A little tangent, if you'll indulge me...Boscoe is easily one of the top 10 guitar players in the world and used to play lead for people like Johnny Cash and Ricky Skaggs. In the 1970's, he & Lizard were part of a zany variety act called Montezuma's Revenge for which the roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm was named:



Anyway, my father made me drive through In-N-Out on the way home since he was starving and while we were waiting, A Girl Like You by The Smithereens came on the radio and dad immediately perked up about how he loved that song and how his own band (which is country) should do it. I volunteered to do harmony.
    Then I parked in the lot and we listened to the radio while we macked our burgers. He told me about concerts he'd gone to in the 70's and I told him who all was coming to town this year.
    We got home around 11:00.

Etc.: It's 93°F right now according to my weather.com widget; 98°F according to my car and the thermometer in the backyard says 100°F. Nasty hot any way you look at it. I've only stepped outside twice today for a matter of seconds and it's like walking into an oven. Only much, much brighter. Summer has officially started to suck.

Fortunately there are all manner of things to do indoors. I've already redone my nails in black with silver micro glitter...and there are new job postings as well as 19th century literature that are asking to be read. And then there's my bass guitar...

Of course, with summer comes bugs and a generous spider apparently left its eggs to hatch somewhere in my bathroom so its crawly offspring are everywhere. I've probably killed a dozen of the little brown buggers already but have no idea where they keep coming from.


You Are Creative



You see inspiration where other people see nothing. You have an amazing eye for beauty.
You appreciate everyone and everything in this world. You actually like flaws. Perfection is overrated!

You can always find a way to entertain yourself and dream a little. You believe in endless possibilities.
You are a very visual person, and at times you can be overwhelmed by all you are seeing. The world can be an intense place.

The Sand and Surf Test

I swear, I'd never go outdoors at all during the months of June, July and August if I didn't have to.   

Hair: Another CWC today, breaking in the new Suave green apple light conditioner. I'd forgotten exactly how light it was. The pomegranate splash was much thicker.

Leave-ins were the spray conditioner blend on the length and serum on the ends. The latter is still too greasy and I only used a drop. What a waste of $10.

Style is a single braid. Tonight I want to try & do some sort of overnight treatment.

Etc.: Practice kept us an hour later than usual last night and the "hot dogs" turned out to be pollo asada street tacos and corn on the cob. Good stuff though I didn't get enough of it. I suppose the 350-some-odd calorie drink that I had more or less made up for that.
    Grateful Ed was predictably red eyed and ridiculous by the 2nd set. At least I was able to distance myself when he & the keyboard player lit up. Oh, not Moon Pie...he doesn't use drugs (at least not that I'm aware of). It's the other keyboard player.

Escrow didn't close on the condo that my sister and her bf were supposed to get like it was supposed to. They've already cleaned the place, had the carpets cleaned and moved their new refrigerator in. Their realtor is giving them the runaround I guess. So for now they're still with us.

Finger and toenails both got a makeover from the chipped black shells that covered them before. The problem is that I don't like the new versions on either. Toes have a gray rainbow glitter...fingers are clear with irridescent glitter. I prefer shine over sparkle on nails, so it's not really working for me.

In local news, the races started today. Thoroughbreds, that is. And tomorrow the Downtown convention center will be overflowing with übergeeks for the first day of Comic Con.

Got a report this afternoon that my 18 year old cousin is 90% recovered from her Bell's Palsy paralysis and is now working at one of the poshest steakhouses in the county.

Anyway, that's all for now.

Hair: Clarified after almost 2 weeks worth of buildup. I wish I could say that a dose of Drama Clean was enough to quell my craving for Herbal Essences, but the truth is it wasn't. Again I'm growing tired of the residue left behind by heavy shampoos, even if it is a "conditioning" residue. I reached this same conclusion the first time I tried Pantene Nature Fusion. Now I've finally more or less begun to accept that it's just going to be a vicious cycle and I may as well have a variety of products on hand at all times depending on my hair's needs. C'est la vie. Might as well make the most of it, eh?

Anyway, so it's clarified. The usual ACV rinse, blah blah blah, conditioned with Pantene's old Deep Fortifying Treatment; no leave-ins. My hair is returned its natural spiderweb texture...and actually smells rather nice. At the moment, I'm looking for excuses to drive around town to help it dry faster.

Etc.: Spent the whole of last night cleaning my car inside & out, pulling off the back license plate to scrape off 3 years of previous registration stickers to affix the new one, then putting it all back together again - plate, frame, screws and all. That may be a factor in my wanting to get out of the house as well.

Yesterday I got a lot done so today is my day to just chill and do whatever.


You Are City



You prefer big lights and big dreams over the slow paced life of the country.
You crave excitement, and the city has many opportunities for you.

While you appreciate the peace and quiet of the country, it's a little too quiet.
You need lots of people, culture, and action to feel truly alive.

Are You City or Country?

Hair: Another CWC, this time with Suave green apple conditioner, HE Tousle Me Softly S&C + Pantene/HE blended conditioner. Spray conditioner is the only leave-in; style is a bun.

Etc.: As it happens, I'm typing this between job interviews. The first one was at 11:00 AM by the coast where I always hang out, the next is at 4:00 in the next town over from where I live. In demand. That's how I roll, baby.

No band practice this week since our out-of-state guests are back. They/we are going to a car show tonight.

Anyway, that's all for now. I'm tired & have a headache. Need to rest a little before I have to leave again. Ciao!

ditto what Sakina said.     *hugs*