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meitantei_cj) wrote2010-07-29 08:22 pm
meitantei_cj) wrote2010-07-29 08:22 pm
Soooo...
... I have to strip the relaxer out of my hair.
Randi said to use beer, vinegar, and any shampoo, and wash my hair three or four times with each, and that will do it.
Now, I'm seeing a BUNCH of sites saying this is impossible, that the relaxer kills the hair dead and there's no way to revert it back to its natural state. Vinegar = no, and beer gives your hair body, but doesn't strip the relaxer. This doesn't make me happy, because I absolutely cannot stand the smell of beer. I'm thinking about just going back every few weeks or so and having them wash/retwist my hair, and snip half an inch each time, since hair's supposed to grow half an inch a month.
Actually, I just found something else saying it works, but it's temporary. I guess really all I'd need to do is wash with the stuff to get it to the right (temporary) state, and go in afterwards without washing it again to get the hair twisted.
Whatever, I can't do a thing until after next week. Speech Monday (!) and art history class Tuesday and Thursday (final). I can't go in with my hair looking like crap.
I'm sorta-kinda playing with the idea of skipping work on the 9th. I'll just have to get the talking-to from the boss, that's all. It's not set in my mind yet, but I'm more than tempted. He'll probably just give me his notes anyway and still have me do the damn minutes... not that his notes would be any good, so maybe not. Maybe I'll be struck by super!sickness for a day. Why not? My allergies floored me the other week. It could happen again. Please let it happen again.
I'm starving. I have my final communications assignment to do. I still need to do the reading.
Oh yeah. We need to hit the goddamn lottery: Before class started today, a teacher I'd never seen came in to promote her class, Aesthetics: The Philosophy of Art and Beauty. Description:
This course explores the nature of art and theories of beauty, as well as the relationship of beauty to truth, morality, and social context. Using examples drawn from the visual arts, performing arts, film, and music - students will examine the origins, purpose, and meaning of art; the nature of the aesthetic experience; and the standards we use to judge artistic expression. As an urban studies course, full use will be made of the rich artistic resources of New York City.
There WILL be a museum and/or gallery visit, and she said she's going to attempt a concert and other things.
Guess what time it meets? 11:45-12:45. THREE TIMES A WEEK.
I wouldn't even NEED that credit (I'm already taking my Humanities elective in Speech Comm... unless this actually is an urban studies course, which I do need). I'd be taking it because it sounds awesome. I swear, I would drop Afro-American History like hot metal and make THAT be my 15th Session I credit. But, yeah, y'know, job. I swear, this is a test.
Also, saw this quote by Russell T. Davies in The Writer's Tale:
"Thing is, to think about yourself all the time isn't necessary selfish; the self is all we've got. We might touch on other people, glance off them, and sometimes, maybe once in a while, maybe, see deeply into them. But the other 99 per cent of the time? It's just yourself. There's no other option."
Signs left and right. Everywhere. But 28-year-old me keeps listening to her parents.
Randi said to use beer, vinegar, and any shampoo, and wash my hair three or four times with each, and that will do it.
Now, I'm seeing a BUNCH of sites saying this is impossible, that the relaxer kills the hair dead and there's no way to revert it back to its natural state. Vinegar = no, and beer gives your hair body, but doesn't strip the relaxer. This doesn't make me happy, because I absolutely cannot stand the smell of beer. I'm thinking about just going back every few weeks or so and having them wash/retwist my hair, and snip half an inch each time, since hair's supposed to grow half an inch a month.
Actually, I just found something else saying it works, but it's temporary. I guess really all I'd need to do is wash with the stuff to get it to the right (temporary) state, and go in afterwards without washing it again to get the hair twisted.
Whatever, I can't do a thing until after next week. Speech Monday (!) and art history class Tuesday and Thursday (final). I can't go in with my hair looking like crap.
I'm sorta-kinda playing with the idea of skipping work on the 9th. I'll just have to get the talking-to from the boss, that's all. It's not set in my mind yet, but I'm more than tempted. He'll probably just give me his notes anyway and still have me do the damn minutes... not that his notes would be any good, so maybe not. Maybe I'll be struck by super!sickness for a day. Why not? My allergies floored me the other week. It could happen again. Please let it happen again.
I'm starving. I have my final communications assignment to do. I still need to do the reading.
Oh yeah. We need to hit the goddamn lottery: Before class started today, a teacher I'd never seen came in to promote her class, Aesthetics: The Philosophy of Art and Beauty. Description:
This course explores the nature of art and theories of beauty, as well as the relationship of beauty to truth, morality, and social context. Using examples drawn from the visual arts, performing arts, film, and music - students will examine the origins, purpose, and meaning of art; the nature of the aesthetic experience; and the standards we use to judge artistic expression. As an urban studies course, full use will be made of the rich artistic resources of New York City.
There WILL be a museum and/or gallery visit, and she said she's going to attempt a concert and other things.
Guess what time it meets? 11:45-12:45. THREE TIMES A WEEK.
I wouldn't even NEED that credit (I'm already taking my Humanities elective in Speech Comm... unless this actually is an urban studies course, which I do need). I'd be taking it because it sounds awesome. I swear, I would drop Afro-American History like hot metal and make THAT be my 15th Session I credit. But, yeah, y'know, job. I swear, this is a test.
Also, saw this quote by Russell T. Davies in The Writer's Tale:
"Thing is, to think about yourself all the time isn't necessary selfish; the self is all we've got. We might touch on other people, glance off them, and sometimes, maybe once in a while, maybe, see deeply into them. But the other 99 per cent of the time? It's just yourself. There's no other option."
Signs left and right. Everywhere. But 28-year-old me keeps listening to her parents.