never mind.
I know.
I said I was “too busy to update”, which I was at the time and still am, but really? Leaving this place untended makes me itchy.
So, as Emily Litella would say (thanks, Dad): never mind.
How is everyone? Doing okay? Keeping warm and dry? TELL ME HOW.
AND CAN I COME VISIT WHERE YOU ARE?
Sorry.
How am I?
Well, I’ve got a giant, red toe. And not in any festive way, either, but because of a blister from shopping in the wrong shoes (SEE? SHOES BAD. FREEDOM FOR TOES GOOD) that has become this puffy miasma of pain. I can’t even fit it in a shoe. Maybe it’s infected, and will become a replay of the Great StaphLeg of 2003, where I nearly lost a limb because of a tiny cut from a van door and had to be on IV antibiotics daily for two weeks. Huzzah!
I also have a piece of hair that falls in my eyes every ten seconds. Or it did, until I secured it with a paper clip. Classy, no?
When you have extra-fine (and I don’t mean that in the Breck Girl sense, but rather the “hair of a four year old” sense, if four year olds had had to dye out some bad highlights in the early 2000’s and liked to use hot rollers fairly often) hair that flops about like a trout on your head depending on how the wind blows, you’ve got to use a fair amount of hairspray or several hairbands or a half-can of shellac just to keep any style in place.
Unfortunately, the weather in Vancouver does not care for my preventative measures and when I walked out my door this morning, WHOOSH…. I became Trout Head in a matter of seconds.
Without the scales and odd smell, that is.
I don’t even know what I’m talking about anymore.
The point is, HELLO.
TELL ME ABOUT YOU.
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DAY.
DO YOU HAVE A BOBBY PIN?
WHERE IS MY COFFEE?
December 19th, 2007 at 9:22 am
I also have very fine hair and find it near impossible to keep any sort of style in it. I am currently having one of those days where nothing is going right and I am being followed by a little black cloud everywhere I go.
I do not have a bobby pin but I do have an extra elastic. Your coffee is on the way although it may take a while for it to get there from Calgary :)
December 19th, 2007 at 10:30 am
In an attempt to stop spending ALL my money at Starbucks I bought one of those nifty thermos mugs so I could bring my coffee with me from home.
This morning my coffee tastes like dish soap.
I am also lacking a badly-needed bobby pin and I find all this rain to be insulting. But I’m still giggling at Trout Head, so thanks for making the day a little less lame. :-)
December 19th, 2007 at 10:33 am
“miasma of pain”…this is why I heart writers. Miasma is my new vocabulary word of the day :).
December 19th, 2007 at 10:35 am
I’m so sorry about your toe. Perhaps you need a toe truck! (I’m sorry about that too.) Anyway. I’m fine. I am unpacking in my new cubicle (same work; we moved buildings) and trying to figure out the most advantageous layout. I have a little clip — will that do? (I have often used paper clips to keep stray hair at bay. Binder clips, fyi, do not work. Your coffee? Alas, I don’t know.
December 19th, 2007 at 10:59 am
oh my gosh! i thought i was the only one that remembered emily litella! i say never mind just like her, all the time.
let’s see, how am i? tired, but ok. ready for a few days off. glad it’s not raining at the moment. i’ve got my second latte here in front of me. i finished my oatmeal and pineapple. i just happen to have one of those little butterfly clips to hold back your bangs. i have been using them because my short superfine hair has been hanging in my face as i attempt to grow it out some.
have a great day, meggy-meg!
December 19th, 2007 at 11:27 am
so funny - I had the same experience! I had finally gotten my hair just perfect (a near impossible feat) & when I got of the car - woosh. Now it won’t leave my face alone.
December 19th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
well, you can come and visit where i am, but it’s pretty cold and wet over here on vancouver island too.
i think we have enough people for a super-fine hair club. should we get together and exchange paper clips? i have some funky, coloured ones!
December 19th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
My day was ok and I am doing fine. I don’t have a bobby pin but I do have strong homemade coffee. And you are welcome to drop in anytime and spend some time with me over coffee.
December 19th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Since my pantlegs are drenched from the short walk home from a new restaurant we tried out tonight, I doubt you’ll accept my invitation to visit Seattle.
And, welcome Eric! Did you pass through Seattle on alpacas, or is there something on my shoe?
You guys have a great weekend!