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[aprilstarchild]

Friday: rikell42 (from here on out referenced to as J so I don't have to type up the lj code eight bazillion times) picked me up from the max and we ate out at Vege Thai. There was a cute punk-ish girl with short bangs and blue hair and ....sock lady socks. Black ones. With pink stars. jenhowell has the same pair. Hee hee hee...oh, and the food was tasty. Vegan Thai Iced Tea! Woot!

Went to Excalibur comics. They don't have the first two of the new ElfQuest series. So I have...just the third one. How irritating. They also only had the first issue of Jhonen Vasquez's "I Feel Sick." I think that's my favorite stuff by him...or maybe it's tied with Zim. Hard to say. In any case, when we got back to his place, I ended up reading all of it to J, while he looked over my shoulder at the pictures. I *heart* Tenna and Devi and Spooky. I need to find my Spooky doll. So I may maniacally run around, squeezing and it giggling and muttering, "the thing what squeaks!"

After that we went to a low-key birthday party for thorongil8 at dragon_mintz's house (as a side note, I saw a chart at work the other day where someone's real last name was Mintz. You shoulda seen me giggle). We all played a very confusing game called Therapy, I think. For a while, Jeff, J and myself were officially psychotic. Also, the fact that everyone was unanimous in thinking I knew the most "general knowledge" kinda stuff gave me warm fuzzies. Yes, I am ...The Queen of Random Information!! or...something.

I stayed over here with J and went to bellydance this morning. Woot, I rock. I have most of the routine down, I think, but I'm going to attempt to be at all the beginner two classes until the student show. I also bought a choli specifically for class, a nice stretchy cotton one. It's also very open in the back. Holy moly. I know it's supposed to fit that way, but it's hard to get used to. Also, squishes me flat in front, but for class that's fine. So, yay, no more bunched-up tank tops for class for moi.

Aveda didn't have any drop-ins today. So I went to the Bishop's down the street on Hawthorne. After fetching coffee and a walk in Laurelhurst, I got all my hair cut off. Well, I'm not bald. But um, it's short. I will take pictures tomorrow and they will be posted. I also took some Friday night of it long, for comparison. The woman cutting my hair was a total sweety, and just enjoyed the hell out of herself. It took over an hour! No shit!! Because my hair is so goddamn thick. She kept deciding to thin it out some more. So first she cut off the majority of it, then attacked it all over with this serrated razor thingie, and then took scissors to it for thinning it and texture. Freaky shit. I got her email address because she wanted me to send her pictures, because she was so proud of herself. *LOL*

It keeps wanting to poof up on top. And then I look like I have a Beatles shag or something. She told me it would look better in a day or two when it calmed down a bit. ;^)

Before posting I'd just finished watching I *heart* Huckabees. Which I loved. I have no idea how to explain how or why I loved it so much. I fear it's just because it fits into my own cosmology so well. It's like a movie version, of the Tao Te Ching version, of how I see the universe. jenhowell said she saw that and Garden State around the same period of time, and we agreed that both have a similar feeling. Halfway through the movie J and I ended up sitting out on the front porch talking and I kept feeling randomly profound.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Even with the random icky stuff in my life, I still feel like I've been waiting my whole life for how my life is right now. And I trace it back to a few things--one, realizing that I can't wait for something to happen before my "real life" starts. My "real life" isn't something that starts after I finish school, or when I move out of my parents' house, or when I get married/committed or have kids or start travelling. My Real Life is happening right now, and I have to give myself permission to live it. So I have. I think I did that about a year ago, I don't remember if/when it was a conscious decision, but it happened, and I'm very glad.

I won't go into the other things right now. All I know is that when I was sitting out there, seeing the colors of the setting sun filtered through the trees in J's front yard, and all the random wildish plants growing there (roses in bloom and rosemary and trees and grass) and the hammock, and hearing people laughing and talking on his street, I felt like, to a certain extent, I was exactly where I belonged. Not necessarily in terms of a literal place (as much as I adore this neighborhood), but just in general. My life feels damn good right now.

Anyway. J is in theory sleeping, but I have no idea how he could be, with my pounding on the keyboard, and neighbors nearby playing loud music for a party. I'm going to attempt to join him now.

Comments

[alicia-stardust.livejournal.com]

Wow, I didn't realize you were going to get your hair cut so soon. I can't wait to see pictures!

[galactagogue.livejournal.com]

i read this this morning and was inspired to go get my own damn hair cut. so thanks. (tho i did have to do some tweaking when i got home - i always ask for super short in the back, and these dang stylists don't take me seriously! ha.)

i fully agree with your thoughts on living Real Life right now - this does not come naturally to me, but it is a goal. anyhoo. yes.

you forgot to mention marky mark as a hot petroleum-obsessed firefighter. best ever. also, elevator fight. nguh.

hi you.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

His character cracked me up.

Hi you, too. ;^)

[(Anonymous)]

*still waiting for hair pictures*

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

I haven't taken them yet! Be patient!

Oh, and don't forget to sign in. Unless you intended to be anonymous.

[jameslentz.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that was me.

And thanks for the tip ;)