Bad Hair Day?

While I was in Michigan my mom got me a $75 gift certificate for a hair salon/day spa on the island. So on Thursday I decided to bite the bullet and get a perm. I brought in a picture of the type of curl I was looking for (loose, old-fashion sausage curls). The stylist/owner said I might not get exactly the curl I want because we're perming over dyed hair. 3 hours later, the curlers are out and she's cutting off the more *DAMAGED??* parts of my ends. We're talking 3-4 inches here...and it's BLONDE!!! Now....anyone who's seen me in the last 5 years knows my hair is a deep burgundy...so I was damned surprised to see her cutting blonde off of my hair. When it was all said & done, not only did I pay with the $75 gift certificate, but I also paid an additional $75 cash. Several hours later....my hair is completely dry....guess what? *No* curl. It's slightly wavy, frizzy, impossible to comb or pik through, and what's left is *damaged*....especially the front/top & sides. Today, Sunday, I washed my hair for the 1st time and used a VO5 deep conditioner on it and left it in for about 15 minutes, wearing a shower cap over it. The back & under layers of my hair feel better....but the sides & front/top are still feeling very brittle, rough & damned difficult to comb through. Does anyone have any recommendations for me? So far my 2 leading helpful hints are to do a hot oil treatment, or another deep conditioner...... or cut my hair *very* short and essentially start over again. Wednesday my hair was down to the middle of my back/bra strap. Today...it is just past my shoulders.....I don't know if I could stand losing much more, since I really look bad with *short* hair....and by short I mean something along the lines of a hairstyle you'd see on a woman who ID's as butch or boi.....because that's about all that would be left once all the damaged stuff got cut off.

Happy Birthday

To me! Well almost......officially at 340 AM give or take. :) Anyone want to volunteer to *take* my spankings? It's only 33. ;) I'm home....did anyone miss me??

Vacation

For anyone who might wonder.... I'll be in Michigan doing the family thing from tonight to 7/26/03. Hope you alll have a great week!

Yesterday you'd forgiven me but it'll still be two days till I say I'm sorry

1989 - I moved back to Northern California after being gone for about a year. 1990 - Got kicked out of my apartment, and moved in to Kiri's place in San Jose. 1990 - Few months later moved in with MS. 2 tumultuous years later, left MS & moved in with RR. Winter 1991/92 - Met Rik 2 tumultuous years later, left RR & moved in with Rik. ...and there begins the change. I'll be the first to admit that I hurt people, did stupid things, and generally was a screw-up from the ages of 17-23....but when anyone looks back to those years in their life, how many can honestly say that they didn't fuck up in some way back then too? Some people can just shrug & walk away.....others....remember the past and keep it as a blue-print as how *not* to live in the future.....that is my way. I remember how I treated people, and I remember how I was treated....and out of all that, I managed to develop ethics & a conscience of sorts....and I really strive not to do the same bad things to a new group of people....and I also strive to avoid the situations that I got myself into back then. Call it bragging or a total lack of modesty.....but I believe that I've changed in the last 10 years. I'm not the same bitch that I used to be (now I'm a different bitch. P). I found someone who was *worth* making it work, someone who I loved enough to *not* run away from, someone who I loved enough that the thought of not having them around anymore was enough to get me into therapy for a few years, so that I *could* keep him around. In the 9 years that I've been married.....I've watched a lot of the people I used to hang around with from 17-23.....go.....not really much of anywhere. Quite a few have gotten married.....divorced....repeat.... Some are still lost in their drug or alcohol hazed worlds. Some never managed to find that something that made their live worth something.....that thing that they wanted to strive for, grow for, change for. During the last 9 years, I've run into some of these people, here & there. All the time it's the same ol stuff....I get treated like I was *still* the same screwed up person they knew a long time ago. "Are you still married.....to the same guy?" "You *haven't* cheated on him (gasp!!)" I have people I never even knew back then.....come up to me 5+ years after the fact and say "I don't know you, but so & so said this & that....and you were (insert insult here)." Telling people who we didn't even know back then....all about who I *used* to be.....when did *I* become such an important topic of conversation? Hell, I've forgotten most of the details of most of those people....sometimes I'm hard pressed to even remember their names....but after 5-10 years, I'm still fresh in their minds? Strange....very strange. Yes.....this *does* all have a point. I must offer an apology to TC. For years I've been getting pissed at people who won't believe that I've changed....and then I turn around and refuse to give someone else that same benefit of doubt. I'm sorry. If the offer of starting over is still there....I'm game.

Gay Pride 2003

Hubby was kind enough to put together a quickie site with all my pictures from this years Pride Parade. http://www.perfessorevil.com/Pride/Pride.htm

Tres Geek

You are 44% geek

You are a geek liaison, which means you go both ways. You can hang out with normal people or you can hang out with geeks which means you often have geeks as friends and/or have a job where you have to mediate between geeks and normal people. This is an important role and one of which you should be proud. In fact, you can make a good deal of money as a translator. Normal: Tell our geek we need him to work this weekend. You [to Geek]: We need more than that, Scotty. You'll have to stay until you can squeeze more outta them engines! Geek [to You]: I'm givin' her all she's got, Captain, but we need more dilithium crystals! You [to Normal]: He wants to know if he gets overtime.

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