I'm a slayer, ask me how.

As usual, I didn't read the ol' friends list Friday-Sunday and I just spent an hour trying to speed read everyone's posts! SORRY!! I commented when I had something to say but otherwise, I'm not going to lie -



Forgot to mention this last week but PINK HAIR!



Listened to the new Wombats album on repeat all week and I'm still loving it. They just have a fun sound. I am loving my Spotify subscription and I am considering keeping it after the discount period ends because 1) I hate music radio because it is the same crap ALL THE TIME and so hard to find new music 2) listening to NPR more than once a week makes me depressed and 3) being able to find new music by new bands or new music by bands I like that would never be played on the radio is a better way to start my day. So keep any suggestions coming of new bands/music/singles.

The weekend flew by but mostly because we may have imbibed a bit on Friday night so we slept away a good chunk of Sunday. It was funny because we had a couple glasses of wine and Tim brought up YouTube on his phone to play an old Shin songs for me that he had recently heard and then we fell into this weird pop/rock/alternative hole which then slid into this nostalgic 90s then 80s music video trip LOL. But it was fun to just be silly and dance around the A-Ha way too loud at midnight. THIS is why we bought a house, right? :)

Also, I apparently LOVE Zinfandel. I just gets you the right amount of tipsy.

My brother did the mandatory check in the night he arrived at Navy basic training - they have a strict script that all the recruits have to follow when they called home. So she got the call and he said "I'm here. I'm safe. You'll be getting a package from me soon. I will call again in 2 weeks." and then they have to hang up and hand the phone to the next guy. It is SO WEIRD in this world of being constantly connected to friends and family to suddenly be so cut off. I mean, other people leave for college or new jobs etc. but they can email you updates or post online about how they are getting by each day. But for this, nothing. It makes sense and I'm sure he's too busy/exhausted to post anyway (he barely posted about things when he was here!) but it is so strange to think that if I texted or called, no one would answer.

ANYWAY this is a busy busy week

• Elementary school visit tomorrow for their Guest Reader Day


• Leadership Training on Tuesday


• Crashing a Community group meeting on Wednesday (they are using our meeting space so I'm supposed to go in and be a mole)


• Eye exam + training on how to work with the homeless on Thursday


• ESCAPE ROOM on Friday

It is all good because next weekend is my BIRTHDAY weekend. My birthday is on Sunday so I have taken off next Monday as my Birthday Observed. Which works about because Tim's daughter's birthday is also this week so we will be celebrating her birthday on my birthday when it comes to birthday dinner. So Monday will be my pick. Or Saturday. Not sure which. I flipped my schedule around to do the Escape Room program so Saturday will just be Sylvia and I without her Dad so maybe we will get up to some shenanigans - like sushi for lunch or a movie or something.

Have a lovely week everyone!

Okay, it's time for me to pick a hair cut again, mostly because I think my current hair just needs a chance to start over! So, since I'm one of the lucky few that have tomorrow off, I'm thinking of dashing over to Hair Cuttery and getting this done:

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Okay, my hair is long. I'm happy it is long, I like my ponytail, but it needs to get under control. I just grew it out because I was too lazy to go get it cut. But I'm thinking it might be nice to have pretty hair for when I visit the family in Maine in two weeks.

I think I want bangs. I feel as though I have a lot of forehead when I pull my hair back for a pony/pigtail. I found a few pictures of Kristen Bell with bangs that I like.

Now, the ends? Should I let them be all crazy and layered or do something like Gwyneth Paltrow's new look (but with bangs!). Ah, rockin' it old school with Gwenyth, my original girl crush...

Hayden Pantierre just got her hair cut in a similar style but much shorter. It is cute but I think I'll save picture that for later.

Any other suggestions?

la la la, when the heck would I do this? I guess I could go out Friday...or Monday after work. Probably Monday.

sons of bumpesses!!! I was hoping my Battlestar action figures would be coming soon, and I just checked Diamond's site...and they've been bumped back until October!!! I want them nooow! /whining

I just talked to my mom on the phone for 2+ hours. That's crazy. Neither of us our phone people, but I wanted to tell her about Drexel. But then I remembered she had finally finished HP7, so we had to talk about that, and she's almost done with s3 of BSG, so we had to talk a bit about that...good times.

I'm starting to get sick of this long hair. It's fine when I have time to blow dry it and make it look pretty...but I'm getting sick of finding hair EVERYWHERE! I got out of my car the other day and there was hair all over the seat! I just did laundry and there was a ton of hair in the dryer vent. Found a big clump stuck to a sock in the clean clothes. Just ew. Might be time to chop it all off.

I'm contemplating a Starbuck cut. The question is - do I go totally crazy and get the Miniseries cut? Or should I take a step back and do the slightly longer Season 1 haircut?

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With AD's help, I just sprayed my ponytail pink to see how it looked. And I think it looks pretty darn cool! I'll go all out Monday and spray my entire head o' hair.

Now, what else shall I get for my Tonks outfit...I've noticed a LOT of the images have her wearing 'Weird Sisters' t-shirts. So I think I'm going to go over to Target tomorrow and look for a plain black t-shirt and get some craft puffy paint and create a "tour" shirt.

(if you click through, there is one more picture of me, with a wand, looking silly, you have been warned)

okay, I know I used this tutorial before to add a header to a free account before I went paid...but fo the life of me I can't remember how to get into the override code area they are talking about. I wanted to make simfamous all pretty! I even made it a banner really quick just so spruce it up! *le sigh* Guess that will have to wait until tomorrow.

I have so many books to read. 'Great Books' is the first week of April, and I still have 8 books to read by then. True, they are all J and YA novels, BUT that's still a lot of reading. Especially when every book I've requested from outside the state seems to be arriving. Yesterday it was 'Mystique vol 2 - tinker tailor mutant spy' by Brian K Vaughan. Today it was 'The Hood', also by BKV. And I looked at my account today and 'The Walking Dead' was in processing at headquarters!!! Inter-Library loan books usually can't be renewed since they come from far far away (Mystique was shipped in from Florida, The Hood somewhere called "Woodinville"...no joke). And it's hard not to read those because I've been waiting to read them for awhile now. I'm actually really shocked they found 'the hood' for me! It's out of print and I think it's one of BKV's first comic series...but lo and behold. There's a fanboy/girl somewhere out there stocking the shelves of the Woodinville library with quality graphic novels!

LATI starts tomorrow. I get to sleep in a whole 30 minutes! Ooooooh. No seriously, OOOOOOH! I like any bits of sleep I can get. It says we get a "continental" breakfast, but that can range from coffee and a donut to buffet style. Wonder what it will be. I'll probably have breakfast before I go anyway, juuuust in case it's nasty food. Plus, coffee, yuck. It also says lunch is included...again, hopefully it will be something yummy. I just hope my stomach doesn't start to growl. I have a very loud tummy, even when I'm not hungry, it starts growling.

I can't wait to show off Giles too. I'm so proud of myself for thinking of bringing that to "represent me". Think about it - he's a librarian (check for me too), he's an adult but he doesn't mind working with teens (check), he has a vast knowledge of some pop and classic culture (check), and he doesn't die at the end of the show (check!)

Plus, Sam + Toys = OTP.

Speaking of my preciouses, my firefly promo card came today!!! Unfortunately I have to wait until April 30th to get the rest. But I will have them! And the Veronica Mars cards! and the Young Indy cards! mmmm trading cards.

I just realized I'll be internet-less ALL DAY tomorrow!!!! *gasp* How...how will I survive!!! Even if I don't post every day, I read my flist every day and try to comment. Means I'll have a lot of catching up to do when I get home at 5pm.

Oh, and I'm thinking of getting a haircut, somewhere between Veronica Mars in the pilot episode hair and the new hair cut Storm has in the X3 trailer...course, Storms hair just looks cool because of the black/white coloring of it...and Veronica too has highlights I think. Though I still have random leftovers of my red hair...

yay or nay people? Yes, I know it's "teh flippy cut" yet again. Do you have any other hair suggestions? I like it short, but not Natalie Portman/V for Vendetta short. But it's season 2 Buffy length right now and I seriously just don't have the skillz to keep it looking decent. I've just been putting it in a ponytail to keep it outta my face. So any help and/or links to photos would be appreciated.

Leave me replies so I can read them when I come home tomorrow :-)