Happy Birthday!!

To my sister (eerie evil twin?) from another mother, zelle999.

Such a hubbub about your birthday this year, huh? :)
Happy happy day and many more.

A hodgepodge of an entry

Because things aren't quite working right in my brainz ::points to top of head for good measure:: I'm slow with responses, comments, and with the whole "making actual entries" bit. In lieu of making my wheels work so hard extinguishers are called for and because I feel moved to put *something* up in my little space I'm going to post about all the media-related randomness that's been running through my head the last couple of days.

( Where I talk about Harry Potter, 'Philadelphia', Justice League Unlimited, and inadvertent and unwanted potential mental projection...not necessarily in that order )

I just spent one hour on hair care. ONE.HOUR. I don't usually bother with the drying and all the primping -I can barely tolerate spending an extra five minutes in the shower waiting for a deep conditioner to set in- but I was feeling restless and decided to go the extra few inches. I did the dandruff shampoo (what?? my scalp gets dry in the heat), then the regular herbal shampoo + conditioner mix (some fragrant Aveda mix taken as mementos of our Vegas hotel stay), and finally a deep conditioner. Then came the blow dry: forty goddamned minutes with a dying blow-dryer in one hand and a curling brush in the other. Shit. The things a black woman with chemically-treated hair must do to look presentable. Never again, I say. I'll let the Dominicans down the block work their magic next week. I don't know how y'all do it.