A couple of days ago, in McNamara terminal in Detroit, Fire Child and I were on a quest to find a banana. A couple of movators away from our gate, I heard a voice behind me ask, "How long did it take you to grow your locs?" I turn around, and it's a black woman, about my age, with locs herself. We have a satisfying but too-quick conversation about ( Read more... )

In studying the memories section in get_up_dread_up, I came across a solution for headlice that is all natural, super effective, and does NOT require combing. As there are parents of school-age children on my flist, some of whom are hyper-aesthetic, I thought I'd share my discovery:

Delacet

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dyslexia mentioned recently that she was into hooping, and when I was scanning my flist, I came across a post in get_up_dread_up that linked to this video competition entry for the latest Fatboy Slim single.

Check this chica out:

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She's so carefree and full of life! I keep watching it over and over again. It helps that I like the song, too, ne ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, tehjos is gonna come over and dread my hair. She deserves a lollipop and then some. I'm ever so grateful. yay! Yay for dreads and yay for being able to wear my hair down.

Also tomorrow, dyslexia is a comin' by for to hang and to help a little with A and whatnot. I look forward to the extra company ( Read more... )

I'm tired of my hair the way it is. It's been this way since June of 2006 and I desperately need a change. So ( Read more... )

i dyed my hair back to brown. i think it looks weird. like i'm wearing a wig ( Read more... )

My hair is now Punky Colours Mandarin, courtesy of tormenta who passed the dye on to me and optimystik who helped me bleach my roots and dye my hair in the wee hours of Saturday morning. I am very in love with the colour. It's much more red than I remembered/imagined, but it works! I hope to get a pic or two before it starts to fade. Otherwise, I'll have to try ( Read more... )