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[bironic]

Apologies to anyone I may have put off by replying with flat/terse comments or not replying at all lately. I have been feeling crappy about myself these last few days, for no sufficient reason, other than Changes Are Coming And I Angst. Also the power went out for an hour in the middle of the night when I'd finally had a chance to get some decent sleep. But rather than get self-loathing all over you, here is a random collection of good things:

+ My little SGA tentacles vidlet won an Arbitrary Mod Prize at kink_bingo! I love how the mods are totally transparent about the subjectivity of that half of the awards process, and am pleased as punch to have pleased them. With tentacles.

+ I also earned a travel fellowship to the conference I'm going to next month, which is super cool since the flight and hotel etc. will now not come out of my paycheck.

+ Haircut this weekend. 's been five years since I last did something interesting. Hopefully this curly-hair place will know what to do with me. Also the National Book Festival, and an evening with the Laundrys.

+ Girl!Spock/Kirk (Reboot, as you may surmise by the fact that I've read it) virgin fic.

+ Enjoying the half-dozen episodes of Dexter I've caught since synn was here. He has some good, dry one-liners, and his sister is gorgeous. And there's Darla. What a crossover that would be, Darla and Dexter. Also, the opening credits look like the ones for True Blood, the style and the grotesque-within-the-quotidian theme. Anyway, with that and DS9 DVDs, it's been nice to watch shows that hold my interest the whole way through and don't have any commercials. She says, while the Vampire Diaries trails off into WalMart and diet ads.

+ Meme is still open.

Comments

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Mr. L has not yet watched ep 6-1/6-2 of House, so I am not allowed to talk to him about it.

*perturbed*

Congratulations on your award! Those are always nice to get.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Well, he'd better get on that before Tuesday, or he'll just be hopeless.

And thanks! The celebration of subjectivity there is refreshing.

[treewishes.livejournal.com]

I've started watching Dexter S2 and it's quite good! But I was kind of freaked out to learn that he's married to the woman who plays his sister IRL. Wacky, eh?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Huh! Indeed. What a handsome couple.

One day when I cancel my cable service and do Netflix instead, I may catch up on Dexter.

Hope to see you again on a Friday soon!

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

Yay award! :-D With tentacles!

Is your hair loose-curly or tight-curly? I have to keep mine fairly short to ward off massive split ends. (Mine's the in-between kind.)

[bironic.livejournal.com]

It does S-curves most of the way down and then corkscrews the last couple of inches. The main problem is it's flat on top, which makes my head look weird(er), and then frizzes everywhere because my conditioner must be sucky and I only get my hair cut like once a year. Hopefully both problems will be fixed tomorrow. :)

My sister keeps hers pretty short and waxes it into submission. Or used to; not sure what she does these days. So I'm not sure if it would be as naturally curly as hers and our mom's, but it looks like it has just a gentle flippy wave at the ends.

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

I sympathize--the weight pulls the curl out near the scalp then the rest of it is prone to damage because it's structurally weaker than straight hair. :-\ The humidity out east doesn't help either, I bet.

I found it's worth shelling out a few more $$$ for good-quality hair products, preferably designed for curly hair. And not use a hair dryer, hair color, or anything that'll dry it out. *sigh* Everyone who's told me they'd love to have naturally curly hair--does not know what they'd be getting into.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

*g* Everywhere I turn, I am told that moisture is key. I don't own a hairdryer and have never desired color, so I'm ahead there by default. But yes, I've now picked up a decent (made-for-curls) conditioner and, having recently stopped using shampoo, as directed, was also given a second cleansing conditioner called "no-poo," which I find hilarious.

Hopefully the cut I just got back from -- which is soft and shortish and cute -- will help with the weakness you describe. The stylist gave it some layers to let the curl come out more.

[purridot.livejournal.com]

Were you a bitch and I MISSED IT? I refuse to believe it. You're adorable. :D

Sometimes changes can be good, right? Right?

Sounds like someone needs to bake some brownies :D

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Nah, I'm only nasty in my head. Too inhibited to take it out on people. :) Just felt flat yesterday and a few days before, and I think my comments reflected that. No smileys.

I think I need to eat less sugar and more vegetables, actually. But the virtual brownies taste yummy.