Just got my neighborhood salon to fix the very bad haircut that made me look like the bride of Frankenstein. Not only did she fix it, it was only $20! Pronounce me officially cured of going to expensive, hip salons.
Category: My So-Called Life
White people problems
Right before I went to Netroots Nation, I got my hair cut. It’s a fucking disaster.
See, my hair is very thick and wavy. The one thing you don’t want to do with hair like mine is a razor cut. So guess what the stylist used on my hair? No matter what I use, I can’t make it normal again. It looks like I stuck my finger in a light socket. When I used a hot iron on it, it burned big clumps.
So I’m cutting off the ends a little bit at a time.
Ahh
My friend and I went to the state park today and swam in their our ginormous pool. It was enormously refreshing.
That kind of day
After I came home from Rite-Aid, consumed some Sudafed, soda and chocolate, I called Microsoft technical assistance. Why? Because when I turned my keyboard upside down and whacked it to get all the crumbs out of it, I immediately started getting messages that my copy of Windows was counterfeit.
I emailed the C&L tech guy. He said the hardware has parts in it that work to validate Windows, and I probably knocked something loose. He told me to call Microsoft.
So I did. I talked to Jose, in Microsoft’s Phillipines service center. (You’ll be happy to know it’s a real job, with benefits.) He did everything but ask me to slaughter a chicken and lay the steaming entrails across my keyboard, but nothing worked. (During this 90-minute ordeal, I discovered that my copy of Windows 7 is still in my old computer, the one my former tech guy was trying to fix. He’s refused to answer phone calls or emails for months now, so that’s that.)
Anyway, I think the fifth validation key worked and now the thing is working today. (head slap) Oh, Mercury fucking retrograde! Duh.
The heavy ammo
I pulled into the parking lot of the Rite-Aid, where I spotted one of my neighbors. “Sinuses are killing me,” I said.
She nodded emphatically, and pointed to her face. “I feel awful,” she said. It turns out we’d both been taking generic Claritin after we ran out of the generic Zyrtec, which was probably a mistake. Zyrtec seems to work much better on the summer weeds and mold.
Of course, I had to show ID to buy Sudafed (and then it was registered in a database. But we can’t track guns, of course!) I added to this a Pepsi and a chocolate bar, because the massive infusion of caffeine kicks the drugs into gear more quickly.
So now I’m sitting here, sucking on a soda and eating chocolate, and it’s not even lunchtime yet. Oy.
Weather
The constant rain and heat is getting to me. My sinuses hurt all the time, and it’s so hot in the living room, I gave up and turned on the AC at 6 a.m.
Sigh
It’s amazing, how dependent we get on our electronic stuff. I keep reaching for my Kindle Fire, and it’s not there! LOL
The ride home
I met this very nice comic/actress, Jane Edith Wilson, at the airport, where all the Netroots Nation people were waiting for a flight to L.A. Turns out we have a whole lot in common and we like a lot of the same books. It made the ride to L.A. a lot less boring! She was at NN to plug her new movie, “Janeane from Des Moines.”
In other news, it looks like I accidentally left my beloved Kindle fire in a restaurant at LAX. I will search my car in the morning in case it fell out, but if it is gone, I will be very sad.
Jet lagged
Even though it feels like bedtime to me, it’s only 8 o’clock here. I’m headed to bed. (Although the party suite is next door.) I forgot to mention that, as I was leaving my house to go to the airport this morning, my shoe caught the hem of my pants and I almost fell down the steps. As usual, I twisted something. Now my knees are so swollen and painful, I can hardly walk. I hope they feel better tomorrow.
In the meantime, enjoy the fabulous view from my room!
Ugh
I’m counting down to tomorrow morning, when I have to get up so very early and go to the airport. (Oh shit, I just realized I don’t know which terminal Virgin flies from.) I’ve been doing things like giving away produce before it goes bad, packing, looking for business cards, etc.
In order to relax before bedtime, I thought a nice hot bath would help. And it was probably a good idea, until I fell in the tub and hit the bottom of my spine, which set off a massive ripple effect that has me in a lot of pain today.
I honestly don’t know why I’m such a klutz. Some of it, I think, is from not having depth perception (I’m forever bumping into people as a result), but some of it is my tendency to space out and not really pay attention to each of the several things I’m usually doing at once. I can see that the older I get, the more of a problem this is going to be.
Anyway, it’s back to the chiro this afternoon.