Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 15:21:13 GMT

All my tank tops are in the laundry, so this morning I went looking in the closet and found a white, light-weight short-sleeved shirt. I put it on and was reminded of why it was in the very back of the closet, a missing button I had probably meant to fix last fall.

I looked at the shirt, fastened the remaining buttons, and said "ah, well, it's 2020, nobody cares," which is a combination of people caring less about appearance, and me being less likely to see anyone but cattitude than at this time last year.

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hair

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 22:41:38 GMT

I colored my hair a couple of days ago (I used a coloring conditioner from Overtone, not a dye). It's now a very nice shade of purple, which I'm reasonably pleased by even though I was going for blue. The company that makes it labels this "extreme blue," and the stuff that came off on a white towel is very blue; my hair is mostly bright purple with some blue bit, and some white bits that I missed when I applied the color on Wednesday.

This purple is a lot more eye-catching than the short haircut in my natural white with bits of gray. Also, a few weeks' regrowth makes a significant difference to how I look, and this cut and color no longer remind me of my favorite aunt. I should think about what I want the next haircut to be. My current theory is I still don't want to have to use a blow-dryer, but am willing to experiment with a hairdo that requires the application of a hair-styling product.

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Misc. comments 53

Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:33:18 GMT

More comments I've posted elsewhere: ( describing appearance, money as gift, unusual experiences, famous ancestors )

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Passing for older

Fri, 07 May 2010 01:24:40 GMT

Sometimes, I take advantage of looking older than I am. So do lots of people.

Most of them want to buy alcohol. I'm getting seats on mass transit.

I'm offered seats fairly often (in both Montreal and New York). I accept them when I feel I need it—for example, lately when my knee has been bothering me. I do my best to decline other times, when I don't: the person offering may also be tired. Sometimes I will say "no, thanks, I'm getting off soon" because that seems to be the smoothest way of declining that offer.

On an afternoon like tonight, I say "Thank you very much." I wouldn't even have been taking the crosstown bus if I was feeling well (it's half a mile to the nearer of the two good subways, maybe three quarters to the further, and by the time I've waited for the bus it doesn't save much time).

I've noticed that while people offer me seats even when I'm feeling fine, or when I am pleasantly tired on my way home from lifting weights, the offers are more consistent when I feel as though I need the seat.

[That userpic is from a couple of years ago, and my hair is whiter from the front than in profile.]

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