I'm not sure if old people are getting hip or if I am just getting old. Lately I have been catching myself dancing and singing along with the music in the grocery store. So far I have heard The Cure, New Order, and Smashing Pumpkins to name a few. I am not exactly sure how I feel about it all. Nothing brings me back to my humble body more than grocery shopping while dancing along to whatever music is playing and actually enjoying it.
I dyed my hair tonight. Well, it's half done anyway. I am dying it black with pink highlights in the front. It should come out rather nicely I think. It's going to be better than the bland brassy brown that it was. I hate the natural color of my hair. If it was a nice mahogany brown or an auburn I would feel better about it. Instead though it's this putrid mousy brown color. It's awful. Hence the reason I have been dying it for almost twelve years. Well that and going gray prematurely runs in my family.
I've been making a dress for Halloween. Yes I know, I am in a wedding on Halloween. But what if perchance I get invited to a Halloween soiree? I would hate to go out and buy a costume. I am making a Romantic period empire style dress with long sleeves. It's black of course, but it will have a purple satin sash around the middle. If I don't fuck it up too badly it should be quite lovely. I really love sewing though. It's just complicated enough to keep my mind busy but monotonous enough to be relaxing. The only mistake I made was that I didn't want to spend a lot of money on it, so I bought rather cheap fabric. It's fraying like crazy!! If I make this dress again I am going to go for better material. I hope to be good enough at sewing one day to make my own dresses and such to go out in and do shoots in. Cute clothing is so expensive these days. I would like to learn how to make corsets. It's a laborious process, but something that I think I would enjoy.
It's going rather slowly on the job front. It's to be expected though what with our economy being the current clusterfuck that it is. It's okay though because I have everything I need right now. I think people forget that we as humans are highly adaptable. If we go through some hard times we'll be able to weather the storm and come out the better for it.
Pictures of the hair to come tomorrow.
I dyed my hair tonight. Well, it's half done anyway. I am dying it black with pink highlights in the front. It should come out rather nicely I think. It's going to be better than the bland brassy brown that it was. I hate the natural color of my hair. If it was a nice mahogany brown or an auburn I would feel better about it. Instead though it's this putrid mousy brown color. It's awful. Hence the reason I have been dying it for almost twelve years. Well that and going gray prematurely runs in my family.
I've been making a dress for Halloween. Yes I know, I am in a wedding on Halloween. But what if perchance I get invited to a Halloween soiree? I would hate to go out and buy a costume. I am making a Romantic period empire style dress with long sleeves. It's black of course, but it will have a purple satin sash around the middle. If I don't fuck it up too badly it should be quite lovely. I really love sewing though. It's just complicated enough to keep my mind busy but monotonous enough to be relaxing. The only mistake I made was that I didn't want to spend a lot of money on it, so I bought rather cheap fabric. It's fraying like crazy!! If I make this dress again I am going to go for better material. I hope to be good enough at sewing one day to make my own dresses and such to go out in and do shoots in. Cute clothing is so expensive these days. I would like to learn how to make corsets. It's a laborious process, but something that I think I would enjoy.
It's going rather slowly on the job front. It's to be expected though what with our economy being the current clusterfuck that it is. It's okay though because I have everything I need right now. I think people forget that we as humans are highly adaptable. If we go through some hard times we'll be able to weather the storm and come out the better for it.
Pictures of the hair to come tomorrow.
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Can't wait to see you on the 14th, though.
With gas like it is, I'm afraid to go 2mi outside the city limit, for fear of never seeing a Shell in the boondocks.
and i have found myself guilty of the grocery store sing along as well. its a bit of a surreal experience