Updates G.A.L.O.R.E.
- I believe the above capture of a tweet I made yesterday speaks for itself. It basically is me admitting something I was mortified to realize. That I’m an idiot. The end.
- I have recently re-listened to Harry Potter books 6 and 7 on several occasions. Probably 3-5 times each the last year. I just decided a month or so ago to listen to the entire series again from Book 1 on. The more I listen to them the more I fall in love with them over and over again. If that’s even possible. I decided by the time I die I’ll probably know them all by heart. Except for the few pieces I always skip over because I hate (The Ron/Harry fight from Book 7 is a good example) – but the rest of the books? I’ll be able to recite verbatim.
- In an effort to fix several issues with my sleep, my scalp, my hair, and my kneecaps (don’t ask) I’m attempting a major shift in my diet. I’m dropping 90% (or more) processed food from my diet for at least a month. Now, I’m not going to stress myself out with this change to the point of not allowing myself frivolous nights out at a restaurant or diet cokes. But, I am going to make sure that every time I can, I choose something that has minimal ingredients and bizarre chemicals like Magenta #435. I’m going to keep track of the changes I notice in everything from my energy level to my frizz diameter and see if I notice any changes. So far? So good. And guess what? I have a new love. Organic Peanut Butter. OMG. Best stuff in the WORLD. You should try it.
- I have been trying to understand the world of theater as LilZ spends so much time working on a musical that he’ll be part of in the Spring. I have been to a few rehearsals and a few parent meetings and often feel completely lost. There’s lingo I have to infer meaning from based on the context. (Like “Striking the Set” – I think it basically means taking stuff down.) I watch the rehearsals and the meetings and I just find myself in total awe of how it all comes together. This is going to be a huge production and it’s done by students and parents and I find myself convinced there must be dark magic at play because I just don’t see how it all comes together. I’m going to go to a set-building session next week and try to acclimate myself to the environment. It’s just such a new experience for me and I am just constantly looking at them all going, “How do they DO that?” I mean, these ideas for sets/props/dances/ all start inside someone’s head and then – (with the help of dark magic) – it materializes on stage. I hope everyone has the good fortune to have a child have interest in something totally foreign to them. LilZ loves teaching me about all this stuff.
- I am entering that phase I enter every few years when I start obsessing over short hair. This phase ends with me storming into a salon and saying, “Chop it off!” When then starts the Crying Until It Grows Out phase of my life. I hate myself in short hair. Always do. Yet the cycle still continues every few years. I need to figure out how to scratch the short hair itch without actually chopping off my hair. Maybe dye it again? The “temporary” brown I put in for Halloween is still hanging on. Maybe I should try something different? Red? Black? White? Magenta #435? What do you think?
I love the Harry Potter books too! I’ve been meaning to go back an reread all of them again. Soon, I think. Very soon.
Oh I just did the whole “chop it off!” thing and am regretting it! My hair grows super fast so I know the mistake won’t be around for long! I blame it on pregancy hormones and that fact that I am too lazy to spend more than 6 minutes total on my hair each day!
I am dumb then, too. You mean it’s really “intents and purposes” and NOT “intensive purposes”. Thanks for my ‘doh!’ moment of the day.
I’m tempted to chop off my hair but I have a round ball of a head that looks even rounder with short hair.
Hair color? Red definitely. (I say this as a long-time fake redhead. I’m biased.)
Not Black
Has LilZ told you about the strike party yet? Good stuff. (Seriously, good stuff and totally harmless fun, at least in my theatre days.)
Wow, radical changes… you are so much braver than I.
Musicals!! I. Love. Musicals. Which one and when???
Need to reread HP 7 before the first movie comes out. Need to pick a weekend day my husband is gone so I have time to do it. Oooh… maybe this weekend!
I very recently learned it was intents and not intensive. We can be dumb together.
Also, don’t chop off your hair. I used to have a hoooooge amount of thick, curly hair (Fact: Someone used to call me Macy Gray on a regular basis.) and every few years, I chop it off and then I freakin’ regret it. I’ve been growing out my latest excursion to Great Clips (admittedly, my first mistake) for months now and look forward to having My Hair back. Dye it, tie it up (Kinky!), braid it, part it differently, but don’t cut it off. Just some advice from a two-silica-a-day gal who knows how pretty your hair is AND how frustrating it can be to manage.
The hair? You could wig it! I need to eliminate most processed food from our diets, too. I know I could do so much better for us, but it’s still going to have to wait a bit – my plans take forever to come together.
I’m working my way through the HP audio books as well they
ve been a lifesaver on bedrest. the medication makes it hard to read and I can listen to the books in any position.
Ilove JKRowlings..
I am working on reducing my processed food intake also. (Right now I’m pretty strict with myself during the week and more relaxed on the weekends.) Good luck to you and if you figure out how to get kids to eat real, homemade breaded chicken nuggets instead of Banquet I will be eternally grateful.
Ohh, theater! You just ruined my theory that everyone who loves Glee was a high school drama/choir/band geek. Unless you were a band geek? LilZ is bringing you into a great world.
I sympathize with the “chop it off”. I spend a year or so begging my stylist to leave me with as much length as possible at each cut… right until I walk in and beg her to remove twelve or so inches…and no, hair color is never drastic enough (although I always wuss out on the color.
Gosh, I cannot WAIT for the lowercase to be in theater! (And, oh, he better be!!!) Every time you post about it I get flashbacks to the best times I spent in high school and am so, so envious of you!
If it makes you feel any better, I was 22 when I learned that people say “Bless You” after a sneeze, and not “Bleshyoo.” I thought it was a weird smushed together word like Gezundheit (which, of course, I didn’t know was German for Good Health.) To this day, my friends still make fun of me for it. And I still say Bleshyoo.
I did the same adjustment to my diet a while ago….not sure, when, exactly. Maybe a year? It was MUCH easier than I thought. And yeah, I don’t stress out about it, but I do notice a big difference in how I feel, overall. And my skin is much happier!
Don’t feel badly about the phrase mix-ups. I was way too old when I figured out that they were called “wind shield wipers” and not “Winchell Wipers,” so named because Mr. Winchell invented them, obviously.
And HP? I’ve read the entire series, no joke, at least 6 times straight through, probably more. I cannot get enough of those books, and I notice something new each time!
I still think it’s ‘deep seeded’ when in fact it’s ‘deep seated.’ Makes no sense to me.
DON’T CUT ZHair! Blonde?
Red hair, for sure!
Dark Auburn – would look GREAT on you
My mother used to say “intensive purposes,” though I’d always heard that was wrong. I’ve recently come to believe, as do many linguists, that both are correct; they just mean different things:
http://www.word-detective.com/2009/01/16/intensive-purposes/
and
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/32/intensive-purposes/
You are helping our language evolve!
Dude, everyone (and I mean EVERYONE, from Shakespeare to Stephenie Meyer) thought it was “intensive purposes” for some duration of their life. Everyone.
My husband says “half-hazard” instead of haphazard. I correct him. Yet I learned “intents and purposes” in my editing class–for my MASTERS in book publishing! D’oh!
My son, who is also a freshman, is a theater techie, not an actor. So he’s involved with the show, but doesn’t get much attention (or glory). Which is just the way he likes it.
I love leistening to HP. Here in the UK we have Stephen Fry reading it and I so love his whole way of reading it. I cry harder listening than reading it myself.
I do the chop of the hair thing at least once a year! Its always a big mistake. I have wavy, frizzy hair so unless I go for a pixie cut the short is mor work than long as I still ahve to use straighners everyday. When its short I just burn my fingers more often trying to grip the hair. Nightmare!
I’ve seen the pics and I think you look adorable with short hair. That being said, DON’T CUT IT! You already know you’ll regret it.
I know I did when I hacked off my below shoulder-length curls in high school and spent the next 15 years growing it back.
For a change, yes, color might help. Maybe not all over, but something radical. Like a few curls of electric blue or radioactive red underneath the rest of the hair near your ear or in the back. It’s fun to know it’s there and to have it peek out every so often. And then you can use those locks to wrap around the elastic when you ponytail your hair.
What I found is that every time I’ve thought about cutting my hair, if I straighten it and see how long it really is, that will cure me of the urge. Because I am vain about having long hair despite the hassle of curly care. (These days, I go from hair that barely passes the top of my shoulders to almost waist-length.)
I’ve tried this also (it might be asking for KRAZEE to do this with all the kids and the schedule): maybe you could every so often style your hair in ways that you love and just can’t do as well or at all with short hair, just to remind yourself that you CAN’T WITH SHORT HAIR. But fairly simple ones: French braids, twists some Gibson-girl type style, (ponytails are cheating for this) etc. You prolly already do this, but I only ever see pics of you with the hair down or in a ponytail. Wear a snood for the heck of it!
I just re-read that and I think I sound kind of lecturey and long-winded and that’s so not what I’m going for. Yo can tell me to shut up already now. Sorry.
I am the SAME WAY about the HP books. No matter how much my husband makes fun of me, I reread the whole series about once a year.
LOL, magenta #435!! That’s my pick.
I have the same short hair itch….. and did it about six month ago, and I HATE IT as I always do.
Don’t cut your hair short! Colors are so much more reversible and seldom lead to tears.
Maybe add an interesting highlight color to your hair. I enjoyed my blue highlights when I had them.
I almost entered the chop it off stage in the fall…got colored contacts instead. lol…
PS – Left something for you @ my blog.
your hair is perfect. immerse yourself in building sets at the high school until the urge passes!
(i, to, am trying to not eat processed stuff–but not because i want to change my hair! my hair is fabulous! red-heads rule!)
Have you tried thinning your hair? I don’t have this problem (the opposite!) buy my girlfriend swears by it, cuts down the grooming time immensely, lowers frizz factor, etc. So, more embarrassing than mis-hearing? Reading words for years, then using it for the first time in a conversation and realizing you’ve been pronouncing it wrong in your head all this time……Like, perhaps hors douvres……..
Hurrah for parents who are willing to be INVOLVED in their child’s theatre participation! I’m a drama tutor, and we need more people like this! Good on you.
Theatre! Harry Potter! Kids! I knew as soon as I “officially” met you that you were my kind of person…..and Your Blog keeps proving me right! By the time he is a Senior, you too will have the words “striking the set” rolling off your tongue with no problem. Now if you figure out “Stage Left” and “Upstage”, could you clue me in? I still get totally confused and ask the kids just to point for me!
dark auburn would look fabulous on you.
In case you’re looking for raw food recipes, here are some of the sites I’ve found useful:
http://reneoswald.com/blog/
http://www.therawforum.com
http://www.fromsadtoraw.com/RawRecipes.htm
http://www.rawmazing.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/kevingianni
Those are just a few that I’ve found. Hope they help!
Before cutting anything off, try some layers. It will allow you to try different things without the tears.