So, the auction catalogue I’ve been working on was supposed to go to press today. HA HA HA HA. No.
My name was put on it as co-chair, which I don’t know if I’m comfortable with, but it’s moving forward. I am really undecided. I just am too tired to think about. So I got the letter, and it was signed by me, so I threw it in the catalogue. Eh.
It turns out about twelve more people need to proofread it. That’s cool, I’m all for the proofreading. I make some really egregious errors sometimes. I misspelled the name of the school in the footer, for instance. I wish I would have known that all these people needed to look at it, because then I would have done things differently. And the live auction section needs to be reordered, because the auctioneer hasn’t seen it yet.
Again, this really isn’t anyone’s fault. It’s my first year, so I didn’t know the process, and it doesn’t seem to occur to anyone to tell me what the process is in a cohesive fashion, so…yeah. I wish there was someone to blame for what a clusterfuck this has been. I could blame the twelvedy parents who were actually qualified to run the auction, or at least help out, but they know it’s a clusterfuck, so then there’s not enough people…. Well, you see where this is going.
I guess I will have to just blame Bam Margarita, and Internet Goombas for blocking the tubes.
My tiny feral dwarf (who is probably naked as well) it upstairs hooting in her bad, when she should be napping right now. I get so mad at them when they do this. Friday is the day you want things to be pleasant, and we even have dinner plans, so she’s sure to be a wretch around 5:30.
AHA! I was right. I went upstairs to check on her and her hands and sides were covered with poo. Just fucking leave it in your diaper, kid. I hope she’ll sleep now that she’s changed, but I’m not holding my breath.
ALSO…I am looking for a local salon that will do my roots well and not be big bitches about it. I gave up on Scream because they missed the front of my hairline. I just called Lucky Number Seven in Wallingford and they were giving me one word snotty answers. Rudy’s is nice, but they have that ridiculous waiting list. Any ideas? And what’s up with salons not letting you bring your own semi-permenent hairdye? Rudy’s used to allow that ten years ago. I’d even be willing to pay a corkage fee. I’m genuinely curious about that. Lucky Number Seven just sniffed that “We only use professional stuff.” Well, I guess I’ll just leave the stuff I stirred up in my laundry sink at home, then.
Advice? Thots? Is it a liability thing? A moneymaking thing? I want to know. Also, a salon. Thanks.
There’s a new-ish salon that does organic, less toxic hair dye. It’s called Mode and they have a salon near whole foods in Roosevelt (go figure). Lord knows about the prices.
I’ve been doing the super scary, never know what might happen henna thing lately. I waffle between ‘Is it even noticeable’ and ‘OMG, I look like one of those purplish haired palm-reader ladies–where’d I put that crushed velvet skirt and my gigantic silver bangle’. So, not an endorsement really, and it’s not cool pink.
If you guys have dinner plans, does that mean you have a sitter? If your dinner plans end earlyish and you wanna hear some old-time/irreverent banjo type stuff, email me for details (think Ballard). And it’s our anniversary!
Your sister always does a good job.
No one touches my hair but my little sister. She’s the only one who is afraid to eff it up. Heh.
I’m sure it’s a combo liability/money thing. You know how they try to get all they can from us! I have no clue about a salon, I haven’t been to one myself in probably a year or year and a half. I usually have my mom trim my hair or I go about it myself and make my husband even it up! HAHA I recommend going to a salon, but yeah….sometimes we just have to do stuid shit! Strudel better not be making poo birds up there!
You know, I’d try a beauty school. The problem as I see it is that you need a somewhat hip salon to deal with the fun color, but those are the places with the most bitchy, humorless jerks as employees.
Also, isn’t Special Effects “professional stuff?” I mean, the asses at Scream use it. Also, you could try calling Vain.
Yeah, I like Vain, although I’ve never tried dyeing there so it might be difficult.
I have heard good things about Mode, though, too. I think they have a coupon in the Chinook Book! I love the Chinook Book.
Vain = seconded, they were great when I used to have pink and black striped hair.
I go to Studio 229 on Capitol Hill. There’s a stylist there named Trista who is awesome and I’ve heard good things about the other stylists as well.
http://seattle.citysearch.com/profile/10773153/seattle_wa/studio_229.html
P.S. Holy moly surgery recovery is suckiiiing! Herf.
Hmmmm. Salon. Sometimes, if you want to do your own thing, perhaps skip the overly hip and go to the Brazilians or the Vietnamese or something? I do that because they are cheaper but they seem just as good–or my standards are not too hip? I don’t know. There’s the language barrier thing to contend with sometimes but not always.
Cousin used to do the open own diaper thing insert hand, fingerpaint! Not my own feral sprog, not yet anyway thank the Lord.
i believe these are disaffected ex-rudy’s hair people: http://www.zerozerohair.com/. can’t vouch personally, but they were recommended as a rudy’s alternative.
Wait, those things pull poo out of their diapers and do the ole choco-brown IRA fingerpaint? Maybe I don’t want one.
JB: I recommend a hobby instead. :p
Thanks everyone for the recs. I made an appointment at a friend’s salon. I am not after hip–the less BS the better. Vain sounds good…I’ll look into that too!
I’m an ex hairdresser and I can tell you that its not difficult to do your own hair at all. I have done my own on several occasions. As long as you know how long to leave it on thats pretty much all there is to it. if your going lighter you will want a friend or even your husband to do what you can’t see since overlapping would be a concern, but if your just changing he color its really simple. I used to dye my hair black and in the back I would poke the tip of the bottle under the hair, make several heavy fast strips and rub. I managed to get it all mot of the time.
Wow, you are braver than me!
Recommendation duely noted.
I have lots of hobbies: shaving birds, watching my forehead, mixing grass, and watching metaphors grow.
i can recommend gary thornton. he is in seattle once a week. he has helped me through the trauma and damage scream did to my hair, which resulted in mostly having to have it all cut off once i grew enough roots to make it so i could. they melted my hair, and then denied they had damaged it at all, leaving me to seek help with it elsewhere.
anyhow, gary is wonderful, and has helped me alot and made me look as good as we can with massive damage and hair loss, and breakage.
yeah, stay away from scream…..i had long pretty hair until they got their hands on it. and it was the manager who did my hair….think about that.