Day 55
I’m taking a break. I still have to write the intro and conclusion for my paper but for the most part, it’s finished. I will do that sometime tomorrow.
Someone besides Dear Carey noticed I’ve been blogging everyday. I’m so happy to see someone noticed. I consider daily bloggin a huge accomplishment that will help me with my future goals once I’m done with school.
When I look at how much I’ve blogged in the last two months compared to how much I blogged in previous years, I feel ashamed. You must understand blogging is addictive but it can also be exhausting, especially when you don’t seem to have much to write about. That’s the reason why I’ve decided I must blog everyday even if when I blog, all I blog about is how I don’t have anything to blog about. How many times did I just write ‘blog’ in the previous sentence?
I don’t really have anything to blog about by the way. Have I mentioned how tired I am of school? So I did mention that. Did I mention how tired I am of school?
You know, I don’t know how people can put off school when they don’t have to. I mean, if I didn’t have to go to Afghanistan, I would have stayed home and finished school. I was hoping to get out of that deployment at least until I finished school and then there would have been no point in calling me back in the military because my contract would have just about expired. But they wanted me back in so I could waste my time.
About my hair, I’m so wanting to get my hair locked already but I must wait because I don’t have the time to look for a consultant and because I’m not done with school. Plus, waiting a year will be good for me.
I came across a Sisterlocked blogger who seems to have the blogging bug. I’m going to have to make sure I comment on her blog to encourage her to keep blogging. I love getting comments on my blog but I realize I don’t blog for the interaction, I blog because it’s cheaper than paying therapist. I need to get myself a life.
Did you know dogs can get hemorrhoids? I don’t understand how a dog can get hemorrhoids when all they really eat is dry dog food.
I’ve noticed in my blog posts, the thoughts don’t generally tie in together. It’s like I’m scatter brained.
I think I need to go to bed.
Day 50
I’m tired of work. When will I ever win the lottery so I can retire someplace tropical?
The more research I do, the more convinced I want Sisterlocks. I still have a year before I will go through with it, so there’s plenty of time to change my mind (though I don’t see that happening).
I’m torn between wanting big hair like Brunsli or perfectly sized locks like Renea. Oh, dear. I know, I know. My hair will look different because my hair isn’t like Brunsli’s or Renea’s. Darn!!!! I have a feeling my hair will look more like Leighann’s. The individual strands of my hair are super skinny, so skinny that at times they feel like spider webs. My scalp will also probably show even after years of being locked.
I have one month to get my Roth IRA in order. I’ve got money in various places I’m just not sure what to do with it. I can’t afford to buy a house. I could if I were married but I don’t want to do that (get married).
I really need to get some sleep. My fatigue is starting to affect my job.
I’ve decided to go through menopause. I don’t care what anyone says, I think it’s possible to convince my body to go through with it. The mind is very powerful and if I believe it then it will happen. It’s kind of like how I’m 22. I believe it, so it must be true.
I really need to get some sleep. My fatigue is starting to affect my job and I’m becoming delusional.
Can I handle two more years in this desert? I think I can. It’s not that bad. There just aren’t many men out here which is why I want to go through menopause. I don’t think I’ll every get to use the equipment so it might as well go dormant, for like, ever.
I have another paper due this weekend. 52 papers to go! I think I can make it. I know I can make it. I’m not paying for it.
I really need to get some sleep. My fatigue is starting to affect my job, I’m delusional, and there are probably spelling and grammar mistakes in this post. I’m going to bed now.
Day 32
I had a long day. I went to open a checking account at one of my banks and it took forever. While I was at the bank, I discovered my interim driver’s license had expired so I had to go to the DMV to get it renewed and report my driver’s license lost since I hadn’t got it in the mail yet. The DMV tried to charge me $22 to get another driver’s license in the mail. She looked it up in the computer and she said the post office hadn’t returned it. I insisted I never got, which is true. I got a new interim license.
I’m tired of school. Transformation Leadership is the topic of my new class. I already hate the topic too. I miss Finance and Accounting already.
I’ve been going through the archives of a Sisterlocked blogger, Brunsli. I love reading her blog. I like reading blogs period. It gives me a reason to be at my computer (like I need a reason, I’m in school!) and on the net.
This is the first day of February and 32nd post. I’m proud of myself. I haven’t stopped blogging yet. I dread they day I won’t be able to get on the net because I fear I won’t be able to get back into it. It’s like working out. I went everyday for a week and then I got sick and couldn’t bring myself to go anymore. Well, sickness wasn’t the only excuse. I hate dealing with my hair.
I notice the more posts my blog has, the more spam I get. Before I lost my blog last year, I was getting a couple hundred spams a day on my blog. If it weren’t for Akismet, I probably would have turned off comments because I wouldn’t feel like deleting the spam.
I got a fortune cookie with my Korean meal today. It said I would be singled out for promotion. At first I thought it said I would be single permanently. At least I got some lotto numbers. I think I will play tomorrow.
Day 7
I don’t know why every time I sit to compose my next greatest blog post, I can never remember what I wanted to write about.
I’ve got one year, one month and three weeks of school left. I already wrote about this.
I’m tired of talking about my hair. I’m tired of combing my hair. I’m tired of picking my hair up off the floor. Hair in general…
I’ve been checking out some more blogs on Sisterlocks. I’m discovering how different they look on different people. I’ve come across some blogs where the individuals locks look a little unkept.
I’ve worn braids before, and as soon as the braids started to frizz, I would take my braids out. Of course it doesn’t take long for the braids to frizz and I would be spending hours taking the darn things out.
I’ve read that the frequency of which one gets their hair tightened determines how manicured the locks look. Now, my hair grows pretty darn fast, so I guestimate I would have to have my hair tightened every 3 to 4 weeks, maybe even sooner as I can’t stand frizz.
If I were to get Sisterlocks, I would want them to look like Renea’s. Her locks are so perfect (yes, I stalk her blog) but I suspect the way they look has a lot to do with hair texture and maintenance. (I’ll be spending some of my free time reading some of her older posts to figure this out.)
I skimmed through some magazine a couple of weeks ago and there was a short article in there about 20 things women should let go of in the new year. The only one I can remember is the one about lusting over a celebrity. The other 19 things on the list I let go of years ago (I’m not telling my age BTW) but this is the one thing I just can’t let go of.
This celebrity is smoking HOT!!! I. MEAN. HOT! I don’t think I would have ever noticed him if it weren’t for that one movie I saw where just about everyone was smoking HOT!
I think I’m going to go to the doctor’s because I can’t shake this cold I have. The only problem is EVERYBODY is getting sick with whatever I got, so I might not be able to shake it even if I tried. We’ll just keep passing it back and forth. I hate cubicles.
Enough blogging. I’ve got a couple of chapters I need to read. Until tomorrow.
Doubts about Sisterlocks
I’ve been searching the blogosphere for more blogs on Sisterlocks. I came across this one.
I haven’t gotten many positive reactions when I told people what I want to do with my hair. For the most part, everyone has said I would have a hard time getting a job. I’ve shown them blogs of Sisterlock wearers and for the most part, they like the way the hair looks. There’s still doubt about the locks, like how will I take them out. Of course you don’t but they can’t comprehend why I would want to wear my hair like that for years. These are people who haven’t changed their hairstyles in decades!
I’ve been wearing my hair the same way for years so far. I doubt I would ever get tired of not being able to yank out my hair or having my scalp burned by a hair dresser.
I brought up the subject in my last class since the topic was employment law and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I provided links to this blog and asked my classmates if the hairstyle was neat in appearance and if they would hire the individual. Most of them said they would. I don’t think I got honest opinions.
Relax Time
I’ve just finished my paper and now it’s time for me to relax. I don’t have much time to blog. I doubt I’ll be doing much blogging in the next year.
I noticed a lot of bloggers are making their blogs private. Why?! I suppose it won’t be that bad since I don’t have much time to surf the net leisurely.
I get a two-week break during my studies next month and I can’t wait. I have a lot of things I need to do. I plan to write an essay about motherhood from a single and child-less-by-choice perspective. I’ve got an end of year video project I plan to produce commemorating 2007.
Work. I’ve settled into my civilian job. It feels like I never left. I can barely remember Afghanistan. If it weren’t for the few pictures I took, I would totally forget the experience.
To date, I have yet to purchase music from iTunes though I frequent the store to listen to the song samples. I definitely plan to get Timbaland’s new CD. I love the song ‘Apologize.’ Believe it or not there are Hip/Hop songs I would like to get. Fabolous has a song I like as well as Akon (Mama Africa) and Kanye West (Stronger). I’ve had my eye on Jon B’s most recent album and India Arie is on my list as well. I think these will be my Christmas/Birthday presents for this year.
I almost bought a condo. Almost-as in once I saw how much the monthly payment would be I chickened out. LOL. The only good thing I got out of the experience is I know what my Fica score is. I’m very pleased. 
I haven’t seen any new movies lately. I wanted to see the new Denzel Washington movie but I don’t care for the smell of popcorn and my attention span has gotten shorter for some reason so I doubt I’d watch the whole movie anyway. Besides, I haven’t been to the movies in over a year. My last movie going experience was terrible. Don’t want to go into details but to make a long story short, people need to teach their children manners.
I emailed my dad and asked him what he though of Dread locks? It wasn’t a good response. He basically said they look nasty and unkept. He also commented that employers wouldn’t hire someone with locks because the hairstyle is associated with potheads. (Don’t employers require drug tests nowadays?) What’s wrong with black people? Why is there such hostility to our natural hair texture?
A most horrible reaction
I left my Sisterlocks Lifestyle Journal (Summer ‘07) on my mom’s bed just to see if she’d look through it.
Her reaction wasn’t a good one and it pretty much summed up her attitude towards the natural, unaltered hair of black people - she finds it disgusting.
“Why would you want to ruin your beautiful hair? The only way to undo this is to cut it all off. I can see if you had hair like mine but you have long hair. You’re not a loc/Rastafarian person anyway.”
Wow. I can’t tell you how depressed this made me feel. I could tell she didn’t even bothered to look through the magazine or she would have seen the different ways in which one can wear their hair. I’m not much of a enjoy-having-my-scalp-burned kind of person either but she doesn’t see anything wrong with me getting my hair straightened.
I been reading the blogs of women who’ve had their hair Sisterlocked. I really enjoy reading them too. I only wished they updated their blogs more regularly-but hey, they’ve got lives to live too.
Check out these blogs by Sisterlocked women. Don’t they look lovely and so not Rastafarian!
Sisterlocks
I’ve been contemplating chopping of all my hair because I’m tired of the hassel of blowdrying and straightening with flat irons.
I did a search for natural hairstyles and came across Sisterlocks.com.
I was skeptical at first because many of the pictures of women wearing Sisterlocks were rather middle aged (not that there’s anything against that) and I wanted to see pics of women closer to my age.
I think Sisterlocks are beautiful and they seem very versatile. I’m not sure if this is the route I want to go. I guess I need to actually meet some folks with Sisterlocks to see if this is the journey I want to take.
