blondes have more fun

I'm back to brunette,

And it may just be that blondes

Have more fun than me.

Yes, I know that "me" should be an "I," but that sort of throws off the rhyming thing that I was attempting to do there.

Anyway, now I'm a brunette again.  I think the colour that I chose is a little ashier than my natural one, so it may look silly when it grows out, anyway.  But whatever.  It's actually been kinda funny to see what people think of this new/old hairdo.  A lot of people never saw me with short brown hair since I dyed it practically the day after I got it cut.  Now a lot of people are barely noticing a change; I guess the blonde combined with the short was a shock, and this is just business as usual?  Who knows.

But on the topic of blondes having more fun... it might be true.  At least, it was for me.  ;)  I mean, c'mon, I spent two weeks in Tokyo, flew to Canada over a weekend, saved a girl from a falling rock in a cave, took my roommate to the emergency room for a broken patella, started capoeira classes... since I've gone back to brunette, what have I done?  Well, not a lot.  Hrm.

ready?

Buy, trim, wrap, pack, chat,

Drive, snow, cook, eat, check, recheck,

You ready for this?

Well, Christmas is now two days away.  Titan is here for the holidays, and the tree finally got put up at home yesterday.  We had our family Christmas this morning.  I feel like my Christmas has been a little overshadowed by my efforts to prepare for Japan (speaking of which, my hair's purpleish now--http://picasaweb.google.com/VASavage/PurplePains#--I guess that bleach blonde + purple + purple + purple = brown with purple streaks?), so I'm trying to make up for it by being really spirited.  Cookies!  Elves!  Reindeer antlers! 

It's been good.  The roads are in awful condition, though.  It's a white Christmas!  The drive from Indianapolis to Joliet, which is normally ~3 hours, took 6-7 hours.  I think I topped out at 50, and that wasn't for very long.  Titan, Venus, and I saw 15 wrecks between Indy and mile marker 201 (normally about an hour away).  People got a little too crazy, and it was wicked slick.  We made it alright, though.  Just waiting for Mom and Dad to get in later tonight.  They left a few hours after us, and it seems like their going is even slower.

Japan plans are almost here!  I'm nervous that I've forgotten something in Columbus or Bloomington, but I've repacked my bag so many times I don't know how I could have.  I guess we'll find out for sure in THREE DAYS.  <3!

holidays

There's no place like home

For the holidays!  But I

Won't be here for long.

It's good to be home.  Finals done, hair cut, stress removed, bags packed, family visited, snow fallen, dogs walked.  It was worth the hard term to have this epic break.  I'm ridiculously excited about leaving on Friday.  But the time home is nice to have, too.  We visited family up in Chicago for a big pizza party ("oh, gosh!  I didn't recognize you with your short hair!"), I went to a party for Ryan's birthday, ("oh, gosh!  you look so good with short hair!"), and Titan came home ("oh, gosh!  you have short hair??").

:)  Can't wait!

hair

It's gone for the cause,

And I don't miss it as much

As I thought I would.

My hair!  It's gone!  Lopped off!  Sent to Locks of Love!  I guess it's okay, though.  I don't mind as much as I figured I would...  11".  Hum.

http://picasaweb.google.com/VASavage/HolyHaircut#