#231: Cut your own hair in a fit of rage
When I cut out chocolate I:
1. Lose the will to live
2. Cry a lot
3. Get headaches
4. Struggle to stay awake during the day (which leads to insomnia, then a vicious cycle)
5. Write less
6. Get gross skin (you’d think the opposite would happen, but it doesn’t – the effect of the no-chocolate stress outweighs the effect of the eating-less-oil)
7. Have strong violent urges eg I recently punched CJ’s iphone* (not a sane thing for a financially-stressed person to do).
The Gilmore Girls has been helping to pass the long, hopeless hours until I can eat chocolate again (which helps with #1 and #4), but it doesn’t help me express frustration at all – hence # 7. Last night was especially bad, so I grabbed a pair of scissors and hacked off about 6 inches of my flowing locks. After that my urge to kill was much diminished.** I continued to shed chunks of hair for several rather itchy hours.
At some point soon I’ll get CJ to fix it up a bit.
Here’s your pirate pic for the day. It’s for sale if you go to joshsimagination.blogspot.com (rating unknown).
In related chocolate/violent-urges news, I let myself weigh in a day early today on the basis that it’s that special (and nauseous) time of the month, so I decided that if I made my weight goal for this week I could skip exercise today. After lengthy contortions, I beat the scales into submission. Which means no exercise today, and I feel like all (or at least most) of this last week’s awfulness has made a difference. Hence, feeling a lot better. The worst dieting time is always femininity-related, so it should get better from here.
*Well it WAS giving me attitude
**. . . yay
Felicity Banks 
Ann said,
November 15, 2010 at 11:56 am
I’m happy to straighten it up for you – I’ve had quite a bit of practice.
CJ said,
November 15, 2010 at 3:08 pm
In Fel’s defence, the iPhone was being a right non-responsive pain – curse iOS 4!
twittertales said,
November 15, 2010 at 7:02 pm
CJ: Thank you. That’s incredibly sweet. I forgot to mention what I did to the car door last week.
Barbara said,
November 15, 2010 at 6:06 pm
I think the hair will look good with a bit of a straighten….
twittertales said,
November 15, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Barbara: I fixed it up a bit today and it looks fine. Longer hair suits me better, but I’m fine with that. The key is not cutting off anything that doesn’t grow back.
W said,
November 17, 2010 at 11:41 am
The shorter hair suits you just as well. Looks great!
And I wish I’d had the freedom to punch my computer the other day. I taught one of the foreign grad students a few new words…
twittertales said,
November 17, 2010 at 12:04 pm
W: Thanks. Me punching the iphone wasn’t a conscious choice. . . if I wanted to destroy something, I’d make it something cheap and/or useless.