Under the Sea

I used the underwater macro setting on these shots. There is an ocean of visual elights in these balls. I may buy a third one; probably purple.

Weft to My Own Devices

Clip in hair extensions are called wefts.

Just getting that out of the way.

Here is a bag of hair with only one weft, I mean left. Actually I mean both because one weft is left.



I bought this bag o' hair because sometimes my hair looks ok short (as in photo below, taken Saturday night. That's me on the left). But...it's too layered and too short and not growing fast enough. That's why I coiffed up $84 for said bag o' hair, which I have not yet worn.



I've haven't worn it because I found out that wefts of long, straight hair look sadly mullet-like with short, layered hair.

The only thing weft to do was bring the hair into work and drape it on anything resembling an animate object:

Peace on Earth and Goodwill

We are having an ugly Christmas sweater contest at our All Staff meeting tomorrow.

Do I love spending 90 minutes to drive the 25 miles home from Tukwila on a Friday evening? Do I love sitting through boring meetings? Do I love the inevitable "Fun!!!!" group activities? Am I irrationally happy about the ugly sweater contest?

No, No, Usually not, and Absolutely.

I didn't own an ugly Christmas sweater, but $6 and a trip to Goodwill fixed that:



Yes I know the picture is sideways. Am rushing off to work, and will fix later. Trust me, it's no less tacky right side up.

Femtio

Femtio is Swedish for 50. I know I should be learning Spanish, but I find Swedish more interesting. It's interesting, absurd, and somewhat horrible to be 50.

I spent my birthday (Monday) in Portland with a short trip to Seaside on the Oregon coast.

The Oregon coast remains an 'it' spot for me. I can think of few places I love more.



My friend Mike was also nice enough to take me to lunch at McMenamin's. There are few restaurants I love more than McMenamin's. When I moved to Oregon in 1998, McMenamn's pubs felt good to me right away. We went to the one at Murray and Allen, right down the street from where I lived in Beaverton.
Mike is a computer and electronics genius and has applications on his Ipod Touch that I didn't know were possible.



More later and *note to self* pictures from Argosy cruise on Lake Union.