HEAD! (And other ablutatories)

[jack]

It's getting cold[1]. I had a (hot) bath for the first time for ages, which was lovely and relaxing. And I have to start thinking about making sure I'm wearing enough when I go out.

I have lime shower gel. This is very nice, but makes me feel like Ralph Wiggum, because it looks and smells and feels like it should be eaten :) I deliberately didn't get the yellow[2] one because that would be an order of magnitude worse. I have shampoo too, but is put away for a few weeks because:

I shaved my head again. I had let the hair grow a bit long (though not in absolute terms) before shaving it back again. Reactions seem to be:

* "Oh my God, it's all gone!" I think mainly a slightly more extreme version of the "We both know you cut your hair, and we both know we both know, but I can't not comment" reaction we're all subject to.
* "You nicked yourself." Oops.
* "Let me stroke it." Hmmm. Right.
* "Your hair is still short!" Oh yes, we haven't met for three months, we should have stayed in touch...
* Not recognising me. Though when stunned from a fresher's fair, I'm impressed anyone recognises anyone at all.

Other random non-toilette-related news: I left my shinybike a bit too long outside kelsey kerridge and a security guard said he saw a couple of dodgy looking guys scoping it out. Oops, I hadn't adjusted to having shinyness.

[1] Quote from last night

A: It's cold outside.
All, in chorus from all over the house: There's no kind of atmosphere.

[2] Lemon. Sometimes colours are a quicker reference point than smells :)

Comments

[mair_in_grenderich]

don't you *always* make sure you're wearing enough when you go out? :o

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I wondered if someone would object to that :)

Answer. In a way. But "am I wearing trousers" and "is this shirt nice enough to go to work in" are a fairly subconcsoius process. What I mean is now I have to think "When will I be back? Will I be warm enough in this if I come back at night?" which qualifies as thought :)

[satanicsocks.livejournal.com]

I prefer the yellow one to the lime-green (er, smell quicker than colour on that one, 'cos loads of the range are green) one.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Prefer on what level? I liked the lemon more than the lime in terms of 'oooh', but in 'taking everything into account' liking, prefered the one that didn't tease me with tantalising non-edible smells :)

[satanicsocks.livejournal.com]

Some weird subconscious level. They both smell awfully artificial to me, both look disgusting on a bath sponge thing, and both get you clean :)

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

I hate when people say that about shaved hair. NO YOU CANNOT CARESS MY SCALP, you are a work colleague and anyway you have cooties.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

You shave your head?

No, work colleages doing that is seriously weird!

I mean, ok, as a joke, and don't *do* anything unless I actually say, yes. Friends are ok, with people I like it is actally very nice, though please don't just come up behind me unless you know well enough to know it's ok. But even people you like at work need some distance because you're stuck together. Especially if you're someone who doesn't like being touched by strangers anyway.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

I used to have a Grade 2 down the sides when I was at school, which isn't the same thing as shaved but people still used to do that. Now it looks like this, but longer.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. Thanks.