Glee Recap: Season 2, Episode 1

So, the season starts after the summer of the drama of Season 1 - Thus, Quinn is no longer pregnant, having given birth, Finn and Rachel's love is stinking up the place fragrances the air and the Glee club (New Directions) came third in the regional competitions, losing to their main competitors Vocal Adrenaline....
In these episode, there's fighting, distractions of the bosomy kind,  and a flagrant abuse of dog poop.
Enter at your own peril - for here be spoilers..

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Small(ish) twists

I put these in a week ago, and they took me just under four hours to do.

Then again, this time also included me trying to do the 'Single Ladies' dance numerous times.

So yes. I think I'll leave these in for a couple of weeks because, you know, I have work to do and don't have time to do my hair and stuff.

Also, I really want to whip my hair a la Willow Smith.

I say this. But watch me take it out in a couple of weeks and then lament I have no time to do anything to my hair.

Plus, I want to try new stuff with my twists and prove to myself that it is a versatile hairstyle, as well as keeping my hands out of my hair.

Yesterday, I wore them in a small fold under bun at the back (completely pulled my hair  through the first time but only half way through the second time).

Say a prayer for my edges, y'all.

I put my (untwisted - I get so bored very easily!) fringe/bangs into three fat twists and then bantu knotted them overnight.

Then I took them out in the morning and pinned them to the side, leaving a little crazy curlage loose at the bottom. They look a lot less ropey in person.

For some reason, I don't like the look all over my head, but bantus and my bangs/fringe really make me happy ^.^
I took the pin out after church.

Ignore the scarf. I was feeling like I was in a Cote d'Azur film or something. The wind very nearly made it so.

I also think this is the last time I'm going to be doing a 'protective style' like this. My hair is just too fine for me to be mucking about in it this often and this harshly. 

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Cappin' Lazy Twists - and why I'm kind of a blonde

I was planning for this to be a week long protective style, but I got bored of it when I washed my hair.

It's basically fat twists, wrapped in my satin scarf, under a hat.

You see where boredom may have it's chance to undo my most noblest of efforts?

You can also see how much my colour has faded.

I wanted to go to the place I'd had my original colour done, so I phoned the salon today to make sure someone was in, because it's a bank holiday and a 45 minute walk.

Person on the phone: Hello?

Me: Oh thank goodness! You're open!

Person on the phone: No, we're not open.

Me: Huh? Then why - what? Are you joking?

Person on the phone: No. I'm serious *chuckles* We're definitely not open.

O.o

I wasn't going to risk walking in the freezing cold for nearly an hour just for them not to be open. So I guess I'm going back to uni with no colour in. I'm thinking a D.I.Y is imminent, and in this case, I'm not bothered about using natural products like Herbatint which wash out in 2 seconds flat.
Purple isn't the most natural hair colour anyway.

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My hair ^.^

I forgot that I was supposed to do quarterly updates of my hair to check length, because I keep getting irked by the ends and snipping them off.

You'd think that being both scissor happy and (mildly) length obsessed wouldn't be possible. Ah well.

Omo - I'm not quite Armpit Length, but I've had a lot of breakage *shrugs* Plus, I'm still experimenting with a lot of stuff *rubs hands gleefully*. We'll see where I am by the end of April.

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Resolution Revolution!

Since it's the start of a new year, people are looking forward to things they hope to achieve this year, or in the future.
It's an exciting time!

I always make goals and set targets almost everyday, because otherwise I wouldn't get anything done.

Sometimes, I still don't get anything done. But you know. I made the effort of writing what I could've done down. Surely that counts for something?

So, this is all the aspirations I posted at the beginning of the academic year as well as some more stuff that I've added. At the very least, I am now accountable to you lovely readers.
The goals with (in progress) next to it are all things I'm working towards - For example, I can't truly say I've quit Theatre Group until the end of the year comes and I haven't been involved in anything they've done.

1. Have an awesome stall at Fresher's Fair!    DONE!

2. Get a high 2:1 (above 65%) or a 1st in my degree (in progress)

3.  Quit Theatre Group! (in progress)

4. Finish my dissertation (in progress)

5.  Get onto a PGCE (in progress)

6. Cut cake making down to once a month    DONE!

7. Get my bento making game up to scratch! (in progress)

8. Be able to have a gentle conversation in Mandarin and/or Japanese (in progress)

9. Help my college team get 3rd or 2nd place in the league (in progress)

10.  Stop getting sucked into the ridiculous drama of a certain friend group(s). (in progress)

11.  Focus on the Belly dancing society properly (in progress - it's going well!)

12.  Stop ignoring my commitments. Or, stop signing up to so many (sssh, pretend we don't see the irony!) (in progress)

13.  Hit Bra Strap length with the hair (in progress)

14.  Learn to use the family camera (because my camera phone is pants)! (in progress)

 15. Run a 5k....? Okay, maybe that's reaching a little bit (meh, still thinking about it)

16. (New!) Stop being a chicken and get someone to teach me how to swim properly 

17. (New!) And skate. Preferably roller, since I don't like the cold.

18. (New!) Do more with the blog - post at least once a week. Maybe do some give aways or something.

19. (New!) If the J.E.T programme doesn't happen, go to France for the summer.

20. (New!) Get creative with my crafting and try and finish at least one project a month

21. (New!) Master the art of flat twisting

I love deciding on things I'm going to do and then working towards it - it gets me all excited and gives me something to work towards. 

What's everyone else bringing in for this year?

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Flat Twist Border with a(nother) bow

I did this style a couple of weeks ago, on the week of Christmas.

Seriously, when Christmas comes around, I'm obsessed with bows.

I like to think of myself as a present to the world, so perhaps the bows are appropriate (I kid, I kid!)

When summer comes around, the flowers will come out in force...

So I use my fingers to part my hair at the place where my fringe starts, because I didn't want it too neat.

The right section was bigger than the left - it's like I have more hair on one side of my head or something, which is down right weird.

Then I flat twisted each section around my head, and twisted the ends.

 

My ends are hilarious - my hair is so fine that it looks like I've just lost half the bulk in one sitting.

Then I crossed the twist ends over each other at the back and pinned them down with a few bobby bins.

Then I put the bow in - in this picture, you can see where the parting is as well.

I didn't really take the pictures well, but because of where I'd parted my hair, the bow intersects between the two flat twists, making it look like it's one long flat twist split by the bow.

It wasn't really anything special, but I liked the way it looked. Also, I just really loved the bow ^.^

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On the cusp of a new dawn...

Well, technically, as I write this, it is dusk.

But you know what I mean.

It's New Years Eve - and I very much hope that tonight you will be getting merry in a manner you feel is entirely appropriate to you.

For me, this will involve a lot of chocolate covered Brazil Nuts.

That's just how I do.

2010 was a brilliant year for me. I'm looking forward to meeting it's little sister.

I hope that all you take all the good things of 2010 into 2011 with you and all the bad stuff you leave behind.

I pray that you'll achieve all the goals you're striving for in the upcoming year.

And most importantly, I wish you all have a very, extremely, indubitably -

Happy New Year!

See you all in the new year!

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