Haircut!

I got my hair cut last Tuesday. 13 inches! It turned out shorter than I expected it to be. Also, I was able to donate it to the Make a Wig Foundation... or Locks of Love... Anyway, here is a before pic:



Ok ok ok that's the family dog, Scout, wearing my husbands very old work hat. Scout put up with it because he was being offered some sort of food. Here's the real before pic:



Here is an after pic. Somewhere in that 13 inches of hair must have been part of my brain...



And here is a nice after picture for the in-laws:

Do Not Enter, Entrance Only

So my sister and I went to Super Target to return some items and price check some others. As we walked toward the building, one door stood out on the entrance side. It had the bright red circle that said, "Do Not Enter." It also had a bright red bar across it that said, "Entrance Only." There was also a little sign by the handle that said "Pull" (but they don't want anyone pulling it).

All of this was highly amusing. And to make matters even more funny, it said the SAME THING on the other side.

Has anyone else wondered what would happen if you entered such a door? Well my sister and I went to find out. I thought for sure it would create some kind of time warp, malfunctioning-Holodeck kind of paradox. It did not. The only thing it did was made some stranger say to us, "You guys are living on the edge."

And tonight we were.

Quote:
Me: "The light's red."
My sister: "STEP ON IT! But the brake, instead of the gas."

TDS vs. Dyslexia

As some of you may or may not know, I'm somewhat dyslexic. I was a lot more dyslexic when I was younger, but now I've mostly grown out of it or just learned how to cope better. However, I still sometimes see things switched around. I don't see letters moving like some dyslexics do (unless I'm really tired, but lots of things move then), for me it's more like, "I swear that said something else." Also, if I'm trying to read fast and I'm not paying much attention to the word, I may think it says something that's spelled similarly. This also makes spelling hard, especially since I get vowels switched.

Anyways, there's a little tire store near us called Tire Distribution Systems. They have a big TDS on their sign. Well, being dyslexic, can you imagine what I saw when I first glimpsed this sign out of the corner of my eye? Think of initials you learn in sex ed...

Random quote from my husband:
"I'm so backwards I make backwards look forwards."

Empty Storage Unit and Randomness

We finally emptied our storage unit. Yay! We have not yet unpacked only partially because we are lazy. The other part was that people came to spray for roaches and we needed to move all our stuff out of the cabinets and to the middle of the rooms. So a good chunk of the unpacking we did was undone and any unpacking that we would have done stopped because there was no point. The only thing we didn't move away from the walls was our entertainment center that was reincarnated in our move as a bookshelf. Our awesome TV that we got for free doesn't fit in it, and there is no place in the living room for it since there is a closet or a shelf or a window or our couch anywhere it could be placed, unless we put it right in the middle, which we won't because then we can't see the TV.

On an amusing random note, I sent out an email last time I posted here informing everyone that I posted, since I'm erratic and unpredictable. Just a sec, I'll get to the funny part. Ok, so in that email I asked everyone who wanted me to send them updates to tell me so that I would know who to email when I posted. I don't want to spam people's inboxes if they are keeping up with my posts in a different way or if they don't care to read my blog :(. Well, and here's the funny part, I only had one person respond and say they wanted me to email them. It wasn't a family member, not even my mom. It wasn't a high school friend, or in fact a friend I have met in real life. It was a friend from WoW. I have spoken to him through chat in the game and voice through the computer, but I have only ever seen a blurry picture of his face. To summarize, the only person who is interested in my ramblings is a guy I have never actually met. I can understand my husband not replying because whether he likes it or not I tell him I posted and ask him to read. But everyone else? *sad face* I'll send out one more email teasing people and giving them a guilt trip, but then I won't send any more reminders to the people who did not tell me they wanted one. They'll just have to check back randomly. Perhaps I'll have a whole bunch of posts since they last checked and then they will never read them because it will take too much time. Or, more likely, they will check to see no new posts and therefore, wasted their time.

Hmmmm.... I'm trying to think if I have any observations I'd like to share. None that really stick out. Well, I do have one, but it may offend people. I'm sorry to bring in controversial and potentially, nay definitely, offensive subjects, but it's my blog and as a blogger, it is my duty to offend and confound any who read. That's right folks, I'm talking about Library Science. Why, oh why does one need a Masters degree to be a librarian? That's two extra years after a four year Bachelors degree. Why does one need six years of school to put books on shelves, number them for easy retrieval, and make little cards so people know where to look? Obviously, there must be more to being a librarian than that. I just don't know what else they could possibly do.

Now, here is my random quote:
"Good evening, I'm Leonard Nimoy. The following tale of alien encounters is true. And by true, I mean false. It's all lies. But they're entertaining lies, so in the end, isn't that the truth? The answer is, 'No.'" ~The Simpsons~

The Dark Knight

***Minor Spoilers***

OMG I totally loved the movie! I've been a huge Batman fan for many years and I was so excited when they started these new ones. Batman in the movies desperately needed to be redeemed after Batman Forever and Batman and Robin... Ugh! Here are my thoughts on The Dark Knight:

Joker: When I heard Heath Ledger was going to play the Joker, I was scared. When I think of Heath, I think of A Knight's Tale. A pretty boy, almost baby faced guy who's trying to impress his girl (who really was kinda ugly and also a jerk). I heard from some friends that he was amazing as the Joker and that it really should have been called the Heath Ledger Show. When I watched it, I became a believer and abandoned all my doubts. He really was spectacular.

Lucius Fox: I talked about him in an earlier post, but I like how he's not an idiot in the movies. In the comics he's pretty much oblivious to Bruce Wayne's true identity and simply accepts his playboy exterior. In these movies he obviously knows that something is up and that Bruce is smarter than he lets on. It also strongly hints that Lucius knows Bruce's secret.

Two-Face: I liked him! One of the coolest things was his make up (how did they do it?).

This blog entry is sort of a response to my friend's entry, but be warned, he has actual spoilers.

Here is a video about the opening night that is awesome:


And a random quote:
Upon hearing that my post may have spoilers:
My husband: You've figured out a way to keep me from reading your blog.
Me: How is that different from you normally not reading my blog?