Author: Christine

I went to get my hair cut today. Well, first it was just going to be a cut. An inch or so, shape it a little better than it is. But it was just too dark (even after I lightened it a few weeks ago) so I decided I needed highlights too. As he did the highlights, I flipped through the hair magazine and pointed out all of the “flippy cuts” that I really like. I finally picked one that was a bob but with flippy ends. I said I wanted it like that, just longer – closer to shoulder length.

The highlights turned out great.

The cut on the other hand … it’s more of a “shag” than a “bob”, with a flippy end section about an inch longer than the rest. It could be fixed by cutting that off to even it up – but then the whole thing would be close to chin length – not shoulder length like I wanted. In other words, it’s already an inch or more too short.

No, I probably won’t be posting pictures of it tonight. Maybe tomorrow – first I have to get used to it. It’s a good cut, but I’ve lost about 5″ of hair. Fortunately my hair grows fast, so getting back 2 or 3 of those inches shouldn’t take too long. But for now, I feel sort of scalped. Sure, it’s what I asked for – well, close to it. But I keep thinking I should have just gone with the original plan of cutting off an inch or two – not this! Oh well … it’s hair. It grows – and the color looks great!

In honor of the new job, I just had to share a recent blog find: Ernie the Attorney has great content with a legal spin. Things that affect us all like file sharing, wireless keyboards and more. Plus links to more legal type sites! (Yes, I am very excited about this!)

I was just going through my daily spam – delete, delete, delete – I came across my first round of Columbia spam. Yes, you can now send out e-cards to “Pray for God’s help following the Columbia tragedy” and “Remember these brave heroes who gave their lives for humanity.” Just so wrong.

I think it’s terrible that the shuttle crashed. I’m grateful for the people who are astronauts. But at the same time, I keep thinking over and over about the fact that if we go to war, 7 people could die in the first day. There won’t be media tributes for two days when that happens. There won’t be news about them at every turn. Astronauts choose a path knowing that there could be risks, but they live out their dream. Most people that join the military do so thinking that they will never be called in to battle. I know this first hand – the majority of the people that I knew in the Army back during the first Desert Storm said exactly that. They never thought they would go in to battle, they never thought there would be a war.

I feel for the families of the Columbia astronauts. I feel also for the families of the members of our military as we are about to head in to war. I especially feel for people like my cousin Eric, who watched his best friend die in Operation Anocanda almost a year ago. A total of seven were killed in the mission. While I watched all the tributes this weekend, I couldn’t help but think of how there was no tribute for those men that died in Afghanistan, fighting for their country.

They are the real heros in my eyes. If you ask me, they deserve the tributes.

“If someone wasn’t there, they’ll never understand or really realize the feelings, the sights, the smells you really do experience when you’re over there.”

“A lot of people know we’re in Afghanistan, but they go to bed and don’t know what’s going on there on the other side of the world – what war actually is.”