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I wonder what I’d look like bald…

For a very long time, I’ve wanted to shave my head. I’ve never had the guts to do this though. Being a girl without hair is still a bit challenging to society.

Many women I know are very attached to their hair, finding even cutting it short to be traumatic and horribly unnecessary. I’ve had males tell me that girls look better with long hair period, and that’s the way it should be. I personally love short hair on myself, and other women. I love cutting my hair. I love not having a whole lot of it (perhaps due to the combination of thick, unwieldy hair and my own laziness, I find it easier to manage when I don’t have to).

A friend of mine who has Alopecia recently shaved her head, and quite frankly it think it’s awesome. It’s awesome that she’s got this freedom that she didn’t have before. There’s a certain amount of liberation one must feel without hair.

One of the main reasons I’m not sure I could do this is mostly to do with looks. I think some women look great with bald heads. My friend. Sinead O’Connor, Natalie Portman – they all rocked it. They also, all have delicate features. I’m more of a round clump of clay… with a big dent in it. I have a giant dent at the top of my head. I have no idea what it would look like if I shaved my head and I’m a bit afraid to find out.

I decided I should photo shop a picture of myself with a bald head but I made this instead:

Bald Anitabot

According to this I would still be cute. I think it’s pretty accurate.

In Hinduism, shaving ones head is a part of many rituals. It is usually done for infants after a few months of life, and can also be done during important pilgrimages. As I am planning a trip next year with my “new” husband to meet my family – I think that’s a pretty good time. I get the sweet cultural excuse too!
We’ll see.

Tags: anitabot, culture, hair, hindu, society

Will it blend? When will it end?

This is getting out of hand.

There is a trend of people blending new electronic devices. New iPhones and apple products seem to get the brunt of the blades, or perhaps they get the most press. I understand exactly why Apple products divide people like they do – I’m a tech geek who spends a lot of her time reading tech blogs and trying to play with other people’s cell phones.

I just saw this video on a mobile-phone blog:

(from www.mobilesyrup.com)

What I do not understand is, why people feel the need to destroy these products. I’m not saying this because I’m in love with Apple and think these things are sacred – they are not. But it is something that took a lot of time, money, effort and materials to create. It is the most wasteful thing anyone can do.  With all the recent press about suicides happening in factories that make such product, suicides that are a result of the horrible working conditions, you’d think people might care a stitch more about what goes into making their precious toys.

Isn’t the answer always yes? Perhaps there are different degrees of which a product can blend, but has anyone successfully made an unblendable gadget? These gadgets can always be destroyed. There will never be one that can’t, so… what’s the point?!

Tags: annoyances, gadgets, tech, will it blend

2 months into wedding planning!

I have this strange guilt when it comes to talking about the wedding. I’m more than ok with talking about it with my friends who are involved – but I am cognizant of becoming a crazy-obsessed bride. Nobody likes those, especially me.

Yet, at the same time planning a wedding takes a lot of time and consideration. For people who are complete n00bs like myself, there’s a whole world of flowers, mysterious etiquette, and tiny ridiculous-yet-expensive details to take in.  Of course I’d want to share (what is to me) new-found knowledge will all that will listen.  It just turns out that a lot of these things are ‘common knowledge’ to most everyone so they don’t care. I don’t blame them.

I didn’t give a care about weddings until it was part of my reality.

Nonetheless, I have learned a whole lot about the wedding-industrial-complex, and have compiled a list of my general thoughts:

1) By and large, it’s pretty stupid.

2) Pale blues and calligraphy/script font apparently instantly = weddings. So many sites and blogs and resources I’ve seen use a combination of these. I have now developed a gag-reflex when I see scripted fonts.

3) I am not quite the ‘typical’ bride, nor are Baron and I the typical betrothed couple.

4) Rich people get married and have really fun weddings in their mansions backyards or gorgeous valleys in California and make it seem so casual.

5) Every single wedding photo-album must include one ‘cute’ and ‘whimiscal’ shot of just the couples feet. OMGZ LOL how ironic! It’s like a portrait but flipped!  I hate it. Maybe due to the over-saturation of subscribing to about half dozen wedding blogs I see more than I normally would. They make me angry.

6) Don’t know why anyone would want to be in a wedding party. I’m SO glad my friends are excited about it, but I feel bad for asking them to do all these things. Determining what they wear? That’s so weird!

7) I don’t understand western traditions and etiquette.

All-in-all, a lot of the excitement has faded as I try to muddle through all the tasks and all the money that needs to save. I wonder how I’ll be feeling in another 2 months :/

Blue Screen of Death on my mac… but not really.

We have a little home network featuring a Media PC. The icon it has is a PC monitor… which appears to have the BSoD! Surely this is not the first time anyone has noticed it, but I find it hilarious… and it’s my freakin’ blog. so there.

BSoD

Hah!