Sorry for the rough go this week. Anything in particular throwing you off your groove, or just an off week?

Is she curly, then? I don't know if this will work for anything but wavy. But yeah, you don't have to brush every day! I now brush only on the third or fourth day, when it starts to look straggly. Then it goes into fluffier waves but still without frizz. And I brush it before washing. But not after. 

I am totally stealing this for TimovieDaughter. Hope it helps, because her hair tangles like an 80s cassette tape stuck in a player... 😅

Most excellent.

Leggings with pockets are amazing. Best invention  

Thanks, i was really pleased with it. yeah, the number of jellies was insane, the entire beach was coated in them. Much more than photographed, becuase sadly they didnt show up from a certain distance on my camera. Never seen anything like it.

I guess it's just that seeing myself in clothes that make my body look... a sort of way... are profoundly anti-dopaminergic. Just punishing, really. I do have some nice sweaters I feel okay in. Certainly the bright red is a boost.      Oooh. So, after cutting my hip length hair to just above the shoulders, I found out my hair is wavy. Not highly wavy. Just a bit. I have found the best way is to squeeze the water out by hand after washing it, then pat on some gel with "prayer hands" and optionally gently push the waves up to enhance shape (not sure if this actually helps or just seems like it would help) and then leave it the fuck alone for six hours. Minimal touching at all stages. Then it dries in relatively defined waves with no frizz.  If on the other hand I want grudgingly but not really properly straight hair with weird bendy bits and lots of frizz, then I dry it with a towel, fuss with it with a brush or my hands, and air dry with no products.     Nice! I've recently switched to much cheaper hair products after spending a year or so trying out expensive ones. I can say the best thing about expensive products is the cuter packaging. Now I don't mind if something doesn't smell great because it is cheap to replace. 

Maybe there are no stakes. Maybe there's no improvement to be had. I don't know.      Well but if you are not learning to play hymns on organs, then I don't know what you're up to and your secret is safe so the note on secrecy is not needed. Carry on!

Yeah, seizure meds are weird crud. Many many of them have a ton of off label uses.   Personal advice, if she gets prescribed them, google the side effects because some of them will not be on the info slip. For example,  Many of the ones used offlabel for depression can have sexual side effects that are not mentioned on the label for some reason. In a similar way to SSRI’s (they may or may not be similarish). Forewarned is fore armed. Crossing all my digits that they are a positive experience for her (some of the side effects can be pretty horrible if you are unlucky).      great poem. Bodies are really really weird things. The whole intestines = surface area of a tennis court is one of my fave random facts. 

The stakes are so different when you're reading research on your own or a family member's condition, nu?     Christ no, but I appreciate the secrecy note!