Some Few
Sun Apr 02 2006

Gathering my thoughts from the scatterings of the weekend… 

A thought of transformation.
So of course it happened exactly how it was predicted! I had an appointment at hairdresser’s, remember? And I said it’s gonna be a disaster and I shall not be in a kind mood afterwards. Funny things about these appointments. You always think, they can perform miracles there. And make you not only feel, but also look a million dollars…and you also have this intuitive feeling deep inside, that you’re not gonna like what they’ll do to you. Yet still you’d trample down the hesitation deeper, plug your ears to shut your mind’s voice and lay yourself under the knife (well, in my case – scissors) on the altar of unpredicted transformation.

I often wonder why for some people once they feel the need to change, it is either Big Change or No Change? Why couldn’t I be satisfied with some little trimming of a fringe or else, something that I can do myself and even my hb won’t notice…but no: instead I aim for the dramatic transformation, which, I must admit, never happens just because I do it so very often that there are only so very little options available. Anyway, all I wanted to rant about was that I’ve had a new haircut and that I don’t like it. And that’s the reason for my not so good mood.

A thought of Time.
We have it. Each of us has own time to manage, to live through. And then we find slots, time to “spare” for others. So if we manage our own time well, we will have more left to share with others. Or, is it the other way round: if we give away our time to anybody who comes along and asks, we might end up without having time for our own life. Or maybe it all depends on what is more important to any of us on individual level. Time for self or time for others. How well you organised? How much time do you have to share? Or how much time do you wish to share?

A thought of words in mathematical sense.
We say what we don’t want to say. We don’t say what we want to say. Mathematically there are eight words in this sentence and 40320 combinations of putting them together. Only few would make sense. The rest is meaningless gibberish. In linguistic sense. But just the thought of all those other possibilities is mind blowing! ;-)
5 Comments
  • From:
    Astrid04 (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Apr 02 2006
    I know how you feel. I often go into the stylist and expect big things. Most times I can barely notice the difference let alone anyone else. It irritates me at times, especially since it costs so much to get done!

    I think I share my time around though I do like time to myself more than anything. To be able to flake out with a good book and my own thoughts is sometimes better than time spent with a ton of people. I guess it depends on the circumstances.

    A~
  • From:
    Razzenne (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Apr 02 2006
    darling lana

    well if you get a minor change then only minor disatisfaction follows ha ha

    you would look beautiful anyway

    actually I am going to post an entry about a haircut -the cheapest place was 37 dollars and I thought that is totally ridiculous so I went to a hairdressing college and allowed the students to cut---well you will read about the results in my entry see you in a week

    current blogging status:
    one week on and one week off
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Apr 03 2006
    I'm pleased to say that I have an excellent hair cutter. I have natural curl, and she knows exactly how to cut so that my hair looks great. In fact, I look quite glamorous when she's done with me. Until my first shampoo. Then I just let it air dry and comb it, and let it lie where it may. And *that's* the test of a really good haircut!

    Shalom
  • From:
    Jagged (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Apr 03 2006
    Funny you should write about time here, what with the time springing ahead here (does that happen over there?). I wish I could think of time differently. Instead of always looking for more, or chasing it around (as Supertrooper describes), deciding how to split it up, I wish I could live without consideration for time. I took a trip to Cuba in which the hotel didn't have a single clock. I noticed it right away, and it affected me so much that I stopped wearing a watch after that trip. Of course now I'm back to wearing a watch, and I have a timekeeper on my ID badge, one on my cell phone, one on my PDA, on my computer, in my car, on my TV, microwave, DVD/media center, on all the programmable thermostats in the house, on my bedside table, on the alarm system at each door of the house, on the kitchen wall, on the 2 computers upstairs, and of course, SAHD's favourite, our blue blinking binary clock in his office (which incidentally, I still cannot read). Your questions about time for others vs time for oneself made me wonder, can we really *give* our time away? Is time ever really wasted? You made me think these things, but of course I have no *time* to actually consider these thoughts fully. Perhaps some other *time*.
  • From:
    Jagged (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Apr 03 2006
    ryc: You're right on again.

    wist·ful
    Pronunciation: 'wist-f&l
    Function: adjective
    Etymology: blend of wishful and obsolete English wistly intently
    1 : full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy; also : inspiring such yearning <a wistful memoir>
    2 : musingly sad : PENSIVE

    Thanks for asking ;)