And if not, can one dye the aforementioned brown fishnets with Rit to make them black?

After my years with my mother, the mad dyer, it certainly seems possible. Mother has dyed an ugly green throw to become an attractive red throw. She has tea-stained practically every washable bedspread and curtain. She pretty much operates under the "if you don't like it, dye it" theory. I wonder if that would work on my sister...

vw is very cute in that hairstyle. Perhaps a haircut will be the key to unsnarling bureaucratic tangles. My hair is pretty short again because the curly hair from the chemo finally started growing out and I decided that short and straight is better than a combination of regular and chemo-influenced hair.

Adds "betray Tom Cruise" to to-do list. Right after 'buy milk'.

vw, you absolutely deserve a treat! Haircut day!

My hair is like Teppy's, and is a constant source of amusement and money for my hair dresser.

That's part of why having my hair short is a pain in the ass, b/c it means I *have* to get it trimmed every 3-4 weeks, or else it looks like crap because it's grown so fast. When it's longer, I can get away with every 6-8 weeks.

Teppy, I feel your pain. I was like, Mandy Moore in 'How to Deal' short last February, have cut it three times this year, and it's long again. I couldn't maintain the short haircut without going broke.

My hair also grows just about as fast as kudzu. (I exaggerate. Kudzu can grow a foot a day. It just seems as fast as kudzu.) At least bad haircuts never particularly bothered me, because I knew they'd grow out in a month or so.

I can just barely get away with 6 weeks, but that's because I have a style that looks okay longer. More than 6 weeks though, and the roots become saplings.

I'm pretty happy with my current hair style. It's a slighly funkified bob, short in the back, that grows out really well. Since it's laser straight, I'm glad to finally find a style that doesn't require stuff to happen to it. 'Cause I'm so not up for dealing with stuff in the morning.

On the other hand, I've decided to start dealing with lipstick in the am, since I've figured that having people, specifically men, look at my lips is a good thing when I'm trying to get lucky. Aside from making sure it doesn't clash horribly with my clothes and skin tones, is there anything I need to look out for? Are there actual lipstick fashions of which I need to be aware?

I hate it when my femme-impairment shows.

I couldn't maintain the short haircut without going broke.

This is why I schlep to the suburbs of CT for hair cuts. The way my Erica cuts grow in is a sight to behold. It's like I have 3 different cuts, each at various stages of growing in. Until that one day, 5 months down the road, when I wake up and the hair is on strike; the demands are simple and few: Get. Hair. Cut. Now.

The hair will look like total crap until the demands are met.

Nora, it sounds like you've got one of the good ones. I haven't had a regular person for years now.

I'm dreading going back to work tommorrow. Like, It's always in the back of my mind, makes my stomach twitch please don't make me please don't make me dreading it. That's not cool.

And also, Holy shit! Kudzu can grow a foot a day?? This demon plant will devour us all!

Dives under couch.

Fortunately for you, Lilty, you live far enough north to avoid the scourge of kudzu, which, in its proper place, is a pretty plant with flowers that smell just like artificial grape flavoring. It's certainly easy to grow. The usual instructions are to plant it, cover it with a concrete block, and fertilize it with used motor oil.