Do you use others, or just none at all?

I don't use much, though I have been using some of the stuff I bought this weekend with Plei and Jilli. Mostly I'm just lazy and not very good at applying it.

How does she want to cut your hair, Nilly? You have such gorgeous hair and such delicate features; I could imagine a million different cuts looking amazing on you.

I'm having a pro do my makeup for my wedding--I picked her because she did exactly what I asked for during the trial: she made me look natural, and like ME, and not too made up, just like a prettier version of myself. What sealed it was that when Saget saw me he couldn't even tell I was wearing makeup. And he HATES makeup.

though I have been using some of the stuff I bought this weekend with Plei and Jilli.

Oh, well, I guess that if anyone would know what may work for their friends, it's those two lovely ladies.

Mostly I'm just lazy

Yeah, right.

How does she want to cut your hair, Nilly?

I have absolutely no idea. She keeps staing at me with a thoughtful look, nodding to herself, though, so she probably has a pretty good idea of what she has in mind. Or several.

You have such gorgeous hair and such delicate features

I do? ::blush::

I could imagine a million different cuts looking amazing on you.

Really? What do you have in mind? Taking into account that I am too lazy to do anything more than washing and combing it?

I picked her because she did exactly what I asked for during the trial: she made me look natural, and like ME, and not too made up, just like a prettier version of myself.

Isn't that exactly what makeup is supposed to do? I'm glad you found somebody you like! Oh, now I already want to see pictures. Is it stressful if I ask how are things progressing in this front? Oh, oh! And in the job front, as well! I haven't posted with you in quite a while.

What do you have in mind? Taking into account that I am too lazy to do anything more than washing and combing it?

I could see you in a really pretty chin-length bob with some almost imperceptible layers near the bottom. Your hair is curly, right? It's hard to tell because in all the pictures I've seen you've had it back in a ponytail.

Is it stressful if I ask how are things progressing in this front?

No, it's OK. The people at the place we're getting married have been a fucking NIGHTMARE, but I think I'm getting things under control. It's a lot of work! I've had exactly one day off work so far and it was jam-packed with wedding planning. I think it's gonna take up most of my time for the next few weeks.

And in the job front, as well!

You're so sweet to ask! I'm freelance editing one column for my former employer, and I've already gotten a few offers from other publications, so things are looking good.

How's your life, Nill?

Your hair is curly, right?

Nope. Completely flat and very thin. Hmm, let's see if I can dig up a picture in which it's visible.

It's a lot of work!

More than you expected? But it seems like you manage to move things along, despite the outside obstacles, at least from your post. So it seems like it's a go-you!

I've already gotten a few offers from other publications

Oh, good luck with that! I hope the job that is best for you will end up winning you. Do you still continue with teaching yoga, as well?

As for me, well, the semester has been crazy. It was over a couple of weeks ago, and today is the last (out of 2) exam of the students I TA, so no more grading to do (yay!), and I'll hopefully be able to get back to properly work on my research during the summer - I'm horribly horribly behind. Oh, and my best friend is leaving the university and moving. I've been helping her pack in the last couple of weekends (um, meaning, played with her absolutely adorable baby while she was packing), and it's finally sinking in that nothing will be the same again, what with her being so far away. A bit of growing up, even if not straight out of my own actions.

Cereal: I went to look at my pictures from the USA trip (I can't believe it's almost a year since!). I think I found a few with my hair in them (OK, that sentence reads silly): Boston, SF and DC.

OK, now I must repress the urge to look at every single one of those picture and drown myself in lovely memories. Students are about to come in any minute now with questions for their exam, and if I've drowned, it'll be hard for me to answer properly. Scribbling on a wet paper never works.

Do you still continue with teaching yoga, as well?

Yes, I would never stop doing that; it's my favorite thing in the week.

today is the last (out of 2) exam of the students I TA, so no more grading to do (yay!)

That is a very large yay. Congratulations!

I'll hopefully be able to get back to properly work on my research during the summer

Forgive me for not knowing this. What's your research, like, about?

nothing will be the same again, what with her being so far away.

How far away is she moving? My best friend lives in New York, very far away, but I make a point of seeing her regularly. She's in Chicago (where I live) right now, and I'm so excited to hang out with her. It is hard, though, having her not in the same city.

OK, Nilly, I think you should get your hair cut like Jon's wife's.

Would it be traumatic, though, to lose all that hair?

My hair used to be down to my ass, and I have to say, I like it so much better now that it's short. I thought it would be really traumatic to cut it all off, but I feel much more like me now.

it's my favorite thing in the week.

I got to take a krav class from ita, when I was in LA. I hope that one day I'll get to take a yoga class from you. Seeing people actually doing the thing they love, not just talking about it? A very wonderful thing.

What's your research, like, about?

I'm a physics student, and I study the dynamics of data traffic on networks. In lots of fields of study, the subject can be modelled as a netwok (proteins in biology, connections between people, computer networks up to the internet). There are theoretical models of them, that show many combined characteristics in structure of many of these networks, regardless of their origin or size of the objects in them. The data that flows (information, diseases, actions and the like - again, it's a model) is affected by the structure on which it moves, and that's what I'm trying to study.

How far away is she moving?

In USA terms, the distance is tiny. However, she has a young baby, about to start a stressful job, and she won't be here, in the same university anymore, where even if we were both crazy busy, we could sneak to at least buy lunch together, if not actually sit and eat it. The whole fabric of the relationship is changing, in a way.

I think that since we managed to sustain our friendship through so many changes already (studying together, being roommates, her marriage, her moving away once already, the birth of her son), we'll be able to sustain more changes. We'll have to make some changes, fine, but we already have, and it worked. We'll just have to learn how to deal with the new situation. But I will still miss her dearly.

She's in Chicago (where I live) right now, and I'm so excited to hang out with her.

Oh, that's wonderful, that in all the stress of the last few months, what with the wedding and the job, at least the timing of you two being in the same city was such.

The data that flows (information, diseases, actions and the like - again, it's a model) is affected by the structure on which it moves, and that's what I'm trying to study.

OK now that's cool.

The whole fabric of the relationship is changing, in a way.

Yes but I've found that when you can't take someone's being around for granted, you make more of an effort to see that person. At least for me. I see my best friend more than I see my local friends, because I have to plan to see her.

I will still miss her dearly.

Yeah, I hear you. She's online at least, no?

OK I should go to bed now. I feel so lucky to have crossed Interweb paths with you, Nilly!