Oh I was thinking those cheekbones deserve a nice frame. Still it does look super cute the length it is now.

Thanks, Laga!

Joe and I were looking at wedding pictures awhile ago and he commented on my long hair and that he thought I was really pretty with it long. He always says he thinks I'm gorgeous no matter what I do with my hair, so I've been growing it out again.

Don't know if I'll ever get it as long as it was then - to the middle of my shoulder blades, but maybe I'll try once more.

Aimee, your hair looks splendid as is.

It looks good this length, Aimee. Purty.

Towel, dryer, shower cap - I can do that! Sweet. Purple streak, you will be mine.

Your hair looks great, Aim! I love that color, gorgeous woman.

Took a nap so I am not tired. Also in the nap? Dreamt that Paris Hilton was a bitch (shocking, I know) but that Nicole Ritchie was kinda nice (teh hell?) and now my brain is on restriction.

As for prom dates. mine set the school on fire about six weeks before prom. He was later released on a technicality.

Aimee, gorgeous hair!

Beej, I'm sorry it came to that, but it sounded like you were leaning that way for a while. I hope you find some peace.

Plei, glad you made it home!

It looks like it's gonna be a nice day here. Cold, but nice. I enjoyed the warm weather, but we needed a cold streak--for lots of reasons, but my selfish one was to kill off all the allergens.

t looks like it's gonna be a nice day here. Cold, but nice. I enjoyed the warm weather, but we needed a cold streak

I really want to see some snow. It's January, and there hasn't been any yet.

It's so nice to have TV back. In Italy, generally the only English channel was CNN International, and sometimes BBC News. CNN International would just show about four stories over and over for hours on end, which really confused me -- they're international. They've got a whole world to report on. Couldn't they find some more stories.

Also, one of the stories was a 2006 retrospective that was driving me nuts. They managed to get through the "Rumsfeld resigns" story without once mentioning that plenty of Americans disagreed with most of his in-office decisions. They mentioned international opposition to him, but not American. They even took some footage of someone in the Army saying something like, "Well, a lot of people don't like his decisions, but he's the one who's got to decide," and framed it so that it seemed like the "a lot of people" he was talking about were Iraqis, when I'm just about positive he was referring to Americans.

Also, they had a story about an Israeli Arab rap group where they consistently used "Palestinian" where "Israeli Arab" would be the correct term. Do they not have fact-checkers?

Anyway. This wasn't meant to turn into a CNN International rant. Not quite sure how it got there.

Alone again, for the moment. I drove the Wallybee to the airport this morning, and she called me at about 10:30 pm to confirm she's arrived safely in Shanghai. I won't see her again for two months.

May those 2 months pass swiftily, billytea. Still, it's one step closer to the ultimate goal, having a Mrs. Wallybee billytea on your arm.