I've seen a gazillion of those alerts over the past few days. I delete them - when you have a series of them, all purporting to be from the same place with the same "urgent" subject line, does your mind go to "ooh! must read now!" or "yeah, spam, delete and find a REAL message".

As to hair ... I pay a lot. Color and cut at a fancy-schmancy salon. But it's good color and a really great cut. In between, I don't have to do much with my hair, so I don't mind too much (once the initial shock wore off).

I got highlights and a cut yesterday for $100. You were totally spoiled.

I've seen that, it was suspicious that there were about a hundred in my inbox.

Yeah. They make it look like alerts from CNN or MSNBC. I knew I hadn't subscribed to any....

I've gotten a TON of those in just the past 2 weeks! I delete them all, because, like everyone else, I hadn't subscribed to any.

Timelies all!

My last haircut cost me $18 Canadian. (A friend was cutting hair at a con in Toronto, with the proceeds going to a fund for filkers)

I need a hair cut, too. I liked it when I got it cut 2 months ago, but it quickly turned super boring.

I keep thinking I have a haircut appt this month. Next month. Can't get my brain to retain that information. And it isn't as if I am feeling like I need it cut yet.

I have a haircut scheduled for Saturday! YAYS. I am trying to decide what direction I should go in - the latest styling ethos has been "fuck it, I have a wave in my hair and I'm too tired to blow it out."

This last haircut was just awful, but I don't know that I should be surprised, since I got it walking between the Best Buy and the Linens and Things. But it was summer, and I was hot, so a cut happened.

Note to hairdressers: When making aghast faces behind the client's back, please remember that you are in a room filled with mirrors! I'm standing right here!

So what was supposed to be the funky cut ended up being this weird thing that looked like a mullet when the long front strands went behind my ears. Oh, well.

But I really need it cut again before I'm back in school. I am, contradictorily, thinking about just getting a conservative cut. Which is what I should have done before a summer of talking to conservative people, but I couldn't make myself do it. I dunno. Hair is hard.

I totally need a haircut too. I am thinking about some colour as my hair has been looking awfully dull lately.

My haircuts are $37-40, I think.

I think I promised this to someone months ago, here's the vodka pie dough recipe.
CI's Foolproof Pie Dough

Notes: Vodka only, no substitutes. This dough will be moister and more supple than most standard pie doughs and will require more flour to roll out (up to 1/4 cup).

2.5 cups (12.5 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tsp table salt
2 tbsp sugar
12 tbsp (1.5 sticks) cold unsalted butter cut into 1/4 inch slices
1/2 cup cold vegetable shortening, cut into 4 pieces
1/4 cup cold vodka
1/4 cup cold water

1. Process 1.5 cups of flour, salt and sugar in food processor until combined, about 2 one second pulses. Add butter and shortening and process until homogenous dough just starts to collect in uneven clumps, about 15 seconds (dough will resemble cottage cheese curds and there should be no uncoated flour). Scrape bowl with rubber spatula and redistribute dough evenly around processor blade. Add remaining cup flour and pulse until mixture is evenly disributed around bowl and mass of dough has been broken up, 4-6 quick pulses. Empty mixture into medium bowl.

2. Sprinkle vodka and water over mixture. With rubber spatula, use folding motion to mix, pressing down on dough until dough is slightly tacky and sticks together. Divide dough into two even balls and flatten each into 4-inch disk. Wrap each in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 45 minutes or up to 2 days.