hey curlypeople! I need hair advice.

it's been about a year since I had a hair cut (I know, I know, it's awful). I do occasional end trims, but I'm growing it out and I've been unable to find someone who can really cut curly hair anyway, so it just worked out that way.

I really like my hair now, the length that is, but I need some change. usually I just get bangs (I'm aware of the fivehead, haha) but, honestly, I hate bangs. I think they're a pain to keep up and I think the whole "straight bangs + curly, curly hair" thing looks really silly on me (although plenty of other people pull it off with much fierceness).

( recent hair pictures. )

any ideas for cuts/styles/what-have-you? I'm criminally low-maintenence (/lazy) when it comes to this stuff, so I'm lacking creativity!

thanks in advance!

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Happy with your thrift find, proud of a paint job, want to show off pictures of your new saucy sofa? Inspired by something you saw or just want to leave a show-me-your... request?



You can do so here... have fun!

See it here.

How did I not know about www.oldjewstellingjokes.com ? And if you knew why didn't you tell me? I can't stop watching.

Every time I watch a good one, I call my dad and tell it to him over the phone. He's laughed every single gosh darn time.

hey guys! i'm new. i have pretty long, curly (duh) layered hair with a circular face. anyone have really good hair styles for just an everyday look? i'm desperate for some new ones.

Hey I'm looking for bellydancing classes in Burnaby and I haven't had much luck.... Any leads would be much appreciated!

Anyone know of any good LSAT courses or have had experience (good or bad) with LSAT courses?  I was planning on just studying from books but I'm getting worried about how (in)effective this might be.  I'm taking it in September if that helps.  Sorry if this has already been asked =x couldn't find any tags relating to it.

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The car intended for purchase is no longer available. No details given on the situation, but I suspect it's a problem with the people, not the car. Really doesn't matter; at least they were good enough to email me this morning and apologize for the inconvenience.

So...Mom and I are in town today, we've checked a few things already, and are solidly on the hunt again, though now with much better focus and organization than before. If today doesn't yield any immediate results, we're still off to a better start than last week's car-hunt. Even so, I'd really appreciate any and all positive thoughts, prayers, etc, in this endeavour.


That is my life right now. I'll be spending the evening at home, working on the cooking and cleaning projects I'd intended to be doing right now.

On Saturday, because my friends are very wonderful indeed, I spent an amazing day at the cookery school at le Manoir where, among other things, I made pasta from scratch for the first time ever...

I'll have a lot more to say about it later this week when I have time but for now there are dozens more photos here...

"They were learning to draw," the Dormouse went on,
yawning and rubbing its eyes, for it was getting very sleepy;
"and they drew all manner of things -- everything that begins with an M --"
"Why with an M?" said Alice.
"Why not?" said the March Hare.
Alice was silent.
Who else was there? Share your photos and stories!

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hello all! i am switching rooms with my roommate & am going to need new curtains for my wonderfully large windows. right now my curtains are about the same shade of yellow as my walls & i'm quite tired of them. i want curtains that stand out, since they will be covering almost an entire wall of my new room. i am open to both patterns & solids, as long as they go with my room. thanks in advance, my saucy friends!

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This is a six (well, seven) part blog entry based on a 30 minute interview that I had with Ujjal Dosanjh, MP for Vancouver South, on June 24th, 2009. You can find the various parts here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Full Interview (Part 7).

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Paul Wells published an article at Macleans.ca on Question Period reform (thanks to Adrian Ludwin for posting this article on En Famille). I agree with some of his points, but I totally disagree with the idea of changing the time of Question Period. This suggestion is obviously made by someone who forgets that Eastern Standard Time is not the only time zone in the country.

But beyond the notion of making me get up at 7am to watch QP, how do we reform Question Period, and more importantly, does it need to be reformed at all?

In his book The War Room, Warren Kinsella argues that despite the public complaints about the tone of political discourse, and politicians making "soothing noises about the need to 'do politics differently'", that "political people love duking it out with their adversaries, and people who vote love to watch."

The media certainly rewards those in Question Period who make the biggest scene. I have watched considered, thoughtful questions go ignored in national coverage in favour of showing Jack Layton cursing at the Government.

It was with this discussion in mind that I asked Mr. Dosanjh about his views of Question Period:

BGR: Switching tracks to question period...

UD: Yes <laughter>...

BGR: [Question Period] is the most visible part of Canadian governance, both federally and provincially, and Canadians have varying levels of experience with it; from watching clips on CBC through to people like me who watch [QP] obsessively and twitter about and re-tweet everything you tweet during it...

UD: <laughter>

BGR: But it's also potentially one of the most contentious areas within Canada about our political process because of the way it can degenerate, and I know there is lots of discussion about reforming QP, in fact even on EF right now there is a conversation about how we would want to see QP reformed...

UD: I've not followed that discussion but I am generally aware of how it's viewed.

BGR: But before we get to your views on QP reform, I am really curious about your experience in QP. It seems exciting. Especially when there is a scandal or whatever, how do you feel going into it?

UD: Well in the role of the government, and being a minister, you dread being asked a question but you dread more not being asked a question <laughter>. You want to feel that you have a portfolio that matters to the rest of the world <laughter>.

In opposition, obviously, you don't have that kind of a problem. In opposition the problem is that you want to be able to ask a question and land it, and have an impact. Not necessarily in any admission or confession that might come the government benches, but that it might connect with the larger public and the media. In government you want to make sure that you give as much information that is helpful to you as government, and as little of the information that might be harmful to the government <laughter>.

Question Period is viewed in partisan terms. There is a public interest in both asking and answering the question, but because so much is focused on the performance – whether you have performed well in asking or answering the question, or not so well in either – the actual public interest is left unseen or un-thought about. So much of the commentaries are about he landed or she landed or whether it's the answer of the question. I think that people watch it because they think it's like mud wrestling. It's not, and it shouldn't be, but what happens [in QP happens] because we as human beings like to see [other] human beings go at each other. That's why we watch hockey, and why we watch wrestling or boxing: we're kind of hammering each other much of the time, and it's that hammering that gets the attention, and the public interest gets lost. And I think that's the concern the public has, and when I sit back and rationally think about it, I have the same concern.

How do we remedy that? I don't think we can remedy it, it's just human nature.

 

Part 5 of my Interview with Ujjal Dosanjh will focus on Question Period.

 

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Has anyone used an Ikea expedit book case laid on it's side for anything? We're thinking of using one under our wall mounted flat screen but we can't decide. Any photos of your expedit book cases would be helpful. I'm sure this has been ask before, but I can't find anything searching through old posts using the tags. Thanks!

Here are some portfolio building images taken for model Tanita W.
Enjoy :)



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