DISCLAIMER: I swear I’m not fishing for compliments!
Ever since I started my grad program my looks have been going down hill. Most of you know that I am a VERY attractive lady (um..), but something about the long hours of studying and thinking about kids has made me “let myself go,” as some would say. Today, for instance. I woke up at 6am to get to my internship at 7:30 (yes, they’ve made it even earlier). It is a miracle that I even got my body in the shower. My hair did not get washed (or even wet). I noticed that when I dried off I still smelled sort of bad. And since yesterday I went sweatshirt/jeans and bobby pins instead of actually making my bangs and curls look nice, today I was doubly-grody. And it was humid, so my already-nasty hair was frizz-town circa 7th grade. My skin feels oily, and I have giant circles under my eyes. I could pass for one of the zombies in the movie AJ and I saw last weekend! Maybe I’m just making the inevitible slow shift into teacher-style. By the time I finish my Master’s I’ll have stringy and/or bubble hair and be wearing denim jumpers and sweaters with jack-o-lanterns stitched onto them. Sigh. Someone might as well send me a wooden “you make a difference!” apple brooch right now.
Have I mentioned that I carpool with an A-1 trash talker? Man, I love that girl. She’s in a different cohort so I don’t really know who she is talking about, but it is sooo satisfying to listen to her bitch. And she totally digs my catty observations about the monotone multiculturalist in my cohort. Feels so good to vent on the Hillsdale highway at 7am!
Tonight (if I’m good and finish all my homework) I go on date five on day seven. AJ is so cute- being really respectful of my time and study obligations. We’re going to see Nudge play at Holocene. I hope my eyes will still be open by the time the band starts!
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when i taught english in munich for a year in 2001-2 i reckoned i turned into an ugly old hag. its something to do with responsibility, and not being able to get out of it, and those systematic hours- especially if, like me, you are not a systematic person and are forced to be at school at 8 planning lessons for 9. In fact, when i worked at a big art college in london starting last october my personal care went right out the window, as like you, i had to be up and out the house by 8 (bit later than u) as it took an hour to get to work (ask anyone in london- it takes an hour to get anywhere on the tube). I never had breakfast until i got to work! the old bints i worked with hated me arriving at 8.58am and sitting there eating muesli from a coffee cup and slurping tea all morning in a desperate attempt to rouse myself.
But you know- right now I’m hardly a walking beauty queen either. Too much time at home writing, and not enough time shopping or having fun or meeting friends- it makes u lazy. And I’m growing my hair from its permanent crazy fluff to something more ffrench. Last week i wore the same capoeira vest and sloppy pants for 4 days. But then I was depressed from my most recent job rejection (4 in as many weeks).
I’m so glad someone is joining me in bringing the zombie look in style! I’ve been rocking it for a couple of months now, and I think I’ve got it down pat.
Not to worry, love. You are lovely all-ways and though JCB was wrong about many things, he was right when he said you were a hottie!