associated in random thought

oh what a world.

i apologize for my lack of words this week. to those who have checked back more than once, i realize that you have been subjected to staring at my big bald head. again, i apologize.

my head is fuzzy now, one week into its naked state. you just don't realize how fast it grows until you can almost literally see it happen. my fun with the clippers has turned into a science experiment!

meanwhile, being a baldy girl has become a bit of a sociology experiment. you would think that, living in austin, whose slogan is "keep austin weird", that i would walk through the streets unnoticed. yeah, i thought that as well. until i went out on saturday night to a neighborhood bar, where i was the recipient of various stares. as i stood at the bar waiting to order, a drunk man with a ponytail asked me loudly: so what made you shave off all your hair? you prolly look way better with it. i simply replied, what made you grow yours so long? i thought men were supposed to have short hair.

end of conversation.

i began work at starbucks on sunday. other than a quick education in the disgusting green tea frappuccinos, it felt like i had only been away for a few days. i'm still quick. and i make the best foam this side of the mississippi (as well as the other side).

i told jude the other day that one of the reasons i cut off my hair was because i really do not want a desk job, and a shaved head would probably seal my fate away from the admin world. however, i got a call on monday about a job i'd applied for several weeks ago. a job at apple. i went in for an interview and tests. i got the job. ha!

so. starting tuesday, i'll begin a two-week assignment doing various admin things from behind a desk at apple. afterwards, there is a very good chance that i'll begin a one-year contract with them. for the timebeing, i'll be moonlighting at starbucks as well.

expect exhausted blog posts for awhile.

because of the precarious work situation, i have deferred entrance into the masters program until spring. i'll burn myself out if i try to start it now.

i really don't have much else to report from austin. my days have been filled with the images of katrina, and anger at our government's ineptitude and ridiculously poor budget management. obviously, this administration never consulted with dave ramsey before allotting a bazillion dollars for iraq, while plugging their ears to the hurricane experts begging for more money to prevent what has happened to new orleans.

i took my friend ginger to the bus station the other day. she was on her way to waxahatchie, where her parents live. it has become a refugee camp for her louisiana family, whose towns were wiped off the map.

i sincerely hope that your families are all ok out there.

signing off for now.

Posted by bananie at September 2, 2005 2:36 PM | TrackBack