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Well, I may not be going for the full head of dreads QUITE yet (someday soon. . .) but Hubert has been remanifested. My token dreadlock is back, but on the right side of my head this time. I realized how much I really missed having it there, and just decided to put another one in. *sigh*. . . .
You know the feeling you had before you were "technically" a longhair? How you felt like you were a longhair the whole time on the inside, and your physical hair was just catching up with what you already were? That's how I'm feeling about locks. . .
If/when I end up getting them done, I won't be much good for giving advice on conditioners/detangling etc. . . .but you guys might be able to find some good use for me here still (if you look really hard :)
Ah well, here's a photo of the new lock. "I shall call him 'squishy', and he shall be mine. And he shall be my squishy" -- Dori from "Finding Nemo"
That "Ball" Guy
P.S. Thanks to all who replied on the board and in e-mails. I have taken all of your advice seriously!
BG,
I have missed Hubert. May Hubert and Squishy have many children and long lives. :-)
Do you need to check if dreadlocks are okay for the renaissance festival work? It is not as if cheesecake on a stick and ice cream sundaes are of the day but sometimes performers have more rules than the concession stands. I am guessing dreads would be anachronistic, but for all I know they might have appeared back then.
Elizabeth
Where have you been? It's been getting nigh boring without you here. Dreadlocks have been around since. . .well, a long time. All hair will knot up and eventually form dreads if it is not combed, so until the comb came along, just about everybody had dreadlocks.
Oh btw, did you see my video that I posted a while back? In case you were wondering where I get my name from. . . .you might enjoy it.
And in keeping with the 2-week rule, I'm not getting dreads YET. Ah well
Good to see you back Elizabeth.
But oh dear, oh dear. I fear I must go all schoolmarmish on you for a moment. I recently took another valued participant to task for the same expression and I shan't skip this one in my favor. Ball Guy, I cringed at the thought of this place being semi-boring. That is not a nice thing to say and I'd vehemently disagree anyway. Lots of lovely new people arrived in the past month and other rare posters popped up, all in all the usual good stuff. Nothing controversial lately but one can't have everything.
Now that you are properly chastened and have promised to be on good behavior or else have to perform remedial puppet theater, on to the fun stuff. Been on the quieter side due to another visit to The Best Guy In The World, my BGITW with long, soft curls and devilishly handsome good looks as seen by my admittedly biased eyes. When with him I tend to keep up with the reading but respond less.
I recall watching your contact juggling videos and meaning to respond upon my return home. I forgot and you caught me. Now that I have regained the opportunity- that was really neat and very magical to see! Thanks for sharing them. I also availed myself of the chance to noodle around your site recently and enjoyed many parts. The inclusion of your girlfriend's full name jumped out at me though. Just as a basic Internet anti-creepy person safety sort of thing I'd recommend giving only the first name.
Finally, the dreadlocks. I am still wondering about the prevalence of dreadlocks in medieval and renaissance times. Not only would combs be available then, fingers would do the job too, especially when washing was considered unsanitary. No doubt hair was pretty greasy on most people back then and that would have perhaps staved off dreads on all but the most textured hair.
If you do get them yourself, two weeks is not long to wait. Sounds like it has been on your mind quite some time anyway. So if Hubert was slain because the upkeep on him was difficult while also caring for the rest of the curls, why didn't you go all dreads back then?
Elizabeth, self-appointed kindergarten teacher to the world
