Quick catch-ups

[blamebrampton]

Why I chose an elegant wee doggy rather than a headless chicken for my icon is a mystery for the ages ...

For those who asked, here is the striped hair: 

The colour is a bit washed out due to flash use, but I failed in my mission to take a photo in daylight hours today. And I can't believe there's no cat on that tower! The flowery hair clips are trotted out for vision purposes on days when the floppy hair is positively Borisian, and the angle is what happens when a short person sticks their own arm out and up behind to take a shot ;-)

In fandom news, there is an hysterically fun party over at rickey_a 's journal where everyone who wants to is handing out Golden Penes. It's the Uplifting Fandom Award of our time, and I am over there in a minute to hand out a few myself, and send kisses for ones received. That woman is a GENIUS!

In city life news: on our walk back form Newtown tonight, we came across a T-shirt and pair of shorts, then a reflective vest and tie. 'Probably someone raiding the charity clothes bin,' said Mr Brammers.

'Or someone getting changed and left it on the roof of their car as they drove out of the pub carpark,' I suggested.

We walked another 20 metres and there was a small pile of women's clothing on the footpath. 'Performance art?' I proffered.

'Absinthe at the pub, they all went mad, stripped off and ran through Erko,' he countered. 'It's happened before ...'

By then we had come across yet another pile of clothes. 'It was the Rapture!' I declared. 'All the evangelicals have been called home to the Lord!'

He looked back up the street. 'Three ... yeah, that'd be right for around here.'

And, in cheery news, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to sunachan  for today!

And a very very happy if slightly late HAPPY BIRTHDAY to goddessriss , southernbets  and pinkpantyplldwn  for yesterday. The three of you are such gorgeous souls, I hope you had wonderful days.

In a similar vein, I hope that the marvellous droolfangrrl , deannawol , maevemist  and autumn_veela  had wonderful days recently, and that the rest of your friends are FAR less crap than I am.

Finally, if you have a chance to watch the Australian ABC young adult balletcentric series Dance Academy, take it! Like me, you will at first be impressed by the superior scripts and acting, as well as rather fine dancing from the young cast. And then the kids will go off for a lesson with Patrick, and the dancer playing Patrick will do something to demonstrate a move to the young folk, after which you will find yourself shouting impatiently at the screen: 'SURELY those children need to be in a pas de deux or boy's technique class now!'

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

OFMG, it wasn;t you, was it??!!!!

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/female-fraud-cons-hairdresser-20100618-yldw.html

Charlotte :)


Female fraud cons hairdresser MEGAN LEVY
June 18, 2010 - 5:47PM

A female fraud tricked a hairdresser into giving her a three-hour hair colour before skipping from the salon yesterday, leaving photocopied bank notes in her wake.

But Dandenong salon owner Rena Mirra believes the conwoman will be easy to track down - she has a new vibrant red hairdo that will make her stand out from the crowd.

The woman, who is in her mid-30s, walked into Charisse CHD Hair yesterday morning "with six-inch regrowth" and asked if she could be squeezed into the schedule, Mrs Mirra said.

The woman opted for a distinctive style for her long locks, which had faded to a strawberry blonde.

She had three colours applied to her hair, including foils that were an "exceptionally vibrant red" and arranged in stripes all over her head.

"I may not recognise her face in a hurry but the hairstyle is like walking around with a mohawk, it would be really easy to identify," Mrs Mirra said.

Mrs Mirra said she had consulted with the woman on the price beforehand, and the woman had opted for the more expensive $200 colour.

But midway through the colour Mrs Mirra began to suspect something was awry.

"She nodded off a few times between her service and it sort of did raise my awareness," she said.

"I asked her if she was on any medication that I needed to know about. She just said when she sat still for long periods of time, she just got tired because she was a very active person."

When the colour was rinsed off, the woman became agitated and said she needed to check on her dog, which she had left in the car.

She left her gloves on the chair and her handbag on the floor before walking out in her robe.

"She walked out the front of the salon and hopped in her vehicle and she nearly caused an accident, she drove off quite wildly," Mrs Mirra.

When she did not return Mrs Mirra called police, who later opened the handbag in a bid to determine the woman's identity.

"There was an empty packet of cigarettes in her handbag, there was a wallet which contained another previous hairdressing card, and a whole lot of photocopied money. When it was opened in front of me it was full of 20s and 10s. Really bizarre," she said.

Mrs Mirra said she was speaking out so that other hairdressers would not be duped like she had.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHA! And no, of course not, I would never run out without paying and I cannot drive :-P

(It's almost worth the $200 for the story that hairdresser has to tell ...)