Fic and Hair Wittering

[hobgoblinn]

Because composing a live journal entry is a perfectly valid form of procrastination, and creating polls is even more so, I am doing both while taking a break from writing my Epic. Under the cuts, to spare the f-list.

Poll the First: Posting more "In Loco Parentis"

I've got some of the next part of "In Loco" corrected based on beta comments. But neither of my lovely betas (hi, research_girl and sahiya) has made it all the way through this much longer section. And because both are wonderfully talented people with Real Lives, they are doing exciting things in exciting places far from home this week. So first I have to decide:
[Poll #1162620]

Poll the Second: hobgoblinn's hair

I wore my hair short as a kid. I didn't start growing it out until college, and it's gotten long several times in the intervening years. I cut it all off when I kicked out my ex (in a pointless but satisfying gesture) and kept it shoulder length for a long while after it grew back out. It's currently about 3/4 of the way down my back, kinda a dark mousy brown with a disturbing number of mousy grey strands starting to make an appearance. I blame Wee Hob for that.

It would be great if I knew how to do anything interesting with my hair, like braid it, or put it up. But I don't, and I haven't the coordination to learn. I usually pull it back in a pony tail, and often wear a ball cap over it as well, when I can't bring myself to take the extra five minutes out of my sleep in the morning for a shower.

In any event, I'm thinking of cutting it radically. But I need others to blame for my bad decisions, which is where you come in:

[Poll #1162621]

Comments

[fuzzyboo03.livejournal.com]

As for the fic, I voted for posting the short beta'd bit, in part because the poll itself had a goof in it, and because that way you get to post something while still waiting for the betas.

As for the second - I don't know how short you are thinking about, but one of the things that drives me nuts about very short hair is that it is even less tolerant of missing a shower in the morning. So I keep my hair longer (just below my shoulders) while I'm recovering from surgery because I just can't shower daily.

[hobgoblinn.livejournal.com]

Ah, yeah. I think I see the error. One of many, possibly. And I can't edit it, that I know of. Though in my defense, I didn't take as much care with this post as my story. Certainly haven't read it as many times.

And the hair washing didn't matter until I started having to get boy up and take him to school, because I would shower every morning, usually between the first knock on his door and the second. It only takes me about 20 minutes to get up, showered and dressed. It takes Wee Hob Days. But when I could leave whether he was ready or not, and he had to take the consequences of his slowness, he oddly enough was able to move much faster than when he knew I was waiting on him and it was pissing me off to do so. Little power game there.

But he comes off restriction after Spring Break, at which time I can go back to my own schedule again. So it may matter less, then. And Shorter hair dries a Lot Faster (the other reason I had started letting it fall by the wayside this winter.)

Thanks for weighing in, on both subjects.