The Daily Rave

[iris lilies]

I doubt Baltimore is any more violent than St. louis.

I would vacation in both places. But the fact that this young couple is not streets-mart is the main problematic factor.

[Klunick]

Klunick, as a parent - I TOTALLY understand what you are saying.

That said, I do have some issues with the various "age restrictions" on some of the things within our society. For example, as 20 years olds, both of them could enlisted into the military - WITHOUT parental permission! and learn and carry weapons and die for their country! Yet they can't get a hotel room because they are under 21.

Again, I totally understand where you are coming from. Hopefully, they will find somewhere else to go for a visit.

I agree with the age thing. A lot of 18 year olds are out on their own.

[Klunick]

I doubt Baltimore is any more violent than St. louis.

I would vacation in both places. But the fact that this young couple is not streets-mart is the main problematic factor.

I doubt it's more violent than St Louis but it's 1000 times more violent than where we live and that's the concern. They have no concept of what a big city is like and how you should act when in one.

[happystuff]

My rave is for holding onto old technology - lol. By way of explanation - my laptop is not working. Have been trying to do stuff on my tablet - which has been okay, for the most part. Yesterday I remembered and pulled out this old netbook. Running on Windows 7, but the key here is "RUNNING"! LOL. Dropping laptop off to bil to look at.

[happystuff]

Rave once again to family - this time to a bil in particular. I am back on my laptop!!! New hard drive and lost everything, but that's okay. Kind of fun starting from scratch.

[Tradd]

Happy, that’s great.

[iris lilies]

This morning the mobile unit of our veterinarian is coming to our house for my brown cat’s annual exam.

Brown cat gets carsick and poops/vomits (usually both) in the 7 minutes car ride to the vet’s office. This is a marvelous thing for him, that his Dr. makes house calls.

[early morning]

That is wonderful, I wish more vets did that.

[SiouzQ.]

I got all my crazy curly hair cut off today and it feels AMAZING! I haven't had hair this short since 2010-ish? I've always gone from one extreme to the other. When I grew out my hair from the 2010 cut I got the dreads put in around 2014 and then never cut my hair until the spring of the pandemic in 2020 when they were butt-length. They were so hot, scratchy and heavy I got my spouse to cut them to mid-back level. Then a few years later I got a shaved undercut but still had most of the dreads. Then just about two years ago I sat for a solid week combing out the dreads, about 5-7 per day until I was done. After that I just wore my hair long and curly for the past few years, only getting it cut and shaped about every 10 months.

I've been thinking about doing this for a while but just wasn't ready to do it until now. I like to say it's a combination of just being bored with the long, grey, somewhat scraggly curls, all my surgeries, and the election. It felt "time to turn the page" as Kamala said incessantly. I have to say having my face so much more exposed actually makes me look a lot younger, even though I haven't (and won't) change my hair color. A lot of the bleached out-looking, greyish silver got cut off and now my hair looks much more of the brown-ish red of my younger days but with silver highlights.

[pinkytoe]

Funny but I have been thinking about cutting my hair too. Just for the change.