My New Do

My coworker always has the cutest haircuts so I finally asked her for her hairdressers info. So yesterday, after an incredibly fun day of vodka tasting with the girls, I managed to drag my tipsy ass over to Zip Zap Salon to see Jeni (yes, that's the correct spelling - she wanted to rebel against the conventional spelling of the name). As I toppled into the hairdressers chair, I handed Jeni my print out of one of the Olson twins whose hairstyle I want to steal and sat back as she went to work.

It always intrigues me the way hairdressers cut hair. If I didn't know better, I would think they were just cutting and chopping away in any random place. How all those snips end up coming together to make a hairstyle, I'll never know but Jeni had some great hair clipping skills. She not only gave me the bangs that I wanted (which no other hairdresser has managed to do) but she cut my hair to emphasize its natural wave - again, something no other hairdresser has done before. Generally, my hairdressers focus on the straightness of my hair and cut accordingly. While the haircut Jeni gave me is completely different than anything I've had before, I absolutely love it.

Without further ado, I present to you, my new do...

House Hunting

With the market in the shitter, interest rates at an all time low, and the government giving first time buyer rebates, what better time to buy a house, right? Right. This is why a few months ago I set out on my journey to find myself a home.

Not as easy as anticipated...

See, I'm not ready to leave the city. And, without a second income, I have a limited pre-approval amount. So everything in the city within my price range is TEENY!! And while I understand that it's my first home so it won't be perfect, if I'm going to get myself into a ton of debt, I had better LOVE this place.

So now it's September and I've looked at a good handful of places and have come to these conclusions (after many discussions with my mom and roommate):

1. Once again, I need to LOVE the place if I'm going to take out such a major loan.
2. 500 square feet is not worth $400k
3. If I want more for my money I need to move out of the city
4. Buying property in SF would put me in a very financially limited situation - resulting in a drastic decrease in my social life
5. I'm constantly on the hunt for something new in my life so making a purchase like this would severely restrict my options and lock me down to the city. And while I LOVE San Francisco - there are so many amazing places out there I have yet to go.
6. I am in love with a boy who lives in Wales and who can't move here anytime soon (it's complicated), so if this is going to work - I might be leaving SF relatively soon.

Ultimately, all these factors have influenced me to put my house search on hold indefinitely.

London - here I come!

Jeanie, Jason, and Travis

I started watching So You Think You Can Dance a few years ago and while he did not win, Travis Wall was my favorite of the Top 10 that season. I always get excited when I see him make appearances on the other seasons of SYTYCD. This season, he didn't just make a cameo but he actually choreographed and had his first dance performed on stage by some of the competitors and it was AMAZING. It just might be one of my favorite SYTYCD performances yet (that and Bleeding Heart and the table top one...)

***I had a video clip here but it got deleted by "user" and I can't find another one on youtube - so sad.***

Alexis Michelle

Meet Alexis - she is a really good friend of my friend Maga. Her videos are pretty fantastic.

Roller Babies

Thanks to the roomie, I've come across this amazingly hilariously cute video. Thought I should share...

Sparkler Safety

Happy Fourth of July everyone!! Be safe.

BREAKING NEWS!!