Vanity

I got a haircut a couple of days ago and feel great. I love having short hair. I went to Dentes as usual and got the old guy this time. They all do a good job but the old guy really likes to dig in with the thinning shears and ends up yanking out hair by the root with every snip. It hurts enough for me to bear it by clenching my jaw the whole time, and then whining about it in my LJ later. But, whatever - I look good.

And now that it's fall, and there are TV shoots a few weeks away, it's time to think about getting some new clothes, and fixing existing stuff. I have some nice shirts with missing buttons that I've been putting off taking to someone because meh. Maybe I think that I should fix them myself, but I never will, so.

More interestingly, it's been years since I've had a nice casual sportcoat that actually fits me, and I've really got to do something about this before shooting the next host segment. I'd love to find a clone of the dark green corduroy coat I wore until it wore out, but even online that's proving hard to find. There's this, I suppose, which is inexpensive and comes in green, though a lighter green than I'd like. I balk at the "jacket with a 'jeans' attitude" tagline, but I'd probably balk at any kind of clothes-selling copy. I don't let myself get exposed to very much of it. Grrr, hate shopping.

I need new glasses too, but that's right out until I have actual money.

Happy Patriot Day!! ;D

Mostly what I remember is posting on a local friend's mailing list about how I was rather looking forward to seeing our special ops troops in action in the mountains of Afghanistan, describing them as terrifying cyborg commandos who would show the bad guys real fear and get the job done. I certainly didn't feel that, a few months into the operation, they'd get their resources yanked and rerouted.

Another of my friends, at the time, blogged that it reminded him of the climax of Watchmen, and I knew what he meant and I kind of hoped so too, that this would be a catalyst to a new sort of international unity. For a while it really felt like it could happen.

Volity progre$$

The Perl-side revenue code compiles, and all the databases are in place. Hurrah.

Now comes some truly hardcore testing. It will take a couple of weeks. In fact if I can get things working well enough that I can actually install them somewhere other than my office G5 within the next five days it will be a major win. Cross your fingers.