Hump Day

[lunabee34]

1. I got a card from oracne! I love getting mail. :)

2. We are about halfway done with the last season of Avatar and still loving it.

So far, the only thing I haven't cared for on this rewatch is Toph and Katara arguing. Their arguing makes sense, but I don't like that the girls in the group are the ones doing the petty squabbling.

I had forgotten that it takes until almost the end for Zuko to team up with the Aang Gang. I absolutely adore that the show takes a brief detour into "Dawson's Creek" in that beach resort episode. LOL It was a nice way to humanize the Fire Nation Kids, even Azula (although it doesn't redeem her for me). I love the revelation that the Avatar is Zuko's maternal great grandparent; that's just lovely all the way down (and also makes the episode where he turns into a Victorian maiden with the vapors because of his "internal struggle" make a little more sense retrospectively; it's his magic avatar DNA or something LOL).

I just love Iroh more and more. From within a jail cell where he Sarah Connors it up on the sly, he is still reaching out to his son Zuko in the hopes that he can show him a better path.

I've been thinking about what some people have said about liking and not liking various ships for the show. To be clear, I am totally live and let live for shipping. Give me a good story, and I'll happily read about any ship. I neither OTP nor NOTP. I was thinking about what someone said about not liking Aang/Katara because she behaves motherly towards him (I think it was musesfool, maybe?), which is a totally valid interpretation! But I realized in one of the last episodes we watched (the one where she and Toph fight because of the pranks) that her being in a maternal role doesn't bother me as far as shipping. I am also an extremely bossy person who could be accused of mothering the people in her life, including her husband, which is probably why that doesn't preclude shipping for me. I am fighting the good fight against my inner bossy bessy, but it is a daily struggle, my friends. I keep hoping the lyrics of that song ("I'm a bitch. I'm a Boss. I'm a bitch, I'm a Boss, and I shine like gloss") will redeem me. I'm not bossy! I'm the Boss! LOL

3. Emma got fed up, and I buzzed her hair for her. It looks cute. Very KStew.

4. I've got a hair appt scheduled for the end of July. My mom has made us all a couple of masks apiece that will be great for when we go back to work, but I don't want to mess any of them up with hair dye. Anybody have any suggestions for something I might be able to rig together just for going to the salon?

5. Fiona's birthday is today. I have a 7 year old. *boggles*

Comments

[lunabee34]

Thank you! We have devoured that cake. LOL

You should do a streak. It's super easy and looks very cool.

I'm leery about it, too, but if they're going to make us go back to work on campus in August, I don't feel like getting my hair done the week before is anymore risky. *sigh*

[spikedluv]

I'm sure you're right, especially if you're both wearing masks. I guess I just don't feel the need to go right now (thank goodness for long hair I can just put up in a scrunchie), which makes me err on the side of being more cautious than necessary. Like, no to restaurants even though I miss going out to eat. But yes to a pedicure, so maybe it's just that you have to choose the one thing that you're so desperate about it'll get you out of the house to do something about it. o_O

[lunabee34]

*nods nods*

I actually don't think I'd even go if my hair wasn't essentially a mullet. LOL Because it's a pixie growing out, the back is a good 2-3 inches longer than the sides, and it looks alright now that the sides are chin-length but not great.