renatagrieco:

November 14, 2018 – White-rumped Swift or African White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer)

Found in Spain, Portugal, Morocco, and much of central, eastern, and some of western Africa, these swifts migrate only in the north and south areas of their range. They eat a variety of small flying insects, including winged ants. Often reusing the nests of some swallow species and of Little Swifts, they may also build their own nests on rock-faces or buildings. They use their saliva to glue feathers, down, and plant matter together to form their shallow cup nests or to line the reused nests.

Source: renatagrieco

At least I did escape the unisex ‘70s kids’ bowl cut, is all I can say. I got kept in weird ’70s pixie cuts instead.

If not the ’80s curly perms also demonstrated there, a couple of times. Though mine tended more toward closer clipped poodle.

(The main idea there was to make it easier to maintain and stop it from sticking out all over my head as chaotically. Spoiler: That failed on both fronts. Almost glad I don’t have any pics.)

clatterbane:

Seriously though, the main reason I haven’t dyed my hair at all in over a year now is the level of hassle rinsing/ washing it out properly without staining everything has turned into around here. Between the lingering shoulder BS and the (yes continuing) shower thing.

Going to have to figure out some sort of workaround, short of getting a salon to do it, because jfc. I know getting some color in my hair would make me feel more like me.

(Not looking for suggestions, just venting!)

One of the reasons I am kinda wanting to get a lot of it chopped off. Much easier to manage less of it when you’re having shoulder and washing problems. Besides just being past time for a change.

Can’t help but get amused again, looking at some hairstyle references. Sick enough of mine right now that I may have to go ahead and brave a salon after Christmas, y’all. Scary.

Anyway, I was kinda impressed at how basically every haircut I had between like 1986 and 1996 (when I grew it out for a while) would now get filed as “androgynous”. Probably before that too, but I wasn’t picking the styles then. Seeing some similar to ones that I did choose way back when. “Shortish (optional: vaguely punky to varying degrees)” is apparently enough these days.

Reminded of some post that’s kept going around, with people commenting on Tasha Yar’s lesbian do. When it’s really more “fairly conservative late ‘80s teacher”. Not that those things are mutually exclusive, but yeah, a little jarring. Some interesting expectation shifts in the meantime.