"great" meaning large or immense we use it in the pejorative sense

[bossymarmalade]

Got some fairly hefty feedbacking done over the weekend, which makes me feel productive and thankful and good. Have reached memorie'd posts from the end of July, so that means I only have August to work through. Whoo-hoo!

Incidentally, I will be very glad when the current trend of wearing fashion tracksuits (ie, tracksuits that will never be used on a track EVER) is dead and buried. Because despite their seeming willingness to show me, I don't really want to know which of the tracksuited little babygirls wandering around this place are wearing thongs. It's just wasted on me.

I did, however, see one girl who had white and purple extensions in her hair, and that filled me with extreme lust for them. I'm seriously starting to consider extensions, yo.

Am eating challah with sweet butter and slices of fried ripe plantain. Plenty of coffee, and the most gorgeous view of the harbour and North Vancouver, all green green mountain and cloudscape. Justin's doing that really high "I'm like a herrrricayne" part of this song that I inexplicably love. Life is good.

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[stargems.livejournal.com]

I had a falafel for lunch, but I still feel rather oridinary in comparison. Plus, I have a craving for tostones (fried unripe platains) with lots of salt and olive oil and garlic.

And since this has turned into story hour, in the 8th grade, I wanted to Janet Jackson/Poetic Justice so I got longass braids. Ten hours of braiding and three weeks later, I inadvertedly washed them and they slipped right out. I learned my lesson, but somedays I still want braids.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

mmmmmm, falafel is good! And tostones sound wonderful. I have had fried plantain chips, but not with garlic and that would be delicious.

Oh, dude! You're not supposed to wash them? I have no idea what getting extensions entails, really -- they just seem like cool things to have. I'm so lame. *g*

[stargems.livejournal.com]

LOL.

Everyone told me not to wash them, but hello, my scalp was itching. I HAD to! There's actually a whole process involved. The most common involves a stocking cap (panyhose will do, lol) and shampoo/conditioning individual sections. The whole point is to cleanse the scalp but not necessarily the braid/extension. Water will loosen the braid (nevermind what it does to hair for those who don't have the patience for braiding) and cause the hair/braid/track/weave/extension to either fall out or come undone or tangle.

Now, I think there's more flexibility involed in washing human hair as opposed to synthetic hair, but I think it's still very delicate and tedious. There's no wonder why there's so many sprays and creams and oils on the market. It's insane! (I can see why Britney has the hair budget she does...I'm thinking someone has to put in fresh weave every two days or so!)

So yes. I am spamming your journal for no apparent reason. I think that makes us both lame!

[northern]

What's challah? What's plantain?

<--is curious

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

Challah is a Jewish egg bread, that's slightly sweet and the particular one I have is soft and fragrant and braided and has toasted sesame seeds on top.

Plantains are like big, slightly mealy bananas, except not as sweet. They have to be cooked before you eat them; my mom slices them in half and then lengthwise so they're in strips, and then panfries them in a little oil and some salt. Since they're bananas, the sugar in them caramelizes a bit and makes them sweeter. If you get good ones, they're absolutely delicious, all tropical and sunny-tasting. *g*

[northern]

Ah! I've had challah, then, I think. My grandmother makes it for special occasions. :)

Plantains sound... interesting. I've learned to like regular bananas in food, on pizza and stuff. I wonder how plantain would taste in an oven chicken dish. Hmm.

[afterthefair.livejournal.com]

1) If your hair is relatively straight, there can be problems with braided extensions slipping off. And washing your hair causes some of those problems. But, you can use either a scalp cleanser or plain old Sea Breeze astringent to clean your hair and scalp without water and shampoo. And the stocking cap thing works.

2) I totally agree on the tracksuit not actually used for physical activity thing.

3) I can never cook plaintains well. This is a great disappointment to me, since I once volunteered at a benefit and one of the restaurants providing food brought plaintain chips with pumpkin-lime dip, and the owner gave me a recipe for it. It was almost the best thing ever, second only to their ceviche.

[cathybites.livejournal.com]

Quickly skimming over this post has given me the mental image of Justin in a light purple tracksuit flashing his thong at you.

[xoverau.livejournal.com]

I had an extensiony thing put in once and it stayed in through like six months of washing, but that's because my hair is like Justin's. :)