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I've had my hair cut, and I like it! It's quite a bit shorter, rather like a 30s shingled bob: all thick and glossy looking. :-) I took it in to get a third set of passport photos. [rolls eyes] The place I went to for the others didn't know that people have to put their hair behind their ears to show them. WTH? Why would they want to see my ears? Anyway, this set is the best of the lot; I don't actually look like a wanted killer. It's lucky I wasn't in a hurry for that passport.

I haven't posted much lately, but I am doing picowrimo again this month, which is a great way to get me writing. I decided on part 4 (of 5) of my Lynx series, and this one's all about mutoids, which canon didn't tell us enough about. I'm deciding on my own fanon as I go.

What else? Oh yes, my sister of wetter water fame, continues to pursue ways of being as loose a cannon as she can. She has been through astrology, vibrations, special plant sugars "scientists" got in a vision, the wetter water (which I think had something to do with the sugars, but I may be wrong) and now it's eclipses. [flails] She's now part of a sort of Jewish fundie group that follow some weirdo online who claims that eclipses always fall on Jewish holidays and can predict major events. I don't want to know. Hasn't she known me long enough by now to realise I don't want to know about her latest craze? I was considering going to see her when Greg's away in December, but that last phone call has convinced me to stay well away.

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My life long friend Sarah married an american, and has a green card. In the official photos, her photo was side on, showing her ear. When I commented on this, she said that they had to do it that way, as the ear never changes.
I hate the way we have to go to such lengths with official photos these days. No glasses, hair back, no smiles etc. How grim they look in comparison with the old passports I have, my own, my first husband and my grandmother. Black and white, smiles - all far more human.

We're not allowed to smile either. They all look like mug shots these days. But my ears don't really show, so I don't see the point. :-P

Why would they want to see my ears?

I think facial recognition software pays attention to ear shapes or something.

some weirdo online who claims that eclipses always fall on Jewish holidays and can predict major events

Wow. That's a special kind of crazy.

Given that I don't have Prince Charles ears, you can't see much of them at all in the photo. [shrug]

Wow. That's a special kind of crazy.

I don't know what's with my sister that she seems to seek this weird stuff out. We had fairly sensible parents. Perhaps every family has a nutter; one of Greg's sisters is into numerology and crystals, and really, rally holds a grudge. She's still not talking to Greg or any other sibling who met their father last year.

Ha, perfect icon there!

Perhaps every family has a nutter;

*nods* Absolutely! In my family it's my sister. She's not into numerology etc., but she does have some interesting quirks. Such as referring to her Dachshund, Greta, as her third child. Greta is treated like a little girl she even has her own place setting at the table. And for the love of all that is holy, don't let Sissy catch anyone in the family referring to her as a DOG. She's a little girl with a fur coat. *boggles*

I don't blame you for changing your mind about visiting your sister either.

Wow. Does she dress Greta up too? :-P I had a friend who used to talk deadpan about her cat Tiddles (which name I'm sure was part of the joke) as if she was a child, saying she had her down for a place in a private school when she turned five etc. It was so funny.

Jenni would spend the whole time trying to make me part of her crazy world. Greg says she's like a steamroller; she just keeps on talking and never listens to my objections. She's phoning me on Monday which worries me. She likes texting and I hate it, but I may see if I can do the convo by text as that would at least limit it. She's sure to demand that I listen to this nutter online and I refuse to. Bloody hell, I've always refused to go along with her weird ideas, but she never seems to pick up on this. I was so glad to hear she was getting into the festivals and back to her her roots--or so I thought--but I spoke too soon. There has to be something skewed with everything she does. :-(

Another great icon!

Oh yes she does indeed dress Greta up. The yellow rain slicker with matching rubber boots is a scream. Sissy and her husband are avid college football fans. Greta has her own team hoodie AND a cheerleader outfit. I'm so glad I'm a cat person. lol

Wow! *boggles* A steamroller huh? Texting would be the best way to go if she will go for it. Sounds like she's very passionate about her likes, so much so she can't fathom that not everyone would be into whatever trend is tickling her fancy. That can't make interacting with her very enjoyable at all for you and that's a shame. (Also, a bit selfish on her part, if you don't mind me saying.)

O... M... G. Somehow I thought she'd be a dresser. Well, as long as the dog doesn't mind, I suppose. :-)

You're right, she is selfish. She doesn't think about others at all in these ways, though in others she can be very generous--and also very boastful about how generous she is. Sigh. We've never got on that well; we're just too different. I'm quiet, but I've never been swayed by others; I make up (and sometimes change) my own mind.

I don't think the dog knows that's not the norm. lol Greta thinks she's human. hehe

I totally understand that. My surviving siblings are both a great deal older than me and it makes it very hard to relate to them. We have very little in common. Good for you for having a mind of your own. One of the reasons I like you so much. :D

I would say it's the every family has a nutter scenario, Cousin A is ours. She won't buy anything made in China because she fell asleep in front of the TV and heard a documentary about China and woke up with the firm belief that the Chinese eat babies and exposed dogs as puppies. They do make life interseting, in the Chinese curse way, don't they.

Oh dear. She sounds a bit like Jenni who gets weird bees in her bonnet like that. It's the sort of interesting that makes me not want to have anything to do with her though. :-(

Maybe you should send your sister the link to the Crazy Rainbow Lady I featured last year. There's a tag by that title on my journal page. Sounds like your sister might take her seriously.

She probably would. Sigh. I wouldn't dare mention it to her.

I think that ours used to have some rule about one or both ears showing, as well, though it doesn't seem to be mentioned in the current rules. I'm glad you've managed to get a decent photo, anyway. You're going to have to live with it for the next few years; it might as well make you look human.

Also, hurrah for a nice hair cut! I'm going to get mine done today, too.

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I don't know what they can tell from what they can see of my ears. I just hope this lit is acceptable.

I'm pleased with this one: not a radical change, but a lot easier to look after and not as inclined to blind me in high winds.

YAY! You are writing Lynx! I reread that at the weekend and Vila becoming more than just sad, drunk and complaining was a joy to behold. YES! *glee*

Now I'm wondering out of me and my sister, which one of us will end up being the crazier one.

Yep! I'll have to change a word here and there in the previous instalments (just because I'm a perfectionist) to match some of the details in this one.

You'd think I would have been the nutter with my obsessions and role-playing and fannishness (though I didn't realise that's what it was) as a teenager while she was a party girl who cared more about clothes and makeup and boys than anything else. Maybe she fell on her head at some point. :-P

aha, speaking of which younger sister has just got a hoodie with Mal on it and 'I aim to misbehave' waaaah! I want one!

Cool! Maybe you can get a tropical print one with dinosaurs.

Well, I have a car with the numberplate LIBR8R, two teleport bracelets (one of which I knitted (http://vilakins.livejournal.com/425653.html), one from the guy who used to make them, but far too big for me) and heaps of other geekiness like figures, B7 pipecleaner people (http://vilakins.livejournal.com/197459.html), daleks, a stuffed cybermat (http://vilakins.livejournal.com/206107.html) etc. Oh and two Jayne hats knitted by a friend, two DW scarves by me (see here (http://vilakins.livejournal.com/433505.html)), and that sonic screwdriver Jasmin played with.

But can we see photos? I'm sure we'll appreciate them more than the passport office.

Not the passport ones with all my hair behind my ears! I might take one later when I'm a bit less tousled. :-)

Applause for picowrimo and ongoing Lynx!

I remember a long-ago book (I think it was a Len Deighton) where the protagonist is getting a phony passport and thinks about ears as "unappetizing gristly bits" that nobody tries to disguise and therefore are important in identification.

They're probably like fingerprints! However you'd need a side-on photo to see mine properly, so they won't be much help in identification.

Yay to you new haircut! Ahhh, thick and glossy hair is a treasure!!!:-)

I'm pleased with this. I liked it longer (just below the chin in front) but it was a nuisance swinging in front of my face.

You have lovely thick hair!

The new haircut sounds nice. :) Am puzzled by the 'show us your ears' rule but hey, who said beauracracy had to make sense... :-p

It might make more sense if we had to have a front and side pic; you can't really see much of my ears from the front. Maybe placement matters too, I dunno. I wonder if we have to display our ears at immigration now. :-P

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