If I follow him, will he take me to Roger Rabbit?

Roger Rabbit, be careful!

You don’t want this to happen again!

The new year for me doesn’t represent all these resolutions I’m going to stick to and then fail and then feel bad about myself. It represents a new beginning only as far as my stress level goes. Zennnnnnnnnnn (and I have been doing great!). Ok, it also meant a new hair cut!

I’ve had short hair ever since I moved to California more than 7 years ago (already!!). Finally last year I decided to just let it grow. And so I let it grow and grow and grow until it reached the same length I used to have in high school. It felt so good. I could play with it, I could do all sorts of fun up-does, I could whip it around and feel feminine. But the longer it grew, the more it felt kind of rough at the tips and my hair stylist would always tell me “are you sure you don’t want to pay an extra $30 and get a deep conditioning treatment?”. Yes, I’m sure I don’t want to pay $90 + tip to just get my hair trimmed/reshaped and revitalized for two days. I mean, yesterday I got a deep conditioning treatment at Sally’s beauty supply for $1.79 a packet. That’s what I’ll go for, thank you very much.

But in the end, when hair is damaged, there’s not much to do other than just cut it. And so I did. I went back to my hair stylist (whom I really like by the way, even if I make it sound like I don’t right now), I passed on the conditioning treatment and asked her for a long A-line bob. For the non-initiated, an A-line bob is when it’s shorter in the back and longer in the front. Kind of the reverse of a mullet, right?

Anyways, here’s the result when my hair is wavy. (I have a tendency to straighten it out to go to work. It makes me look more serious… but you know I can’t act too serious!)

I like it. What do you think?

Important note: Look at the hair not the face, these picture was taken an early morning… way before my facial muscles were awake… hence the slightly sleepy look.

Sorry English-speakers, this is a French thang. Awesome stand-up comedian Jamel Debbouze (who played a small role in Amélie) makes fun of, or rather plays with, the fact that a woman srands up during his live show to go to the bathroom. Hi-la-rious… if you understand French that is.

I still can’t figure out if the woman was a paid actress to make that happen or if it was really on the spot. I don’t really care, it still makes me laugh-out-loud!

Found via L’internaute.

The south of France got a wave of snow fall these past couple of weeks and even Marseille got hit (it NEVER snows in Marseille). Does that mean there’s a slight chance for it to snow in San Francisco too?

Photo via l’Internaute (my favorite French online magazine).

When I look back at last year (08), I am absolutely amazed at how much went on. I couldn’t even make a list. Lots of good things and some other no so good things.

I guess without going into too much details, the second half of 2008 was so rich in events that I sort of built up this constant tension. When one thing happens after another, you don’t let yourself relax. Things are much calmer now, yet I have the hardest time to relax. Feeling like I have too much to do, too little time and let it take over my being.

Just lately I’ve been trying to take things with a little perspective. Sort of look at my anxiety from a distance which is sometimes feasible, but sometimes very difficult. I want to calm myself down. That’s my ’09 resolution and also why I’m so happy to let ’08 go. I need to be more attentive to the moment and take things from far away. It may take me all year to accomplish that, or even longer!

The worst part, is that I really love my life! I have everything I need and even more to give away. My brain just keeps me from enjoying it fully by adding soundtracks constantly. Quite useless soundtracks might I add. Shut up brain, give me a break!

And so I’ve decided to lessen my commitments (not that I have many, but the little I do are too much). This way I can start all over again or at least look at things in a different perspective. I want to do things (like blogging) because I want to, rather than because I feel I have to and think it’s been too long since the last post. Dance? No more ties to that either. Only classes on a drop-in basis when I feel like it. Work? Yeah ok, that’s the one commitment I have to keep. Wait, no the other commitment, which doesn’t take any work at all, that I’m definitely keeping, is Justin. The man is such a gem. I am amazed everyday by his heart generosity, understanding, support and the fact that he can take all the very numerous hugs I give him every day.

Man this turn out to be a tear breaker post! But look at it… it’s really positive! I’m making change. Oh and I got a haircut! That’s a different kind of change, but sometimes the outside helps reach the inside.