Beets & Bangs

It's time to fess up...

I did something rash, and outrageous...involving scissors...

JANUARY FOOLS!

The real issue around here is that I never know what time it is!

But back to when I faked you out into thinking I had bangs - are those some killer look-alikes or what?!

 

It's actually just the ends of my hair (which are about 500 shades lighter than my current follicle hue so everyone thought I had cut AND bleached it!) with a headband and bun to complete the disguise.

 

I quite like it actually!  This means you can have bangs one day and none the next - no hassle!

 

For those of you at home wanting to try this for yourselves, the instructions are quite simple:

1.) gather hair into a nice top-of-your-head-bun, wrapping it around the center, making sure to leave out some of the ends for the "bangs"

2.) Sweep the ends of your hair down over your forehead as if they are your bangs.
3.) With your "bang" extras in place, pin the bun in to your head, and put a headband across the "bang-line" to complete the illusion.
4.) Rock your sweet new temporary 'do!

And on the subject of words starting with the letter B I've got beets to share!

These beauties where made from our summer beet harvest this past summer.  Originally they were these lovely pink and white striped rings, but they seem to have simply all blended together into one fabulous fuchsia-esque concoction.  I've never made pickles before, so it was a bit of a daunting process initially.  The overall taste test was positive!

I'm not very into sweet pickles or those candy-tasting pickled beets, so I used a more dill-oriented recipe to give them a nice sour kick.

Look at that!  I would probably just line up the jars and use them as stained glass if it wouldn't make them totally inedible!

Here's my artistic question:

Which makes for a better photograph?  The textured background, or the sun-blinded plain white background?

Here are your choices:

(you can click on each of them for a larger image)

I'm torn - some thoughts from the peanut gallery perhaps?

A Spangly New Year

~Sparkles!~

Look folks, I could not tell you why I really love sparkles, but I just do.  And if nothing says "super spangly new year!" like two hands full of sparkles then I don't know what does!

So here we are - the year 2014 - and all I have to show for it so far is some glittery flanges.

Also, on the subject of party-ifying body extensions: I once more have pink hair!

(and sparkly nails! Have I said that already?)

But all sparkles and jokes aside, I really have a spectacular feeling about this whole 2014 business.  Usually new years are exciting, fresh, new, and all - but this one seems extra potential-filled for some reason.  There's already so much I'm looking forward to, but I'm also excited to see what unexpected adventures happen to drop by from time to time!

If you were hoping for a more in-depth look at pink-haired-person: you are in luck!

If you were hoping for a new image to haunt your nightmares: you are in luck!

If you were hoping for free synthesized music to be played whenever you walk through doorways: sorry, play again later!

Peace out, and have a positively rocket-powered start, middle, and finish to your 2014!

NEW miracle health product!

That's right!  We're finally getting a Halloween recap around here, as well as a mind-blowing health tip!

CURIOUS?

Raisin Brahms!!

Watch here for the hilarious Brahms-osity that inspired my costume for this year!

Johannes says: "For a healthy and fun life, make sure you get at least 2 servings of the Arts each day!"

Let's get real here folks: the arts are awesome.  They inspire us, they challenge us, they bring us together, and help foster creativity, dedication, and humor in those who partake in them.  The arts can provide much needed human-connection in communities, families, institutions, and even whole nations!  The arts allow us to escape, but they can also wake us up to the world around us.  They can be as irrelevant and old, or as fascinating and cutting-edge as our imaginations allow them to be.

Basically...whether it be forms of textiles, theatre, music, etc etc etc - the arts rock and everyone should have access to them in their life and community!

So go ahead - get your full serving of Arts each day and everyday!  You'll be glad you did, I promise.

(or Brahms will be quite upset with you...and you don't want that now do you?)

For those of you wondering, YES OF COURSE I burst into my Jazz theory class yelling "GUTEN TAGGGggggggggg!!!!!" and was greeted by a chorus of "JOHANNES BRAHMS!?!"

(I admit, I made sure that at least 3 people knew I was coming so that I would have a few responders)

To my immense delight, I actually got a bunch of unsuspecting class-goers to to yell back in total spontaneity!!  I also got a "you are officially my favorite" and a "everyone around the school of music is talking about you - in a good way!" which made me feel very proud indeed.

Also, check out the Pumpkin the H-roomie and I carved!

So remember folks - get your arts in for a good healthy life, and if you every hear anyone yell "guten tag" the only appropriate response is:

Johannes Brahms!!