hair & nose / China! / biker chick / cartoon dick on offer

[oiran]

vanity post: I think my hair is better than average. No news to anyone, right? I find it glorious. I had it done today, and even though the new orange streaks don't show, just know they are there. I realized after I put the photos together that it looks like it's barely below shoulder length, but that's just the front layers. It's actually down to the middle of my back.



And, you know, my nose does look a lot bigger than it is in photos, so maybe Mr. Glove is half-right. But I like big noses, so I guess I'm okay with that.

So, while I was taking photos, I had the Olympics on and I was distracted from my vanity efforts by the Chinese tae kwon do featherweight guy. Tiny, scrawny guy (with a big nose!), who kicked ass on the Mexican guy, all the while making scary, high-pitched shrieks like a sort of white-clad, heavily-padded bat. I thought he was oddly hot. The gold-medal female diver on the 3m springboard was gorgeous and Chinese. And I am rooting for the Cute Chinese Guy in the 110M hurdles. I also thought the Chinese female gymnasts were the most graceful. Now, it's not as though I'm not finding athletes of all nations extra-hot, but the list seems to be heavy on the Chinese.

This means nothing, I know. But, yay! China anyway.

go, me! Did a 10-mile ride this evening with an average speed of 15 mph, which is really great considering where I am with getting in regular rides. I hadn't ridden in over a week, so I was expecting to struggle through this one, but instead I was willful and pushed hard and worked on cadence and breathing and relaxing my shoulders and felt very accomplished at the end of it. When I last rode frequently, I could do a 20-mile ride in just barely over an hour with this bike, but I had plateaued at that speed. Mr. Glove agrees that I need a lighter, more appropriate bike instead of the heavy mountain bike I ride, though actually the extra weight is good for me to have to haul along at this point anway. Now that I'm riding again, I need to do yoga again, too. And with the weight loss, it's easier to achieve many yoga positions because my flesh isn't in my way.

Ai no Kusabi: If you're interested in downloading the vids, let me know and I'll add you to a filter. I've had them uploaded for months, apparently, and forgot all about it.

Comments

[allpurposegirl.livejournal.com]

YOU ARE SO GORGEOUS!!!!! I hate you LOL I am going to steal you one day.

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

Fucky McFuckerson! You look so very good! *pouts* I want to get sick and lose lots of weight too!

Wow, the weight loss is really noticable. Bitch.

[justblue0162.livejournal.com]

wow. pretty hair! and you're gorgeous too :)

congratulations on the bike riding. 10 miles sounds like an awfully long way to me, but then i'm overly enamored of my car and exceedingly lazy.

and i would very much like the vids please. i'm visiting emungere for the next ten days and we have no plans other than sitting around watching anime, so ai no kusabi would be a welcome addition :)

[stone-princess.livejournal.com]

You are pretty.

And way ahead of me with the exercise. Although I have been getting up at 7 am and walking around Green Lake before anyone else is out.

[mei-x.livejournal.com]

I love the first picture -= your smile is really charming and guileless.

Go you indeed with the bike! I haven't ridden as much this summer as I would have liked -- I've recently discovered a love for running -- but the few times I have gone have been wonderful. There's something about zipping through the forest on my bike that always makes me feel great.

[hyperfocused.livejournal.com]

That first pic? Totally your album cover.

[rhiannonhero.livejournal.com]

These are good pics, but they are like good pics of another person. They don't look like you. You're prettier than they are.

[fleegull.livejournal.com]

Lovely!!!!

And the glasses are magnificent.

[twigged.livejournal.com]

Wow, I can tell how much weight you've lost. You look even fabulous-er than normal!

[kattiya.livejournal.com]

Hair is cute - i like.

And I honestly can't remember how many eps of Ai no Kusabi I have, but I think I only have the first two so could i be added on to the filter? Thanks!

[zeldadestry.livejournal.com]

I love the middle pic. Your expression is so warm and open. You should totally post the David Thewlis-ish pics. He's super nummy, and I bet the pics are, too!

You mentioned starting yoga again...it's funny, cos I switched my LJ 'mood' setting to 'Yoga?' so that if I wanted I could keep track of if I'd practiced that day. But it switched on my friends page, too. So, the other day, on one of your entries it said "Yoga?: a light in the dark" I thought that was pretty cool and, for me, an accurate description. I'd certainly be (more) mental without it!

[nematoddity.livejournal.com]

YAY found the jed hair!

Okay, first of all? Mr. Glove needs to back off. You have a cute nose. And second, yeah, it does look like you cropped it of recent. Orange streaks?