you're everything I couldn't be

[chestnutcurls]

Sorry I didn't post these earlier. I kept hoping to get more pictures, but it didn't work out.



Photography by the talented MaryElaine.










And, just for comparison's sake... :)


We had a family catastrophe yesterday. I was on my way to a church cookout when my mother called in a very freaked-out state to tell me that my brother was over at their church and had been hit in the eye with a drumstick and they had called an ambulance, and I needed to come home right now. So I turned the car around and managed to get to the house in ten minutes, praying and freaking out the whole way. I kept thinking about my brother's archery and golfing and all the things he loves, and how hard it would be to do them with one eye. It turned out that he just had a scratch on his eye (not the lid, his actual eye), which is nothing to sneeze at, but at least everything's still intact. He's in some pain, but he's taking it generally well and finds his temporary eye patch very funny. I'm so thankful that it wasn't worse.

The rest of the weekend wasn't much better, really. I spent a lot of time with MaryElaine- we grilled out at her house and watched Stargate SG-1 (hi, dakoda), and hung out at the apartment and watched Star Trek: Nemesis, and had a nice quiet time together. But I was kind of annoyed about other things. I just need to hang on for another two weeks, and then California will clear my head. :)

Oh, I had an LJ dream last night! Jessica and Dania and Lisa, and I think Jonathan, were all at the apartment, and there was another horrible storm with tornado sirens, and I was like "Why does this always happen when people come to visit me?" Then I told Kathy that we couldn't do Pilates in the morning because everyone was sleeping in the living room. And then my alarm went off, and, since no one was actually in my living room, I had to get up. :)

Comments

[aardwolf.livejournal.com]

Well, it's a little different, but it's very summery. The way you were talking, I thought it was just in one spot, but it looks blended in with the rest of your hair. Very cute. ;)

[anulyra.livejournal.com]

I think your hair looks nice! It's hard to tell exactly how flattering it is with the sunshine washing it out. The first picture looks lovely. The others seem lighter, enough that I would freak a little if it were my hair, but nothing too outrageous. Let it blend.

That thing with your brother, what a shake-up. Not too long ago my cat got a scratch on his eye. It healed VERY fast. I suspect he will be alright.

[chocomilkbanana.livejournal.com]

I like the pictures and I think your hair looks great :) Nice job!

I am glad to hear that your brother is alright. But can you imagine the stories to come out of this when he's older. "You know, when I was younger I almost poked my eye out with a drumstick." It reminds me of the Christmas Story movie line - "You'll shoot your eye out."

So, you're getting to go to California, huh? I know you had talked about it a while back about going to visit Jess but your parents had "a lot" to say about it. You ought to enjoy it. I've never been there. I have a good friend/old roommate from college who recently moved to San Diego. I'm gonna' have to find an excuse to go visit and it helps that Southwest has the best prices and flies direct from Nashville.

The last really good dream that I remember? One with Vin Diesel - don't ask. It's actually quite funny but it was attached to a not-so-good dream at the end.

Well, guess I should get some work done. Have a great day!

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

It reminds me of the Christmas Story movie line - "You'll shoot your eye out."

LOL, I know! My dad was like, "Well, now you can say seriously that 'it's all fun and games till someone loses an eye.'" :)

Yeah, I'm going to California. I am so excited. My family has gotten over it, I think. :) And I'm jealous that you have access to Southwest! I would take so many more trips if I could fly that cheaply. But by the time I drive to Nashville or Little Rock, it's really not worth it to me.

Thanks for commenting! I hope you have a great day too! :)

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

Hey your hair looks fine--it's not even that drastic, silly. :) CUTE shirt (dress?)!

I sometimes have fears of getting phone calls like that where someone has been hurt. I've had a couple in my life, but most weren't so much physical hurt as a family trauma that's happened.

Sorry we couldn't get you out of doing Pilates. :)

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

It's a shirt. Old Navy. :) Thanks!

Yeah. It was bad. She was totally panicking and I really thought someone had died or been seriously hurt. So in comparison to what could have been, it was a relief. :P

[salemgirl.livejournal.com]

Brenda! I was picturing these huge white streaks on the sides of your head! LOL, I think your highlights look very nice! :) Just give yourself time to get used to them, chica!

LOL, I've LIVED your LJ dream. I feel privileged! ;)

I'm glad your brother is okay! That's scary!

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

LOL! Well, next time you come to town, tornado season should be over. :)

[mickey24sync.livejournal.com]

I'm glad your brother is ok! =) I think your hair looks nice, too, and I love that picture of you with the kitty - is that Gandalf? He looks just like the kitty I used to have! =)

[anoronwen.livejournal.com]

glad your brother is alright! *phew* And I think the hair looks great! *is envious*

[dakoda.livejournal.com]

::squeals and jumps around for joy because she got someone to watch SG-1::
So how did the episode go??? I'm guessing you watched the second half of the ep I saw last week which got continued. I called from the concert and asked my dad to tape it for me because I forgot to set the VCR, but I think he may have forgotten. Did Daniel make it out okay??? ::suspense::

Your hair looks so cute!! And those pictures of you are beautiful. I love the Gandalf one! :D

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

I'm not sure how old the episode was, since she has a whole tape of them, but we watched the one where the black hole tried to come through the stargate and messed up the whole space-time continuum. I love physics so I thought it was very interesting. :) I also saw part of an episode at home on Sunday afternoon- apparently it comes on regular channels then. Daniel wasn't really in the episode I saw until the end. Anyway, it's a good show. :)

[dakoda.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness!!! You saw the black hole episode?!?!?! That's the one I was just complaining about in my journal because I fell asleep 30 minutes in and missed the ending!!!! lol

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah! I remembered the one you saw had a black hole in it, but I thought it was a different episode, the one where Daniel got taken to the other plane or something (MaryElaine explained that for me). How funny! :)

:-P

[(Anonymous)]

lord, by the way you were talking, it sounded like you had these absolutely horrible huge white streaks in your hair, when, by the pictures at least, they look just fine. :-P silly brenda. :)
btw- your mom- still a weirdo
love the brens
love
em
ps- COME SEE ME!!!!

[jmcphers.livejournal.com]

I like the pictures! I don't think I've ever seen any of you in profile before. I'll echo what everyone else said about your hair: it looks nice, and is a lot less drastically different than I had imagined. (-:

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) I'm not fond of my nose so I don't like profile pictures, but that was the best way to see the hair. :)

[purple-reign.livejournal.com]

awww@you and Gandalf

The sun highlights your hair very nicely. It looks nice:) I've done worse to my hair...

I died it orange once...:P NEVER do that:O

[mzspearz.livejournal.com]

AAAAWWWWWW!!!!!! I LOVE the pic of you with your kitty, that's sooooooo cute! The highlights don't look too bad...especially compared to when I first got mine done, oh goodness. I don't think I'll ever visit a Fantastic's Sam's again...they're not so......fantastic. heh.

Did you say you were coming to Cali? :D

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'll ever visit a Fantastic's Sam's again...they're not so......fantastic.

AMEN to that. When I was in middle school, my mother used to take me there every month or two to keep up my horrible short haircut that she forced me to have. It was very traumatic and I have not gone to Fantastic Sam's since. :P

Yes, but I'm coming to Sacramento. Which is a little out of your neighborhood. :( However, I may possibly be taking a business trip to Beverly Hills in the fall. I'll definitely let you know if that goes through. :)