Thursday, January 28, 2010

What I'm Reading

So it takes me a while to diffuse. Always has, especially with KCCC. The Spritz & Condition method has helped a little in the timing department, but usually it takes 25-30 min. Diffusing is the part of my shower routine that I dread. I would be so happy if I could just air-dry and come out with voluminous curls in less than an hour, but unfortunately air-drying for me means 6+ hours of wet, flat, wavy hair.

So I made it something to look forward to. This is my time to read, since I don't do too much of that anymore. Glamour is a staple for my reading while diffusing. It usually takes about two diffusing sessions to make it through an issue (unless they decide to make it a half-issue, and then it takes less than one!). During the fall months, I worked my way through Philippa Gregory's King Henry VIII/Elizabeth I novels (well, the two that I hadn't already read).

Right now I'm working my way through Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith; and absolutely loving it! I love the original and didn't have high hopes for this one, but I was wrong. I'm about a third of the way through. It's awesome.

I just thought I would share. What do you do while diffusing?

In other hair news...

I am happy to report that the urge to purchase hair products has passed. Really, I sound like an ex-addict. Thanks to everyone here and at NC who gave me great suggestions!

My hair has been ok this week. It went a little flat on Tuesday. I'm not sure if it was OD-ing on pink boots, from my one-time use of Lustrasilk Shea Mango, or just from being second-day hair.

C'est la vie.

3 comments:

LouisianaLeigh said...

I rarely have the patience to diffuse...and I'm impressed that you can get a hand free to read with, lol

I read P&P&Z and found it disappointing. Probably because I know way too much about JA and the time period (wrote my undergraduate thesis on her) and thought his writing wasn't quite good enough to be a brilliant parody. And he could have gotten marvelously creative with period-appropriate deaths and instead he used ninjas. WTF. could have been brilliant but wasn't. More funny as an idea than an execution, at least for me. but, again...I know too much about it all...

Jenn said...

Lol, I have mastered one-hand diffusing, but I do hold the book down on the floor with my feet!

Yeah, I'm at the part where Elizabeth goes to visit Charlotte and I thought the whole ninja part was weird. It didn't really flow with the story and it was a weird tangent. And I find it odd that no one seems to realize what has happened to Charlotte!

Susan said...

What a good idea. My new Kindle will be perfect for this. I had diffusing ADD so I rarely diffuse as long as I should. I will try the reading distraction.