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New hairdresser, new hair! I really like her and the color looks great - still a lot of warmth, since I wear so little makeup, and nice highlights just at the crown of my head. I do have some grey to cover, but it's really more that I find the natural medium-dark brown color of my hair a little flat, a little uninteresting. I just feel like I look better in general with really good depth of color, and when the color looks great I feel great wearing no makeup. I have a complicated relationship with makeup, actually - I love to play with it but I really get irritated with it for everyday. I don't have the patience to keep fiddling with it, I don't like the way it feels on my skin, etc. It's much easier for me to just keep my skin in reasonably good shape (sunscreen & moisturizer & good hydration) with well-groomed brows and a great cut and color combination.

Anyway.

Also, why the hell can't I knit? Actually, I know why - every time I fool around with it I get really frustrated and put it down and don't pick it up again for months. The big problem is that I stitch too tight - I am a freaking PRO at casting on now because I've done it so many times, but the stitches are too tight and then the knitting is tough because I have a hard time getting back into the stitches to knit them. *throws the whole mess across the room* I read somewhere that I could cast on over two needles together - doesn't that leave them TOO loose? Anybody have any other tips for me?