report 2 on the split ender

I just used the split ender for the second time and I have some thoughts.

I've heard things before about it damaging people's hair. I can't speak for other hair types -- I have hip length, thick brown hair with a slight wave in it but mostly straight.

Anyway, here's the things I think you can do wrong that can lead to damage from using this tool:
(1) trying to brush upwards with it... it just doesn't seem to work brushing upwards. Downwards/sideways seems to work best
(2) not brushing your hair out first extensively, or using a huge clump of hair; this can lead to it catching and seems like it could cause new split ends
(3) most importantly... letting some of your hair that isn't supposed to be being brushed get caught in it, perhaps when it is looped over to get it out of the way. This will lead to large chunks getting cut off!

So. If you brush each lock of hair before you run it through, brush only down or sideways on small hair chunks, and are very careful to keep the rest of your hair out of the way, you should be fine.

Oh, and it was definitely quiet enough that I was able to watch a movie while I did it.

Where has Questioner been?

I've been getting to know myself all over again. I've been going through my long list of tasks that fell by the wayside during my relationship with unseelie, and trying to get my life in order.

I admit I've been feeling rather jealous of my time. I'm almost scared of socializing, of dating, etc. Things get so much more complicated when you introduce others into the equation. It's so much harder to determine what I want, as opposed to what they want. Meanwhile, I'm torn at any point between socializing, getting more of my to-do list done, exercising, or vegetating alone.

But I guess I've been getting lonely. I've been craving companionship when there's no one around, and that is no fun.

So I guess I'll slowly try to reintroduce socializing to my life. Go to S&P regularly, and maybe some clubs or parties as they occur. And maybe a "date" here and there, but not too many. My time is mine first and foremost. *deep sigh*

I also think I might be ready for sex. It's been more than a month now and if I take it slow, it seems like it should be ok.

The question is... there are a million people in my social crowd who I want to get to know better, and a number of people I owe dates to. Who do I start with?

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Safari vs. Firebird/firefox... anyone have opinions?

I was falling in love with firebird on my old laptop, but this one has safari as the default, which at least isn't IE. But I miss some of the capabilities firebird has... in particular, the tab functionality is really nifty. I just don't want to go through installing it and going through all the crap necessary to make it the default web browser.

dinner?

I'm feeling really lonely. Anyone interested in grabbing dinner together tonight? I'm flexible about location, type of food, and timing...