You had to be there.

[sabotabby]

You know what else I don't get? One of the lifeguards at the JCC had her hair dyed bright indigo. It looked fabulous, and I told her as much. But you'd think she must do a lot of swimming, and every time I dye my hair, the chlorine in the pool bleaches it to something ugly. So I wonder if she possibly dyed it today and just hasn't been swimming yet, or whether there is some secret way to not end up with shitty hair after swimming. Does anyone know?

On a more serious note, a 19-year-old Texan was sentenced to 40 years in prison for helping his 16-year-old girlfriend have an abortion. Did everyone else hear about this and just not say anything? WTF?

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[rackletang.livejournal.com]

Swimming cap? I had a bottleblond coworker who swore by them.

[sabotabby]

Hmm. Worth a shot, although I look like a dork in them.

[rackletang.livejournal.com]

Everyone does.

[zingerella.livejournal.com]

It's true. But I look at swim caps the way I look at goggles, cycling shorts, and steel-toed boots (no, I don't wear them all at the same time)—irrelevant to fashion.

I mean, if I'm cycling, dollars will get you doughnuts that my face is all red, I'm sweaty, I'm wearing a stupid bike helmet and my hair is a mess underneath it, and I've got grease on my leg, chin (don't ask me how), glasses, and hands. Really, the fact that cycling shorts make my legs look like two Easter hams wrapped in Lycra is simply not that important.

Likewise, when I'm swimming, my eyes are all red with little goggle marks around them, and I'm wearing a swimsuit (not the most flattering attire), and I'm not really likely to meet the love of my life, unless I accidentally bump into them, because I can't see a blessed thing (no glasses), and the fact that my head looks like somebody put a condom on an egg simply doesn't make a huge difference.

(There's a reason that dancing is my preferred form of exercise. It has only a little bit to do with the fact that I don't look like a dork when I dance.)

[rackletang.livejournal.com]

Ah, see, I was with you until you said you don't look like a dork when you dance. I so totally do. But then, I'm pretty sure I look like a dork 99.9% of the time. It's my "look". :)