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The hat issue has now been settled, not by finding it, for it is obstinately still missing,* but by washing my hair, since the original point of wearing a hat to the grocery store was to disguise the icky mass of hair on my head so I wouldn't have to wash it.** The best-laid plans of mice and men, hm?

* The cat said she didn't take it, then sank a claw into my foot to emphasize the point and because it's so funny when I scream. It is also not on the ceiling or my head, or on my bed or under it (for there is no 'under' to my bed). I'm not entirely sure I believe the cat, but if she took it, it won't turn up until July.

** It's raining, so that my hair is going to get flat and icky again, so washing it is sort of futile, but it was really icky beforehand.

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this may be a subject of a children's book.

"Where is my hat?"

My hair is a mess today.
The mess is caused by foul climate and weather.
I decide to wear my hat to the shop, to cover my hair.
I go for my hat.
I find my hat missing.
"Where is my hat?"
I go searching.
It's not on on my head.
It's not on the ceiling.
It's not on the bed or under ether.
I've asked my cat, but she says;
"No I did not take your hat"
Then she swiped at my foot.
Cats are very odd that way. They find it fun to attack.
I don't quite believe my cat.
If she did take it I shall not see my hat till next July.
My hair will look a mess.
Maybe I shall try and wash it.
The weather and climate are still bad today.
My hair is a mess today.

Write it up send it to a publisher of childrens' books! That would be too much fun, especially if you could get a good illustrator.

Ah maybe XD *falls over laughing*

~~I'd be illustrator because if I ever submited it, I'd have to submit a few more I've drabbled/drew over the past while XD~~

Though it's Telo's story.

I'd like to see it illustrated by someone cool/good =O

I was thinking of the kid's book in Pratchett's Thud, called Where's My Cow?

Where's my cow?
Is this my cow?
It goes Baaaaa!
It is a sheep!
This is not my cow!

but to make it appropriate for my apartment, it would be more like

Where's my hat?
Is this my hat?
It barfs on the carpet!
It is a cat!
This is not my hat!

Where's my hat?
Is this my hat?
It has a cranky priest on it!
It is Saiyuki Reload volume 3!
This is not my hat!

Where's my hat?
Is this my hat?
It smells quite strongly of amber!
It is a bottle of BPAL!
This is not my hat!

Where's my hat?
Is this my hat?
It is wadded up in a little, fuzzy ball!
It is a dirty sock!
This is not my hat!

the first part rhymes. :D I like it.

and I shall have to read that cow book =O

you know you can actually buy that Where's My Cow book.

God Knows who is actually going to buy the thing i thought the ad in the back of thud was a joke....

Yup, I've read it in the store. It's pretty funny, because it doesn't just stick with the "Where's My Cow?" thing, it goes on with the "Where's my dad? Is this my dad? It sas 'Buggerit! Millennium hand and shrimp!' It is Foul Ole Ron! This is not my dad!" and continues from there. It's not really a kid's book, for all that it looks like one.

ahh i didnt quite get that far thought it was a kids book, i only read the first few pages.

There is balance in the hat and bed universe or something, because I just a few hours ago found a hat I'd lost last year, under the bed.

Maybe if one more person without an under-the-bed loses their hat, I'll find my really good fedora down there. Or maybe the bed's legs will just fall off. This phenomenon needs more study.

I just put my hair in a plait or something to avoid washing it, because then you can't tell its ickyness.

My hair is not long enough to do that. :) It used to be very long - to my butt - but it's fine and dry and looked really awful, even when it was clean. Three years ago I whacked it off to above my shoulders and haven't regretted it since.

It desperately needs a cut now, but I'm trying to hold out until my next paycheck. I've never been able to have a good cut at a cheap place, because it requires a more complicated cut than they're trained to do to look good, and my current stylist is $35/cut. But as soon as April hits ... woo! (It desperately needs to be re-colored as well, but the budget just isn't allowing for it right now).

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Because I have a round, fat face and it looks even worse that way. :D And when it gets to the stage that I require a hat to go outside, it looks greasy and icky - fine hair does that faster than coarser hair. When I had a perm, it wasn't so much of a problem because it didn't look bad, but now that I wear it straight, it's much more noticeable much sooner. I don't like to wash it every day, because the ends get dry and split, but the third day without washing is pretty awful. (As a teen I could wash it twice a week, and my stylist then told me that she loved working with my hair because it was so healthy - not so the case anymore :D)

Ah. Is that so? :is currently a teen and does wash her hair twice weekly:
Perhaps looking for a hat sale is in order then? ;P

I miss being able to do that. Right now I tend to wash it every other day, but it's still pretty flat and lifeless on the second day.

What I really want hat-wise is a vintage or vintage-looking cloche, but I'll probably never find The Perfect Hat.

But one can always try, right?

O_o; expensive...

How about just clipping it back with lots of bobby pins so you don't have to deal with the ickyness?

Out of sight, out of mind. (or something...)

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