Boyfriend, Playlist, and Shampoo

Have you ever played the game where you try to come up with three things you could buy at a store to confuse the checkout clerk? If a boyfriend and a playlist were things one could buy, I think I would win. Though in a world where one can buy a boyfriend at a store, it may also be possible to buy a T-Rex, and then I would probably loose to whoever comes up with that, 100 Christmas Tree lights, and an Osama Bin Laden plushie.

Was that intro entertaining enough to distract you from the fact that I haven't posted in forever? No? Then I must apologize for not having posted in forever.

Sorry it’s been forever since I posted. It’s sort of the same thing that happened to me when I lost the role in Romeo and Juliet, except instead of the role it’s Boyfriend, and instead of the play, it’s life. Basically I decided not to post for a while and wait until I’m not liable to go into a flaming internet-rage at Ex (damn it, I told Megan not to call him “Ex” for fear it would catch) and end up upsetting several people in the process… And now I’ve got a crush on the boy who ended up STEALING MY ROLE (and doing a better job than I ever could have, meep) so there’s that.

Tangent over. Anyway…

So instead of blogging for a month or so I made a “Breakup Playlist” and listened to it for a while. Then the show we were in together ended so I haven’t seen him for almost a week. I think I’ve cooled down enough to make a post without fear of slipping into Ex-Girlfriend RAGE Mode.

Here’s my Breakup Playlist:

• Learning To Fall — Boys Like Girls

• You Won’t See Me — The Beatles

• As Your Ghost Takes Flight — Saves The Day

• Everything We Had — The Academy Is…

• Heads Up, Hearts Down — I Fight Dragons

• Love Love, Kiss Kiss — Alkaline Trio

• You’re So Vain — Carly Simon

• The Old Apartment — Barenaked Ladies

• Not I — I Fight Dragons

• The Middle — Jimmy Eat World

• Give It Up — I Fight Dragons

• Blind — Ke$ha

• Too Much Too Soon — Green Day

• The Process — I Fight Dragons

• Let It Be — The Beatles

• Go Home — Barenaked Ladies

• Good Riddance — Green Day

I actually just spent kind of a while fixing the playlist. There weren’t enough songs, and they weren’t really in a great order, and etcetera… I’m pretty proud of it now. It’s supposed to go from negative, sad, whiney songs to positive, get-over-yourself songs. The placement of “Blind” is questionable, but ultimately it’s a “positive” song. Also I really needed more than one song between Give It Up and The Process, because they’re by the same person. Also don’t pay too much attention when you listen to The Middle and Give It Up one right after the other, because they’re BASICALLY the same thing… So there’s that…

Now it’s time for part three!

(Part one being the boyfriend and part two being the playlist)

Part two is about this new shampoo/conditioner pair I found by Herbal Essences. The company’s pretty good, and recently I’ve been using their “color treated” formula because I went blond. Well I bought a new formula, partially because I was bored of the color treated formula, and partially because the new one is in a purple bottle. Like, hot purple.

It looks like grape soda!!

So I saw the bottle and was immediately drawn to its color like a fly to a decomposing body. It’s called “Tousle Me Softly”, for a “tousled look”. It also smells good.

I didn’t actually buy it because I wanted to achieve a “tousled look”, but that night when I got home and took a shower, my hair was noticeably different. It’s like, the shampoo and conditioner actually do what they’re supposed to! They don’t just clean your hair and make you smell pretty.

The shampoo sort of…almost tangled my hair. Both the shampoo and conditioner seem to dry my hair more than other shampoos and conditioners. The conditioner even almost leaves a sticky feel when it washes out.

So I guess all of this seems very unappealing in my description... Well, here's a picture of me before I started using the "tousled look" formula:

And here's a picture of after:

I guess you can't really tell the difference, but trust me, it’s awesome. My hair is just...more dry and separated now. It's really, really nice. I love it so very much, and as long as my hair is short I will never use any other shampoo or conditioner ever.