Weave stops bullet

This is hilarious! Hair woven so well that the woman's head is bulletproof.

The woman's ex-boyfriend shot at her through the back window of her car. During the filing of the report and medical check, the spent bullet was in her weave! All she suffered was a headache. Come on now, that could be the result of a tight weave and not the bullet at all.

I really like how they have inside commentary from a local hair stylist about that weave.

This whole idea could be the next special power on Heroes: Lafawnduh and her helmet hair.

Making Real Words

I watched this TED talk last night: Erin McKean: Redefining the dictionary. She was witty and truly geeky-right after my own heart, particularly her saying If you love a word, use and make it real. I love to make up my own words, particularly suffixxing them with -orama, -ista, -izationally, or -inator (you must speak it like a Terminator). Culture and language-fun stuff with which to play.

I love how culture changes. Take the rubber shoes that are so hot now for example. Mike bought me green rubber Berkenstocks in 1999 while I was pregnant with Phoebe. I worn those things out! There were holes in the toes from where the metal protection on the stairs sometimes caught them (I wear a size women's 11). So, imagine my surprise when rubber shoes became so popular! My paranoia also set in since I am convinced that there is some fashionalographer (photographer of cultural fashion) assigned to me now.

Vicky Beckham's hair style is another example. I sported that style Summer 2007 for my donation to Locks of Love. I cut it like Aeon Flux so I could maximize the length of my donation. I then did a touch of traveling and I know that fashionalographer followed me!

Now I know that I am being watched, possibly even heard! I will use my words and make them real and see how long it takes before Erin puts one of my words in the OED.