Eccentric Flower:199903/brush burn
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five march brush burn "When you are up to your ass in alligators, it is difficult to remember that your original objective was to drain the swamp." I really was going to write this first thing today. Of course, "first thing" was a little late - I am under some sort of Head Ick (thanks, Nonelvis) and stayed home today, sleeping until 12:30. But when I checked the mail, there were all sorts of fascinating unrelated controversies to attend to, and the upshot is that now it's 4:00 and I still haven't written this. I am having problems getting exactly what I want in the most unusual arenas. Last night brought this to mind in two separate ways. First I had to run to a specific grocery store to find a replacement hairbrush. I dropped mine on the floor and it broke in half. Now, I never thought I was picky about hairbrushes, but apparently I am - given that I had to go to three places to find a suitable replacement. I have a lot of hair these days, and even when my hair is short, it's thick. I need a strong hairbrush with thick, relatively inflexible plastic bristles. I favor the kinds which were originally made for blow-drying, with the air openings in them between the bristles. You know the kind I mean. Your basic rectangular hairbrush, these days. Most of these brushes have little soft plastic balls on the ends of the bristles. These plastic tips serve an important purpose. They keep the plastic spines from scratching your scalp to hell and gone. Unfortunately they come off. I've never had a hairbrush with those plastic balls where half of them weren't missing within a month. And I am prone to dandruff - the last thing I need is scalp abrasion. It exacerbates flaking and makes my head itch, which means I scratch more .... Eventually - miracle of miracles! - I found a hairbrush where the tips of the bristles were not separate (they are created by melting down the tip of the bristle so that it forms a little ball). They don't come off! And best of all, since this is apparently undesirable (huh?) these are usually the cheapest hairbrushes on the rack. When you can find them. I eventually had to go back to the same place I got the first hairbrush in order to find its replacement. A grocery store which I can only reach by car. Meanwhile I have discovered a model of "high-tech" toothbrush which, unlike most toothbrush gimmicks, actually cleans my teeth better. I like how the handle fits my hand, the way the bristles are shaped, and it doesn't seem to wear out as fast (maybe because it's better suited to the way I brush my teeth). And only one drugstore has them. I'm thinking of going to that drugstore and buying a stock of them, since new toothbrush designs seem to last fifteen minutes. Eric says this "stockpiling" idea is something I'll find myself doing more often the older I get. Hmmm. Believe it or not, all of the brush commentary above is only one of the "two separate ways" I alluded to. The other is completely different. I'll get to that in the next postcard. I have to refill my coffee.
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