Hello FAKE fans! Don't give up on me yet. I'm still alive and breathing and walking around. I've just had a really nuts schedule for the last few weeks. Jeez, and I thought I was busy before I started doing demanding online courses!
I got a Brazilian Blowout back in February and I love my hair! It's supposed to last up to ten weeks, as long as I don't wash my hair every day, which I don't. It was an arm and a leg, though. $300 with cut and tip! That's more than I usually spend on my hair in a year. I don't really think I can do this regularly because I can't see spending that kind of money on my hair every two and a half months. besides, if I wait long enough, I bet the Brazilian Blowout formula will eventually come to drugstores, once its inventor has made enough money selling it to select hairdressers. Only two shops in my city currently offer this service.
I've been doing lots of studying-- more than I thought I would have to. I don't have much experience with online courses. I didn't think it would be this intensive. The problem is that I want to do well (and I have been!), so I'm willing to work an extra two or three hours even on small assignments just to get nine out of ten instead of eight. Or better yet, ten out of ten, instead of nine!
Anyway, I'm planning to continue with the courses right through to the end of this calendar year. I have several more modules to complete, which means my posting is going to be slower in 2010 unless I manage to become a lean, mean studying machine. The good news is that that actually might happen. Usually it takes a while to get used to something new and to find the short cuts.
I'm in a little hiatus right now between the first course and the next one, which starts in April. I got 98% on my final exam, by the way! My plan is to work on stories to post for you, my faithful and patient readers! Oh and I also have to do my, my husband's and my father's taxes. :(
I'm just about ready to post justice chapter 7. I need to make a few more tweaks, then I'll put it up here on my LJ sometime tomorrow. I hope you'll come by to read it.
Thanks for the congrats and the support! I'm very pleased with my 98% because I can't say it came easy.
How long ago did your hairdresser recommend this? I ask because the BB formula has changed in the last 6 months. It used to be a harsher chemical that made everyone's eyes water and had to be allowed to 'set' for two days, but now it's much gentler.
Slower updates - well, we may hate it but its not a major problem. We're just enjoying the words not depending on them for our lives. That said, please don't every fully stop. You ARE a lot of fun to read.
Thank you so much for your kind words! I don't think I'll ever fully stop, at least not willingly. I'm finding world-building too addictive!
I had to google Brazilian Blowout to find out what it is, but WOW! It looks pretty amazing. I wish I could get one, lol.
Don't stress about the updates; it sounds like you've already got more than enough on your plate. We'll all still be here when RL slows down a bit. That said, woohoo! New chapter tomorrow (today?)! My inner FAKE fangirl was AWOL for a while, but she's now returned with a vengance.
As a matter of fact, I did have tech problems during the exam. The countdown clock was positioned over top of the first few words of the first question on each page. Scrolling wouldn't budge it. I had to do a lot of guessing. At one point, the key word of the question was blocked and I had no choice but to call tech support. I lost ten minutes of exam time doing that.
I most definitely will not have fun with those damn taxes. I will probably successfully procrastinate for the rest of the week, but sooner or later, I'll have to buckle down and do them. *Waaiil!*