Arguably strange things I’ve done to my body #1

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Basically shaved off all my hair. For no reason. I kept this up from January 2011 (cut it for a New Year’s Eve party) until sometime in January of ’12.

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March 2011

Now that I’m back to being a sucker who pays for her haircuts, I can honestly say that I would do this again. It was great to never have bedhead or hat-head. My hair is too fine to really do anything, so I didn’t miss the styling aspect at all. Oh, and showering was a cinch.

I’m certain that my experience is not universal, but if you are a 5’2″ white girl in her mid-2os in Massachusetts, this is what will probably happen when you cut all your hair off:

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Deliberate misunderstanding

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This summer’s Shakespeare on the (Boston) Common is Coriolanus.

I must be honest – I had not read the play. We read the obligatory tragedies in high school: Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet and Macbeth. Also, we went to see The Taming of the Shrew as performed by an all-female cast (awesome). In college, I took a class on Shakespeare’s comedies: All’s Well that Ends Well, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night and The Winter’s Tale. 

Despite only reading the synopsis on Wikipedia and skimming the first scene, I think I followed along pretty well. And I enjoyed the play. And the actress who played Volumnia was amazing. But I really couldn’t understand why it was a tragedy. Coriolanus isn’t a tragic hero; he’s a rich douchebag.

I got to thinking – maybe this was a commentary on Mitt Romney? If so, might I recommend the following line to be inserted somewhere in III, i?:

Junius Brutus: So, Caius Marcius Coriolanus, do you follow chariot racing?

Coriolanus: Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans, but I have some friends who are chariot team owners.

Dumb Idea #2

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Most “girly” drinks are made with vodka.

The Official Food of Women is yogurt.

So, with jello shots, the vodka sinks to the bottom, right?

And some of the best yogurts have fruit on the bottom, right?

My idea: Yogurt with vodka on the bottom. Market to women with moderate to severe PMS and menstrual cramps. I would totally buy this product.