Tuesday, July 21, 2009
I just looked at myself in the mirror and burst out laughing. The humidity is so high that my hair has turned into one mass of curly, frizzy waves totally out of control! And there's nothing I can do about it until I arrive in low humidity North America!!! (where it will immediately turn straight of its own accord). Welcome to Asia...
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Yeah, good luck with that. It's running 93 and 97% humidity all the time here (east coast USA) and my hair has turned into Medusa curls! Next step is an Afro, I think....bring some dry air with ya, okay???
ReplyDeleteMy hair is TOTALLY frizz balled in the summer here. Awkward!!! *laughs Nothing, nothing, nothing keeps it tame. Alas and alack!
ReplyDeleteWe don't have dry air in Japan. And the humidity here, as Jaime will attest to is completely different from that in even the humid parts of N.A. It's "jungle fever, baby!"
ReplyDeleteJaime - I know! Totally weird, yes? I've had 20 years of this. Sigh....
The summer is wet. Wetwetwetwetwet. "humidity" is a totally different thing, Japan is warm and wet in the summers.... I've lived in the perpetual mists of Puget Sound and I've lived in SW Florida, nothing compares. My lungs even feel heavy with the air this time of year.
ReplyDeleteand I guess my Southern Indiana Heritage hair just doesn't quite get along with this!
I come from the center of the continent, it's practically "saharan" in terms of climate. So my entire genes don't quite like this humidity. But the funny thing is this past Christmas when I went to Winnipeg, I was driving with my dad, and all of a sudden, for no reason at all, I got a nose bleed. And I immediately knew it was because it was so dry there. I'm also not used to it being that dry anymore. Very strange. Very strange indeed.
ReplyDeleteAnd today over here it wasn't even hot at all; it was only 27C or so, but since the rainyseason is still upon us, it was overcast, cold, clammy, and very very sweaty because the air is constantly "dead". Right now it's about 28C in the house. And it. is. cold.
It was super cool here today, compared to the past couple of weeks. Even now, I could be completely comfy outside with a hoodie and jeans. It's about 24C now, according to our neighbor's handy dandy ther-mom-eter. But the hair is super, super heavy. It settles in my chest and I feel like I'm congested. It's really weird!
ReplyDeleteI get nose bleeds here in the winter a LOT. It dries out so much compared to the summer months. I never thought I'd live in a place where I'd consider a dehumidifier for half the year and a humidifier the other half!
Maybe if we didn't wash our hair for a week the oil would help to keep it down. Yuck! On second thought, ignore that first thought.
ReplyDeleteThat's why the new laundry machines now are designed to dehumidify the bathrooms! And they also use the excess heat the motor creates to warm the rooms in the winter, since bathrooms never have any heating whatsoever. ThoseSneakyJapanese!
And I know! Tokyo gets really dry in the winter, unlike here in Fukui where it is very humid 10 months of the year.
ReplyDeleteHey you! What's the plan?? When will you be 'here'?? What are the chances of hooking up in MN??
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are pretty well planned and packing! How are you feeling about the big move? I hope excited!!
Lisa - I am still stuck in limbo! I have no idea how or what is going to happen. I wish I knew but the possible job prospect I am waiting waiting waiting for a reply to further interviews is taking such a long time to reply that everything is put on hold. You had better go ahead and schedule yourself full, my friend. I really dont want to frustrate you.
ReplyDelete*laughs* Yeah, I'd last about a day and a half... I shower SO often in the summer, I'm sure that doesn't help the crazy frizzies!
ReplyDeleteAww Cam! You don't frustrate me!!! I fully understand the transition you're making- its bigtime! That limbo feeling is difficult, but we both know that things are going to turn out exactly like they are supposed to. The universe will provide the exact right thing at the exact right time! Who knows maybe we'll end up having a beer in Minneapolis anyway!!?? That's a whole month away! A life can change dramatically in a matter of seconds, so who know! GL!!! Besos!!
ReplyDeleteHow'd i miss this one???
ReplyDeleteAnyway... i've seen you on many humid, typical Japan days and your hair gets... wavy...
curly maybe...
Baby, you don't know Frizzy...
MY hair is frizzy.
Frizzy is when you can't get a comb through it without holding a hunk of it and starting from the tip.
Then once you've reached the crown of your head, the tips are a total frizz again...
Chemical straightening is the only answer.
Good luck... see you in all your straight-haired glory in W'peg!
WooHoo!
WHENEVER I GO TO CALIFORNIA'S DESERT REGION MY HAIR GOES STATIC...I COULD BE THE ANSWER TO THE ENERGY CRISIS LOL
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