The Journal of ///Clay///

Entries from January 2009

Fourth Time’s The Charm?

January 30, 2009 · 1 Comment

So today was very interesting… Yes interesting will be the word. 

My hair had been bothering me and never stayed just the way I wanted it. It always grew too fast, so of course the logical thing to do was get it cut. That’s a simple task, right? I walked into Super-Cuts and asked for short spiky hair. “I want a 1/4 inch on the sides and an inch on top. Leave the sideburns.”   The lady who looked completely Zombi-fied, responds, “kay”. 

ATTEMPT #1- I’m watching her cut my hair and I don’t want to be rude but I am certain she is using the wrong size… So I wait. Buzz…… “Hows that?”, she asks. I try to keep my cool but it was obvious she didnt even listen to me. I look into the mirror and see all she did was a trim…

ATTEMPT #2- BUZZ………………… “How’s That?”…. Once again she gave me a trim off of my trim. I tell her I want it to be a fourth on the sides and the other lady over hears me and tells her to use a number 2.

ATTEMPT #3-  Buzz……. “hows that?” She shaves up half the way on the sides and finally cuts the top to the right length, but does not fade in the two different lengths. I’m starring at myself with a short version of the chinese bowl cut, with untouched bushy sideburns… Now I’m pretty sure that when you tell someone to leave the sideburns they still know to cut the hair down to size but not tamper with how far down it comes. She literally just left them as they were! I have no idea what this woman is thinking but is clear that nothing I am saying is registering inside…

ATTEMPT #4- Buzz……. She cleans up the sideburns and finally brings the fade in, but before she could say -how’s that, I tell her to bring the fade up a little… Finally we are done! I have never had that much trouble with my hair before. It took soo long, I mean the other lady saw three different people while I was being done. 

“longest hair cut ever”

///Clay///

Categories: Discussion · Life

The Burdens That Mold Life

January 24, 2009 · 1 Comment

There just seems to be so much uncertainty in my life right now. I feel like I’ve lost my direction… in the past I have always had some kind of plan laid out on how my future would unfold and for the most part I would stick with it. My finances, my living situation, job related stuff, etc. I kept it all in perspective to my personal and simple needs. Now more than ever I find I have to rely on God and not my own self,  because I no longer have a set perspective on how things should go or what I am aiming for. I have to trust that Christ will lead me to the right course of action. It’s hard not to get overwhelmed in thoughts of everything that has built up around me. Its like walls of steel cutting me off from the outside and no matter how hard I scream no one will hear me. There is just too much to handle in the big picture! I must give it to God and he will work me through it in small bites (EASIER SAID THAN DONE). I just need alot of prayer from everyone. In hopes that blessing are just around the corner I will stay optimistic!

“Where will this cripple be next?”

///Clay///

Categories: Discussion · Emotion · Life · Religion

33 Is The Number

January 3, 2009 · 4 Comments

I got list-happy and decided to focus on games.

Here are a list of games I like. They are in alphabetical  order.

  1. Balderdash
  2. Bananagrams
  3. Battleship
  4. Boggle
  5. Bunco
  6. Catch Phrase
  7. Checkers
  8. Chess
  9. Clue
  10. Connect 4
  11. Cranium
  12. Dominoes
  13. Go-Fish
  14. Jenga
  15. Joker
  16. Liars Dice
  17. Mad Gab
  18. Mancala
  19. Mastermind
  20. Peanut Butter
  21. Phase 10
  22. Pictionary
  23. Scattergories
  24. Scrabble
  25. Sevens
  26. Skip-Bo
  27. Sorry
  28. Speed
  29. Stack
  30. Taboo
  31. Uno
  32. V.C.
  33. Yahtzee

“Let the Games Begin!”

///Clay///

Categories: Family · Friends · Party · games