January 26, 2007
time-lapse photography (sort of) and a random, but pressing, question
as requested friends, here are some visual aids:
some pictures of me in college and after-- notice the decidedly curly hair:
and here i am now, as of about 5 minutes ago -- without any chemical or thermal attempts to straighten my hair.
lo and behold:
bizarre, no?
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and on a completely unrelated note, who decided it's a good idea to have outdoor subway stops? it was 9 freaking degrees today, and with the wind chill, it was -10. i lost all feeling in my toes waiting for a couple of trains on the way home today, and when i finally got to my stop and tried to walk home, my toes were so cold and numb that it hurt to walk. every step was torture. i started to really empathize with reinhold messner, the world-famous mountain-climber extraordinaire (i read a long story about him in national geographic recently).
honestly people, outdoor subway stops? couldn't we have come up something a little better when designing the best public transit system in america?
Posted by naseem at January 26, 2007 11:16 PMthose are some cute kid pics, nas. :) i think it's funny how shadi's smile from many years ago looks exactly like it does today.
anyways, the hair thing is quite bizarre. there is an article on pubmed that says hair curliness is determined from the bulb, while other, less reputable sites state that it is also dependent on the number if disulfide bonds between the keratin proteins that make up your hair.
Posted by: edward at January 27, 2007 02:26 PMFirst, it must be said: you are absolutely gorgeous. I hope Greg won't mind me saying that, but seeing the progression from cutest child ever through full womanhood is intense. Don't know what's up with your hair, but whatever it is, it's working.
Second, Reinhold Messner is one of my heroes. Anyone willing to suffer slight brain damage to become the most badass climber in the world is legendary by me.
Third, yeah. Outdoor stops? Come on guys. You can do better. It's not the engineers...it's the guys with the pursestrings.
Posted by: george at January 27, 2007 02:38 PMyou know, ed, shadi hates that picture because she says it was her awkward phase and she looks terrible. i think she's rather cute. and yes, her smile is the same. and you can't go wrong with that hawaiian shirt. ;-)
also, i've heard the disulfide bonds thing. i think miss lively taught us that in sophomore chemistry, actually. she said that's why blow-drying your hair straight works -- because heat breaks the polar bonds. but then when you wash your hair, the water restores the polarity, so your hair curls again. so i guess i've lost my disulfide bonds...
and georgie, thanks. i think you're slightly biased, but that's ok. and i think that picture of me from last night was kind of frightening, but whatev. :)
so, yeah, reinhold is a badass. very interesting guy. i was remembering that part in the article where it described the night that he and his brother were stuck on everest with no camping gear or equipment, huddling together in -40 degree weather, with no food or water. that man is seriously superhuman. and of course, my bout with -10 degree weather for about 20 minutes last night doesn't compare by any means, but still... :)
Posted by: nas at January 27, 2007 06:21 PMI will say that the picture of you from last night is startling, but only because your hair looks EVEN STRAIGHTER than when I saw you 3 weeks ago. What is going on?!?!
Agree with George: it's workin'. No really, look how shiny and pretty! You are a beautiful woman, my friend.
That picture of us all from NEBYfest is awesome. I had mono there and didn't even know it! But that's not why the picture is awesome, of course. ;)
Posted by: lacey at January 28, 2007 02:49 AMThat is bizarro, Nas! But it looks great curly, it looks great straight. You're cute either way.
Speaking of cute, that first picture of you? Ohh my goodness.
Posted by: +mojan. at January 29, 2007 03:32 AMNas--
You are so beautiful. This straight thing is freakin me out, though.
Love you!
Tem
i've always wanted curly hair, but unfortunately i don't think the water-restoring polarity does anything to asian hair. : ) anyway it is kind of bizarre, but pretty cool at the same time. enjoy it ! i think it looks lovely, nas. and i think the third picture is adorable. : )
Posted by: nancy at February 1, 2007 01:38 AMThis is completely bizzare, Nas. And completely awesome. To echo the others, you look great with straight hair! Miss you, friend!
Posted by: Andrew at February 2, 2007 01:00 AMyeah, so expect my bill in the mail for that one. i'm sure my already lawyer friends can find a way to sue for that.
Posted by: shadi at March 10, 2007 06:12 PM