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Show-off :D I'm up @ 5:44. Meant to set my alarm for 5:45, but never changed it. That one minute makes all the difference....:rolleyes:
Yep, I've got a business to run, I'm usually here between 6:30-7:00. My mane makes morning grooming and showering time consuming, but I can't shower at night because it takes my hair 4-6 hours to dry, and sleeping on a wet pillow sucks. I let my dogs out, make and eat breakfast, and rock out during a roughly 20 minute commute. I'm almost at 11 hours right now, but I'm not done yet, and then I'm heading home for band practice. It seems like there's never enough time for everything, I see my dogs and my wife and baby for a couple of hours before I'm falling asleep again.
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I hope your dedication to that business pays off' date=' dude. It sounds like you've worked yourself to the bone for years, and it sucks that you're only getting a little bit of time with your family.[/quote'] It's not the best paying gig or anything, and time off is almost impossible to arrange, but I actually like what I do, which is rare to find. Especially now that I'm the boss, I can call the shots and do things my way. My ownership interest is being accrued as we speak, so as long as everything keeps moving forward the way it is now, I'll be set for life.
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Yep' date=' I've got a business to run, I'm usually here between 6:30-7:00. My mane makes morning grooming and showering time consuming, but I can't shower at night because it takes my hair 4-6 hours to dry, and sleeping on a wet pillow sucks. I let my dogs out, make and eat breakfast, and rock out during a roughly 20 minute commute. I'm almost at 11 hours right now, but I'm not done yet, and then I'm heading home for band practice. It seems like there's never enough time for everything, I see my dogs and my wife and baby for a couple of hours before I'm falling asleep again.[/quote'] Damn! That is some schedule. Kinda makes me feel like a chump for ever complaining about mine lol And I hear ya about the wet hair/pillow thing. Nothing like tryin to sleep on a pillow that feels like you had a bad case of the nights sweats. Sucks indeed.
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My mane makes morning grooming and showering time consuming' date=' but I can't shower at night because it takes my hair 4-6 hours to dry, and sleeping on a wet pillow sucks.[/quote'] I've regretted not having a hair-dryer with me, it used to annoy me but now I really wish I had one on hand because my hair also takes a while to dry. Mine's more like maybe 2 hours since it's not quite as awesome as that possessed by some of the other folks on here, but it's still annoying. I don't actually mind a wet pillow, it's just that when I wake up it means my hair is oily, matted and knotted very badly. More than a few times I've considered dreadlocks but unfortunately Oregon already monopolized that look and I've got to avoid hippie accusations as it is, being from NM, wearing glasses and studying Africa...
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I've regretted not having a hair-dryer with me' date=' it used to annoy me but now I really wish I had one on hand because my hair also takes a while to dry. Mine's more like maybe 2 hours since it's not quite as awesome as that possessed by some of the other folks on here, but it's still annoying. I don't actually mind a wet pillow, it's just that when I wake up it means my hair is oily, matted and knotted very badly. More than a few times I've considered dreadlocks but unfortunately Oregon already monopolized that look and I've got to avoid hippie accusations as it is, being from NM, wearing glasses and studying Africa...[/quote'] I've never tried a hair dryer, but it think it would do more harm than good. If I even towel dry my hair, it gets frizzy, I have to let it air dry to avoid it being all over the place. I usually wring it out whenever it starts dripping until it doesn't have enough water in it to do so, and just let it go.
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I've never tried a hair dryer' date=' but it think it would do more harm than good. If I even towel dry my hair, it gets frizzy, I have to let it air dry to avoid it being all over the place. I usually wring it out whenever it starts dripping until it doesn't have enough water in it to do so, and just let it go.[/quote'] Hair dryers work fine for me since my hair doesn't really go frizzy at all.
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Iceni did I tell you that sebashian from panzerballett is now drumming for Obscura
I'm pretty sure you did. Something about Obscura doesn't really click with me, I think it's the vocals and the heavy neoclassical elements. I never liked the lyrics all that much either, pseudo-Hinduism is getting really old as a lyrical topic for tech-death bands.
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