{"id":683,"date":"2008-03-06T02:03:55","date_gmt":"2008-03-06T02:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/06\/hitler-hair-and-stuff\/"},"modified":"2008-03-06T17:58:16","modified_gmt":"2008-03-06T17:58:16","slug":"hitler-hair-and-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/06\/hitler-hair-and-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"hitler hair.  and stuff."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t blogged much this week because the monitor makes my face hurt.  I&#8217;m obliged to attach myself to it for five hours, most days, but more than that I haven&#8217;t the heart for.  Sinuses are causing the left side of my face to divorce the right.  I&#8217;ve grown a whole new wrinkle this month from wincing.   <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Last night my grandmother told me the secret to a happy marriage.  Smile.  Alot.  Whenever he talks.  Even when you&#8217;d rather cry.  She told me more things too.  I&#8217;ll write about those later. <\/p>\n<p><center><img src='http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/iaeger-10.jpg' alt='Grandparents' \/><\/center><strong><center>Smile, she says.<\/center><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>I spoke to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/02\/a-stranger-with-no-wife\/\"target=_blank>His<\/a><\/em> mother on Sunday (Mother&#8217;s Day in England).  She said it&#8217;s a shame we&#8217;re not around in May.  And it really is.  A shame, that we&#8217;re not around as much as we use to be.  I adore his mother.  And not just because she says &#8220;Come to Venice with us&#8221;  and can run in four inch heels. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t even know if <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/02\/a-stranger-with-no-wife\/\"target=_blank>He<\/a><\/em> can swim.   I say this because I&#8217;m suddenly thinking about canals.  We lived by one for five years and spent a lot of time walking along side it and talking about Lewis Carroll.  He says he can.  Swim.  But I&#8217;ve never seen him.  And I&#8217;m not one of those vast right wing conspiracy sort of girls but&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><center><img src='http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/hitler-hair.jpg' alt='Hitler Hair' \/><\/center><br \/>\n<center><strong>With Our Mother<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of fascists, this is a Polaroid I&#8217;ve just repaired.  The kid with the <strong>Hitler-Hair<\/strong> is me.  (Actually it looks more like a Hitler Mustache.)  My oldest brother &#8211; younger by 2 years &#8211; is the one sporting the diaper and curls.  The baby is my sister.   She didn&#8217;t grow hair until she was seventeen.  <\/p>\n<p>Just kidding.  <\/p>\n<p>She was fifteen. <\/p>\n<p><center><img src='http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/101dsc_10071.jpg' alt='My sister is Smart' \/><\/p>\n<p><\/center><center><strong>My sister, who is smart and knows everything.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>The woman in the Hitler Hair photo is my mom. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/02\/a-stranger-with-no-wife\/\"target=_blank>He<\/a><\/em> keeps saying &#8216;You&#8217;re starting to look like your mother&#8217; and &#8216;I don&#8217;t know how I feel about that.&#8217;  And always looks very confused when he says it.  My mother wont let me cut her hair.  But I&#8217;m gonna guilt her into it with <a href=\"http:\/\/locksoflove.org\/\"target=_blank>Locks of Love.<\/a>  I&#8217;m gonna guilt myself into it too.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><center><img src='http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/billy.jpg' alt='Billy' \/><\/center><br \/>\n<center><strong>The kid in the diaper.  Some years later.  Likes his calculus, this one.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p>My brother won&#8217;t stop cutting his.  Hair.  I keep saying &#8216;You should grow it out.  A lot.  Until it&#8217;s all curly-perm.  That would be <em>awesome<\/em>.&#8217; But he hates the word <em>awesome<\/em> and just looks at me like I&#8217;m stupid and then gets really quiet and all mannequin-like as I put hats on his head and say &#8216;Hold still while I do your face.&#8217;  Only he never lets me do his face because he has this thing about makeup and how men shouldn&#8217;t wear it.  I tell him &#8216;Hunters can be pretty too.&#8217;   <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going on a shopping trip this weekend.  Only I&#8217;ve run out of things to want so I&#8217;ll probably just eat a lot and try not to think of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/03\/haitian-mud-cookies\/\"target=_blank>Haitians<\/a>.  Only <em>I just thought of the Haitians<\/em> so I&#8217;ll probably just drink vats of tea and be all judgmental about how much money everyone else is spending.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t blogged much this week because the monitor makes my face hurt. I&#8217;m obliged to attach myself to it for five hours, most days, but more than that I haven&#8217;t the heart for. Sinuses are causing the left side of my face to divorce the right. 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