Become a Fan

Follow on Bloglovin
Follow Me on Pinterest
Subscribe to this blog's feed

Search

About

GAGA GAZETTEER

  • ADVENTURES WITH A (DYING) DOG

    1.21.15-I-Took-My-Dying-Dog-on-a-Bucket-List-Adventure1-590x442

    This one made me weepy this morning. Girl finds out her bestfriend and roommate -- a 160-lb English Mastiff has terminal bone cancer and only has a few months to live. So armed with a bucket list of adventures she would like to share with her dog, they go off on canoe rides, road trips, visits to both busy spots and quiet spaces and, finally, spend a last day together by the ocean in Maine, where she finally finds peace and acceptance. This is real love, people.
  • THE HEALING POWERS OF KEEPING A JOURNAL

    N-JOURNALING-large570

    I still keep a journal despite having a blog. No matter how spill-all-my-guts-out open I may seem, there are many things I do and think that I'll just never tell. I've always thought it kept me sane to be able to express myself without fear of being censored or criticized. Whenever I pick up an old journal, even one from my 13-year-old self I realize that as much as I've changed so much is still the same. I just know how to dodge bullets faster and better. From: HUFFPOST Healthy Living, 01/20/15
  • WRITING YOUR WAY TO HAPPINESS

    20WELL-articleLarge

    Which is why I've decided to keep this blog around, at least for a little while longer. I've always picked up a pen (or sat in front of a keyboard) any time I needed to make sense of my world; writing allows me to get into my head and get all my thoughts out without having to worry about how ridiculous I sound (that's where the editing comes in). From: The New York Times, 01/19/15
  • HOW TO BECOME A WRITER
    This was lovely. The post is by a novelist who was asked how to encourage a young writer. It sounds eerily like the story of my life -- now all I need is to keep reading and keep writing (and, okay, start submitting). From: M Molly Backes' blog, 07/12/11
  • THE "PERFECT" FEMALE BODY

    Greatist_body

    Every day at work I see all kinds of female bodies: athletic, boyish, curvy, voluptuous, natural, enhanced, preteen, post-baby, postmenopausal -- thousands of different bodies I've seen up close and personal in my lifetime. This infographic shows that the description of the ideal female body changes every decade or so, going back hundreds of years. I hope that soon we define the "perfect" body as one that is simply healthy and functioning; that what matters is that we're comfortable in our own skin. From: Greatist, 01/15/15

Recent Comments

GOODREADS

  • READING NOW

    Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
    The Normal Bar: Where Does Your Relationship Fall?
    All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost
    Gun Dealers' Daughter: A Novel: A Novel
    Crazy Rich Asians
    The Undomestic Goddess
    Self-Help
    The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World


    Gigi's favorite books »
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported
Blog powered by Typepad

« FISH OUT OF WATER | Main | EVERY STEP I MAKE »

December 15, 2007

HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW

Many, many summers ago my friend J fell in love with a boy and was so infatuated with him that she couldn't eat or sleep for days on end. Two months later she had lost 15 lbs. and had gone from pleasingly plump to scorchingly svelte.

The only downside was that due to her rapid weight loss, she had lost so much of her thick, black hair that she had a huge bald spot on top of her forehead. I remember joking with her at the time: This is how God evens out the playing field for us women, you see. You may be able to show off your body but now you have to hide your head. She didn't think I was funny at all, obviously.

Well. So guess what else I've been shedding besides all this weight lately? As I peeked a glimpse of this blindingly white patch of skin at the top of the back of my head this morning, I realized where all those strands of long hair on the floor, in the sink, on my pillow, and even on my cat were coming from.

Karma. Ain't it a bitch?

Posted at 02:52 PM in Miscellaneous |

Comments

Leah

Its OK Gigi. I bet J hasn't been featured in COSMO yet so you still have one up on her! HAHAHA! I so love reading your blog. See you soon!

Posted by: Leah | December 16, 2007 at 07:39 AM

Cathy

G! must be stress. take it easy. Happenned to me also before. You need to change shampoos and B-R-E-A-T-H-E :)

Posted by: Cathy | December 16, 2007 at 09:01 AM

Rick

time for you to let go and fly to boracay...

Posted by: Rick | December 17, 2007 at 11:45 AM

Rick

One last chance - I am leaving for Borac in 7 days, sama ka?

Posted by: Rick | December 17, 2007 at 03:00 PM

Gigi

Leah - Thanks! Pero si J, hanggang ngayon -- and after two kids -- sexy pa rin! Buwiset...

Cathy - Stress and Nutrition, I've determined. The shampoo thing has been handled :) and now I need to remember to take a multivitamin daily find a yoga teacher/class!

Rick - Sama ako! Sama ako!!! :)

Posted by: Gigi | December 19, 2007 at 09:57 AM

chubby

have fun girl, don't think to much.

Posted by: chubby | December 20, 2007 at 10:29 AM

minette

stress, yes, or thyroid. hair loss is often connected to hypothyroidism. of course, thyroid trouble can be triggered by stress... i should know...

Posted by: minette | January 22, 2008 at 07:43 PM

Gigi

Minette - Well that certainly explains things!

PS: Take it easy there -- or else you and I are going to have to form our own Hair Club soon (eek!).

Posted by: Gigi | January 26, 2008 at 09:49 PM

The comments to this entry are closed.

GAGA ABOUT

  • LISTEN: "Pluto" by Chamsom

    Boong-

    I don't have to understand Korean to love this song, although I think it's about a person who was in a rocky relationship that ended but still feels deeply for her former lover and is feeling lonely tonight. "You're like a little star that's far away from me and keeps disappearing." I suppose the title -- Pluto used to be known as the ninth planet from the sun but now isn't even considered one -- might provide a bit more context to the song's meaning. Spotify
  • IMMORTAL PERFUMES

    Immortalperfumes

    Immortal Perfumes is a Seattle-based micro-perfumery specializing in historically inspired, handmade perfumes. All perfume blends are original recipes made from a mix of jojoba, essential and fragrance oils. None of the oils used in this shop are derived from animals. Every bottle is handmade by JT Siems in her Seattle studio. I'm already in love with the fragrance inspired and named after Duchess Georgiana Cavendish. Notes: Black Tea, Lavender, Jasmine, Amber, Bergamot. Read her story here. #6mosnoshopping