I'm having a mad hair day, as a result of going to sleep with wet hair. It's all tied back at the moment, but if given half a chance it will be over HERE, up HERE, curling around HERE... I've decided I want to get it cut. Not short (which looks terrible on me), but just cut, period. I haven't been to a hairdresser in over ten years. I would infinitely rather go to the dentist. I actually quite like my dentist, whereas I've never, ever, in my life, come away from a hairdresser with a cut that doesn't make me want to hide under a blanket and cry - but I've decided I must get past this fear. They can't all be out to cut my hair into ridiculous, high-maintenance styles that don't suit me. They can't all be useless with curls. Friends who know what my hair is like have recommended hairdressers they know, and I must take them up on it. And if it works, I should go regularly, like normal people. I want not to have split ends any more. 

*is resolved*

Also, I am re-reading 'Over Sea, Under Stone' by Susan Cooper, thanks to

holdouttrout's prompting, and it's just as intriguing and exciting as ever. I've mostly forgotten the plot, because it's been so long, but some of it is coming vaguely back to me as I read. Who are the mysterious strangers on the yacht? What is their connection to the sinister vicar? Who is Great Uncle Merry (and is he who I think he is)? Why can I never remember how to spell yacht? It's very like some of the Jon Pertwee era Doctor Who episodes, actually - I keep expecting the Master to turn up as Rev. Magister. 

Oh, and I'm thinking I want to get some exciting and gothy film soundtracks (hopefully from my library when it reopens after being refurbished), because they inspire me. I want The Matrix (not the film score, but the one with Rage Against the Machine, et al), and Lost Boys, and The Crow, and also Dirty Dancing (because I do, okay?). Any recommendations along the lines of the first three?