May 16 2002
A is for Apple, B is for Bride
I had my hair cut yesterday. Trimmed, actually — my hairdresser is one of the few on the planet who understands that a trim does not mean, please hack 4 inches off my hair. Essentially, it now looks the same, only without the split ends.
The last time I saw him, he was planning to fly to Brazil to ask for his girlfriend’s hand in marriage (I’m not kidding). They are both Brazilian, though they met here. So this time, I learned that all had gone well, he bought a beautiful diamond ring in Brazil and got engaged on Valentine’s Day. Wedding to take place on June 16!
As he was telling me all this, I watched other brides-to-be twirling around in their white dresses at the fancy, fancy bridal salon across the street. It was like a very romantic ballet.
On the way home, I walked past Union Square. I hardly ever go there, except to get my hair done at Elizabeth Arden or to go to Neiman Marcus, so I had forgotten that Union Square is all torn up at the moment, being renovated (though I’m quite sure that whatever they do to it, as soon as it’s re-opened, the benches will once more be populated by homeless and or/crazy folks, in piquant contrast to the expensive shops around the Square). I was amused to see that the palm trees have their fronds all tied up while construction is going on, like I put my hair up before taking a bath.
When I got home, our new iBook was waiting for me!!!
It is a glorious combination of form and function. It’s a translucent white, about the size of a New Yorker and a third as thick as a Stephen King paperback. At last, I could check my e-mail, after three weeks (those of you who have e-mailed me during that time: I have not been ignoring you, and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can figure out how to configure my e-mail). I also have to figure out OS X.
But in the meantime, yay. And I have already bought some accessories, like a cable so I can plug it in on the plane to England this fall, instead of draining the battery, and a headphone splitter so my sis and I can both watch DVD’s during the 11 hour flight. Not to mention that I can update you all on my adventures. After all, I have almost 4 months to get it figured out — almost enough time for the technologically challenged.
By the way…our iMac is still in the shop, though promised for today. I feel a great big noisy fuss coming on.