Smells & Appearances

So I smell. I didn't mean to not shave my entire time away, but I could never sneak away in Kenya (to a convenience store or anything else) and then when I got here, it was just easier to keep it up. But then I lost my deodorant and now I smell. I kinda like it, though I do feel like I should apologize when I'm on the tube. Still. If I'm to meet with anyone anytime ever again, couchsurfer, friend, or foe, then I should certainly shave and deodorize. I've noticed that even when I deoderize, my unshaved armpits still waft. And maybe get my clothes cleaned.

As for my appearance...well for a few months I kind've revelled in being ugly and overlooked. But then I went to Cardiff and I got my eyebrows threaded on a whim. So now I have perfectly coiffed eyebrows and a girl!statche. I like that dichotomy too, but now that I'm in for a penny, I'm in for a pound. So. Bye, bye mustache. Bye, bye body hair.

I'll get contact lenses too, when I get back to the states. It will be nice to be pretty again, if only for how much better people treat me. And, well, how much easier it will be to get my way.

It's really shocking how much of a difference small things make. I think it's all in my head, but I notice these things in other people too. Maybe it is psychological, but if it is, it doesn't make much difference to the end result.