VP Profile #19: Leah Miller

Here's another case where I haven't received a response from a previous VP XIII'er about an interview. Leah is pretty active on a variety of social networks, and I've used a lot of them to try to reach her, but I haven't been successful.

As with the previous unreachable VP'er, this space will hold for Leah, just in case she is told about this by another contact, and we can substitute an interview in.

Meanwhile, sharing what I know about Leah. Leah looks younger than she actually is. Her VP story was a very funny sort of Hitchhiker's Guide meets a vampire LARP thing, and I loved it. I hope to see it in print some day. Leah's day job is working in game design, and she is a very active fan of a variety of geeky things.

Here are some links.

beeandcat on Twitter
Cultural Geek on Twitter
Cultural Geek Girl: Leah's blog

We're getting down there on the interviews!

C

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Unextreme Make-Over: Setting Your Hair–Rollers

Let's flash back to life before Vidal Sassoon. Why do I mention Vidal? Vidal is the man who taught American women how to do their own hair with minimal maintenance. Enter the blow dryer and the curling iron. Life before Vidal included interesting things like bobby pins and rollers.

Today's entry is about rollers. Because I know you all want to know where you can get rollers! Especially if you want to play with vintage hair styles.

Rollers are super cheap, unless you go with gadgety hot rollers. Lynn Chapman has an article on the various types of rollers.

Target has recently gotten on board with the retro scene, and have begun stocking traditional hairstyling equipment in their Blowout section. There you can get all kinds of rollers, shower caps, clips, fixtures, and bobby pins. Almost everything the vintage stylist might need.

Other places to buy rollers? Almost any drugstore will have them. So does Sally Beauty Supply.

I've been playing with two kinds of rollers recently: small velcro and soft. I recommend the small velcro rollers for women whose hair is still relatively short. The soft rollers are good for sleeping on.

How do you work with rollers? Another article from Bella.online shows the importance of rolling on base and off base.

Here's what I usually do.

1. Wash and towel dry hair.
2. Use strong gel (I use Aveda's Flax Seed and Aloe Sculpting Gel)
3. Use rollers on base.
4. Sleep on it!
5. Get up and style hair.

Of course, you can use a blow dryer to speed things along.

Right now I'm trying a variety of different kinds of rollers. I'll let you know which kinds are really working for me. I expect this will change as my hair lengthens.

Catherine

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The Bachelorette; Pluggity Plug

Bryon is at his mother's. We're going to be whisking her away next week for a mood brightening B&B stay. She's been a little blue lately, which is understandable. So today, he's visiting, and I'm working. My life is like that. When it's not chocolate and caviar.

This means that I have a bachelorette night. What exciting things will I do? I'll...take care of the cats, wash out a delicate shirt, and write for four hours. That's the way we roll. I have a chapter of material to get out to some readers tomorrow. I aim to make that goal.

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There have been a few plugs I've been meaning to make. So here we go.

Fellow VP XIII'er E.F. Kelley, writing as Samuel T. Crown, publishes his ebook I, Demon today. I've read I, Demon as a beta. It's the tale of a demon sharing his life story with a sorceress. It's a good adventure novel with some infernal overtones.

A blog that I've really been enjoying recently is Amy Sundberg's. I know Amy through our mutual classmates in Viable Paradise and Taos Toolbox. Always, but especially lately, Amy's thoughts have been enriching my day and making me think.

Out right now in Britain: Stephanie Burgess' A Tangle of Magicks. I have yet to buy my copy, but buy one I will. Stephanie Burgess' first book was fresh and good. I'm ready for some more of that.

I've read and recommend The Boy at the End of the World by Greg Van Eekhout as well. Any book that has a pygmy mammoth and a weaponized prairie dog. I'm there. In all earnestness, Van Eekhout understands the kinds of books that kids read. His humor is spot on. Share this, as well as Kid vs Squid with your progeny.

Reading right now: Jim C. Hines The Snow Queen's Shadow. It'll get a longer review, because there's folklore in there to talk about, and I just can't say no to that. However, suffice it to say that it's a bit of a painful read for folks who have been following the series, but it's good.

Finally, read Feed and Deadline by Mira Grant. Look, I don't like zombie books, but this is different. This is a near-future apocalyptic treatise on the powers of fear and the reach of the media. Yeah, that's what it is. So read it. Also, Feed is up for the Hugo.

So, that's what I got. I'm leaving work in half an hour for sushi, and writing excitement. Woot.

Catherine

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