Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: October 2022

  • Wigs Again! Will She Ever Shut Up About The Wigs?

    Today I learned: sometimes even though you spend hours conditioning and de-tangling a used wig, you will put it on and look like a man. And then later you realize you had it on backwards and then you turn it around and look like a woman. So, getting the hang of the wig thing. Got…

  • Cause of Death

    “Where are the wigs?” you say. One last wig is on the way: it’s a used fixer-upper, though. I haven’t had good luck with wigs of the dead. Shoes of the dead, sure, but it seems wigs are not like shoes. However, and more important, last week they announced the official cause of death for…

  • Wig Month: the Wig of My Youth

    Against all protests I am keeping this wig. There should be protests, because I do look a little like a 60s hippie. Or a country-western singer. I also look a little bit like I did when I was young. GARY even volunteered that. True, if you cut the volume in half. So this one is…

  • Wig Week: One More, to be Named Chimera

    So, I saw a number of negative reviews for a wig that seemed perfectly acceptable, so that made me curious. And when that wig showed up at an amazing 75% off sale, I figured I should see how bad it looked on me. At first it did look pretty bad. It seemed like a collage…

  • Wig Week: Bob Surprises People

    I’ve been wearing Servalan for a week or so. That wig is just an inch longer than my natural hair, but it is a bit dark, and besides, I like Bob the beachy-wave wig better. So on Friday Bob debuted in a Zoom meeting with my male boss. Boss: (quizzically) “… Ellen?” And then after…

  • Wig Week: All The Other Stuff

    I foolishly thought that when you wear a wig you just pull it on your head. Done. No more fuss. But NO, that is not true at all. Here is the vast list of things you buy to help your wig. Wig glue. If you have one of the modern wigs that let you sweep…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 10/6

    This week the third dog went from this: … to this. Dang, the expression is out of the eyes now. I’ll get it back. The right eye is in the right place now but needs more work. The edge of the left ear is too bright. I like some things about it. Mainly I like…

  • Wig Week: The Impending Reveal

    Well, last week I made a zoom background. It was designed to surround my head and to make it clear that I was wearing a wig. It doesn’t seem like I have a good day to use the Zoom announcement background until I introduce Bob to the entire department on Friday afternoon. That will be…

  • Wig Week: Winners

    Wig Week: Winners

    As we do in all beauty contests, let’s announce the winners by first announcing the losers. Distance winner – The overly dark pixie resembles my natural hair on Zoom. That ones a keeper. I have named this wig Servalan. In Person Winner – One wig was reviewed by others as skimpy. Of course, in the…

  • Wig Week: Reviewers

    There are two kinds of people who review wigs. Real people in comments The sales websites post reviews from purchasers, satisfied or not. The dissatisfied people say great things like, I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY SOLD ME THIS MOP IT LOOKS LIKE A COYOTE TAKING A NAP ON MY SKULL. Satisfied people post reviews with photos…