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she's still balding

i'm overdue on an update about my alopecia, which i've written about before: my current status is ughhhhhhhhhhh...

on friday i turned 37

...and all i got was an increase in my thyroid medication dosage and dns issues. nevertheless, i'm so glad i'm done 'being 36' and highly recommend skipping that year if you get the option!

this is a post about a haircut, spicy candle, elusive vegan turkey roast, gray cake, etc.

in my last blog i booked a hair appointment and i've since had that hair appointment.

she is beauty, she is grace, she is balding

alopecia areata is an autoimmune skin disease that typically leaves you with coin-sized bald spots...

brb, circumnavigating the globe

...haha jk. my pal, tyler, is though. tyler was my manager for a significant (and actually productive) part of my time at my last job. i hadn't heard from him in a long time when he messaged me a few weeks ago to announce that he was sailing around the world and would be in my area soon. every day is a winding road!

i spent most of halloween chaotically making candles

today is halloween and, no, i do not have a costumed addendum to my costume roundup from last year. i did wear a wig that i recently got so i could see what i'd look like with long blonde hair, though.

here's what i bought at some dollar stores this week

i'm having an awful time and also i don't want to talk about it - i just don't want to create the perception that my life is perfect right before i show you this siiick dollar store haul, made between two shops in sunnyside this week.

some foods that have been comforting me this past shitty month

this month sucked, which is why i have been hella logged-off for a lot of it. things seem to be headed in the right direction, though, so instead of dwelling on negative stuff i want to focus on the following foods which have been a great comfort to me this summer

yes, i am trying to get back into painting pixel art again

it's been, probably, years since i've [painted any pixel art](https://jennmoney.biz/art). yes, i've had artist's block for a long time! no, i don't want to talk about it! earlier this week i made a pixel art painting of this japanese candy mascot named noobow, while [andy was streaming a game](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1121475769) based on it.

domesticating feral tomatoes

i don't think i've ever officially *gardened*. i was simply never told that it was a thing i could even ever do. several years ago i lived in an apartment building with a grassy front lawn in montclair, new jersey, and during a visit from my uncle vinny, he said 'what's with the grass, you should pave it.' it's absurd to most, but there was virtually no grass within sight from our bay ridge apartment when i lived with him as a baby. what i'm getting at is, basically, a balcony counts as 'nature' to me.

category: living