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Money

Hello Everyone

It has been a while since my last post, and I am very sorry about that. Thank you for the nice emails and concern. We have been so busy at the salon, trying very hard to stay on top of our game. I have NEVER seen an economy such as this. I have lived through Coup D’Etats, Riots, Chicago’s East side,the gas crisis of ‘77/78, Baghdad the day before the invasion, Herat, Afghanistan during the war with Russia, BUT THIS IS BAD.

For most of this past week we have been doing corrective coloring and conditioning treatments on people that have BURNED their hair trying to do it themselves. Let me back-track a moment and tell you that since I am now an Internet mogul, I placed one of those Google Ads online that said “Hair Loss? I Can Help” . OH MY LORD the amount of phone volume crashed my phone lines and Verizon was out twice this week to fix them. NOT FUNNY. We are officially out of the Collagen Hair Treatments, they went like hot cakes. I called Clairol and Wella and they told me that the Hot-lines for them were also overwhelmed with calls.

I do not know if I should laugh or cry people. I DO know what being poor feels like, fear grips you and does not let go. The thought of hunger, homelessness, jobless, no health care is all depressing. A few years ago we never had these thoughts, if we did, we brushed them off as groundless. So what’s happened? I can blame many things: Cable News Media, Greed in Wall Street, Ineffective Government, and the ABILITY of all of the above TO HOODWINK US.

They say that if one does not ACT against a WRONG, then it is perceived as accepted. This is me taking a stand and saying I DO NOT ACCEPT THIS. I refuse and rebuke all fear, America IS and WILL be just fine. All of the economic indicators, except housing , have nowhere to go but up. Housing will take a while because the American Dream of owning a home had become a Fantasy instead. YOU CAN’T AFFORD A MILLION DOLLAR CONDO ON 100K SALARY PEOPLE. Get a grip, live within your means, do not do your own hair, turn off the news, look closely at your children’s faces and smile. As for me I have to go now…THE PHONES ARE RINGING OFF THE HOOK.

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Kogan To Release An Android!?!

by olympia on December 12, 2008

Hi, Voula Here:

I sat at my desk at work, took a sip of my latté and opened up the Washington Post a couple of days ago. I think I may have shrieked and got some stares. There was an article about one of my friends, Rusi, aka Ruslan Kogan to the world.

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What is happening to our economy?

by olympia on November 16, 2008

Hello everyone,

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I’ve had another eventful week at the salon. More and more clients are losing their jobs. Older clients have lost half of their retirement funds, while the younger clients go to work in fear. It is becoming very hard to keep spirits high.

It gets better: I saw a couple of clients at the supermarket this morning. They hugged and kissed me and proceeded to explain that they are now cutting their own hair. YIKES!! Enough nonsense everybody.

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Have You Ever Been Lost?

by olympia on September 22, 2008

The screeching was so loud that it reached into the vehicle’s interior. The occupants grimaced in pain as the sound careened inside their heads.

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“Must you go this fast?!” Nadine’s yell was barely audible over the roar of the engine as Brian floored the pedal again. [click to continue…]

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Create Your Own Label

by olympia on September 20, 2008

“That is so clever,” he noted, turning the wine bottle so that he could see the full label. “They’ve a photo of the bride and groom on here with the wedding date, and the whole bit!” [click to continue…]

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All business cards were created equal, or so I thought until I was presented with a card created by GL Print.

Being in sales, I’ve been to my fair share of conferences, meet & greets and business happy hours. Talking to people is the name of the game, and after the standard chitchat, you can almost bet on there being an exchange of business cards. Some are plain, some have a bit of decorations, but the whole problem is that everybody has them, and they’re just not memorable. Again, or so I thought…

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