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AS THE HAIR BURNS…AND OTHER NEWS FROM THE FRONT

by olympia on March 6, 2009

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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WAITING FOR A………..MIRACLE

by olympia on January 16, 2009

Hello everyone,

The town is anxiously awaiting the inauguration of a new president ,the visitors are due to arrive any minute(4 million of them), and the economy is still in shambles. We need a………miracle. As i watched the footage of that airplane crashing into the Hudson River yesterday,as the passengers were saved and accounted for,I prayed that God will save our country and our economy as he saved those passengers on the plane.

DO YOU THINK OUR NEW PRESIDENT CAN BE LIKE THAT BRAVE PILOT ON THAT PLANE ?

Can our new president help us? Can he steer our country into safety? Is it fair to expect so much from him? Do you think that it was the pilots training that saved those passengers or was it the steering hand of God? I dont have the answers,but I am so glad for the outcome. I want to be saved ,its in my hard drive as a woman.Tired of being afraid,exhausted at keeping on top of my game,sad at hearing my friends and clients losing jobs and homes.The only thing , other than HOPE, that keeps me from breaking down is that:CHILDREN ARE WATCHING.

Thats right,our children are watching us.Very closely.They know something is wrong.My son ,until a few months ago ,thought the word:HOBO was funny.Not any more.He heard a little girl cry at school because her parents were being evicted.He looked up HOMELESS in the dictionary and that took care of the hobo word not being funny anymore. I sure hope this new president can save the day,its wrong to expect so much from him but……

MR PRESIDENT:DO SOMETHING SOON,THE CHILDREN ARE WATCHING.

That is all I have to say.Its so cold outside and Iam grateful to be inside and warm,kinda like those other survivors:GRATEFUL and waiting for a MIRACLE.

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