Hello 
I'm Siobhan Curran/Kisa Naumova, and this is my weblog. I tend to write about stuff like crossdressing, Macs, code, cats, wine and Second Life, but in general it's just an ongoing conversation about all sorts of stuff. If you'd like to know a little bit more about what this all is, I recommend starting on this page which has a little bit of info on who I am, and what I'm trying to do — or you could dive into my five years worth of archives if you like.
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Top Tranny Tips
Number One: How to get long hair.
Stop getting it cut.
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Next week, how to achieve the perfect cleavage, using only a Plastic Surgeon and three thousand quid.
Warp Speed
A weird thing happened on the drive home tonight. OK, two weird things happened — the first being that there were almost no cars on the road, and I got home in under two hours.
The second weird thing was some kind of natural phenomenon on the road between Bentham and Wennington. Picture the scene: Ms Curran at the wheel, flinging her Punto around the bends in some poetic tyre-on-tarmac ballet, an album-full of euphoric trance (shut it) bursting out of her rear-mounter Pioneers, when suddenly the air became thick with tiny flecks of light.
You know that thing where you're driving through snow, really fast, and you think to yourself "Heh, cool. I'm like on the Millenium Falcon"?
Well, it was just like that. Only with flies and not snow.
Thousands of them, there were. Millions.
Bazillions even, perhaps.
Had there been a Fiat engineering team observing, they would have been able to spot-test the efficiency of Ffr's aerodynamics — without the expense of a wind tunnel and that smoke stuff they use — as fly after fly was sent hurtling through the turbulance of a car that cuts through the air like a brick.
My bonnet and windshield are now, obviously, peppered with the sorry carcasses of all the little buggers who didn't quite make it into the slipstream.
It reminded me though, of a summer's afternoon in Lancaster a few years back, when I was suddenly aware that ever single surface was populated with strange little black flies having sex. Everywhere you looked they were at it, humping each other then passing out — the final ecstatic swansong of the male insects who'd suddenly all realised the point of their lives on the same day.
It only ever lasted one day — one (presumably, for the flies) joyous yet tragic day.
What always confused me was how they all knew which day it was supposed to be.
Maybe one of them posted something on alt.blackfly.timetofuckanddie 
And if you're as bald as an egg..?
I recommend cress
What Did I Miss?
Ooooh. Controversy in low-ratings channels.
Always fun 
What about Cicadas? The nymphs live underground for years (sometimes as long as 17 years) before emerging to change into their winged form and mate — all at the same time! Interestingly, the number of years they remain underground is a prime.
(And who said being a traneie wasn't educational )
What did I miss?
That happens sometimes when they're showing films. Maybe they've contracted to show them a limited number of times and don't want to waste a 'play'?
Cicada's. Always a fun noise. Not. Good story about one, though. We couldn't figure out where this really pissed off sounding cicada was. It was loud, and it was annoyed.
Grabbing a flashlight (torch), we went hunting. Where was it, (what was it?) and were there more of them? Finally, we found it. I shone the light at a kitten, who, it turned out, had caught the cicada and was simply carrying it in her mouth! The thing looked annoyed. I've never seen an insect looked annoyed, but this one did. I can't think why...
When she tried to eat it, the cicada flew away. Poor Bongo; she tried, though.
Oh, we've got a spider epidemic. For some reason, there are many more spiders than usual. And they're building big webs. Yuk.
Carolyn Ann
B.T.W. I noticed a 'teaser' on ITV2 last night. Seems like Belle De Jour has landed a TV deal in addition to the book (way to go Belle). Belle is being played by Billie Piper, and this got me thinking: If channel five ( 
) picked up on Tranniefesto, who would you want to play you?
"Number One: How to get long hair.
Stop getting it cut."
But surely a little pruning encourages new growth???
"What Did I Miss?"
They show that on the plus ones when they would be repeating one of those late night call in quiz shows. Something about preventing people from throwing away money.
Campbell
@Steph — Why on earth would cutting away dead cells 'stimulate' the follicle to produce more of them? It doesn't know it's been cut. Honestly, cutting hair has no effect whatsoever on how much grows.
@Campbell — Ah, that makes sense. Ta. Although I'm a tad disappointed that it was't some kind of slanderous outburst from a late-night discussion programme member that they were referring to
Visiting the hairdresser every so often is still a good idea as it helps to keep the hair tidy. My hair suffered. Over 7 years without being cut and the occasional manly neglect left it very uneven, scraggly even with plenty of split ends. The first haircut lobbed off 4 or 5 inches. Ever since though it has been less than a cm so it continues to grow longer. I also found visiting the hairdressing salon to be a very pleasing. Something every longer haired tranny should experience
Campbell
"What Did I Miss?"
I have to admit, I thought there was something scandalous I was missing the first time I saw that screen but I couldn't think of what that might be. The media seems to be able to show almost anything these days.
Campbell
Re your reply to steph — I never understood how the myth got around that shaving makes hair grow back thicker...?!
@Campbell — yeah, and I've been meaning to go to the hairdresser for ages for that very reason, and also because I want to get my styled somehow. As much as I love it being really long, it has absolutely no shape to it. Im just a bit of a chicken, is all.
@Stephanie — Hasn't it got something to do with hair that has never been shaved being 'tapered', whereas once you shave it, it starts growing with the thicker end?
http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/hairgrow.asp
Shaving makes hair feel like it grows back thicker because the shaved ends of hair are sharper and all at different angles, making stubble feel rougher to the touch.
But it doesn't make the actual hair grow thicker.
@Alli' — "If channel five picked up on Tranniefesto, who would you want to play you?" Oops, sorry — in the midst of all my hair-myth research, I completely missed that one. I shall have to ponder about that for a bit
Glad I wasn't cycling from Bentham to Wennington on Tuesday night, then (and not only because of pirouetting Puntos).
I thought the secret of long hair was not getting it cut, too, but an occasional trim does help prevent (occasional) split ends propagating and seems to help overall condition. I find my hair has a maximum length beyond which it breaks, which is shorter if I haven't had it cut for a year or so.
And there's nowt wrong with a little euphoric trance.
Bugs & long hair
Many many moons ago, my hair was very long (about half-way to my waist). It was also quite curly / frizzy. Couple this with a day spent wandering around during a greenfly population explosion of truly biblical proportions...
Combing greenfly out of your hair — squishy little green bastards! 
A year later, due to all that extra food, there was a massive ladybird population explosion. I seem to recall seeing film of council workers, in Southport, scooping them up with a JCB! :-O
Also, keeping your hair (and scalp) clean is a good way to encourage long hair. I've heard variable reports on the benefits of massaging your scalp with a brush, as it stimulates blood circulation to the follicles.
Ah if only it were that easy. :-/