tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post6041652528732880801..comments2024-02-05T05:15:04.759-08:00Comments on Wandering Scientist: Mixed FeelingsCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-36088701415193216692016-09-03T13:59:37.894-07:002016-09-03T13:59:37.894-07:00Really sorry to hear about the tweet. Hope your we...Really sorry to hear about the tweet. Hope your weekend finished better than it started and that this week was better. EarthSciProfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-38935444257925034022016-08-29T23:13:34.833-07:002016-08-29T23:13:34.833-07:00I had a blonde co-worker/peer (PhD physical scient...I had a blonde co-worker/peer (PhD physical scientist at a national lab) with a first name that indicated that her parents had a very different future in mind for her.<br /><br />She subverted her name and her hair color.<br /><br />She posted a sign outside her door (next to her name plate), "Caution: blonde thinking."<br /><br />There are many managers who wouldn't think of launching a satellite until she signed off on the pre-launch prep.badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-25759952127181639482016-08-28T16:50:00.790-07:002016-08-28T16:50:00.790-07:00We have a 2 car garage but a one car driveway. I ...We have a 2 car garage but a one car driveway. I also wonder what we are going to do when the kids can drive since HOA says no street parking overnight.Nicoleandmaggiehttp://nicoleandmaggie.wordpess.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-54062419995593457472016-08-28T15:40:27.006-07:002016-08-28T15:40:27.006-07:00Blonde women in power: It's common to dye hair...Blonde women in power: It's common to dye hair a lighter color with age, because dyeing hair very dark makes the wrinkles look deeper and the face older and more stern, so even naturally dark-haired women are advised to go a couple of shades lighter as they get older (auburn and whatnot). Lighter hair on older women helps soften the features, basically. <br /><br />I was blonde when younger, I am now what counts as dirty blonde/light brown, after having become progressively darker with each pregnancy (the extra melanin that darkens the line on the belly, nipples, etc., and goes away from the skin after the baby is born doesn't ever go away from the hair). <br /><br />I also grew up with blonde jokes in a fairly sexist society, and I learned early on to laugh at them and share a few jokes myself. I think that in retrospect I never believed the jokes applied to me because (brag alert) I always kicked everyone's a$$ in school, and kids knew it. But I suppose that made me complicit because I think I totally believed that the jokes applied to those "other stupid blondes" (just not me)... <br /><br />I spent a lot of my teens and early twenties pretending to be dumber than I was, and being blonde helped. So many people would be freaked out to learn that I studied theoretical physics and get just all weird around me, I told new relatively irrelevant people (e.g., dudes you meet at a bar or a party) that I was a hair dresser; that worked swimmingly. I think being blonde definitely helps if someone wants to not seem intimidating. I am tall and not particularly attractive, so those cancel much of my blondeness... But I am assuming someone like Marissa Meyer can afford to me much meaner or just more demanding as a boss than a woman who's less pretty or simply more stern looking. <br /> <br />Anyway, I really can't say that I was bothered growing up by the ubiquitous blonde jokes as I probably should've been. Nobody told me that I got anything because someone wanted to date me, but I guess that's a perk of not being very attractive (I certainly got that memo loud and clear). I got labeled "the smart one" early on and my peers seemed to agree, so it became a core of my identity. <br /><br />We are in McMansion-adjacent territory. My house is 3400 sq ft, but no other criteria. The house was originally circa 2400 sq ft but the owners before us seamlessly added 1,000 sq ft. We have a 2-car garage, 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, one 3/4 bath and one 1/2 bath. We have no guest bedroom at all, as our 3 kids each have their own room; we make the younger two share a room if we have anyone staying over. I actually wish we had a 3-car garage since that would mean I could get Eldest his own car. It's insane to have a car here without a garage, so he always borrows my car... We use every square inch of the house and it's actually not big compared to other houses around here. Gotta have a big house when you are snowed in for months on end. xykademiqzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306861394466282929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-8317069005199201762016-08-28T13:34:57.651-07:002016-08-28T13:34:57.651-07:00Oh, and we, too live in a small 1950s house. The s...Oh, and we, too live in a small 1950s house. The storage is actually pretty good--maybe it was retrofitted? But a lot of it was built in. Maybe not. We did have one very strange closet, but Mr. Sandwich redid that and now it actually works as a closet. I would love a true master suite (right now we have 1-1/2 bathrooms, which certainly is enough for our needs). But overall, I'm pretty happy with the house. And our neighbors are fantastic.Tragic Sandwichhttp://www.tragicsandwich.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-32883077798934161612016-08-28T13:30:00.926-07:002016-08-28T13:30:00.926-07:00Something else about blonde women in power: A lot ...Something else about blonde women in power: A lot of those women are older. Their hair likely is at least somewhat grey. Lighter colors are easier to maintain. I've been shifting my own color lighter the last year or so, because I can't go to the salon often enough to eliminate roots--and they are less apparent if the contrast is lower.Tragic Sandwichhttp://www.tragicsandwich.comnoreply@blogger.com