brand-new natty-dread

did something today i haven't done in so long...an old friend from trini came over and i twisted her hair to start her dreadlocks.
i'd forgotten the excitement and curiousity of each new natty's early stages- how big or small do we want the locks, how much maintainance will it need, will it take, how will it look during that in-between stage?
i haven't locked any hair but mine in years, and even mine has been purely neatening for years now. not that i don't love my locks, but the thrill of a new natty is different- nothing else is like wrapping nicholai's in (biodegradeable) black cotton thread to help it catch, or killing my fingertips on ty's, trying to undo the injustice somebody else had done with beeswax, or even the early commitment to my own, keeping it tight for regular performances.
speaking of which, tomorrow i'm back to my shakespeare gig which means waking up @ 7am, after going to bed between 2 and 7am for over a week...i should go, seeing that as of right now i can only get a maximum of 5.5 hours sleep, assuming i fall out instantaneously with no desire to have sex- both laughable ideas...i'm out...

walk good.