I’ve been tagged by three people for the same meme. How loved I feel! Tangobaby, Debbi and TP are responsible.
It’s another 7 Random Things About Me kind of Meme.
Here are the rules: Link to the person who tagged you and post the rules on your blog: Share seven random and/or weird things about yourself. Tag seven people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. Here goes:
1. I don’t use shampoo. YES I wash my hair, but I have naturally wavy/curly hair and have to take particular care of it. This means no products with harsh sulfates, conditioner cannot have any ‘cones (silicones), no brushing, etc. I’ve been doing this since May 2007 and I am very happy. (Yes this is my hair in the picture) For more information, see naturallycurly.com
2. When I was little, I made up a name for myself:
Tina Lisa Eric Georgie Porgie Pete Jose Skipper Cinderella Ferrari. 
3. I’m allergic to eggplant and pineapple.
4. When I was 22 I went to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem all by myself, for no specific reason other than I was curious and wanted to go.
5. I was really unpopular growing up in school and even got bullied. I was always the weird one. It got better in high school when I made real friends. But the years leading up to that carved themselves into my memory so much that to this day I have a slight fear that the people around me don’t really like me or think I’m too weird. I know in my heart that it’s not true - the more I get to know and love myself, the more I realize that the people around me are there because they love me. Yikes, was that too personal?
6. I’m not much of a book reader. Unless it’s a collection of poetry or short stories. Then I’m game! Right now I’m reading a Jorge Luis Borges anthology that I received from someone special this Christmas.
7. My favorite beauty icons are Sophia Loren and Botticelli’s Venus.
I try to sit like Sophia in milongas.
Okay, now to tag people. I choose…
1. Elizabeth
2. Annika, who got me into letting my waves be what they are
3. Katie
4. Fluvial
5. Farfallina
6. Erin, over at the Olive Notes
7. Jennifer, my Italian-American friend in Japan.
Happy Meme-ing!
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#5 Me too.
oh honey! I could have written #5 myself, word by word. *hugs*
But pineapple? Pineapple is my favorite fruit in the whole world. Then again, you can eat nuts and shellfish and a lot of things I can’t eat, so it kind of evens out in the end.
Thanks for tagging me, I needed a kick in the butt to start writing!
… on second thought I need to sleep so I won’t write it until tomorrow though..
But I will, I promise!
Tina! I love your made-up name! What’s the story behind the choices, especially the male ones
Same with me for #5! I used to climb trees with books to escape recess at school, which I used to call torture time. My fourth grade teacher once insisted that I stay and play dodge ball. I did and ended up with a concussion and bloody nose. At which point I turned to my teacher and said “I told you so” as she brought me to the nurse’s office. Fun times…..
But look at how fantastic we are now, we so rock!
I’m also the same with the curly hair and no shampoo! I use a product called No Poo by DevaCurl. They make a whole line of products specifically for curly hair. Love them!
Caroline & Debbi & Annika: Yeah, it’s amazing how those of us who were bullied in school wound up being pretty cool and interesting people - and even more amazing is how we all attract each other as friends!
Johanna - My favorite names for boys were Eric and Jose. So I had wanted them too!
Now my favorite names for boys are more along the lines of Alessandro, or Stefano… Also, I ‘m a very indecisive person at times who hates to choose between things, so I had to have alllll of the names. Skipper was because it was my dad’s nickname for me as a child.
Debbi - oh yes, I know Deva curl
For my CO wash, I use Suave strawberries & cream, and for my conditioning, I alternate between Burts Bees “More Shiny” and Giovanni 50/50 balance remoisturizer. I then scrunch with gel and let dry. 
On my God. I was also going to say that I was a #5, too!!!! And then I saw that it’s many more of us–and I’m with Debbi, we rock. Not only that, but the two of you, ladies, who I know personally (and I’m sure it’s the case for Annika too) seem so personable, charming and sefl-confident, and kind, and nice that it’s just bound to be that this type of early experience makes you fantastic
Tina, on top of that, I’m with you with Botticelli’s Venus!!!! It’s so funny, because I actually had a fact on Botticelli’s paintings in my own list that I ended up erasing to put something else. Ha. Definitely in the same wavelength!!!!
Finally–wow, I’ve seen your hair, and it looks fantastic. I’m really curious about the care you take — though unfortunately I have curls only on very humid weather, and they are rather weak…
I think most people who end up in Tango were #5s. We’re the ones that always did interesting, out-of-the-box things
I’m going to have to do some serious hair product testing when my hair gets long enough - if in fact my hair grows back curly. So far it’s pretty straight. But pretty short
Your hair looks amazing!!! I also stopped using shampoo last July after reading Annika’s blog, but it hasn’t worked out so well for me! I need to wash with baking soda every 2 to 3 days. I don’t know if the problem is my scalp, the water, or the Tokyo pollution. What is your no poo routine??
Hi Tina,
Thanks for sharing your list with us. I am supremely envious of your curly hair even though I haven’t seen it yet. I am sure it is gorgeous. I am sad you can’t have pineapple, though.
I agree with everyone’s comments on #5. What’s good to know is that you survived that cruel phase in order to go on and be yourself, and not have been crushed permanently by it. Maybe those mean kids helped in some way to make you the special, insightful talented person you are today.
Jen - Hi! Make sure your conditioner has absolutely ingredients ending in the letters “cone”. that’s #1…
I “wash” with a super light conditioner, V05 Strawberries & Creme (I know I said Suave but I think it’s V05), and I really really scrub my scalp and then I rinse really, really well.
Then I condition with (well, see above, you’ll see my products.
One thing you can do instead of baking soda (which drives my skin crazy) is when you do have to use shampoo, only wash your roots - and only do it after you have lightly coated the rest of your hair in a bit of conditioner so that the sulfates don’t get it.
tangobaby - It sucks because I love egglpant and pineapple. But when I eat them, not so good.
Pineapple makes my mouth freak out (raw, painful, sort of swollen but not a lot, and it happens immediately) while if I bite into eggplant my gums bleed - and I get a huge, horrible upset tummy. It’s weird. If it’s a tiny ingredient with a lot of other things, I can handle a small amount but I am too scared to do that.
I’m allergic to pineapple too!
Yay! I’m not the only one!
(well, not “yay” for a pineapple allergy, but..you know what I mean)
Thanks Tina! I’ll try those products when I’m back in the States. Until then maybe I’ll try conditioner washing for a month. Of course that means I’ll have to wake up earlier every day; right now on no-wash days I don’t even wet my hair so I’ve gotten lazy! (^o^)
Btw I got my first translating job! Yay! Thanks for all your help!
Yay! Another Pineapple allergic! I am not alone!
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