N:
What have you been doing?

S:
What have I been doing?

N:
Yeah.

S:
Wanting to get my hair cut.

N:
It's grown out - a lot.

S:
I know.

N:
Are you trying to grow it out?

S:
Well, I was, but I don't think I wanna. The idea was to achieve the perfect '70's butt rocker look.

N:
You know, the mullet's not in. It's the Mohawk that's in.

S:
The Mohawk? I don't think I can go for the Mohawk.

N:
You know, if you want somewhere to grow out your hair, what you probably should do is just trim up the top and clean up the back.

S:
So yeah, I thought I would get the back cleaned up and then trim up the sides and shape it up. Maybe just kind of like it's shaggy, but jaggedy on the edges and the bangs and stuff.

N:
You really shouldn't take too much length off. Just clean up this.

S:
yeah

N:
Yeah.

S:
Yeah.

N:
YEAH!

S:
You know what you're doing!

N:
I know what I'm doing!

S:
How the hell do you know what you're doing? That's great.

N:
I'm trying to keep my place tidy. And of course of all times that I have people over, it's not tidy. Usually, I'm such an anal freak that it's always tidy.

S:
It's always in perfect shape until someone comes over...

N:
Until someone comes over!!! Annie and Ethan came over. I cut Ethan's hair and we were watching the rest of A Beautiful Mind while I was cutting his hair. And then he's like, "Uh, your place is kind of modern. You've got a lot of silver." I go, "Silver's the new black!" And she's [Annie] all telling him about my anal freakishness, but it doesn't look like it today. I'm giving you a tour of my closet, look at this.

S:
Yeah, that head...you're wig looks so nice

N:
That's cause I cut her hair. That was one of my mannequins I practiced on. I buzzed it down to nothing. So she's just uh head for my wig. Multi-purpose.

S:
I think she looks good with the buzz cut.

N:
Yes. I call her Sarah, as in Sarah Jessica Parker.

S:
Right.

N:
So have you guys been going out very much?

S:
We're going out tonight to see Cousteau.

N:
Oh, there's one song I like of theirs I heard on KEXP. I found their CD used somewhere and I couldn't recognize the song.

S:
I've only listened to the cd once.

N:
Really, is it good?

S:
Yeah! I really liked it. It was Stacey's cd. And I think Maria's gonna go.

N:
You want some aqua?

S:
Sure. Cat Power (looking at a cd)

N:
Yeah, that's the old one.

S:
I used to have a Cat Power cd and it just disappeared. I hate that.

N:
I found that one used.

S:
Oh, I had this whole plan that I was gonna mine Goodwill for cool vinyl, but that stuff doesn't make its way to Goodwill.

N:
No.

S:
People are hanging on to it, I guess. Bastards.

N: (with hair toolbox in hand)
Some guy saw me on the street and he was like "What type of work do you do? You've got a toolbox."

S:
So where do you set up?

N:
Right there. In the living room. What time's the show?

S:
They said doors open at 8.

N:
Where's it at? The Showbox?

S:
Yeah, the Showbox.

N:
Oh, it won't start till 9 or so. Who's opening up?

S:
I have no idea. I don't think it says on the ticket.

N:
(new song on the radio) Twilight Singers.

S:
Stacey was just telling me that this is Greg Dulli from Afghan Whigs.

N:
Yeah, and Sean Smith from Brad.

S:
Ahh, a friend of mine was just asking if I had this Afghan Whigs cd. I said, oh, I bet Stacey does.

N:
(pointing to brown spots on the catch sheet)
Ok, that's brown dye, it's not what you think. I did Annie's hair and we spilt brown dye all over this and it's not poop. It's BROWN DYE.

S:
I believe ya.

N:
So which Afghan Whigs CD was it?

S:
Gentlemen. I was certain Stacey had it, but he said "No, but I've got Twilight Singers which is the side project of Greg Dulli." (pointing to photo) Is that a photo of your mom?

N:
Yeah, that's her passport photo form the '70s. So I got really curious about my name, cause everyone kept asking me. So I did a Google search of my own name thinking I would find the meaning of it. Not only did I not feel unique, cause I thought Mom and Dad, I thought my name was special. Way to burst my bubble. It's like finding out that Santa's not really real. So I did a Google search and found my name on Stacey's website. Well, I didn't know he had one. I didn't know what it was about. And it said something like, this was when Annie and I first met you and Stacey at that 76 Union before the Coldplay and Grandaddy show. I was there with my friend, Jeff and his girlfriend and so, uh, he said something like "Nantini, that Thai Girl from Texas".