Hmm ... how strange ... twenty or more people, randomly, from all over the country and across the world have "googled" the term: Isro Hair these past 24 hours, and they keep coming up with this. Because of Amba's comment: "(Nappy Jewish hair:) Back in the day, hon, they called it an ISRO!"
I wonder why? Is/was it "Isro Hair Day?"
I totally adore your hair! Mine is so straight that only my Chinese friends can empathise... like you, I have grown fond of it by now, though, it's part of me...
Posted by: Jean | April 15, 2005 at 01:14 PM
How odd! I never heard that term before! Today I've been getting tons of "Grace Kelly" hits but that's because Prince Rainier's funeral was held earlier. This morning I also got a search from a community college in Tucscon for "vaudeville menstrual actors during civil war." OY, obviously they meant "minstrel actors" but I sort of like the sound of that. Maybe it should be a new Oscar category. "And now for the best performance by a menstrual actor..."
Posted by: Danny | April 15, 2005 at 01:19 PM
Isro? I've heard of Jewfro, but not Isro.
Posted by: nappy40 | April 15, 2005 at 01:30 PM
Oh well, Danny, those "menstrual actors" will have me laughing all the way to the airport! How do you do that? "What?" you say. "Make me laugh from the depth of my diaphragm," I reply.
Yes indeed, Jean - acceptance, okay a sort of fondness, is where I have reached, finally, about my hair.
Posted by: Tamar | April 15, 2005 at 01:30 PM
Hey, Nappy 40 was here as I was replying ... well, well ... I had never heard of either until Amba's comment. Interesting.
Posted by: Tamar | April 15, 2005 at 01:32 PM
They're googling it because Jon Stewart said it on The Daily Show on Friday.
Posted by: Courtney | April 17, 2005 at 05:15 PM
Oh Courtney - thanks so much because the "googling" about it doesn't stop! Fabulous!
Posted by: Tamar | April 17, 2005 at 05:19 PM
yes, Jon Stewart and David Duchovny discussed "isro"s and Jon Stewart even said "someone right now is setting up www.isro.com"
haha
Posted by: Beth | April 17, 2005 at 10:13 PM
Oh, what a riot! Well okay - thanks to Stewart and Duchovny, my popularity rose dramatically for a few days.
I *almost* became a "mega-blogger"! Woo-hoo.
... but not quite ...
Posted by: Tamar | April 18, 2005 at 06:29 AM
Ahhh...the hair topic - one of my favorite topics. I also have frizzy, curly hair that's been heavily gray since I was 32 or so. As I told Nappy40 once, hair such as this becomes a full-fledged character in life. Certainly it's because of the continued unpopularity of this kind of hair - we struggle to make it straight, to fit it in, through chemicals, curlers, irons, blow-dryers, etc., but it doesn't ultimately work, sort of like trying to fit the proverbial square peg into the round hole. We suffer with it. I've cut it recently (again) but due to my laziness, it will eventually grow into the same style I've had all my life. :)
Posted by: adriana bliss | April 18, 2005 at 06:29 PM