Dear Lizzy

Tangled Tail and Shy
Dear Lizzy,

I'm trying to grow my hair out, but it's extremely fine and feels disgustingly greasy if I don't wash it every day. I use conditioner, but it still gets tangled and breaks a lot, and it seems like an awful lot just falls out every day. What do you recommend for encouraging hair to grow out well, and what do you do to keep it under control?

Tangled Tail

( Treat it well, take it to dinner, make it feel loved... )

Dear Lizzy,

Recently I've started going to more sci-fi conventions. At some of them, particularly out-of-town, I don't know very many people. I'd like to get to know new people and make friends at these conventions, but I'm painfully shy and I don't know where to start. It seems incredibly rude to simply intrude on someone's conversation in the con suite, and attempting this usually gets me a cold shoulder, so I'm even more reluctant. There's nothing more lonely than being all alone in a crowd, but it keeps happening to me, and it's detracting from the convention experience. What do I do?

Shy

( Make yourself visible, helpful, friendly-looking, and cool. What, is that all? )

And, on a side note.... LJ's spelling suggestions for craftwork: craft work, craft-work, groundwork, gravedigger. Wow....