I must say that I have to agree with Kristen that I am glad we are returning to these two textbooks filled with stories that I feel really get the strong content of this class. Basically what I wrote in my journal for these readings was regarding "Fighting the Natural," and how I felt it did an excellent job explaining life transformation in terms of something as simple as hair dye. I also emhasized in my journal writing that although this article seems fresh and open to new changes in life the person writing it seems to be willing enough to embrace new lives with each box of hair dye but does not seem to embrace her own contentment. In other words, the writer is quick to wash away the imperfections, "the gunk" but is not so quick to work through and learn from those perfections. Thus, she still remains in a state of flux, transitioning from one hair color to the next and in turn one type of life to the next.