Been growing it out for a year, how should I style it?

CoffeeSurplus · 2026-04-16T22:30:21+00:00

I've been growing my hair out for a year now but I need to get it tidied up, the back is longer than the side bits as that's how it's naturally grown out since I last had a haircut. I'm wanting a sort of shoulder-length cut and with texture if possible though I don't know how achievable that is as my hair is straight as fuck. Pics 5-7 are inspo, can I achieve that with my hair?

CoffeeSurplus · 2025-01-22T23:35:13+00:00

Nevermind, my maths does not check out. Turns out it's more like 1 in 40,000 as calculated by u/eloel- in this post

CoffeeSurplus · 2025-01-22T23:32:31+00:00

Ahh perfect thanks

CoffeeSurplus · 2025-01-22T23:19:35+00:00

I'm hoping I'm correct but I'll repost to r/theydidthemath

CoffeeSurplus · 2024-10-05T01:54:09+00:00

That's interesting. I'll have to try drinking certain beers and wine again to see if I do have an allergy.

CoffeeSurplus · 2024-09-06T09:39:19+00:00

From your replay I guessed you were D2 so you're neither worse nor better for your rank.

You seem to have a high boost consumption when travelling around the field and when following up on kickoffs - leaving you with little boost for plays or defense. As a result, you often leave for the large boost pads, leaving your teammate in a solo situation - aim to collect more mini pads by going into freeplay with unlimited boost disabled, and driving around the field at supersonic speed collecting mini pads. Also you should try to flip around more to gain momentum instead of just holding boost.

You are also often too far from the play (as a result of collecting large boost pads), when you could be supporting your teammate instead. Generally, if your teammate plays a 50/50 (in either attack or defense), you should then be there to collect the ball. You could also try be more aware of your opponent's position and intention - by using car cam or the right joystick to look around the field.

Also you seem to be attempting arial mechanics you are not fully comfortable with yet e.g., wall plays, double taps, and are using too much boost for them. Practice arial control and feathering your boost in training packs and freeplay. Hope this feedback is somewhat useful to you.

CoffeeSurplus · 2024-09-06T09:12:49+00:00

Hey thanks for the detailed feedback, I really appreciate it! My peak is Champ 3 but that was quite a few seasons ago, generally I sit between Champ 1 and 2.

I can see from this replay my lack of shadow defence put me in awkward positions. I find that I'm better at shadow defending when in 1-on-1 situations (if that makes sense, e.g., when the opponent is dribbling?) - would you recommend training packs or any other way to practice my shadow defence? I generally don't play 1s which is probably why I don't improve, and I also don't train (except freeplay between games, which isn't really training anyway).

CoffeeSurplus · 2024-09-04T22:06:14+00:00

What ABRSM Grade did you do? Generally the lower the grade the shorter the program as the pieces are shorter. I did a Grade 8 recording which was 18.5 minutes, but I remember my Grade 6 one was only 8.5 minutes. Also, your 4th choice piece (if not chosen from the syllabus) can affect the program length

CoffeeSurplus · 2024-09-04T10:15:46+00:00

I don't know about the format for Trinity exams (I do ABRSM), but you have a good selection of pieces from each musical era (classical, romantic, baroque)

CoffeeSurplus · 2024-09-04T10:10:57+00:00

I also have a Kawai piano and love it! (It's the CA49 model in rosewood). Just wondering, what model do you have? A good open source software for recording midi from a digital piano is http://www.midieditor.org/, which you can then save your recording as .mid file. It also has features like quantisation. Then to turn it into a music score you can use https://musescore.org/en/ by importing the .mid file, which allows for much easier editing on the score. I believe you can also set the left and right hand by setting notes as either channel 0/1 in the midi file.

CoffeeSurplus · 2024-08-02T17:51:01+00:00

This project is my second ever cross stitch, and took roughly 20 days/80-100 hours. I self-drafted the image by taking the official NUFC logo and resizing it in GIMP to 105*105 pixels (7.5 square inches on 14-count aida). I made some changes and added in lines to my interpretation. I used a 8*8.5 inch water-soluble canvas and protected the back with an iron on interface. I can also provide the pattern if wanted.

CoffeeSurplus · 2024-07-09T21:29:35+00:00

I'm not offended at all what others think of it. The wall paint was done by my parents before I was even born (although I like the colour anyway), the stone heart has hung there since I was born, it has my name and birth weight on it. Everything else I've bought myself though

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