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watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,

soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,

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From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdad. I'm Greta Johnson. It is Tuesday, May 5th. I had American cheese on my instant ramen today, and it was delicious. And this is another edition of Nerdette's

introverts guide to the good life. So last week, we did an episode all about what people might have done differently

if they'd like magically had a one week warning before all the stay-at-home stuff started.

And one answer we got a lot of was all about haircuts.

Hair. We don't need no stinking hair. Maybe your bangs are starting to get very long.

Maybe you've noticed your colleagues in Zoom meetings are starting to look a little

shaggier than they normally like to.

Maybe you've even wondered if now is time to think about cutting your own hair.

I happened to get like a cute little pixie cut in February, which means I've been getting

super moppy lately. And my friend Julia, who cuts hair under normal circumstances, offered to do

a hair cutting lesson with me via Zoom. So I ordered some hair cutting cheers for like 30 bucks online and she

walked me through it. What do you, what are your concerns? What do you want to control?

I mean, this is just like a big intense wad. In some ways, it was actually a lot easier than I thought

it would be. I mean, there were some weird reaching angles. I definitely did not do anything with the back of my head. Let's be very clear about that.

It's still a little bulky, though, huh? So now it's heavy. So now we're going to fix the heaviness

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