Cutter's Remorse

Yesterday I finally chopped off my hair.  Something I experimented with around this time last year, so I wasn't nervous about it.  In fact, I was beyond excited.  I had some mixed feelings about it after I left, but then after a few hours I decided I liked it.  This morning, after my shower, I straightened it and that didn't work out so well.  It just looked so weird! I rewet it and still it looked odd.  I had cutter's remorse.  What had I done?! My hair was gone and I look like a pinhead.  I am slightly ashamed to say that I shed a couple remorseful tears.  But then got on with my day.  I still don't know how I feel about it.  It certainly stirred up some memories of haircuts past.

I recall my first significant haircut.  Mom is going to hate me for this one.  I was five and mom said I had to get my bangs trimmed.  Well, mom lied.  I went from having waist length hair to a pixie cut.  Granted, I didn't brush my hair.  In fact, I think I'd just kind of pull it out when it got too snarly.  I understand why mom had my hair cut, but for a girlie-girl like me, it was a travesty.  I don't know if I did something to really tick her off that year but to make matters worse, she dressed me in yellow (w/that haircut) for my kindergarten moving up ceremony.  I definetly know some people thought I was a little boy.  If I ever come across the photos, they will surely be posted.

After "The Great Haircut Travesty of 86" I kept my hair as long as possible until I hit those akward tween years.  It was obvious I didn't have a clue what to do with my hair back then.  Straightening irons were not heard of.  Getting a perm or wave was the way to go.  I donned the infamous spiral perm. 

Sasha & Me with my Weird Al inspired perm.

I had strange and bewildering hair right up until I graduated high school.  Besides the perms I experimented with all different haircuts, hair dyes (note to self: NEVER use any type of 'ash' color dye for it will turn my hair green), kool aid for hair dye, peroxide, Sun-In and lemon juice.  I spent numerous dollars on pomades, waxes, oils, Frizz-Ease, serums, basically anything that I thought could tame my thick, not straight-not curly, frizzy hair.  It was all junk that made everything worse.

Since high school I have had pretty decent hair and only one bad experience.  A few years ago, I asked for a layered cut with long bangs.  The hairdresser started like three inches back from my forehead and cut this huge chunk straight back.  I knew it was bad when she started saying (before I saw my hair) "This is what you said you wanted." B*tch.  It took one month of wearing a baseball cap and a complete year of making it blend before it looked normal again.

I will learn to like my new haircut.  My hair grows fast, plus, it's just hair.  I will make do with what I have and use my favorite products to get me through.

The New Do

 My Favorites:

• de-Luxe Rosemary Mint Shampoo & Conditioner (sold on Drugstore.com)
• John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Shampoo & Conditioner- rotated with the de-Luxe brand
• BioSilk Silk Strate
• BioSilk Silk Therapy *This is about $20 for a 12 oz. bottle but you only use a dime size amount at a time (so it lasts forever).  It gets rid of frizz instantly.  Works really well prior to straightening. It just WORKS!
• Con Air Ceramic Straightening Iron

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I Should Have Listened to My Parents...Just Don't Tell Them That

Day two of blogging.  I really don't have much to say today.  Although, I woke up this morning with the feeling that I was going to see someone I don't like (like ex-family).  I also had the feeling that an alarm was going to go off today.  Thankfully I didn't see any ex-family, but I did encounter a girl that I had issues with a couple weeks back.  She's small potatoes, so whatever.  But funny enough, a fire alarm went off at CCC today and we had to evacuate from the building.  This morning I told my manager of my premonitions of the day's events.  She was more shocked than I was when the alarm went off.  (Cue eery music!)



OMG! She said what??

Since I mentioned ex-family I would like to take this opportunity to tell any youngsters who are madly in love and want to get married this: DON'T DO IT! My goodness, if only we would listen to our parents, friends, teachers, ANYONE for that matter, at the age of 18.  It's really a stupid set up that they allow children to get married.  I mean if you can't legally drink alcohol and can't even rent a car you have no business engaging in a marriage.  I should know, I was there. 

I know exactly why I got married so young, to the first person who asked: I had no self esteem, no confidence and felt that I couldn't do better in life.  Heck, I didn't even think I was good enough for community college.  Which is why I didn't go until 8 years after graduating high school. What a sad thought, not being good enough for grade 13.  Oh well the past is the past and I have moved on.  I wish I hadn't done it, but I did.  It's true what people say about getting divorced.  It's so expensive because it is so worth it. 

On the flipside: I want to get married again, someday.  Especially since I never had a marriage, I had a wedding.  This time the focus will be on the marriage...not the party. 

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Apparently, I have things to say.

I don't really know why I started "blogging". I have a lot to say about nothing, kind of like "Seinfeld".....but way less funny. I plan on covering all sorts of topics in the future. The kinds of things you can look forward to: Dr. Mario, manners, Happy Madison movies, recipes, Netflix favs, moving mayhem and of course, Cardinal Hockey.
Basically, I'll just write about whatever I want.  Read it or don't.  This is more for me than you anyway.

Now I must go....My cat, Munkie, (who is a cross-eyed, deaf, Siamese) is very insistent on when he is fed wet food.  I'm tired of stopping him from knocking things off of the coffee table to get my attention. It's times like these that he earns his nickname of Juanita Solis!
 

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