A while ago I was so excited to show off my new hair cut. I have never been “into” my hair nor had any thoughts about how it should be cut- much less styled. I’m a wake up and go gal, though I did buy a hairbrush not too long ago (but hardly use it). So, I was away from home and I had meant to get a cut before leaving but didn’t. I felt my hair looked shaggy and unkempt (thought I haven’t had before about my hair) so I got it cut while visiting family in Chicago.
It was all going well. It was short again, layered and I had a nice conversation with the stylist. Then a couple days later I noticed something a little strange. On the left side of my head there was a chunk of hair that kept staying up. I didn’t blow dry it and there didn’t seem to be a reason for the funkiness. Anytime I caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror, I’d press the hair down and try to make it conform.
After what seemed like a week of trying to water/lick/yank it into submission, I realized that I had a patch of hairs that were sticking straight up. Yes. Straight up. They are about 2 or 3 inches tall. Just in that patch. The rest is more or less how you’ve seen it in pictures. I don’t know if you’ll believe me but I am not mad. Not angry. Not upset. Not anything more than perplexed. How could this happen? In all my years of not caring how my hair turned out I’ve never had any problems. Never anything like this. There I was trying to give specific instructions to the stylist on how my hair should turn out (and she’s been doing this for yeeeears) and I’ve got a patch of 3 inch hairs on the top of my head.
The funniest part is that I feel bad. Yes. I feel bad because the stylist is a family friend (and has been doing their hair for years) and she came over after my haircut and I asked if she had noticed these short hairs (as if this were a growth problem of mine or something). Then she felt bad and I felt bad for making her feel bad even though she had made those hairs 3 inches long. But again I’m not mad. Whenever I see (or feel) my 3 inch hairs on the top of my head I get this confused look on my face and keep saying, “this is sooo weird”.
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susan // January 1, 2008 at 8:13 am |
Sounds to me like a colic (isn’t that what you call a whirl of hair that doesn’t care what everything else is doing?) I have three of them and the shorter my hair, the more noticeable they are. Welcome to my world!