Hair
04 Jan 2010 4 Comments
For the past few days I’ve had peculiar dreams of being in a parlor getting my head shampooed by someone else, having my back massaged for a few minutes and finally, engaging in a conversation with the stylist while she snipped and snapped at my hair with a pair of professional scissors. So this afternoon I did.
The unruly, layered hair I’ve been growing and just trimming every three months was cut into a short faugh hawk in a matter of minutes. The hair I loved so dearly was cut with callous disregard by the wonderful hair stylist and landed on the floor with as much effect as a rabbit’s footsteps while I silently read Maximum Ride.
At first I didn’t care but when I got home and looked myself in the mirror, I started to miss the hair that went into my ears and made them itch. I was so used to seeing bangs over my forehead that seeing it ‘clean’ made me feel weird. And I know that’s weird.
In the same quick manner as changing hair styles, the 18 years of my life swept by in a jiff. 18 days from now, I will be a year closer to 20, a number I believe is one of the ages one must prepare for most. Ages 18 and 21 I suppose, are merely milestones that will allow you to apply for and GET a driver’s license, get married legally and of course, to be sent to prison, amongst other law related things.
However, a person’s 20th birthday signifies the end of his teens; the supposed end of his childishness and is the beginning of real responsibility. When a person turns 20, it is expected that more is expected of him, since it is his entry to adulthood. It is, supposedly, the start of his stability.
In 18 days I will be exactly one year/step closer to major responsibilities and I will have one year left to prepare for them. I might as well get started.
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Jan 04, 2010 @ 23:51:15
The hair cycle :)
Ooh you and I both have birthdays in January!
Jan 05, 2010 @ 06:09:04
Really? When is yours? :)
Jan 07, 2010 @ 17:19:44
The 18th :)
Thanks for the link! :D
Jan 20, 2010 @ 07:23:29
Belated Happy Birthday ate.