I can’t believe I’m about to do this, but I’m going to blog about my hair. I recently caught an early showing of Chris Rocks’s new documentary “Good Hair,” which is hilarious and actually quite thoughtful. Well, as a long-suffering memeber of the Curly-Haired Club, I TOTALLY related. I, too, have been haunted by pictures of celebrity women with their long, flowing, luscious locks. The Gwenyth Paltrow and Jennifer Aniston’s of the world, with their long, shiny, pin-straight hair give me particular grief. Granted, my hair woes aren’t as painful as some, but make no mistake, I’ve served my share of time in Bad Hair Hell.
Observe, Exhibit A:
That’s me, front row on the right in the orange dress at my aunt and uncle’s wedding. Apparently, I’m not only deeply disturbed by my sherbert-colored attire, but also by my little Amish-boy hairstyle. A classic late bloomer, even my HAIR was slow to develop.
Exibit B:
This is sometime in the mid-80’s, as you can see by my proper feathering technique.
Exhibit C:
This would be a “take-no-prisoners” kind of look–big hair, big hoops and big braces.
Exhibit D:
My senior picture and the general style I wore for most of high school–the brown, curly football helmut.
Exhibit E:
Full, frizzy and fat with child. Perhaps my theory was that bigger body=bigger hair?
Exhibit F:
My Sinead stint. It was a dare. And believe it or not, my husband was the one who shaved it. (But how cute, I match my kid!)
Exhibit G:
Still growing it out from the shaving incident. I’d just had a baby and apparently, some really bad highlights (and possible case of the flu by the looks of it?)
Exhibit H:
Okay, not really my hair, but still a funny picture.
Exhibit I:
Whoa. Step AWAY from the flat iron before somebody gets hurt.
And last, a picture of my hair today:
As you can see, it was, um, taken from a really good angle. Happy hair day to all!
Words to think about: “If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library?” –Lily Tomlin
What I’m reading right now: A Country Called Home by Kim Barnes
Very cute, Kali!
I think any of us who grew up in the 80’s can relate to the feathered look or the big hair look! My big hair traveled well into the 90’s – and you know what? I PAID to have mine big and curly! Think about all the $$ you saved by having naturally curly hair! Lucky you!
Comment by Michele R. — October 20, 2009 @ 1:32 pm
Love the run down! Although not curly, I’ve never had good hair either. One January in the not too distant past, one of my New Year’s resolutions was to “get better hair”. Still on my list….
Comment by Sonya — October 21, 2009 @ 6:21 pm
The younger shots were cute and the fact that you were so young in the 80’s makes me feel older. I really kind of liked your shaved head look. I guess you look good no matter how you wear your hair. It was good seeing you the other night. Hope your writing is going well and look forward to future stuff.
Virginia
Comment by Virginia G — October 23, 2009 @ 2:16 pm
You are hair-larious!
Comment by Chantal — October 23, 2009 @ 5:09 pm