A change
Thinking over various things, including what Sister Raphealla said, and changes I need to make in my attitude and how I percieve myself, I decided to do something about my appearance. I've actually been happy lately, able to accept who I am and be proud of my body and what I can do with it, even if it isn't fitting one particular ideal of beauty. So why not actually put some care into it, attract some attention to myself instead of hiding, and embrace myself? It's time for a change. That's even something I can agree with Captivated about. But not in the way one might expect. This isn't about sparkly dresses or asking if I'm lovely; it's saying I don't care what others think, this is me, here I am, and yeah, in my own way I am lovely.
What is my most identifying feature? My hair.
And hello to the Lisamarie with long, curly brown and purple hair!!!
No, it's not allll purple...that would have been prohibitively expensive and taken a long time to bleach my whole head. Even this took awhile, but it was kind of fun to see myself with blonde hair. It looked gross though, hehe.
A few more pictures:
It's a little harder to see the streaks under the curls and in this picture. I'm glad the front peices stand out.
This one is just...strange. I don't normally look like this.
Oooh, I love it. The color came out bolder and brighter than I hoped for, and it has the right amount of blueyness :D I also got my hair layered a bit because the stylist said that would improve the health and (and therefore help it get longer), and bring out the other streaks. I think next time I'll go for more surface streaks, maybe gradually make more and more of my head purple, (aside from the purple front peices, I wanted streaks that were maybe a bit more defined, as opposed to one big swath of color in the front) but I'm tickled pink...or purple :D
I didn't tell anybody. It was fun coming into lab after leaving for a few hours, ostensibily to get my hair trimmed, hehe. Eric (my boss) said it looks rad, lol. It was so exciting getting it done, wondering if it would come out...while it was being dyed I pulled a little strand in front of my eyes to check and was amazed at the brilliancy of the shade. And when I rode home I couldn't help but leave some of it dangling in my eyes just so I could see that beautiful color and marvel that it was a part of me :) And I even felt brave enough to ride in the real bike lane, between the traffic and bus lanes, with vehicles on either side of me. Rawwr, nothing will stop me, I have PURPLE HAIR :D
Other fun going ons:
I just ate (on Thursday) an interesting fruilt called a kiwano melon. It's bright orange with big spikes (that can be painful). When you cut it open the fruit is bright chartreuse and in the form of jelly surrounded seeds...like snot :D Kind of like pomegranate seeds. I scooped it out with a spoon and ate it seeds and all. It tasted like a citrusy banana and was juicy. I liked it. A little too expensive (and troublesome) to eat regularly, but the pulp would be a neat topping on desserts or fruit salads I think. And you could use the shell as a bowl...oooh, mx up some strawberries and blueberries in that stuff and put it in the shell. That would be super colorful and tasty and fun :D
Thursday I also went to the weight room and did weight training (grr!) for the first time! It was cloudy and thundery when I went in, but when I came out and it was sunny outside! I had a nice ride home on a newly discovered part of the SW path - usually I ride it to where it dead ends at Prospect (due to construction) but if you ride in the residential area awhile you can reenter it!. Only rode a few miles though, until I go to this place near the beltline (I think) where it split off into a bunch of different directions...but I really enjoyed the bold green and purples, the cardinals and blue jays, the babbling brooks. It calms me quite a bit.
What is my most identifying feature? My hair.
And hello to the Lisamarie with long, curly brown and purple hair!!!
No, it's not allll purple...that would have been prohibitively expensive and taken a long time to bleach my whole head. Even this took awhile, but it was kind of fun to see myself with blonde hair. It looked gross though, hehe.
A few more pictures:
It's a little harder to see the streaks under the curls and in this picture. I'm glad the front peices stand out.
This one is just...strange. I don't normally look like this.
Oooh, I love it. The color came out bolder and brighter than I hoped for, and it has the right amount of blueyness :D I also got my hair layered a bit because the stylist said that would improve the health and (and therefore help it get longer), and bring out the other streaks. I think next time I'll go for more surface streaks, maybe gradually make more and more of my head purple, (aside from the purple front peices, I wanted streaks that were maybe a bit more defined, as opposed to one big swath of color in the front) but I'm tickled pink...or purple :D
I didn't tell anybody. It was fun coming into lab after leaving for a few hours, ostensibily to get my hair trimmed, hehe. Eric (my boss) said it looks rad, lol. It was so exciting getting it done, wondering if it would come out...while it was being dyed I pulled a little strand in front of my eyes to check and was amazed at the brilliancy of the shade. And when I rode home I couldn't help but leave some of it dangling in my eyes just so I could see that beautiful color and marvel that it was a part of me :) And I even felt brave enough to ride in the real bike lane, between the traffic and bus lanes, with vehicles on either side of me. Rawwr, nothing will stop me, I have PURPLE HAIR :D
Other fun going ons:
I just ate (on Thursday) an interesting fruilt called a kiwano melon. It's bright orange with big spikes (that can be painful). When you cut it open the fruit is bright chartreuse and in the form of jelly surrounded seeds...like snot :D Kind of like pomegranate seeds. I scooped it out with a spoon and ate it seeds and all. It tasted like a citrusy banana and was juicy. I liked it. A little too expensive (and troublesome) to eat regularly, but the pulp would be a neat topping on desserts or fruit salads I think. And you could use the shell as a bowl...oooh, mx up some strawberries and blueberries in that stuff and put it in the shell. That would be super colorful and tasty and fun :D
Thursday I also went to the weight room and did weight training (grr!) for the first time! It was cloudy and thundery when I went in, but when I came out and it was sunny outside! I had a nice ride home on a newly discovered part of the SW path - usually I ride it to where it dead ends at Prospect (due to construction) but if you ride in the residential area awhile you can reenter it!. Only rode a few miles though, until I go to this place near the beltline (I think) where it split off into a bunch of different directions...but I really enjoyed the bold green and purples, the cardinals and blue jays, the babbling brooks. It calms me quite a bit.