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So today we went to Schlotzsky's, Natalie and I (before Kim had gotten there with us), and the guy at the counter was all, "I love your hair. You look like Bettie Page. I'm a fan of hers."
I wanted to be like, really? Because I haven't heard that a million times in a million other places, and neither has any other girl with black hair and bangs, or even just bangs for that matter. She didn't own bangs, you know. So I can't really understand how she managed to 'coin' the image. I'm sorry that you associate them with her, but I think she's an awesome person. It's just sad that you automatically think any girl with bangs and black hair is going to look like her-we don't. You should try to change your statement there a bit, like, "your hair reminds me of Bettie Page." But even still, it's like, nobody's going to say, "You look like Clara Bow because you have bangs," or "You look like Theda Bara." They were around BEFORE her. Or how about when you don't have bangs, because a lot of people have bangs and a lot of people don't. So there are a lot of actresses without bangs, but just because they don't have them nobody gets associated with them. What about when your hair is red or blonde or in a beehive? Who do you look like then?
And then we went to the __________ _____________, and the guy at the counter was looking at my wallet, and started talking about Emily Strange, and how my name is Emily and how I have her hair. Wonderful. He was terribly perceptive.
And you wonder why I think I would be nothing without my hair.
I wanted to be like, really? Because I haven't heard that a million times in a million other places, and neither has any other girl with black hair and bangs, or even just bangs for that matter. She didn't own bangs, you know. So I can't really understand how she managed to 'coin' the image. I'm sorry that you associate them with her, but I think she's an awesome person. It's just sad that you automatically think any girl with bangs and black hair is going to look like her-we don't. You should try to change your statement there a bit, like, "your hair reminds me of Bettie Page." But even still, it's like, nobody's going to say, "You look like Clara Bow because you have bangs," or "You look like Theda Bara." They were around BEFORE her. Or how about when you don't have bangs, because a lot of people have bangs and a lot of people don't. So there are a lot of actresses without bangs, but just because they don't have them nobody gets associated with them. What about when your hair is red or blonde or in a beehive? Who do you look like then?
And then we went to the __________ _____________, and the guy at the counter was looking at my wallet, and started talking about Emily Strange, and how my name is Emily and how I have her hair. Wonderful. He was terribly perceptive.
And you wonder why I think I would be nothing without my hair.