Hairdresser, Nevermore

[givemethegun]

As a treat to myself before heading on holidays, I'd decided months back that I'd get myself a professional haircut. Usually I have The Husband cut my hair, or, when possible, Mars has a go at it in her basement with a pair of rusty shears - both do a top notch job. But this time I thought I'd indulge in a little girliness and actually pay some

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[arthur_sc_king]

Wow. What a crappy day.

Still wouldn't mind pics of the pink hair, though ...

[givemethegun]

It's not all pink, just the wings. The rest is a really boring red.

[jesshelga]

Oh, Catt. Bummer, bummer, bummer all around. But particularly this:
Go to Trader Joes. Get the guy who's a nutbar and I usually avoid, but the appointment has run way over and I need to go home. He's babbling to me about stuffing strawberries with brie, leaning conspiritorily over the register saying, "DO YOU LIKE BRIE?" Yes, I fucking like brie, a lot, let's go.

No one should have such a terrible day that they get angry around the word "brie."

I hope you're dry and enjoying tomatoes and a good olive oil right now.

[givemethegun]

Thing is, brie is my favourite cheese ever. You're right, it's awfully sad that I snapped at a mention of brie.

Not dry (yet) - waiting for stupid pink to set in hair, then I wash it, then I eat, then I sob quietly into my pillow all nice.

Thanks for the cheer up though, honey. xxx

[jesshelga]

Are you familiar with cambozola? I just had it for the first time over the weekend. I think I saw the face of God.

[givemethegun]

Where did you find this magical cheese? It sounds amazing...

[meleah]

I had pink hair once. It was kinda fun.
Also, I made this seriously awesome scarf one time that I was very doubtful about, but it used two red yarns and a hot, hot pink yarn. For 'depth of color' the artistic types told me. I was unsure. But you know what? its worked out awesome. I don't spose there's any chance that breaking up the pink bits into the rest of your hair simply has the effect of making it all vibrantly extra red??

An impressively crap day though - I am sorry. xx.

[givemethegun]

I've had most colours under the rainbow, but really had a specific colour in mind that is nowhere near close to the end result. I'll get over this, but am wallowing in my grouch. Xx

[karmakanic]

That's what you get for trying to put on airs with a fancy haircut.

Seriously though, what a bitch for making you feel guilty!

[givemethegun]

I should have just stuck a bowl on my head and cut it myself, and dunked my hair in beet juice like a stinking hippy, instead of trying to impress you :(

[karmakanic]

No need to impress me, honey. Just you wait and see how corpulent I've gotten.

Girl, stand up for yourself.

[flaxendandelion]

I'm not understanding why you should have felt guilty or assholish about the hairdresser situation. It was their damn fault for getting it wrong. If that was me, I would have been raising hell and asking for the manager (regardless of what Maggie said about the manager not having any of it). $20 is way too generous a tip for such a situation, I'd probably have left less than $10 and that tip would have been sympathy for the hairdresser's shit wages and nothing more. You tell me I can get something for a certain price, you better be giving it to me for that price!

I have no time for people trying to take advantage of me and my hard-earned money.

Ah I miss Trader Joe's so much.

Hey, I notice the comments section is not in your journal's format anymore!

Re: Girl, stand up for yourself.

[givemethegun]

My paid account expired :)

That's the majority of it - I have social anxieties, and have grown up being very apologetic for everything, even when it's not my fault. Later I feel resentful and angry at myself for not standing up for myself. Odd part is, I'll always, always stand up for others if I see someone being mistreated. Yeah, I have some issues.

Maggie was actually lovely, though. The whole thing was doomed from the start, and I should have just cut my losses and walked when I was told $160. Because now I have stupid, incomplete hair that is the most costly hairjob I've ever had, and it's still nothing like what I requested.

Pft, hair, whatever, done.

We should do a trade - I desperately need a tonne of Vegemite, and you need Trader Joes.

Re: Girl, stand up for yourself.

[flaxendandelion]

I am saying this to you because I was the exact same way. And the only thing I got out of being apologetic was being taken advantage of and duped. I may as well have had 'DOORMAT' tattooed on my forehead

Re: Girl, stand up for yourself.

[givemethegun]

the day will come when you realize some people are going to hate your ass even if you give them a handjob and a sixpack.

lol at this, but no - I go through periods of paranoia where I think Everyone Hates Me (amongst my friends), but in general, I don't care too much what others think of me, especially strangers. It's different - I just, have a lot of guilt, bigtime guilt complexes, and I'm guessing I'll have a lifetime of trying to overcome that.

I also stand up for those being mistreated, even to the point where it makes me vulnerable.

Yes, I do this, also. I could be shaking with fear (as has happened once before), but still will say something.

Not sure if you can ship hair dye, but there's an idea! Wait until my NOLA project is over and I've recovered a little financially, and we can hopefully organise a trade. It's stupidly expensive to ship from here to there and vice versa (esp. as they've now removed the surface mail option), but we'll see.

xx