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Posted by Lindenblüte on September 19, 2006, at 9:18:35
I'm still getting used to my haircut. It's been almost 2 weeks since getting 7+ inches chopped off.
I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror, and I look- more confident. more stylish. more...? Who is that person?
And then I look harder, and it's me. Or?
I'm glad I got it cut. I'm just not not always comfortable with the consequences to my self image. Sometimes makes me look more professional & put-together than I feel. Makes me look more trendy and stylish than I feel. Makes me look more beautiful than I feel. I never feel beautiful, but I have a few lovely features. I guess.
I'm just not comfortable seeing that glimpse of a passerby in my mirror and then realizing that it's me, silhouetted from a 3/4 profile perspective. I wish I always will have a hoodie to hide in.
Will I ever be comfortable with me? The days when I look like I feel are okay (as long as I look great!) the days when I look and feel like crap- problem: because I feel pressure to look more pulled-together and decent to go off to work or to the grocery or whatever. The days when I look better than I feel catch me off guard. I feel like an actress. Fake. Poser. The days when I look worse than I feel. Well, that's okay, as long as I look presentable. I can just carry my glow around inside of me, and I don't care what they think of my pimple or mismatched outfit.
hmm
Posted by Poet on September 19, 2006, at 22:50:58
In reply to Haircut. Can't hide now, posted by Lindenblüte on September 19, 2006, at 9:18:35
Hi Lindenblute,
>>I can just carry my glow around inside of me, and I don't care what they think of my pimple or mismatched outfit.
Can I have the name of your hairdresser? It sounds like when you look in the mirror you're seeing someone in a shampoo commercial and I could use some of that.
I think your new look is letting you see more of the real you. The you that sees good things in herself. Unlike Samson, when you got your hair cut, you got inner strength.
So, where is the salon?
Poet
Posted by Phillipa on September 20, 2006, at 22:24:00
In reply to Re: Haircut. Can't hide now » Lindenblüte, posted by Poet on September 19, 2006, at 22:50:58
Me too my bangs are falling over my eyes, roots growing out I want my old curly not that curly perm back but the sylist says no too many chemicals. But basically I did nothing but wash and go with that syle. Love Phillipa
Posted by muffled on September 21, 2006, at 0:42:22
In reply to Re: Haircut. Can't hide now, posted by Phillipa on September 20, 2006, at 22:24:00
I dress like a pig....
what does that tell ya?
Ha
Posted by Lindenblüte on September 21, 2006, at 7:58:11
In reply to Re: Haircut. Can't hide now, posted by muffled on September 21, 2006, at 0:42:22
> I dress like a pig....
> what does that tell ya?
> HaMuffly, pigs are utterly un-self-conscious. They roll around in mud on a hot day to protect their delicate pink skin. They smile and seem jolly even when they're covered in their own poop. I think we could all use a lesson from a gruntled pig :)
oink
Posted by muffled on September 21, 2006, at 17:55:33
In reply to Re: Haircut. Can't hide now » muffled, posted by Lindenblüte on September 21, 2006, at 7:58:11
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