Saturday, July 26, 2008

Just a Thought: My Hair

So I was thinking today and decided to share. Not a normal post but hey...I own the blog...I can change the rules if I want. If you don't like it...well you can just...read more. And comment! That'll show me. For sure.

Anyway, my hair. If you know me, you know this is a ongoing trial in my life. I have hair. I always have had hair. Born with a full head of big bushy black hair. Looked like a little baby Einstein. I swear. Now that I am older I have full head of thin, "baby-fine," blond hair. Yah, I don't know what happened. Anyway, what do you do with a head of hair like that? A bob...that's it. Anything less looks like I am bald and just took a yellow crayon to my scalp. And hairdressers have no idea what to do with me. Some suggest a perm is what to go...some say a perm would make it worse...Some suggest I shave it all off and let it grow back thicker. Except they don't realize I have 2 older brothers. Too many dents in the old noggin to be sporting the bald look.

Anyway, I also shed constantly! I don't know where all this hair is coming from. My roommate used to say that it was like living with a cat. And she would accuse me of trying to put all my hair in the sink. I swear I don't try. It just happens. I thought about gluing it back to my head...but I never was that good with the Elmers.

So since my move I think I have been shedding more and more. I am starting to get annoyed with my shedding. Which takes a lot. I mean how annoying do you have to be when you don't even want to live with yourself. At last, I am stuck with me.

So this all really related to me brushing my teeth. Don't even get me started on my teeth. But anywho, you ever be brushing your teeth and have a hair stuck in your toothbrush. And you feel it as you move the brush back and forth. So at that point one of two things happen. You, one, take the brush out and have to pull this hair off your toothbrush. Which is always pleasant. Or two, take the brush out and realize the hair is still in your mouth. Now you have to pull the long strand out of your mouth. And of course it is full of drool and toothpaste. What could be better? And of course it is 3x longer then your longest strand of hair on your head. And you feel like you just joined the circus pulling a sword or something out of your mouth. And then what do you do with it?

Well I decided that that was enough. I have decided to choose to believe that the hair is a good thing while I brush. It is actually like doing two tasks at once. If I leave the hair alone while I brush it is like flossing while I brush....right? I mean really what is the difference? I just pretend I went organic...save the whales and all that crap...and use my hair as floss. And you can image the time it saves me. So that is all cool right? I mean my logic is sound...well, it was just a thought.

11 comments:

Justin said...

Well it saves you from dealing with facial liquids so it makes perfect sense that you would ignore your hair.

As for you hair style, I thought of you last night when watching what not to wear and they gave Tara Kirk a new haircut. Can't find a picture of it though. Sorry :-(

Justin said...

Ohh, how silly of me I found it: http://www.swimstars.org/gallery/index.php?cat=289

Sorry the photos are small and grainy, but its the ones of her with chin length hair, the last two.

Erin said...

Yup, its all about reducing the facial liquids. Which I can't say is the theme of that nasal spray crap you suggested. Its like a facial liquid fountain! Very gross.

Justin said...

Yeah, but did you sleep through the night? Plus I would think if you have to deal with the facial liquids it would be best all at once. Not dripping all day long. Kind of like pulling a bandaid

John said...

I never knew this was an issue. Maybe there's a opportunity for a new device to be created; the automatic toothbrush/hair iron. You could make millions.

Erin said...

Hair Iron? I'm no using my toothpaste to clean my hair. Silly John. :)

Justin said...

Yeah, but toothpaste might be strong enough to keep the hair on your head, and not quite as dangerous as letting you play with Elmer's. Although I'm sure you'd eat more than you'd get in your hair.

Anonymous said...

organic floss..that was pretty good - also the truth about the long disgusting hair also struck a chord....i have also been cursed with thin blonde hair but i live with a disgusting roommate who cuts/trims/pulls out/obsessively combs her hair everyday and i get to fish it out of the shower since she seems to not be bothered about wading in 3 inches of her own filth....put it in the trash, erin...

Jamie said...

how about stapling? you were always good at stapling body parts...

Erin said...

JAMIE! I thought you died. Welcome back. Yes I have always had a thing with staplers. Especially when I was little. Maybe if I get really bored of being nice and safe in WA I'll post some stories about me as a child. Lord knows I wasn't safe then either.

Bridgette said...

I don't recall you shedding that much when you lived with me...but then we were pretty much in and out at all times back then...oh yeah...and how is Adam?