Hair Today...

Gone Tomorrow. Hey people. Don't panic. Although I have been known to just grab a fistful of my hair and go effing Apache on it, that isn't what's happened this time. I went with a trained professional, but more on that later.

This post is all about hair, and since it's Weird Wed-- weird hair!

I've always had kind of a love-hate relationship with mine. It's been every color except full-on blond, and every length from down to my waist to about an inch-and-a-half long all over. I've had strange colored streaks (blue recently) and things woven into it and weird hippyish paraphernalia dangling from the ends. I hate to break it to you Sanjaya-- but back in the late eighties I even sported the faux-hawk a few times, so you did not invent it.

I love the idea of your hair being kind of a creative palette. You can be all wild, like getting a tattoo, but it always grows out, or you can color over it. This is called "scene" hair, not to be confused with "emo" hair. I'd have been all over this when I was younger.

Would you let your kid do this? Hey-- if you're not going to do it when you're young, you'll lose your chance. Go for it kids! Weird us out! Someday a cubicle will gobble you up and you'll have to look all normal (unless you become an artist). Be weird while you can!

What's the weirdest (accidental or on purpose) hair you've ever sported?

There is a super funny pic of me and sis from back in the eighties where we both have massive, super hairsprayed do's and we look like we think we are SO COOL-- and we look like the biggest idiots. I call it our "eurotrash" portrait. Not that long ago I had really short hair that was three different colors of red and had orange/blond streaks. I called it the atomic fireball. It was pretty rad.

When I was trying to decide what to do this time I put up this pic (below) on FB & Twitter to get opinions. I got a lot of "cutes", and a lot of "Too mullet-y"'s, and from sis-- "You in high school." (Which is kind of true. If anyone is ancient enough to remember what Eddie VanHalen's hair looked like-- that was me basically. Not that far from this cut.)

(Wow- just noticed "the girls". Ugh. Put them away Katy!)

Then I put up this one and lots of people were into it. My hair is curly so this could actually be a cut that wouldn't require a full time staff to maintain. I'd love to just not give a crap about it and walk around like a normal person, completely unconcerned my hair has decided to partake in some bizarre antics without my knowledge. (This happens more often than you know!)

So this is how it turned out... Okay- I know it doesnlt look exactly like the picture, but come on-- I didn't get a face transplant, plus, not 20 anymore, and BESIDES- last night I took a shower and went to bed and it looked like this when I woke up! No effing around with it. I'm good with it.

On top of that, this updated do lets me now have Andrew VanWyngarden (MGMT) hair instead of Eddy VanHalen hair. (You can see what he looks like Fri- or just take my word for it, he looks kind of like this...)

In other SueNews:

If I've sounded weird this week it's because I am, but don't worry. I'm on it. I just let myself get worn a little too thin. I'll even out again once I've gotten back into my regular work-out schedule. It's a maintenance/cyclical thing.

Once when I was talking to my mom about all the stuff I do to make sure Sue's wheels don't fall off (regular intense work-outs, staying connected to friends, eating right, etc) she said, "Don't you wish you were just normal and could just live and not think about any of that?" (Translation-- You should be on meds.)

I said no, because being forced to live conscious of maintaining a balance makes me proactive about my life-- custodial of it. It makes me try new things, make new connections, and constantly challenge myself. If I was "normal" I'd probably become complacent. This may be a pain, but it's better.