Last week it was that time of year again, you know the time of year when kids dress up in cute costumes and adults dress up in inappropriate ones. I think they call is Halloween. I am admittedly not a huge fan of Halloween. It does have some nostalgic value but since I hate scary movies and am without small people to dress up in cute clothes I have to live it vicariously through friends and family who do have small people to dress up. Thanks to all of you who posted pictures of your terribly cute children.
Nonetheless despite my general apathy for the holiday I am not a total scrooge. When my roommate Kara requested to do my hair up in rag curlers, I was game. I think the idea intrigued me more for familial reasons than a desire to dress up. You see there are two kinds of hair in my family- stick straight and outrageously curly. Actually maybe three kinds because Mike doesn't have much hair at all but that's because he shaves it. However, two of my older siblings, Matt and Kirsten have very curly hair which at times I have envied, that is until I remember how long it takes my sister to straighten hers, then I am content with my own straight hair.
Thanks to Kara I was able to live, if just for a day, the life of a curly haired person. I noticed people weren't as nice to me, I was served smaller portions of food and lots of stuff got caught in my hair:) Overall I'm not sure it's worth it. The process to get it curly was painful enough for tender headed person like me. All the teasing was a little much for a head that is lucky if a brush even touches it once a day. On the bright side in the three hours it took to put in the rags I finished watching season two of Arrested Development. Below are pictures of the process, end result and family members who pull off the curly hair much better than I do.
And a special thanks to Kara for the experience and may I also add she has fabulous curly hair.
Brother Matt with baby Evan
Curly haired Kirsten with Rowan
The rag curls. It was a bit of a restless night with these in.
Final product
Kara and me.
4 comments:
I am not sure what is funnier, the rags in your hair or the fact you are wearing a "They Might Be Giants" tee shirt. -Matt
I like that you did it the old fashioned way, with rags. I've never tried that.
I secretly love it. It suits you well. Let me know if you want my mom to give your a perm...she game me many a fried head in my elementary days. I'm sure she'd do it for free.
Hey, that turned out pretty good.
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