Short Hair

A fine head of hair adds beauty to a good face, and terror to an ugly one. 

~Lycurgus

Thus I have short hair.  Ok.  Well, not really.  Well, really.  “A fine head of hair…”  I have a fine head of super short hair.  When my hair is long, it’s stringy, gross and kind of frightening. (Figure A)

How can I control my life when I can't control my hair? 

~Author Unknown

Long hair requires care.  You have to wash, condition, towel dry, and comb it just to look semi decent.  But to look stunning, you have to wash, condition, towel dry, comb and curl it.  (Figure B) But then it gets stuck in your lip gloss when you get hit by wind.  My point is clear, long hair in uncontrollable.  So I’m more in control with short hair.  (Sidebar: Author Unknown always seems so brilliant.  Author Unknown knows about a lot of stuff.)

I'm a big woman. I need big hair.

~Aretha Franklin

I’m a small woman.  I need small hair.  Aretha would probably back me up.  Seriously, think about it.  Small person, big hair?  Gross.  I have small hair ‘cause I’m small.  By small, I just mean short.  I need to lose some weight.  Oh, and have big boobs.  But overall, I’m kind of small.

Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can’t put on make-up, or dress yourself, or do you hair with any sort of fun or joy if you’re doing it from a position of correction.

~Kevyn Aucoin

“Beauty is about perception…”  I gotta admit it’s also in the eye of the beer-holder.  This quote was saved for last because I don’t always have the highest level of self-esteem.  However, I’m more confident than just about anyone I know.  I would not go so far as to say that I have an unhealthy level of narcissism.  I’m just ok with who I am (not what I look like).  I know what I’m doing with my life.  I seldom get concerned about my future.  I’m stable on my own. 

I do love to put makeup on; it’s like an artform.  Most of any of the beauty that I possess is not in my face, it’s not in my body, and it’s not in my hair.  It’s who I am.  I’m not a great looking person, but I was recently told this:  “Your face is always smiling, even when you aren’t smiling.”  It wasn’t the first time I’d heard that concept.  I’ve been told that my happy demeanor is part of what makes me attractive – which is great being that I don’t have light blond hair and I’m not leggy; I’ve got stubby little legs and dirty blondish hair.  So it’s good that perception is what creates beauty.  ‘Cause I sure as heck am not an textbook attractive person.

At this point in time, I feel as though a disclaimer may be wise.

The overall point in this blog is to explain why I’m comfortable with having short hair.  I often hear that short hair is masculine.  The point is that I don’t care.  And I’m just writing some humorous randomness that explains that I like my hair cut and am not worried about looking mannish.  I have boulder boobs anyhow. 

You look so much like Mia Farrow. It's insane. You should seriously enter a celebrity look alike contest...

~Jessica James Knipprath

I’m not sure I agree with this statement.  But let me demonstrate through the use of pictures.  Me and Mia look “alike” based on these two pictures:

However, check us out with long, ugly hair:

My point has been made.  Short hair just looks better on some chicks.  I'm one of those chicks.  And as far as I can tell, I don't look mannish.  And neither does Mia.